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Martin Du4

@mdu4.bsky.social

Co-Founder @ BigWave Labs Inc. Aligning 0s and 1s. Crafting Ocean for iPhone (and Mac soon). 🗻 Mont-Tremblant 🇨🇦

created November 21, 2024

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Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t understand why that is but it is **SO** true.

8/9/2025, 1:15:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sam henri gold (@samhenri.gold) reposted

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

6/9/2025, 8:44:41 PM | 7318 1890 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh [REDACTED] that’s interesting. You can DM me at any time. 😉

7/9/2025, 1:12:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Found the CSpan video of Cook saying thank you (too many times) to Trump here : www.c-span.org/program/whit... Timemark: 10:00 Not sure what to think of this……

7/9/2025, 11:37:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) reposted

OpenAI just told investors it now expects to spend $115B before breaking even by 2029, up from $35B. The jump comes from soaring AI training costs and competition for AI talent. $20B will be set aside for stock-based compensation alone this decade. Welcome to the AI talent wars.

6/9/2025, 8:16:29 PM | 51 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL. Movie 🍿 title ?

5/9/2025, 2:37:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

A PS5?

3/9/2025, 9:55:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Looks like the App Review team workload has increased significantly with the upcoming iOS 26 release. Beta TestFlight approval has been pending for a long time now. Are you experiencing unusual lengthy delays?

3/9/2025, 3:06:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

“Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B valuation” And now tell me there is no bubble.

2/9/2025, 6:08:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

I know the feeling.

A notification showing a trial purchase of Ocean for iPhone.
2/9/2025, 5:56:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) reposted

Please, we’re so close.

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2/9/2025, 5:18:32 AM | 225 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Go go go Matt 😉

2/9/2025, 11:28:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Is your thumb sore ?

1/9/2025, 11:24:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ben McCarthy (@benricem.bsky.social) reposted

Trying to balance my frustrations with iOS 26 with the fact that I'm excited to ship this update to Croissant that @vegh.ca and I have been working on all summer 🥐

1/9/2025, 10:33:37 AM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Peter Steinberger (@steipete.me) reposted

I'm orgainizing Claude Code Anonymous - Berlin Edition! September 10 luma.com/home?e=evt-V...

31/8/2025, 12:13:33 PM | 19 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Agreed. The interest is no longer. They killed the excitement.

30/8/2025, 8:42:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ServerSide.swift (@serversideswift.info) reposted

Super excited to announce our first speaker! Matt Massicotte will be telling us how to approach approachable concurrency!

Speaker Announcement Card - Matt Massicotte - How to Approach Approachable Concurrency
29/8/2025, 5:00:16 PM | 12 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

What if all these new Tahoe icons were AI generated?

29/8/2025, 5:44:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Basic Apple Guy (@basicappleguy.com) reposted

Look how they massacred my boy...

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29/8/2025, 3:32:10 PM | 103 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

There was a guy who offered his website roasting (optimizing) service via a website. Pay a fix fee, get x minutes, get a better converting website. Was working great. I need to find the ref.

29/8/2025, 2:18:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matt Massicotte (@massicotte.org) reposted

A thing I've been doing recently is "on-call consulting". When a Swift Concurrency thing comes up, I'm just there to help. Diving deep, design ideas, quick fix, whatever. It's lightweight, cost effective, and feels so productive/educational. Maybe your team could be into this too?

29/8/2025, 2:02:45 PM | 17 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Or sued them 🤷

29/8/2025, 11:21:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Playdate (@play.date) reposted

🔲 Four Corners was rewritten in Swift—it's the first Swift game in Catalog. Read our interview with the developer to find out how that came about: news.play.date/news/four-co...

27/8/2025, 6:57:02 PM | 75 20 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

I find product demo videos with the creators face in a PIP circle to be passé.

28/8/2025, 2:40:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike.

28/8/2025, 2:33:05 PM | 3530 796 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) reposted

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

28/8/2025, 2:33:05 PM | 17464 6819 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Perhaps just checking out the interface? (Not us)

28/8/2025, 12:31:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

It’s time to head up to the pine trees 🌲.

28/8/2025, 12:01:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait till you need to create a Load Balancer 🤯

26/8/2025, 11:19:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Jumpin jack?

26/8/2025, 7:35:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Pierce (@lookwhatmattmade.com) reposted

iOS devs: what do you use to track a funnel from App Store page view right the way through to onboarding steps and onto in app subscription purchase? Right now I’m using GA for tracking onboarding steps, RevenueCat for purchases and then just eyeballing App Store analytics for page views. #iosdev

26/8/2025, 3:11:45 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Swift Connection (@swiftconnection.bsky.social) reposted

Concurrency is still a challenge for many, making Approachable Concurrency very welcome. To discover how and why it can improve your way to Swift 6, we’re honored to host one of the true authorities on the topic, @mattie.bsky.social ! 👉 https://swiftconnection.io

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26/8/2025, 7:01:19 AM | 28 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks really nice. Kudos.

26/8/2025, 1:16:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

No because golf is totally non-deterministic. 🙃

26/8/2025, 11:33:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Like golf, you have to practice *a lot* to be good at it.

26/8/2025, 11:00:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

…and then?

24/8/2025, 5:29:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

That reminds me of 0xCAFEBABE

24/8/2025, 12:20:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

2002: Has my vote...

22/8/2025, 2:30:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Danijela Vrzan (@danijelavrzan.com) reposted

I really like how @nunch.app is coming along with the new iOS 26 liquid glass design. I'm still making changes every day and probably will until it ships 🤪

Nunch iOS app screenshot with iPhone frame showing Today tab with the new iOS26 liquid glass design
21/8/2025, 5:24:21 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Basic Apple Guy (@basicappleguy.com) reposted

Apple TV+ Price across time 📈

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21/8/2025, 2:48:17 PM | 39 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

That looks interesting. Thanks.

21/8/2025, 11:35:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sarah Perez (@sarahp.bsky.social) reposted

Google, sorry, but that Pixel event was a cringefest

20/8/2025, 9:02:51 PM | 13 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Blaine (@blaine.bsky.social) reposted

Vibe coding.

19/8/2025, 6:36:51 PM | 171 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Very nicely done. I looking for something similar but to publish documentation on the web that would also support a mobile form-factor. Any ideas?

20/8/2025, 2:30:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

I love this new function to bring focus within my calendar.

20/8/2025, 12:56:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

this is where Stubb was sitting when Trump couldn't see him btw

18/8/2025, 7:16:27 PM | 10352 2971 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

🥇: 2009 🥈: 2020 🥉: 2021

15/8/2025, 5:10:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Yannick Lung (@yanlu.chat) reposted

Nice Friday surprise: My app got featured on appgefahren again! 🤩 www.appgefahren.de/kennzeichen-...

15/8/2025, 2:57:34 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jordan Morgan (@jordanmorgan10.bsky.social) reposted

☕️ Alyx for iOS 26 Test Flight ☕️ A brand new caffeine tracking app built entirely around app intents. Liquid glass-first design. Interactive snippets! Foundation models! If you're press looking for an #iOS26 centric app, please DM or reach out! I'd love for you to try it.

Alyx for iOS 26 running on beta.
15/8/2025, 3:41:18 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Beautifully done. Kudos.

15/8/2025, 12:25:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Totally agree. So I use this powerbank.

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13/8/2025, 1:53:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

This is an #appreciationPost for the latest Ocean icon created by @yanlu.chat Love that it's not another variation of a coloured envelope. Too bad the MacOS will not be used because of the new squircle requirements. Thanks a bunch Yannick. Superb...

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12/8/2025, 12:44:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

That was unexpected but I’m really excited about this coverage. 🚀🚀

11/8/2025, 6:23:32 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Philips head screw is an industrial design failure. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

10/8/2025, 11:09:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Isn't that the best way to close off the week and sail into the sunset? 🙃

8/8/2025, 8:23:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erin Casali (@folletto.bsky.social) reposted

At a tech level, I know that LLM work on tokens so they will never be good at this kind of questions unless pre-trained. At a human level, this never stops being funny as a response to all the hype cool aid drinkers.

7/8/2025, 11:02:54 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Who remembers or tried Cappuccino for web dev? I still love the website fabric background. Wish this was still supported. www.cappuccino.dev

7/8/2025, 8:09:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Ouch for AppleTV.

6/8/2025, 7:41:02 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay 🦋 (@jay.bsky.team) reposted

38M! 🎉

5/8/2025, 7:53:26 PM | 15438 1345 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Would love to see that PNG image 😜

5/8/2025, 12:23:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

still relevant this morning

4/8/2025, 11:14:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Perhaps there are opting out for now until the liquid dust settles a bit more?

1/8/2025, 3:16:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Roasted for?

1/8/2025, 3:15:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Humm a BlueSky client?

1/8/2025, 1:58:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Which I would call the “John Snow syndrome”

31/7/2025, 11:38:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Found this on Mastodon. Had to repost it here. This is superbly done. Check it out and it works in mobile browsers also. 🤯. paveldogreat.github.io/WebGL-Fluid-...

31/7/2025, 11:33:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Panic (@panic.com) reposted

Just TWO MORE DAYS until timeflies.buzz is here! See you on 7/31!

29/7/2025, 10:44:26 PM | 43 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Why strange?

31/7/2025, 11:33:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Good. I need to bring myself up to speed on using notebooks.

31/7/2025, 11:09:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

My 2 cents: a link to Backdrop would be useful. 😉

30/7/2025, 12:25:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Oskar (@oskargroth.bsky.social) reposted

I've released some huge feature updates to Backdrop lately. Now I'm also updating the pricing based on user feedback. Monthly $2.99 -> $1.99 Yearly $19.99 -> $14.99 Lifetime $49.99 -> $39.99 Also offering a 25% discount on Lifetime for a limited time 🔥

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30/7/2025, 12:09:52 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Anything in 🇨🇦?

29/7/2025, 6:16:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Wondering if we will see this at #WWDC2026.

25/7/2025, 12:47:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Insta Science (@instascience.bsky.social) reposted

Removal of a hornet's nest.

23/7/2025, 11:19:48 AM | 4939 848 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Big milestone! Ocean for iPhone is now available as a pre-order. Leveraging the foundation established by the MacOS version, this was still a *lot* of work. Check our short teaser video on YouTube below. #oceanApp #emails #tasks #invites

22/7/2025, 6:05:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Published in 2016 🤔

22/7/2025, 12:29:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL. That’s a good one 😉. Go outside and watch the leaves grow. 😜

21/7/2025, 2:29:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

We crafted a YouTube poster frame for our teaser video for the introduction of Ocean for iPhone. Here it is. Would appreciate your first view impressions. Thanks. @oceanapp.bsky.social

The YouTube Poster frame of the teaser video of Ocean for iPhone coming soon. Comments are welcome. Thanks
18/7/2025, 4:13:02 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

I truly love when @lmnt.me gets « pissed off ». Makes for interesting reading session. bsky.app/profile/lmnt...

18/7/2025, 3:15:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture LMNT (@lmnt.me) reposted

It’s crazy that Alan Dye had no experience with UI before being thrust into a position of power over platform design, affecting millions of apps. He has a responsibility to the industry. Platform design should be way more comprehensive and far less restrictive than this. 🔗 lmnt.me/blog/a-respo...

18/7/2025, 11:24:56 AM | 25 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

I think I missed the memo about the video…

17/7/2025, 4:55:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

This will be a good day. I just pulled my best espresso shot of the week.

17/7/2025, 11:33:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

At this point they should provide the price per day…. Only 50 cents per day.

16/7/2025, 11:06:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Open Source Pledge ⇌ (@opensourcepledge.com) reposted

.@buttondown.com: VC funding ❌ Multiple pivots ❌ Hiring spree/subsequent RIFs ❌ Stayes lean ✅ Stays focused on building for customers ✅ Deliberate, sustainable growth ✅ Supports Open Source ✅✅✅ Read about Buttondown's atypical path to startup success, one rooted in a philosophy of sustainability🤲

15/7/2025, 5:37:26 PM | 8 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rose 🌹 (@rose.bsky.team) reposted

Bluesky is hiring 👉 bsky.social/about/join Roles include: - data scientist - feed algo eng - data engineer + others (click the link!)

15/7/2025, 7:58:09 PM | 747 343 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Low Quality Facts (@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social) reposted

Those Canadians know how to live.

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15/7/2025, 11:52:33 PM | 63 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Decided I needed to recharge the batteries 🪫 so took yesterday and today somewhat off. Tomorrow full steam ahead with the final stretch.

15/7/2025, 3:38:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. Enjoy the hike 🥾

15/7/2025, 3:36:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) reposted

More details on the Windsurf acquihire. I wonder how cap tables for AI companies will evolve now that a regular play is big tech paying millions to billions to the founders & investors and everyone else being left with a Coca Cola and a smile?

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13/7/2025, 4:16:14 AM | 65 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Post of the day 🥇

11/7/2025, 4:31:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

This is my favorite Claude Code prompt: « Still no go, this is your last try so think hard ». 😜

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Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

I can finally see the finish line. Because when the first race is over there is always another one about to start.

10/7/2025, 11:46:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Really nice. Is the fact that the new guidelines (OS26) forces the icon to be within the squircle going to force a redesign?

10/7/2025, 6:53:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thomas Ricouard (@dimillian.app) reposted

I'm now an SEO expert. Look at this card. www.hyperyapper.app

10/7/2025, 4:53:25 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Totally 💯. Should this modifier be before or after this one? Assigned to the Group or not? Huge black box for me.

10/7/2025, 1:14:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Thomas Ricouard (@dimillian.app) reposted reply parent

Well it's available: www.hyperyapper.app (but not for Threads for now)

10/7/2025, 12:57:19 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

In French: Mais si la température est supérieure à 32 Celcius? Est-ce que le pneu va se dégonfler?

10/7/2025, 1:06:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social) reply parent

Would definitely use this. Kudos.

9/7/2025, 11:38:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sindre Sorhus (@sindresorhus.com) reposted

You don’t need a roadmap, you need caffeine and unreasonable optimism

7/7/2025, 12:37:56 AM | 56 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Martin Du4 (@mdu4.bsky.social)

Chapeau to this !!!!

3/7/2025, 3:30:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view