Upgraded from macOS 15 to 27 and fuck me, I hate the bubbles everywhere. The tab bar in Safari is an abomination. All toolbars everywhere inspire disgust. I absolutely hate this. #macos27 #goldengate
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Kevin Renskers 🇺🇦🇪🇺
@kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.7.3It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day — that’s the hard part. But it does get easier.
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Joined August 23, 2023
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Winterswijk, the Netherlands (previously Groningen and Reykjavik and Groningen again)
The German autobahn is really cool, with the unlimited speed. Except that holy shit, every 10 kilometers one of the lanes is closed for maintenance and the speed limit is just 80 km/h. And nobody is ever actually working on the road!
From the Netherlands to Austria, through Germany, we hit 14 of these roadworks. Insane.
iOS 27 is mostly “fine”, with the Liquid Glass slider all the way to the right. But it does not belong on the Mac.
I want to research a company on Glassdoor, to know if I should apply. But to read the info there, I first have to share my experience as an employee? Wtf?
Fun fact about LinkedIn: if you simply never answer this question, you never get ads in your messages list.
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Coolify 4 is finally out of beta, hooray! 🎉
Now if only they can fix the remote backups… (https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/issues/9514)
They’re already talking about v5 but I think I’ll stay with v4 instead of endless beta releases again.
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@mattesilver@101010.pl @nixCraft@mastodon.social Seems like quite a leap? I don't know, but it just seems like a lot of anger for basically nothing?
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social maybe I’m misunderstanding but where’s the age verification? It looks like it’s just an optional field that they don’t do anything with?
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@bastilian I agree that opt-in would be preferable, but that’ll never be adopted. Even this opt-out setting is very unlikely I think.
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@aral yeah I know but I didn’t want to be pessimistic 😅
Why is 15.7.7 showing as an update when that's the installed version? 🤔
Holy shit. Watched the video and I had no idea. So besides the constant outages, GitHub is also fundamentally breaking git history.
Time to move my projects if this doesn’t get a LOT better very soon.
Tim Cook is stepping down 🎉
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/04/john-ternus-will-replace-tim-cook-as-apple-ceo/
I think that’s pretty good news. However, he’ll become the executive chairman and will keep “engaging with policymakers around the world”. But that’s a huge part of what sucks about Apple today! The pandering to the orange moron.
Sigh.
I had a wonderful time (3 nights) in Berlin, and had a lot of amazing food:
- Pai Thai at Le Hung
- Menemen at Cafe Kiva Han
- Ramen at Buya Ramen Factory
- Tacos at Taquería El Oso
- Banh Mi at THE BASE
- A burrito at Dolores Mitte
- Donuts at Brammibal's Donuts
Plus lots of walking around in really nice weather. I'll definitely come back some day.
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@jake that’s not too bad for 4 years though
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@adamghill really cool, thanks!
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@jramskov@helvede.net That is the million dollar question :/
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@jeffrey@geeksociety.social I’m done with Apple, but can’t move to Google / Android because I do think they’re worse. That’s why I feel trapped :(
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@LaOroBob Yeah I am still on iOS 18 and macOS 15 on all my devices. Linux isn't really the biggest problem for me - it's the iPhone.
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@Holtisan Yeah the iPhone is the real problem, I just don't see a good alternative to be honest. But I only just started looking into de-Googled Android versions, so who knows.
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@devolute I could’ve titled it “Tim Cook sold his own soul to save Apple’s profits”. Maybe that would’ve been more precise.
But he damaged Apple’s reputation alongside his own. And I think calling Apple’s reputation its “soul” isn’t unfair.
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@tux0r what a strange comment to make when i made it clear I’m looking for an alternative. Which is definitely not Google.
I'll be in #Berlin for a few days, staying at Alexanderplatz. Any recommendations for food, sights to see, things to do? Any cool photo spots? I love architecture, both old and new.
Fav foods are ramen, tacos, Thai, burgers. Also need good breakfast options.
So, the iPhone Duo. Didn't see that name coming. And holy shit, it starts at €2339 🤯
That's more expensive than a MacBook Pro. It's WAY more expensive than a MacBook Air.
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@olokolo Right, for me this feeling has been growing for a few years as well. I used to build iOS apps for a living until 2023 when I decided to switch. So it’s not new but it’s getting worse and worse, Cook’s cozying up to Trump.
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After the United States, most visitors to my website are from Germany. I wonder why. I would’ve expected the UK to be higher, but they’re consistently in third place. France is number four.
We're entering Black Mirror territory, with Siri now always recording everything and being able to rewind anything that was said? Jeeeeez.
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@kevinashworth I’m glad it motivated you! I’m planning my own exodus and will definitely write a follow-up.
It’s hard to say “I should have done so sooner”. I’ve had these feelings about Apple for a few years now, and literally stopped building iOS apps for a living because of this. But the rest is harder, as I said in the article 😅
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@brad Just because I don’t expect better from Google, doesn’t mean I will switch to them. Because I do think they are worse than Apple.
I really wish there were more choices :(
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@thibautsailly @brentsimmons I’m not arguing Apple was ever perfect. I’m arguing that Cook is making new choices that visibly damage Apple’s reputation today.
Past complicity doesn’t make present alignment beyond criticism.
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@wsvincent I still haven't received the email 🤔
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@virkon42 I think you’re right. I’m sure that in his own mind he’s doing all this to protect Apple’s shareholders. He’s the knight sacrificing himself. And yes, it’s working! No tariffs for Apple.
But at what cost…
This guy is making me want to cough #appleevent
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@ghalldev isn’t Apple the trader? 🤔
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@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Actions speak louder than words. This reminds me of "thoughts and prayers".
RE: @kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io
I am still looking for a new Python, TypeScript, or Swift role. Check my website (loopwerk.io) for my portfolio. Long term project, employment, short contract, it's all good.
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@maaikees@sw-development-is.social why are you still there?
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@Holtisan Same here! We're all-in on Apple: MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, iMessage, shared calendars, Apple Music, password sharing, etc.
So it's not just me leaving the Apple ecosystem, it's also me leaving the family ecosystem (because they will absolutely not switch to Linux and/or Android).
I haven't updated to Liquid Glass though 😅
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@adamghill oh, the validate_types decorator is very smart!
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@devolute cynical today, are we?
But the answer is no.
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@macmsp My freelance career from 2016 onwards was building iOS apps, so yeah I was also in deep. In 2023 I made the difficult choice to switch back to web development full time.