Anyone who knows me knows that I like to try new things — phones, gadgets, apps. Last week I downloaded the new Wix (closed, proprietary, non-open-sourced, non-GPL) mobile app. I’m always intereste…
Why I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
Monday of last week I was all excited. I had just gotten the green light to start prototyping a new Progressive Web App for a client I've been working with.
Nobody Wants Your Damn App
Nobody wants another app cluttering their phone—so why does every website keep begging us to install one? The web already perfected the experience: click, load, done. Maybe it’s time we stopped trying to ruin it.
Favourite well-made apps and sites – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Introducing Firefox OS App Archive (FFAA)!
191 votes, 30 comments. Link: https://ffapps.danielherr.software Introducing Firefox OS App Archive (FFAA), a full-fledged reborn app store for our…
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If you have WhatsApp, Signal, if you've ever opened a PDF on your device, if you run iOS, Android, and even an OS like Graphene, your chances of having this software on your phone is more than zero.Even Graphene pretends to be uncrackable, but clever marketing is used to cover… https://t.co/gaVzq4tAZm— 7SEES (@7SEES_) February 11, 2026
Yet another blog about the state and future of Progressive Web App
Progressive Web Apps are in flux at the moment, these are the opinions of someone who has been working on web apps before they got conflated with Service Workers and new web tech.
Apps are too complex so maybe features should be ownable and tradable
Posted on Friday 29 Apr 2022. 1,955 words, 12 links. By Matt Webb.
Your ‘App’ Could Have Been a Webpage (so I fixed it for you…)
I was asked to install a mobile app to get access to the itinerary of a trip to Disneyland I'm taking with the kids. Fuck that noise: couldn't it have just been a Web page? An hour of reverse-engineering later, it is, and it's superior in virtually every way to the "app" that it replaces.
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The FLX1 runs FuriOS, which is an operating system based on Debian, designed and oriented for mobile use without any artificial limitations.
Exciting Improvements Delivered Today in Firefox for Desktop and Android | The Mozilla Blog
Today we’re proud to announce the initial rollout of multi-process Firefox for Desktop to our general audience. With this, we’re taking a major step fo
For anyone building new apps and tools on ATproto that are … 🌐 on the Open Web 🌱 past the prototype stage ✨ reimagining the social internet New_ Public, @publicspaces.net and @waag.org are investing up to €10,000 in alternatives to Big Tech Learn more, share, or apply by May 1st newpublic.org/OSA
Open Social Awards | New_ Public
newpublic.orgDidn't get to ask my question, so here they are @anna.wsocial.eu (I'm in the room :)) But firstly, welcome to the Atmosphere! It's always great to see another app join the OSW (open social web).
Mathew Lowry
Going to the W Social launch this afternoon at the Brussels Press Club. Should be interesting! Anyone I know joining me?
Didn't get to ask my question, so here they are @anna.wsocial.eu (I'm in the room :)) But firstly, welcome to the Atmosphere! It's always great to see another app join the OSW (open social web).
Mathew Lowry
Going to the W Social launch this afternoon at the Brussels Press Club. Should be interesting! Anyone I know joining me?
Some initial atproto-related learnings from #Rebuild Helsinki 🇫🇮 * most people building apps here have no idea what atproto is, which is a shame since especially when building social apps, atproto is a great starting point for many reasons
