Noel De Martin @noeldemartin@noeldemartin.social

JotterPad, a perfectly good app I've been using for years (and paid for) recently switched to a subscription model.

Did I want any new features? No.

Can I continue using the version I purchased, without getting any new updates? No.

The software industry is broken.

https://twitter.com/2appstudio/status/1371038896658653185

I'm really happy to be sponsoring Anthony Fu, he's done a lot of excellent work in many areas. And I didn't even know he wasn't doing it full-time until now. If you didn't know him, check him out: https://antfu.me

(3/3) So I'm moving to LessPass; something that is open source, doesn't rely on any servers and it's been recommended to me multiple times. If any of you is not using a password manager, I strongly recommend you to do so!

(2/3) Today's move is in line with the bait and switch strategy I despise so much, and I despise subscriptions as well. I'd be more than happy to pay once for a product that hasn't changed significantly - for me - since I started using it 2 years ago.

(1/3) I'll be completely honest about #LastPass's recent announcement. I started using it 2 years ago, and I was willing to pay for it. However, after using it for a while I saw no reason to upgrade given that the Free plan already covered all my necessities.

We are looking for a UX/UI designer in the Mobile Apps team at Moodle! We are a small team based in Barcelona (working remotely), you'd be working with me on a daily basis. Check it out if you're interested. https://apply.workable.com/moodle/j/A21F9174C3/

If you missed my presentation about Media Kraken, here's the recording! Thanks to everyone who attended, and to the organizers for inviting me! https://vimeo.com/508623332#t=666

#SolidWorld is starting in 10 minutes! I'll be talking about my app: Media Kraken. Come by if you want to ask any live questions! If you can't make it, there'll be a recording :) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solid-world-tickets-135541896461

Here's an example with a list of my favorite movies: https://noeldemartin.github.io/media-kraken/viewer?c=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.noeldemartin.com%2Ffavorite-movies%2F

Are you a #Solid developer and do you want to share lists of movies with your friends? Check out Media Kraken Viewer: https://noeldemartin.github.io/media-kraken/viewer

Next week I'll be talking about Media Kraken at Solid World, come join us! #Solid https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solid-world-tickets-135541896461

When did Google start asking for this to watch age-restricted videos? (And how does having a credit card prove that I'm an adult?)

One new tip for this year.

If you do New Year Resolutions, you should also do Last Year Achievements.

You'll be surprised of how many things you achieved that weren't in your resolutions but are worthy of them.

https://noeldemartin.social/@noeldemartin/103409291785606255

One Piece chapter 1000 was just released! Check out this website :) https://onepiece-1000logs.com

I've made a simple #Solid app to test compatibility with different PODs, if it doesn't work with your Solid account please let me know by opening an issue! https://ramen.noeldemartin.com

Seneca's "On Discursiveness in Reading" is one of my favourite letters of his, and I feel the same way about programming. When I find a technology I like, I'd rather stick with it than learning something new. https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_2

This new app is going to be fun to build.

I've recently been extracting some helper methods from different projects into a utils package, and I came up with a Fluent API to combine custom helpers with built-in methods. It was fun to make it fully typed as well :D. https://github.com/noeldemartin/utils#fluent-api

A data ecosystem fosters sustainable innovation https://ruben.verborgh.org/blog/2020/12/07/a-data-ecosystem-fosters-sustainable-innovation/