Shahid Kamal Ahmad

Code is Just, all three seasons, as heavily requested, is finally out in a compiled PDF and ePub for easy reading. Price is whatever is reasonable for you, including zero. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali

Reverie 1.1 has been out for a few days, but 1.2, another big update, is going to be out this week. I’m using it for all my writing. There is still nothing like it. Sure, it has all the journal stuff you’d expect, but it’s the conversations with your past self that make it special. freeholder.dev

Reverie v1.0.13 is out. It features: - fuzzy find from anywhere - tag support - a really beautiful new settings dialogue. I haven’t seen anyone do a settings page quite like this, you can tell I used to make games! Reverie is quiet while you write and comes alive when you look back freeholder.dev

Reverie 1.0.12 is now out. Featuring: - UI polish - An index card view of the timeline - The best typewriter mode of any app out there. For your first drafts and for powering through without going back. Reverie is what I use for all my creative writing and journalling. freeholder.dev

Reverie 1.012 is out tomorrow. It has a lovely new feature that some writing apps have tried, but none of them have nailed — I think I’ve nailed it. Not only has Reverie replaced Day One as my journalling app of choice, it’s replaced every other app for writing. If you’re interested: freeholder.dev

Reverie is now at v1.010 and development continues apace. I use Reverie as my main journal, but also for all my creative writing. Give it a try for as long as you like if you’re on Mac or PC. Buy it only if you love it. freeholder.dev

Reverie: quiet when you write, alive when you look back. Get it at freeholder.dev

Friday’s Dancing Monkeys post will be about the imminent launch of Reverie, my first commercial application that isn’t a game in 44 years of building software. If you’re curious, please subscribe. Link is in the bio.

Second test, please ignore.

Test. Please ignore.

My mum taught me how to do embroidery when I was 14. This was the first thing I hand embroidered. Yes, I still have it 46 years later.

Love this.

I need this.

We achieved a lot in the last few hours with your help We need 7K more in the Next 2 Hours to get the 5K boost from Launchgood Please support NOW we can do this: www.launchgood.com/1948

The part of Regents Park I’d come to at night when it was closed when I was stuck on a code problem, as described in Code is Just.

I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo

While it’s boring talking of the other place here, the people leaving it accelerated this shift. What concerned me wasn’t the right wing shift, I mean most Western governments are going full fash, but we didn’t stop voting. It’s because our voices were silenced, so it’s no longer a fair fight.

They should use the scream from Chimera.

So how’s that metaverse thing going?

From one of the leading characters from Code is Just, this endorsement means a lot to me. Thanks, David!

Coming from Chris, this means a lot. If you like my work, buying the book and/or audiobook will help support it. That said, if money is tight, you can download the book for free, and if you do, I’d appreciate it if you’d share the link with your friends if you like it.

Thanks for supporting my work, Mark, much appreciated. Recording the audio has reminded me just how much I put into this story and how well it was received.

If you offered me the choice between sawing my balls off with a rusty hacksaw without anaesthetic and opening another bloody SD card package, I’m not sure I could decide.

Today, swiping over to my iPhone widgets, set up as a personal dashboard, I noticed with alarm that a WhatsApp widget had been inserted, silently, into my top stack of two items (now, three). I consider this as alarming as finding a stranger in my home.

As soon as someone otherwise intelligent says “I could care less”, my brain cannot process anything they say after that.

I’ll be 60 this month. My dad passed away over a quarter of a century ago, my mum more recently. Why is it that no matter how grown up you think you are, you only recognise their patience and wisdom after they’re gone?

i just dropped my new album (and a subscription option) on bandcamp it's called 'blurred windows' 🪟 spacerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blurre...

I fell out of love with video games, then my kids made me fall in love with them again. If you’re a parent who doesn’t understand your kids when they talk about Fortnite, my new channel is for you. youtu.be/l8JpBA6kDbg?...

I fell out of love with video games, then my kids made me fall in love with them again. If you’re a parent who doesn’t understand your kids when they talk about Fortnite, my new channel is for you. youtu.be/l8JpBA6kDbg?...

Every line of text I write in my daily note in Obsidian, I’m now getting an ugly Apple “Intelligence” overlay suggesting “Proofread” and “Rewrite” How about you proofread my cease and desist order and rewrite your code?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social In case you missed it, James, Code is Just is now available in a nicely compiled PDF and ePub, and you can get it for free. Much easier to read than on Twitter, and more complete. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali

If you can run any program you want on it, it’s a computer. If you’re prevented from doing so, it’s a console. 💻 Computers: PC 💻 Mac 💻 Android phone 💻 🎮 Consoles: PS5 🎮 iPhone 🎮 iPad 🎮 I’m not making a value judgment here, I just think it’s important to make the distinction.

Four taps (some longer than others) now required to remove an app from the home screen on an iPad. Something has gone very wrong here.