Logan Magee

Today I learned that the PKCE extension for OAuth2 is officially pronounced "pixy"

How does a complex application like Accrescent manage its API? In this blog post, we discuss some of the API challenges we encountered and our journey to create a single source of truth: accrescent.app/blog/posts/a...

Nearing 100% Lighthouse coverage for the deterministic (i.e., mostly non-perf) audits feels good

Another day, another refresh! We've restyled and unified our website so that you can find everything Accrescent all in one place with one look, blog posts and documentation included. Let us know what you think! accrescent.app

Apparently, it is very difficult to create an accessible, collapsible nav menu on the web without JavaScript. Recent browsers make it possible without hacks though. This was an interesting read: adrianroselli.com/2026/07/link...

In anticipation of our upcoming blog posts, we've refreshed our blog! It's now simpler, smoother, smaller, and JavaScript-free. We'll be revising it gradually, so let us know what you think of the new design! Accessibility is especially important to us. blog.accrescent.app

I've really been enjoying @astro.build for static site generation. No JS by default but easy to add incrementally as desired, very customizable, doesn't break as often as Hugo, components, TypeScript/HTML-based templating is so much nicer than DSLs, easy optimized images, etc.

We have a partial port of GrapheneOS to the Pixel 11 series after a week of work on it. We're unable to complete the port due to lack of support for ARM hardware memory tagging in software, firmware and near certainly hardware. It appears Google cut an important security feature to save money.

The refactoring will continue until morale improves

Software engineering is solved

We know it's been a long time since our last progress update, so to keep you more in the loop, we're switching to more frequent, smaller posts from now on. We're getting ever closer to opening up app submissions to everyone. Thank you all for your support and patience!

Progress update! We've been hard at work tackling Accrescent's most pressing development needs, and now we want to share what we've been working on. We'll post blog posts in the next few weeks detailing our security, stability, and feature progress along with what's next!

Apparently getting Claude to write \u-escaped versions of Unicode code points in Kotlin string literals (as opposed to the literal Unicode characters) is very difficult. It'll keep retrying with literal code points, and when it doesn't do that, it'll use extra backslashes

I'm reworking how Accrescent handles Android app versions, and it turns out that there's no consistent global ordering across all Android versions because of how Android composes longVersionCode and accepts negative versions 🫠. I don't think we need versionCodeMajor.

Today is the official release day for Android 17. We've already fully ported GrapheneOS to Android 17 and are in the process of pushing the code to our public repositories. We're building a final official release based on Android 16 QPR2 today and we'll do an initial Android 17 release tomorrow.

We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola. We're collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support. motorolanews.com/motorola-thr...

It's annoying how good discord is. Matrix is a nice idea, but janky in practice.

GrapheneOS is the only Android-based OS providing the full security preview patches. Samsung ships a small subset of their flagship devices. Pixel stock OS gets a portion of it early but we aren't sure exactly how much since they don't follow their guidelines for listing patches.

If you've wondered how Android developer verification affects Accrescent, today we have a new blog post explaining briefly what it is, how it impacts us, and how we're responding. blog.accrescent.app/posts/androi...

It's time for an update! Check out our blog for a new update on: - What we've accomplished in the last 3 months - What's next for Accrescent Thank you to our supporters for making this possible! blog.accrescent.app/posts/road-b...

Accrescent 0.28.0 is out, including: - Download cancellation support - Better update scheduling (especially on Android 14+) - UI improvements and bug fixes Full release notes below! github.com/accrescent/a...

Accrescent 0.27.0 is here! This is the most significant release we've made to date: - New, stable app store API - Complete installer rewrite, resolving all known bugs - Tons of new features - More snappy, correct, & informative UI Check it out! 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

Development on our roadmap is progressing smoothly. Our next app and server releases are undergoing final testing before deployment. We hope to make an announcement soon about what Android's recently announced developer verification requirements mean for Accrescent. Stay tuned!

Since we published our blog post on the future of Accrescent, donations have increased dramatically. According to the rates in that post, we should now be able to fund full-time development through at least May 2026! Thank you to our community for your monumental support!

Today is the day! Read all about our development progress, view our roadmap for the future, and check out the new projects we're releasing as open source in our new blog post! blog.accrescent.app/posts/progre...

Keep an eye out for tomorrow's blog post! We'll be posting a development progress update for the past months and a roadmap for the next few.

This has been a long time in the making (including the follow-up to be posted next week). I'd appreciate you giving it a read.

I'm part of the team that discovered the #TapTrap vulnerability. We confirmed that @grapheneos.org has properly fixed it, as detailed on our site taptrap.click Despite a small factual error, it's good to see #GrapheneOS getting some media attention.

I don't think a lot of people will miss Amazon's Appstore (myself included), but it's nonetheless unfortunate to see one of the very few Google Play alternatives disappearing. There aren't many others left.

More information on the Amazon Appstore discontinuation on Android: www.amazon.com/appstoreonan...

With the Amazon Appstore shutting down, it's becoming even more important to invest in sustainable alternative stores you can trust. See how you can invest in Accrescent's future! A little help goes a long way: accrescent.app/faq#contribu...

I always get excited for new bundletool releases. This time: for device group targeting github.com/google/bundl...

distributed systems man. why do we do this to ourselves

With the release of Parcelo 0.11.0, we've made some significant changes to our server infrastructure. App developers can now find the developer console at console.accrescent.app. If you encounter any issues, please let us know ASAP through our socials or contacts on our site.

Accrescent 0.25.0 is out with Android 15 app archiving support, Private Space support, and settings UI improvements! We also forgot to announce that since 0.24.0, Accrescent supports in-app predictive back! Check out the release notes below 👇 github.com/accrescent/a...

Accrescent recently surpassed 1,000 stars on GitHub 🥳! Thank you to everyone for your continued support! If you'd like to help us grow, check out accrescent.app/faq#contribu.... There are lots of ways to contribute even if you can't code! github.com/accrescent/a...