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Alex Suzuki

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Indie developer (https://strich.io), husband and father of two 🍜 Thinks mostly about what to eat next πŸ‘½ Sci-fi & fantasy book nerd ✍️ Writes occasionally at https://alexsuzuki.com

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They were just confused. And after I proceeded to explain why I was scanning those pallets, even more so. πŸ˜‚

03.03.2026 10:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the reasons I love working on my product (strich.io) is that it's rooted in the physical world. To test it, you need to go out in the field. The store manager of the supermarket that I just went to for testing asked me "what the hell are you doing?" πŸ˜‚

03.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

cherry on top indeed

27.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe it's time to call it a day.

27.02.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Huh, I actually never thought of that! πŸ˜‚

26.02.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sponsorship incoming? πŸ™‚

26.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will start with email, but I use Docs and Sheets for my business as well for quotes, documentation and low-end CRM. Replacing with Office 365 would have the same issues. Any recommendations there?

26.02.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m based in Switzerland, Proton is too, that is appealing to me… especially if I run into any issues.

26.02.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought we’d be flying to Mars and exploring the solar system. πŸ™‚

26.02.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Gmail showing a mail with subject "The price of your subscription has changed", along with a banner "Unlock special offers right in your inbox".

Screenshot of Gmail showing a mail with subject "The price of your subscription has changed", along with a banner "Unlock special offers right in your inbox".

Enough is enough. Price increases for AI features I don't use, and now "special offers in your inbox"??? Moving to Proton this year.

26.02.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh you evil, evil man πŸ™‚

26.02.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. Apple is constantly nagging me to update to 26… instead I just want to update to newest 18.X. Very annoying how they want to push 26 at all cost.

25.02.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

iPhone 5 was an incredible phone πŸ™‚

25.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s amazing how capable these devices still are. Great form factor, and just less… noise?

25.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, that explains a lot… thanks!

25.02.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An iPhone 7 (released in 2016) receiving a system update to iOS 15.8.6

An iPhone 7 (released in 2016) receiving a system update to iOS 15.8.6

10yr old iPhone 7 which I use as a low-end iOS test device just received an OS update. Appreciated, but usually means there's some catastrophic exploit in the wild. πŸ‘Ή

25.02.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. I use we first, but if a customer wants to know specifics about my company or product, I don’t hide the fact that it’s a solo operation.

21.02.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Giorgio Iemmolo, is learning possible without writing? AI chatbots are taking over writing for students and researchers. Linguist Giorgio Iemmolo explains what we are jeopardising in the interest of efficiency gains.

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16.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, who are you to call my iPhone 15 old! πŸ™‚

12.02.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn... I have 18.7.2 installed, I'm offered neither 18.7.3 nor 18.7.4 for my iPhone 15. I don't want to install 26! 😫
Do they want us to update to 26 so desperately that they removed the possibility for minor updates if a new major release exists...?!

12.02.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks beautiful! πŸ‚

11.02.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a phishing mail pretending to be from Google, about an account approaching its "pooled storage limit"

Screenshot of a phishing mail pretending to be from Google, about an account approaching its "pooled storage limit"

Interesting phishing attempt – it's not being detected as such by Google's spam/phishing filter. And just visually, it fooled me upon first glance.

11.02.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brave new world

10.02.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You never know πŸ™‚

10.02.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On my 2nd job, this once happened to me and a co-worker. We were ended up being the only two engineers who came to the office that day. After a morning of light work, we went barhopping and became a good friends. Before that, we hardly spoke to each other.

10.02.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Towards other parents, or also towards kids? πŸ˜‰

10.02.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I realized this recently as well when I spoke to a colleague who owns and runs a small SaaS business. They were raving about how it eliminates so much of the drudgery of coding. And I’m like, β€œwhat drudgery?”

08.02.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was interesting to read. At the risk of sounding like a therapist, how did that way of working on a complex codebase make you feel? Frankly it sounds exhausting. The lack of a good mental model is something that would bother me tremendously. I think it pays dividends in future productivity.

06.02.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Popup showing a cookie preference dialog after user selected "reject all", showing a processing progress of 92%. It's unclear why there should be any processing at all.

Popup showing a cookie preference dialog after user selected "reject all", showing a processing progress of 92%. It's unclear why there should be any processing at all.

πŸͺ Got a cookie banner, selected "Reject All" (thanks for that!), then I get another popup with a spinner saying that the "request is being processed" and it may take a few minutes. The popup is still there, spinning at 92%. Oh dear god how did we end up with πŸ’© like this?

06.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I disabled AI completions because they were breaking my flow…
Agree that plain Intellisense is superior!

05.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0