Evelyn🚲葉美華 · @evelyn
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@Big_Diggity @jonyoder
What do you mean why do you keep trying?
I'm holding my breath here. 🤷‍♀️
And I'm turning blue!

Yoda says:
Finish it, you must.

Seriously, I'm waiting to check it out. Any beta for us to play with? 😃

#apps #Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
229 followers · 517 posts · Server mstdn.social

Working on is hard, not gonna lie. Why do I keep trying? Why should you care? Can this actually make the world a better place? Hit the link to find out.

mensago.org/why-mensago/

#Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
229 followers · 517 posts · Server mstdn.social

As prep to be a quasi-entrepreneur with the whole thing, I've taken business courses to give me a bit of savvy to go with my technical knowledge. That includes a bit about .

I saw this on the shelf at WalMart today. It's. Literally. WATER.

There's a fine line between matching people to products and slimy, folks, and these guys didn't just step over the line. They launched over it in epic Parkour fashion. *facepalm*

Come on, seriously?

#marketing #Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
228 followers · 494 posts · Server mstdn.social

As prep to be a quasi-entrepreneur with the whole thing, I've take business courses to give me a bit of savvy to go with my technical knowledge. That includes a bit about .

I saw this on the shelf at WalMart today. It's. Literally. Water.

There's a fine line between matching people to services and slimy, folks, and these guys didn't just step over the line. They launched over it in epic Parkour fashion. *facepalm*

Come on, seriously?

#marketing #Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
229 followers · 517 posts · Server mstdn.social

Began porting to all the encryption and signing code for Connect over the weekend. I seem to have forgotten how much code that is. Last time, thankfully.

I hope.

#Mensago #kotlin

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
227 followers · 485 posts · Server mstdn.social
Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
227 followers · 477 posts · Server mstdn.social

Four long months of shaving yaks and trying to find a decent styled text editor control for Connect. TL;DR: there isn't one, but I found one I can live with for the moment.

Connect can have nice-looking notes and stuff now. Now to hunt some bugs.

#Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
227 followers · 477 posts · Server mstdn.social

Lately my work on has felt less like being a developer and more of a career change into yak shaving.

Really don't want to have to implement a word processing component just so we can have basics like nice-looking text and pictures. *sigh*

#Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
227 followers · 477 posts · Server mstdn.social

@CharismaticBatman That was a fascinating read. I'm not huge into codecs except the benefits, but JXL genuinely sounds compelling. I'm definitely going to look into it further as a 4th supported format for SFTM and the platform in general

#Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
215 followers · 353 posts · Server mstdn.social

Lately the road to getting Connect has been a slow and tough one, but every once in a while, I hit a much-needed mini milestone.

Despite the decidedly not-great documentation for RichTextFX, I have put together the beginnings of a word processor. For a platform where easy-to-use, cross-platform rich text is the norm, this is an encouraging start.

#Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
208 followers · 305 posts · Server mstdn.social

continues to move forward and overcome challenges, despite how long this year has been.

mensago.org/what-a-year/

#Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
208 followers · 290 posts · Server mstdn.social

The notetaking part of Connect is actually taking shape. I'm still learning as I go, but progress is progress. I can load, save, and update notes and there's basic support for multiple notebooks.

The tech stack? + TornadoFX + SQLite, and the stuff I've learned as a developer makes me very aware of ownership, allocations, and safety even if the language doesn't force me to.

#Win #Rust #kotlin #Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
208 followers · 289 posts · Server mstdn.social

The notetaking part of Connect is actually taking shape. I'm still learning as I go, but progress is progress. I can load, save, and update notes and there' basic support for multiple notebooks.

The tech stack? + TornadoFX + SQLite, and the stuff I've learned as a developer makes me very aware of ownership, allocations, and safety even if the language doesn't force me to.

#Win #Rust #kotlin #Mensago

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
209 followers · 240 posts · Server mstdn.social

The last few months have been hard, especially on the front. Finding a good GUI toolkit to latch onto the backend I've written hasn't worked out well at all. Once again, my stack choice is limited by crap documentation. *sigh* Coding hasn't been fun for quite some time... probably because of my tendency to hustle, especially when my patience is wearing thin. (1/2)

#Rust #Mensago

Last updated 2 years ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
205 followers · 152 posts · Server mstdn.social

A screenshot of Connect. Most of it's a no-op, but to have the layout and styling for the notetaking section mostly done and looking this good, it feels *great*, especially considering where I was and how I felt Sunday night trying to make this.

, it do be like this. :/

#WebDev #Mensago

Last updated 2 years ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
209 followers · 196 posts · Server mstdn.social

A screenshot of Connect. Most of it's a no-op, but to have the layout and styling for the notetaking section mostly done and looking this good, it feels *great*, especially considering where I was and how I felt Sunday night trying to make this.

, it do be like this. :/

#WebDev #Mensago

Last updated 2 years ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
209 followers · 148 posts · Server mstdn.social

After almost a month of learning about , HTML, , and , I spent about 6 hours today at the keys, failing miserably to get much of anything accomplished on Connect. Really feeling like a failure right now.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me get going on the stuff. Anyone willing to point me in the right direction and help me solve some of the problems I'm having?

gitlab.com/darkwyrm/connect

#frontend #Mensago #Tauri #svelte #JavaScript

Last updated 2 years ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
209 followers · 148 posts · Server mstdn.social

After months researching, searching, testing, and trying, Connect has a clear way forward. Hit the link to find out how!

mensago.org/the-way-forward/

#Mensago

Last updated 2 years ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
219 followers · 120 posts · Server mstdn.social

Brain has been on overload lately. Learning as fast as I can, figuring out and and, when I don't actually feel like coding, tinkering with designing a new programming language.

I'm going to be really glad when I can stop cramming my brain and actually write some code for Connect.

#Mensago #svelte #Tauri #JavaScript

Last updated 2 years ago

Jon Yoder · @jonyoder
219 followers · 120 posts · Server mstdn.social

I've tentatively settled on Tauri and Svelte as the base for writing Connect. With that said, I've got of studying to do and have been updating my knowledge of .

TIL that in JavaScript there is such a thing as negative zero. (-0). Seriously.

This seems like such a facepalm moment that I have no words. I also think I'm going to have a sore forehead for a while. 😏

#JavaScript #Mensago

Last updated 2 years ago