Don't be a "Juster"... You know the type. The armchair expert in the comments section (and let's be honest, sometimes it's us) who looks at a finished product and smugly asks, "Why didn't they just do X?"

I really like the show "Pluribus," but I just had a hilariously immature thought that was actually valid. Does any "individual" from the hive mind have to fart? Do they all do it at the same time? What's the idea behind that? I'm 100% being serious but had to laugh at myself at the thought 😆

I wish I had gotten the Hazel or Porcelain Pixel 9 Pro instead of the Obsidian

Mr. Robot is officially on Netflix. With what's going on this past year, now is as good a time as any to watch this amazing series. www.netflix.com/title/800459...

5 reasons why Google's Pixel software is better than One UI. The main reason for me? Simplicity. share.google/NUuNaSsZXI6p...

Allow me to post something other than tech for a moment. Not sure how accurate this is from @nytimes.com, but the Medicaid cuts after 2026

The Gemini widget has turned out to be the most useful widget on my homescreen. Leaping over the new Google AI Mode widget added to the bottom half.

🤣 @mkbhd.com thinks he's slick lol

Should I buy this just to try it out? 👀

Wow 😮 This really releases some air in the hype

Happy Juneteenth my melanated brothers and sisters!

Nothing like learning Google Cloud with Drupal CMS like spinning up a Cloud SQL instance that's way more than you even need for your little ol' blog and then making a new smol one and export and import the data into it. 😅

Explain the difference between these products to someone who's not familiar with them...

Good morning 🫡 Came across this article and graphic from financial times during some chill reading this morning from financial times. Eye opening graphic but we'll see how things change tomorrow. www.ft.com/content/785a...

"Google, whose Android operating system is the only major rival to Apple’s iOS, has been barreling ahead with new AI tools and services." www.cnn.com/2025/06/08/t....

Hey all 👋🏾 Been away brushing up on my Data Structures, Algorithms, and System Design. Really been struggling after being away from it for a while but I'm growing 😅

Very interesting 🤔 Source: Tech Xplore search.app/xe7TW Shared via the Google App

What's your first strategy when tackling this LeetCode/Hackerrank problem? 👇🏾 Given a square matrix, calculate the absolute difference between the sums of its diagonals. Ex: 123 687 889 left-to-right = 18 right-to-left = 19 sum = 37

It's almost #Android showtime! 🎬 www.youtube.com/live/l3yDd3C...

Stop where you are, open your favorite podcast player, & listen to this conversation. It's so good. @reckless.bsky.social & @gruber.foo brought a lot of insight, bubbling up from the old innovating Steve Jobs-era, to the "penny pinching" Tim Cook-era of Apple. www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...

If the Pixel team sees this, I just want to mention how much I would LOVE the ability to customize my Google Search bar that's fixed on the Pixel Launcher. I'd be happy to change it to AI Mode and/or Saved List shortcut

For coding interviews do most companies allow you to use HashSets and library functions or do they expect you to use your own sorting algorithms? Asking for a friend 😅

May the 4th be with you

Read this but remember that AI isn't the problem. ifstudies.org/blog/artific...

I know it's Saturday, but does anyone in the #AndroidDev community know how I can get my app to animate from ExtendedFAB to FAB when scrolling? This is it in a compose-sample project and for the life of me I can't find the code where this is in the repo of it to see.

In-depth Tech Reviews hits a lot of the great points as to why I continue to choose using Android year after year. And he just hit on comparing iOS to the Pixel experience. With OnePlus, Samsung, and others, magnify it by at least 2x. youtube.com/watch?v=uUgO...

If I am Google, I am pulling overtime trying to get that deal done. The contrast between how Apple Intelligence would use Gemini and how Gemini works on Android phones would be utterly embarrassing for Apple. Right now even the contrast between ChatGPT in Siri and ChatGPT the app is brutal.

Building Micro.Blog client for Android bit-by-bit. Currently working on the Timeline, after getting the login working with the Micro.Blog API. I'm really emphasizing using Android's Jetpack Compose & M3 Not sure why the TopBar is so thick tho. It looked fine in the ChromeOS emulator. 🤔 #AndroidDev

Excited to see what Google is bringing to the Pixel 10 with more on-device AI models for local processing. On another note, more "talking-head" YouTube videos should be podcasts. At least that's how I listen to them when I'm in the car. It makes the YouTube Premium incredibly useful and valuable.

I'm now finishing up implementing the Micro.blog email sign-in for my Android app (using Kotlin/Compose). After the user clicks the sign-in link in their email, my app opens correctly via a deep link (appname://sign-in/).

@manton.org There seems to be a "503 Service Unavailable" on micro.blog. I promise I didn't do it lol

"Twenty years since launching, YouTube would likely be worth as much as $550 billion as a stand-alone business. YouTube is on track to be the biggest media company by revenue in 2025, beating Disney" www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/g...

I want this so bad. I hope it becomes a real thing 🙏🏾

I want this so bad. I hope it becomes a real thing 🙏🏾

Finally got the Email Sign-in functionality working on my new blogging app that plugs into the Micro.Blog platform! 🙌🏾 Which means I can start more live testing 😁

"Perplexity doesn’t just want to compete with Google, it apparently wants to be Google." techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/p...

See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads So you won't be lonely blog.michaelbtech.com/2025/04/24/c...

Coding in this environment seems peaceful...

Oh look, another Google product that hasn't been killed and has lasted for 10 years. blog.google/products/goo...

Perplexity Team wrote a really good post about the actual remedy to Google being anticompetitive is to bring more choice www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/cho...

I love the P9a, I really do, but I can't shake the feeling of wanting to grab the P9Pro from time to due to loving the glossy sides and weight. Besides that I truly believe that the P9a is the one to buy for most people. I'd say about the majority of people (75%) would be fine with the P9a.

Some more shots with the Pixel 9a from the weekend

What does the "a" in Pixel 9a stand for?

Apparently I'm in the minority, but I really like the shiny glossy sides on the Pixel 9 Pro compared to the mat sides of the Pixel 9A. Shocker, but it just feels more premium to me.

I'll definitely be throwing this on my Pixel Tablet play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Day 1 Battery Usage of the Pixel 9a on 5G and Wi-Fi throughout the day. Top 7 most used apps as well. Not bad!

Here we go! Pixel 9a is here and I'm putting my main SIM in it. Packing up my P9Pro and putting it on the shelf. Going to use the P9a for a few months to see how I like using a low-mid range Android device. Comment any questions. I'll try to answer them on my blog - blog.michaelbtech.com

I've been working on my Micro.Blog Android app client more today. It's coming along but all of the church meetings gearing up for Easter has occupied my time after work this week. I have a few more pages to complete but I want to get the POST /account/signin JSON API working today.

My Pixel 9a should be here tomorrow. I plan on putting my main SIM in it, transferring all my apps, and using that as my main device for a while. I want to truly see what the experience is like with a low-mid range Pixel. Will be sharing my journey on blog.michaelbtech.com

I really like this Material 3 Carousel motion in Google Photos.