One cartridge works on my GBA but doesn’t on GBA SP. I mean - the game loads, but first action messes up with it. Of course I got to know that fact because I took different GBA with me and tried to play it.

A couple weeks ago I lost my mom to cancer. It has been rough, but we as a family are doing our best. Anyway - the thing I miss the most is being able to call her when I go on my stupid walks for stupid mental health. Hug your loved ones.

But still, having them on Switch is great click!

Nintendo is releasing GBA classics on Switch soon. If you haven’t played it - highly recommended. It’s a classic.

Miniflux is better than FreshRSS.

Things I didn’t think I would ever say: ‘I am a developer now.’ The game I play has an app - Torn PDA. I implemented the Android Live Updates feature and now I’m recognized as a developer on the app’s Discord!

I’m unstoppable. There’s another GBA coming my way (a normal one with an IPS screen).

Hi!

Because this is getting ridiculous I’ll take a look at what is costing me the most and I should move it to a self hosted version or find a cheaper alternative.

Agentic Development Thought: it’s now easy to translate the whole app into LOTS of different languages. Translations might not always be perfect, but with one prompt, you can make your app MUCH easier to use for so many people using other languages than English.

Whenever I need a tool I just make one. A native Android app for managing Fastmail masked emails. Create, view, edit, and manage your masked email addresses directly from your Android device. github.com/pawelorze…

That app is available for free on my github, enjoy! github.com/pawelorze…

I wanted to feel something (that we are getting more sunlight, day by day) so I built an app.

When you explain it plainly, it’s hard not to see where we are as a country.

Since every single payment went through - I’ve got another full year of figuring out how I replace 1Password, micro.blog or Fastmail. Or I won’t!

I’m doing another app, this one is called TimeNudge. It’s a simple timer app with Android Live Updates support, but the thing is - it nudges you until you select timer as complete. Great stuff for things you don’t want to forget. ... https://pawel.orzech.me/2026/01/23/im-doing-another-app-this.html

I’m off today at work, so…

My new, favorite thing on my phone is my new app.

If anybody uses Memos (selfhosted notes app) and macOS - I made a small menu bar app with global shortcut to quickly put thoughts into the Memos app. github.com/pawelorze…

My mission now is to bring Android Live Updates with support for that island thingy to every single app that would benefit from it. I love this.

The Itch continues.

The Itch.

I just wanted to say two things: If Google Play Console isn’t mistaken, 88 people downloaded my app which is INSANE. Thank you, lol. I had an itch and wanted to scratch it. I’m having the most fun with doing what I do right now. There’... https://pawel.orzech.me/2026/01/17/i-just-wanted-to-say.html

Psssst… play.google.com/store/app… It’s here!

Holy shit it’s happening.

This is an expesive computer: https://pawel.orzech.me/2026/01/03/this-is-an-expesive-computer.html

Be the change you want to see - even I complained about Android apps quality. So now I’m actively trying to work on quality Android apps.

I’m quiet but I’m cooking. Zachary made me do it. Coming to Dote Note testers today and to the rest of you - Dote Note will be in Google Play in about a week:)

😍

Is there a blue sky app for #android that feels more like Material Experience design?

Very basic widgets but that’s just the first step. Getting it out to testers and hopefully I will be publishing it in the next two to three weeks!

Widgets would be nice. Working on it, maybe I can finish them BEFORE 1.0 :)

I need some testers to test my notes app before I would be able to put it on the Google Play Store. If you’d be able to help - send me over your email address. I’ll add you to the closed tests and reply with a link! Who knows, you might love this app!

#desktop and #dock

Caved in and bought that Revolut premium plan. But only because it came with both travel insurance and NordVPN! I’ve also taken their offer for their credit card with 1% chargeback and moved ALL of my subscriptions there. End of the... https://pawel.orzech.me/2025/12/23/caved-in-and-bought-that.html

Is LinageOS any good?

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

Still mourning losing Tot when moved from iOS to Android so I made myself an app that’s my version of Tot on Android, but better 😅

My github is wild. Love this change.

My Defaults (2025): https://pawel.orzech.me/2025/12/07/my-defaults.html

I’m glad we decided that Cloudflare should be the backbone of the internet. Thanks to that I’m able to not use it at least for a moment.

Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex. “You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended" time.com/7336204/meta...

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

Got ‘em.

Trying to think of something serious to say about the “cryptographers lose the key for the cryptographer election” story and, mostly, hey: I just love that cryptographers are actually using the weird cryptography! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

I think I’m gonna get a MacBook Pro 14, M4 Pro with 24GB RAM and 1TB SSD. Am I making a mistake?

Me rn