#rainbow in the smokies

Experiment 2 - BskySwift - A BlueSky Swift macOS app: https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/21/experiment-bskyswift-a-bluesky-swift.html

Experiment 1 - Honeybooks: https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/19/experiment-honeybooks.html

I got access to RStudio's AI enhanced beta, and oh my is it nice... Much number crunching to be had here, and way easier then copy/pasting between Claude Code/Codex and RStudio.

App Defaults 2025: https://hunsanger.blog/2026/02/12/app-defaults.html

Reading: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson 📚

Started Reading: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Testing…

I took the excellent work by @josephjefe.bsky.social and did some customizations to come up with some additional data points (PFF Snaps and rating data) to evaluate salary cap info, and hosted my first Shiny app which allows anyone to run this for all 32 teams. hunsanger.shinyapps.io/shiny/

Got bored, built a macOS swift BlueSky app. Working: - Posting to BlueSky - Replying to posts - Timeline - Bookmarks - Profile view Not Working (yet): - Notifications - Quality search I’m not sure how far I’ll take this at this point, but a fun exercise in creating a macOS app.

Test post… from my macOS BlueSky Swift native app.

Gut feel is that 🍊iPhone 17 Pro Max is calling my name, despite the obvious better looks of the 17 Air in all aspects but the color.

Really happy with how things have been improving in the Obsidian space of late. Bases feature looks to be a game-changer (at least for me personally, databases are fun!), and has pulled me back into Obsidian from the comfy confines of the still excellent NotePlan 3 app.

Pumped to finally have a date for getting fiber internet in my home for the first time. 🌐

Finished reading: Edgedancer: From the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Cabin season is the best season.

Finished reading: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 📚

MacUpdater MacUpdater has become an essential part of my digital toolkit – a rare utility that solves a genuine problem without creating new ones. It scans your Mac for outdated applications (tracking over 100,000 apps) a... https://hunsanger.blog/2025/03/23/macupdater-macupdater-has-become-an.html

Platform Investigation: Eleventy vs. Micro.blog vs. Weblog.lol: hunsanger.blog/2025/03/19/p...

🐦‍🔥 tapbots.com/phoenix/

Every time I return to Obsidian, NotePlan introduces a feature I’ve been waiting for, compelling me to stay. If NotePlan were to develop a Dataview-like plugin, I might never switch to another note-taking application again.

Instead of sharing my Apple Music relay list which is littered with kids music at this point in my life (and happily so). Here are my personal favorite albums of 2024: 1. No Name - Jack White - A return to my favorite Jack White sound. 2. I've Tried Everything but Therapy Pt. 1 - Teddy Swims

Tech I'm thankful for this year: 1. iPad Pro 11" (M4) - first time owning a "small" iPad Pro (came from the 2018 12.9"), and the portability factor has led to a significant increase in my usage. 🧵

Realizing I abandoned the Google / Amazon ecosystems (Google TV/Chromecast/Echo) when they sunset the Chromecast Audio and the Echo Input.

Just start making things look cool again

~~ Week 11 NFL Thread ~~ It's still Lions-Bills Super Bowl szn

@haydenwinks.bsky.social Can you confirm @fantasynflnews.bsky.social is the official equivalent of Underdog__NFL?

Cool to see one of my favorite NFL threads I look forward to every week now on Blue Sky.

Justin Tucker field goal percentage over expected per Next Gen Stats: 2016: +18.8% 2017: +13.0% 2018: +8.5% 2019: +9.9% 2020: +10.1% 2021: +14.0% 2022: +9.8% 2023: +4.0% 2024: -5.4%

The true test of Blue Sky for me will be whether NFL Sports/Analytics Twitter engages with the platform during live games today after @minakimes.bsky.social 's great recruitment last week.

Here is a graphic. Excited for Chiefs/Bills, Eagles/Commanders, Ravens/Steelers, Bengals/Chargers. Should be a fun week

Agree with @gruber.foo that the process for setting up a custom domain on Blue Sky is top notch. Already configured with porkbun after moving from Google Domains this evening.

Interesting to watch Beeper and Texts.app battle it out for best universal texting application. I have been using both and have things I like/dislike about both. Neither support first name handles in Telegram which is a huge bummer.

I'm super intrigued by the StandBy mode for the iPhone that was released with iOS 17. Obvious first question is when is this coming to iPadOS to give me the closest thing to my perfect kitchen screen?

First post from Blue Sky, I feel like it has the basics down mostly right? Still want to see where it sits in terms of engagement compared to Mastodon. Also thanks for the invite @newmy.bsky.social !