Wrote about the playlist I compiled as a companion to my novella, Xorientation. This includes a lot of little behind-the-scenes insights about the book, though I refrained from spoilers. If you haven't read it, it might give you a better idea of what you're in for! smol.news/p/the-xorien...

New Patreon benefit for $5+/mo. subs DRM-free copy of Averal, a replacement for Launchpad, which is being removed in macOS 26 Tahoe. If you cancel the sub, you only lose access to future updates! www.patreon.com/posts/134618...

New Patreon benefit for $10+/mo. subs DRM-free copy of Domaineer, an app for tracking your domain names and when they need to be renewed. It can even generate a calendar for you! If you cancel the sub, you only lose access to future updates. www.patreon.com/posts/134617...

The Eggsweeper beta is now live! play.eggsweeper.com - Daily challenge with 3 lives! - Unlimited random games! - Save your scores to your PDS! - OAuth support!

Finally have this out, and I'll apply what I learned about ATProto OAuth to Skyrdle in the near future! 🫡

The ProtoPro Labeling Service is now live at @labeler.protopro.blue! Mark yourself as hiring or looking for work! Subscribe to the labeler and see others with these labels!

While the main ProtoPro app is still a ways away, here's something you can use on Bluesky now that will have special functionality later!

If a better professional networking experience is at all appealing to you (and I know it won't be for some), follow this account.

LinkedIn is broken. All your data is trapped behind a walled garden, job applications never seem to go anywhere, and the whole site increasingly seems to be an ad to try to upsell you LinkedIn Premium. We're here to help. For Pros on Proto to connect Pro to Pro!

New Patreon benefits: $5/mo. tier - Joyt for macOS (menubar scratchpad) $10/mo. tier - Axelytic for macOS (vehicle records tracker) Both are DRM-free! patreon.com/smolfarm

Introducing ProtoPeek for macOS, a tool for power users and devs to tinker with ATProto. Browse and, if you authenticate, even edit raw PDS data. More features planned and coming soon! App Store ($14.99): apps.apple.com/us/app/proto... Patreon ($10+/mo.): patreon.com/smolfarm

New Substack post about how ChatGPT isn't causing "brain damage" but we need to adapt to changing times to ensure that people continue to challenge themselves mentally. smol.news/p/atrophy-ve...

Egg tier and above now has access to a DRM-free download of smolsky for macOS, our menubar app that makes it convenient to post to Bluesky quickly.

We have a new ATProto game in the works! Here's a tease. It might not be what you expect! We're using this as a chance to do OAuth as well before we rebuild large parts of Skyrdle.

We just setup a Patreon! We always want to provide a lot for free, e.g. @skyrdle.com, that has no catches or ads. However, setting up ongoing revenue to support our efforts is important. For now, we offer one tier: the $5/mo. egg tier The benefits will expand with time! patreon.com/smolfarm

Joyt for macOS v1.1 released The main thing this adds is iCloud syncing support, which may help if you have multiple Macs. However, we also have some requests to be able to view Joyt notes on-the-go via a phone app, which this will make possible! apps.apple.com/us/app/joyt/...

Skyrdle now has a stats popup you can bring up when playing!

Now live on the App Store!

Just submitted smolsky for iPhone v1.0.2 for App Store review This has the features that were added to the Mac version last week: - support for custom PDSes - support for 2FA We hope you enjoy this distraction-free way to post!

New Substack post about the potential of ATProto and our recent efforts building atop it! smol.news/p/building-o...

We're making it so that you can edit your Linkat.blue data directly from within smol life. Just look for the new "Other Protocol Data" section in Settings. Should be live in the next 15 minutes!

You can now "install" apps or games in smol life. All this does is create a PDS record at: life.smol.installed However, that then signals to the client that you care about that AT Proto app and want to be able to access it easily!

People have played hundreds of games of Skyrdle already, and we're not even a week old!

New update! The main change is support for custom PDSes, along with some other refinements, such as the login screen looking nicer. Still more to come like OAuth!

Submitted smolsky for macOS v1.0.2. Should be live soonish! The only major change to this is that it determines your actual PDS URL, enabling support for PDSes not hosted by Bluesky. The iOS version is still on v1.0.0, but it will get the features of both macOS updates very soon!

A little rough still, but @smol.life will now show your @linkat.blue links if you have them

Thank you to all the love shown to @skyrdle.com so far!

It's giving Saints Row

smolsky for macOS v1.0.1 now live with these changes! apps.apple.com/us/app/smols...

smolsky v1.0.1 for macOS submitted to the App Store, should hopefully be available soon: * Fixed a bug where the token could fail to be properly refreshed, requiring relogging in to post * Added support for 2FA * Better error feedback

The beta of Skyrdle is now live! Can you guess the first daily puzzle? skyrdle.com

Averal, my attempt at a replacement for Launchpad (RIP) apps.apple.com/us/app/avera...

HELLO GUESS WORDS LATER

Building a thing to learn advanced AT Proto stuff better

smolsky doesn't currently support inputting 2FA codes, but that'll be in the next release coming very soon 🫡

Just in time for WWDC, a bunch of @smol.farm apps have iOS and iPadOS versions available now apps.apple.com/us/developer...

This is from the alpha version of smolsky for browsers 🤫

Ports coming soon: - Domaineer (iPadOS + iOS) - Axelytic (iPadOS) - Reodic (iPadOS) - FeatherFill (iPadOS) - TickTonick (iPadOS + iOS) The ones without iOS versions will get them! iPad is just being prioritized first, and some iPad apps also look great on phones without tweaks.

Starting to submit iOS ports for some of our apps!

“We’re gonna release so much, you may even get tired of releases. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much releasing. We can’t take it anymore, Ms. CTO, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t. We have to keep releasing. We have to release more!’”

Introducing Takaize, an elegant way to track expenses. apps.apple.com/us/app/takai...

Xorientation is now available on Kobo! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Now live 🫡 apps.apple.com/us/app/smol-...

There's so much increasingly enshittified stuff out there. We want to push back on that in what little way we can. Some native Apple apps might not be that much to start, but it's an area where we can cut out the bullshit with a lot.

The app I built earlier today is now live! Domaineer — track your domains, get info about when they need to be updated, import/export via CSV, and more! apps.apple.com/us/app/domai...

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Come join our Discord! It's a great place to give feedback about our apps! discord.gg/6nzuDZ3aT6

Introducing MiniMute, an extremely simple tool to see your mic's global mute/unmute status from the menubar and to toggle it from there. apps.apple.com/us/app/minim...

Introducing TickTonick, a simple macOS metronome! apps.apple.com/us/app/tickt...

Aaaaand it's live. From concept to shipping it in an evening. $0.99! apps.apple.com/app/typertem...