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  1. This week I tried to log in to Deezer.

    They asked me to wait 20 seconds to prove I’m not a robot.

    I’m genuinely impressed by how bad that UX feels. Deezer is so outrageously bad that it almost makes Spotify look decent.

    Don’t build products like this. Aim for interfaces where users do nothing and immediately get what they want.

    #ux #tips #rant #ui #frontend #product #programming #security

  2. This week I tried to log in to Deezer.

    They asked me to wait 20 seconds to prove I’m not a robot.

    I’m genuinely impressed by how bad that UX feels. Deezer is so outrageously bad that it almost makes Spotify look decent.

    Don’t build products like this. Aim for interfaces where users do nothing and immediately get what they want.

    #ux #tips #rant #ui #frontend #product #programming #security

  3. This week I tried to log in to Deezer.

    They asked me to wait 20 seconds to prove I’m not a robot.

    I’m genuinely impressed by how bad that UX feels. Deezer is so outrageously bad that it almost makes Spotify look decent.

    Don’t build products like this. Aim for interfaces where users do nothing and immediately get what they want.

    #ux #tips #rant #ui #frontend #product #programming #security

  4. It was great to be able to attend the event of the Leiden University Medical Center Young Faculty Network this week on tips for consortium building under the title "Beyond the Solo Lab: How Scientists Get Involved in Grant Consortia".

    #Science #Consortia #Networking #Tips

  5. Computer-assisted development using LLMs - another random tip:
    1) Check your error log daily (as you would with your own code), e.g. Laravel log or similar
    2) And fix bugs as they appear.
    3) Your goal is to have a log without any exceptions bubbling up to the log.
    Au contraire - all exceptions will be caught and properly handled - leaving only items your app actually logs.

  6. Wie geil ist Mastodon bitte, dass man einen Tag abonnieren kann. Habe seit kurzer Zeit den Tag "GoodNews" abonniert (absichtlich nicht als Tag geschrieben hier, weil ich den Tag mit meiner Meinung nicht missbrauchen möchte). Mein Feed ist so viel positiver jetzt. Hammer! Und danke an alle, die diesen Tag sinngemäß nutzen und den Feed somit einfach wundervoller machen. ♥️

    #mastodon #tips #tags #feditips #feditip

  7. Wie geil ist Mastodon bitte, dass man einen Tag abonnieren kann. Habe seit kurzer Zeit den Tag "GoodNews" abonniert (absichtlich nicht als Tag geschrieben hier, weil ich den Tag mit meiner Meinung nicht missbrauchen möchte). Mein Feed ist so viel positiver jetzt. Hammer! Und danke an alle, die diesen Tag sinngemäß nutzen und den Feed somit einfach wundervoller machen. ♥️

    #mastodon #tips #tags #feditips #feditip

  8. Wie geil ist Mastodon bitte, dass man einen Tag abonnieren kann. Habe seit kurzer Zeit den Tag "GoodNews" abonniert (absichtlich nicht als Tag geschrieben hier, weil ich den Tag mit meiner Meinung nicht missbrauchen möchte). Mein Feed ist so viel positiver jetzt. Hammer! Und danke an alle, die diesen Tag sinngemäß nutzen und den Feed somit einfach wundervoller machen. ♥️

    #mastodon #tips #tags #feditips #feditip

  9. Wie geil ist Mastodon bitte, dass man einen Tag abonnieren kann. Habe seit kurzer Zeit den Tag "GoodNews" abonniert (absichtlich nicht als Tag geschrieben hier, weil ich den Tag mit meiner Meinung nicht missbrauchen möchte). Mein Feed ist so viel positiver jetzt. Hammer! Und danke an alle, die diesen Tag sinngemäß nutzen und den Feed somit einfach wundervoller machen. ♥️

  10. Wie geil ist Mastodon bitte, dass man einen Tag abonnieren kann. Habe seit kurzer Zeit den Tag "GoodNews" abonniert (absichtlich nicht als Tag geschrieben hier, weil ich den Tag mit meiner Meinung nicht missbrauchen möchte). Mein Feed ist so viel positiver jetzt. Hammer! Und danke an alle, die diesen Tag sinngemäß nutzen und den Feed somit einfach wundervoller machen. ♥️

    #mastodon #tips #tags #feditips #feditip

  11. 🔥 Nouvelle vidéo tendance au Sénégal !
    🎬 Comment transformer ces anciennes photos floues en images 4k📲🤯 #astuce #4k #gemini #ia #tips
    👇 Regardez la vidéo complète :
    diodioglow.com/video/comment-t
    #Senegal #BuzzSN #TikTokSN #DiodioGlow

  12. If the holesaw has somehow wandered way off track, it's hard to re-center it where it is supposed to be.

    But if you just tack a piece of tube where the hole is supposed to go, the holesaw can't wander anymore and will have no choice but to cut the hole inside the tube.

    Afterwards it is easy to cut the guide back off.

    #Welding #Metalworking #HoleSaw #Tips

  13. howtogeek.com/google-messages-

    8 Google messages features you might not know about:

    - Schedule messages to send later
    - Snooze messages to read later
    - Pin important conversations
    - Star your favorite messages
    - Search conversations
    - Swipe actions
    - Sensitive content warnings
    - Real-time location sharing

    #Google #Android #Tips

  14. Magic Tricks 🧙‍♂️✨

    👋Hi, ArcaneChat magician here 🧙‍♂️ this is the section where I teach you some magic tricks to help you get the full potential out of ArcaneChat

    In today's lesson we will be looking at the image editor of ArcaneChat:

    when you attach an image, before sending it you could click in the pencil ✏️ icon to edit it, here you have all kind of cool tricks, from drawing to blurring a part of the picture, ex. to protect some faces

    you can also put some text, what not many think of is that using the text option you can also enter arbitrary emoji, and then using two fingers to pan you can make it bigger or rotate it and put it the way you like, this gives you a lot of gadgets to add to make your images more fun

    if you have kids in the family using the app they will love it, together with the drawing brush it is also a source of entertainment for small kids! (this was tested already! just a small advice: better do it in a dedicated profile or they might accidentally mess up your chats or send stuff to your contacts!)

    And that is all for today 🧙‍♂️✨

    #ArcaneChat #tips #kids #family #friends #privacy #security #encryption #decentralization #offlineFirst #openSource #freedom #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependece #european #goEuropean #sovereign #anonymity #anonymous #tutorials

  15. How to Clean Up Homebrew (brew) and Maximize macOS Storage

    At some point, every dev hits it.
    You’re installing something routine—npm install, a Go build, whatever—and macOS throws it in your face:

    Disk Full.

    You check storage, expecting the usual suspects. Not your videos. Not even Docker (okay, maybe a little).
    It’s Homebrew quietly eating your SSD in the background.

    Left unchecked, Homebrew turns into a museum of bad decisions:

    • tools you needed once, 14 months ago
    • duplicate runtimes “just in case”
    • dependencies of dependencies of dependencies

    Let’s fix it—without nuking your setup.

    Phase 1: Basic Hygiene

    Start simple.
    Most of the mess comes from neglect, not complexity.
    Do This More Than Once a Year:

     brew update && brew upgrade 

    Now the important one:

     brew autoremove 

    This cleans up dependencies that are no longer needed. Think: uninstalling an app but leaving behind all its junk—this gets rid of the junk.

    Then:

     brew cleanup 

    By default, Homebrew keeps old versions around for 120 days. That’s generous to a fault. If you’re low on space:

     brew cleanup --prune=all 

    That’s the “stop hoarding” flag.

    Phase 2: Kill the Cache

    Homebrew caches everything it downloads. Useful in theory. Useless in practice.

    Check how bad it is:

     du -sh $(brew --cache) 

    If you see gigabytes, don’t overthink it:

     rm -rf "$(brew --cache)" 

    Nothing breaks. Worst case, Homebrew downloads stuff again later. Best case, you just freed multiple GB instantly.

    Phase 3: Audit What You Actually Installed

    Now for the uncomfortable part.

     brew leaves 

    This shows only the packages you explicitly installed—not the dependency noise.

    Scroll through it slowly. You’ll find:

    • tools you forgot existed
    • experiments you never cleaned up
    • “productivity boosters” you never opened twice

    If you don’t recognize it, remove it:

     brew uninstall <package> 

    Be honest here. This is where most of the real cleanup happens.

    Phase 4: Let Homebrew Diagnose You

    When things feel off—broken builds, weird paths, random failures:

     brew doctor 

    It’s surprisingly blunt. It will call out:

    • permission issues
    • broken symlinks
    • outdated or conflicting installs

    Fix what it tells you. It’s usually right.

    The “Controlled Burn” Reset (When Things Are Truly Messy)

    If your setup feels fragile or inconsistent, don’t keep patching it. Reset it cleanly.

    First, snapshot what you actually want:

     brew bundle dump --force 

    This creates a Brewfile—your source of truth.

    Then clean everything not in that file:

     brew bundle clean --force 

    This is the closest thing to a fresh start without losing your essentials.

    One Command to Rule Them All

    If you want to stay out of trouble, automate the basics:

     alias brew-burn='brew update && brew upgrade && brew autoremove && brew cleanup && brew doctor' 

    Run it every couple of weeks. Takes a minute, saves hours later.

    The Reality

    You’re not running out of disk because macOS is inefficient.

    You’re running out because:

    • you install fast
    • you delete slow
    • and Homebrew never forgets

    Clean it up once, and you’ll usually get back several gigabytes.
    Ignore it, and you’ll be back here in three months wondering why your laptop feels like 2015 again.

    Your call.

    #brew #cli #Developer #homebrew #macos #software #tips