👋 strangely typed • dev tools at @expo.dev 𝝠 • n+1 semi-archived GraphQL/TS/React(Native) projects 🗻 • urql, gql.tada (prev. dank mono, css-in-js shenanigans) • 🐙 https://github.com/kitten & https://tangled.sh/@kitten.shhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.shhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3mguzoj2v3k2ugov uk "one login" is turning into somewhat of a "none or two logins" for me since it doesn't seem to compute that all UK agencies have chosen to transliterate my name differently 🥲12 Mar 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguzoj2v3k2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3mg63unjlpk2rquality of life feature in @expo.dev 55, iOS dev builds using expo-dev-client will discover devservers on the local network automatically ✨📡 qr codes are finally fully optional now 😄03 Mar 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63unjlpk2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3mg4qcg5o4c22bit of a funny blunder to do a big, transparent & comprehensive ToS change + notification to then accidentally write that you have to be 18 to use Zed implying the software when you meant (as per the terms) the service/subscription 😅03 Mar 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4qcg5o4c22https://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3mf7kdjifdc2lsmall detail in Expo SDK 55 (beta) 🧹 the startup output will reduce itself in short terminal windows, and smaller QR codes render in terminal apps that support it19 Feb 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7kdjifdc2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3m6q5crlybs2j📦 multitars we're starting to share around some tar & multipart en-/decoding code at expo, so it's published separately now. We needed tar/multipart support that's memory efficient and based on the Web Streams API https://github.com/kitten/multitars29 Nov 2025 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6q5crlybs2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3m6357ymwkc2ndamn, this new ai code editor is awesome20 Nov 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6357ymwkc2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3m4ynmxzqek2kwe got 1000+ submissions, and I looked at ~600 submissions and hand tested well over 100 apps over the past few days, as just one of our reviewers. congratulations to the nominees & your apps! 💯🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Nov 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ynmxzqek2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3m2cpyejep22dclearly, whoever is tasked with writing these is running out of ways to say "lol no"03 Oct 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2cpyejep22dhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lz3wcbevws2sif car mechanics got calls that were like github issues, they'd often hear “my 2012 VW Golf doesn't turn on” without the car in question ever being dropped off at their garage18 Sep 2025 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz3wcbevws2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lz2cfyrdp22w5min until the @expo.dev SDK 54 Live Stream 🎥 don't forget to drop by and see what's new (or leave it running in the background as a podcast-replacement 😄) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBlbkjqxNbM17 Sep 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2cfyrdp22whttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lyph7vducc2mfirst weekend in the @expo.dev 54 cycle! We released some fixes ahead of the weekend, that we didn't catch in time 🪩 1. RCTNewArchEnabled (new) wasn't set consistently failing old arch builds on iOS 2. liquid glass effect for child views missing 3. @​expo/metro-runtime not autoinstalled as intended13 Sep 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyph7vducc2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lymnf33eek2fthere's a lot of exciting things going on in SDK 54, but the less exciting changes will hopefully make your upgrade smoother and your everyday DX with dependencies more stable 💕 All kinds of reliability improvements land in SDK 54! small thread about those 🧵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2025 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymnf33eek2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lxhqvok5ck2mit's a big oof kinda day https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/53501 https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/5350328 Aug 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhqvok5ck2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lxfhppbbc22jExpo SDK 54's stable release is coming soon! 𝝠 Behind the scenes, changes to autolinking & dependencies make updates easier, and improve support across package managers for workspaces & isolated dependencies 📚 https://kitten.sh/blog/autolinkings-broken-promise (Also please give SDK 54's beta a try ❤️)27 Aug 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfhppbbc22jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lx7xyzkilc2sreminder (because this truly annoys me): peer dependency resolution is pretty broken with severe bugs in *every* package manager, except pnpm. Yes, really25 Aug 2025 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx7xyzkilc2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lx643h4qnk2lreally have to finish a new blog post, so instead, I of course took @arrowtype.bsky.social's amazing Recursive font, made some tweaks (rough sketch still due to some import issues), threw it in my blog that hasn't seen new posts for 5yrs and updated its colour scheme priorities ❤️24 Aug 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx643h4qnk2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lwwn5xjbus2gno matter the app, you really can't escape the inevitable @freezydorito.lol for long 😂😂21 Aug 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwn5xjbus2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lwekcuq5bk2s🎉📱14 Aug 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwekcuq5bk2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lwe3etlsoc2itried out @tangled.sh and deployed a knot to my home server and it's simply very good™! feels very lean and straightforward to self-host a knot and atproto for git forges feels like the perfect match ❤️14 Aug 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwe3etlsoc2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/kitten.sh/post/3lv4jzewq222ti didn't fully proofread this and didn't do a lot of editing but if anyone in the UK is planning to write to their MP about the Online Safety Act and doesn't have time to draft a long letter, maybe this is a good starting point ❤️ https://gist.github.com/kitten/29cec318722b9cbe7ae94c3ef782ee8229 Jul 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:726afsuwa5x6qaytybar3bfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4jzewq222t