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  1. Mea Culpa - Dark Hours
    Aug 9, 2026 · original
    Last week I launched a project called Dark Hours, which was a website utility to give you an idea of what could be seen in the sky that night. A developer who created another web app called DarkHours.app replied to my comment on Bluesky yesterday to show me how similar the project was to his, including the name. The thread is here . I told him I’d significantly differentiate the featureset, change the name, and write up a blog post to show people his project. About an hour later, once it became clear to me that the web app I had launched using Claude was strikingly similar to his open source project, even reproducing a bug he had later fixed, it was clear that there wasn’t anything to do except to redirect the domain directly to him and kill any plans I had to launch an iOS app for the project. I’d like to give credit where credit is due. I think he’s made a wonderful open source app and
  2. Browsers have standards, the App Store has judgment
    Aug 7, 2026 · original
    There is a post going around called Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible . I first saw it through Matt Birchler s response, Native App Propaganda is Working . This quote got me thinking: Most native apps collect far more data than their website equivalents ever could. They request permissions to hardware, sensors, and background processes that browsers deliberately restrict. The third-party software embedded in these apps frequently transmits your location, device identifiers, and behavioral data to third parties before you even see a consent prompt. That s categorically true. It is possible to do such things, and scanning the App Store around astronomy apps today, holy smokes do people do this. I downloaded the top twenty or so, and the number of permissions I was asked to grant before an app ever displayed me a starfield was incredible. Not to mention the requisite $60 a yea
  3. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/06/just-fyi-hit-a-delay.html
    Aug 6, 2026 · original
    Just FYI - hit a delay on the new app that was supposed to launch this week. I submitted a last minute small change and Apple has rejected the app. So I m stuck in paperwork-land for now. I remain optimistic that I can get this pushed through!
  4. I have a new app coming out next week.
    Jul 30, 2026 · original
    I forgot how nervous and uncertain it can be in these last few days before public release. My inclination is to question everything that I ve already questioned, refined, iterated and agreed on a thousand times. Maybe some day I ll learn to trust my judgment, but that day isn t today :D Maybe it s just excitement.
  5. Current Now Supports Feedly in v1.0.15
    Jul 30, 2026 · original
    A new version of Current is rolling out now for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The headline change here is that Feedly is now supported as a sync provider. Here’s the story of how that happened. This has been, by far, the most requested feature since the app debuted back in February. I’m relieved that I can now offer it. I had originally reached out to Feedly during the development period, well before the app was announced publicly. It’s clear that they’re one of the largest, perhaps the largest RSS aggregator/service. But they’re also the only one who didn’t respond to my (numerous) requests for integration. As it turns out, they had closed their third party API to new apps some years ago, effectively grandfathering in a handful of RSS readers. I was finally able to get a response from them after having numerous Current users (or would-be users) reach out to support to ask about getting an int
  6. The Winning Variant
    Jun 26, 2026 · original
    I made another short film, this time a little bit inside the sausage factory that makes Current, my rss reader. I won t be able to hold up this cadence of two videos in a week, but this one was quicker to film because it s mostly just me waxing philosophical about some choices I am facing with the app itself. I hope you ll give it a watch.
  7. A Room You Can’t See
    Jun 22, 2026 · original
    Aside from apps, music, and tech, one of my longest running hobbies is filmmaking. I’ve been building visual essays for the better part of this year, and it’s likely that you’re here because of that. My next thing isn’t a visual essay, it’s a short documentary about music formats, streaming, and the quiet thing that disappeared when your library became endless. Oh, and a musician (me!) trying to work out whether the music changed, or I did. I sincerely hope you’ll give it a watch. I’d love to make more things like this. A Room You Can t See
  8. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/24/ive-been-a-little-distant.html
    May 25, 2026 · original
    I’ve been a little distant lately, just super head down on something worth it. A short list of what it entails: FX3, A7, Misc Aputure rigs, an iPod, lots of black paper, a few paperclips, and a hell of a story. 👀 Be back soon.
  9. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/20/just-added-an-opml-to.html
    May 20, 2026 · original
    Just added an OPML to the Sourcefeed discover page. This little service continues to grow by leaps and bounds and there s a real culture developing here. It s been inspiring and heartwarming and interesting to see how it develops!
  10. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/15/ive-been-experimenting-with-a.html
    May 15, 2026 · original
    I ve been experimenting with a flagship Android device for the past few days. Can anyone point me to some incredible paid up front / commercial indie apps for Android? I want to see the best of the best. Bonus points if it s something crafted by one person.
  11. I've been prototyping a fun little GUI over the top of Finder
    May 7, 2026 · original
    Jokingly calling it Finder++. Here are a couple of videos from the past few days of playing around. You can use cmd+shift+. to summon the shelf from the bottom of the screen at any time. It s a pure canvas with a visual representation of the files. Move them anywhere, rotate them, make some larger, some smaller. Draw relationships between items, visually, and navigate through those. Not sure what this becomes, if anything, but it s been a lot of fun. I m a visual thinker and I love files over anything else. Let me know if you have any use cases you can see this for, or what you might want to do with it! Oh, and this is 100% swiftui - no funny business.
  12. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/06/listen-friends-i-love-linux.html
    May 6, 2026 · original
    Listen, friends. I love Linux, but I can t, in good faith, deliver software with the level of information density you seem to require. But I love you anyway 3
  13. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/06/what-i-want-to-build.html
    May 6, 2026 · original
    What I want to build are things that work the old fashioned way, on protocols that give users sovereignty and agency, but with modern thinking applied to the UI and UX. That s it. That s my whole shtick. Thanks!
  14. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/05/all-i-want-in-life.html
    May 6, 2026 · original
    All I want in life is a modern version of Yojimbo that re-imagines Finder as a surface to drag and drop and save and recall and organize various things. Text snippets, memes, contacts, dmgs, webpage archives, bookmarks, json files, whatever. Persistent, visual, spatial, wonderful. Too much?
  15. Current v1.0.14 is rolling out now.
    May 5, 2026 · original
    After 9 days (yes!) in review… You can now save articles on macOS via the plus button on the saved view, or by pasting a url into the command palette (cmd+k) You can now right click any source or current in sidebar on macOS and release all, or release all read. Added changelog rss feed quick add under help (so you can keep up to date with what’s changing inside Current) Fixed an issue where Inoreader users would get duplicated currents created from folders. Fixed an issue where Currents may un-delete themselves from sync provider. Added a feature to re-build currents from sync provider tags/folders at any time. Fixed an issue where after editing a source the list would jump to the top on macOS. Fixed an issue where feedbin may give us urls with hashes that don’t map to feed locations (for newsletters for example). You can now set a default browser to open in on macOS (not just safari any
  16. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/05/exceptional-thinking-once-again-courtesy.html
    May 5, 2026 · original
    Exceptional thinking, once again courtesy of Gruber. daringfireball.net/2026/05/s…
  17. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/05/111816.html
    May 5, 2026 · original
    Hell yeah. Same. shkspr.mobi/blog/2026…
  18. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/05/05/new-essay-the-boring-internet.html
    May 5, 2026 · original
    📢 New Essay: The Boring Internet The internet you grew up on isn’t dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. www.terrygodier.com/the-borin…
  19. My plan with RSS
    May 4, 2026 · original
    With Current, Sourcefeed, and Byline all in the world now, the thesis is probably close to being clear. I fundamentally believe that people want to make things and people want to engage with things made by other people. We’ve got robots now that are close to, if not already, making most of the things published online. This will only grow. These two things are in conflict. I see RSS as a protocol that offers very little incentive for a robot or a person with a robot to operate on. The reason for that is both cultural and structural: No algorithmic amplification No discovery surface No sales funnels, behavior metrics, or things to optimize It’s not a rich format, it’s not a billion dollar growth platform. It’s boring and it’s old and it’s wonderful . Here is what I’ve done. Current is my take on an RSS reader client. Modern, and with enhanced user agency. You get to control how much of eac
  20. Introducing Tags for Sourcefeed
    May 2, 2026 · original
    Tags are now a thing on Sourcefeed. When you write a post, you can pick one (optional). The post still goes to your subscribers the way it always has. It also shows up in a shared feed with everyone else who tagged the same thing. The tags: walk : a note from a walk noticed : a small thing you saw today daily : a short daily log weekly : a reflection on the past week prompt : a question for other feeds to reply to sourcefeed : comments and ideas about the platform Each has its own RSS feed. Visit discover or https://www.sourcefeed.app/tag/walk to see what one looks like. Copy the rss url at the top, drop it into your reader, you ll get walks from every public Sourcefeed user. I went with a small closed set instead of free-form hashtags. Open tags get gamed for visibility and a curated handful is more interesting anyway. These six are the ones I think actually prompt a behavior worth doin

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