TIL
TIL about limitations with the expo/ui bottom sheet detects. We wanted to lean into expo libraries for some bottom sheets, but are currently diving into true-sheet for native sheets
TIL most barcode scanners are programmed by scanning barcodes of special codes. I don’t know exactly why, but it really tickled me
TIL about the Shai Hulud attack design. Absolutely fascinating how the attackers were able to get both package publish access and design something that spreads past the first attack surface
TIL that Detroit style pizza was originally made in motor oil drip pans
This thanks to a Mother’s Day lunch at Gibroni’s in San Clemente
TIL how to use a slip stitch to start a crochet chain. I didn’t do it well, but it’s always fun to learn new techniques. I was working on a leaf on a peach stem
TIL that the origins of yogurt are unknown
I understand there are so many reasons why we might not have a great record of how certain foods were introduced, but it’s truly wild to me to acknowledge that a food we currently produce with carefully selected bacteria in 110 degree vats was just something they knew how to do thousands of years ago. It breaks the brain
TIL that Android emulators support setting a custom DNS server via a `-dns-server’ flag, but you can’t configure the port.
That’s a problem because MacOS runs Bonjour on port 53 (the DNS port). So you can’t use a Mac to act as a custom DNS server for an Android emulator
TIL that on Mac OS, Android emulators are—by default—not hardware GPU accelerated, which can cause lock ups and long waits while interacting with them
I assumed it was just a limitation of my laptop, but after getting a brand new one and having the same issues, I did some productive digging this afternoon
TIL that Math.hypot exists in the JS standard library.
I don’t know anything about geometry, but a coworker opened a PR that used it to do some animation math, and it was cool to be able to ask an LLM to explain what that function was accomplishing in that context
TIL that Android emulators support setting a custom DNS server via a `-dns-server’ flag, but you can’t configure the port.
That’s a problem because MacOS runs Bonjour on port 53 (the DNS port). So you can’t use a Mac to act as a custom DNS server for an Android emulator
TIL how to use the Expo ScreenOrientation library. The setup was a little bit odd, because I didn’t immediately know I needed to remove the default orientation setting in app.json, but once that was done, using the APIs has been fairly straightforward, and my working demo is smooth
TIL that outdoor sporting events in Florida must stop at the sound of thunder, no matter how big or expensive.
This thanks to the F1 race that got moved up a couple hours to run fully before the rain started
TIL about the Levitt Bloc Music series which has live performances right around the corner from my house
I love Oceanside
TIL that my guess about how much I could bench press was way off.
I’ve never lifted before, and just started this week. I could barely lift 2/3s my body weight and I’m very sore
It’ll be an interesting journey 😅
TIL that Expo EAS Workflows now support catching App Store connect webhooks
TIL that my favorite childhood dark ride, Kingdom of the Dinosaurs at Knott’s Berry Farm, closed when I was only 10 years old
It feels like I went on that ride 100 times beforehand, but I guess it was just a flash of my childhood. And watching the tape back, maybe what I really liked was just that it dumped you out into the arcade.
I went to Knott’s today for the first time in ~20 years. I really like the new rollercoasters
TIL that the conventional commit spec includes a ! modifier for breaking changes
TIL that apple-app-site-association info takes somewhere between 3-7 seconds to load on initial app install, and if you try to trigger an action that requires it immediately on launch (like ASWebAuthenticationSession), you may get what looks like a launch crasher.
Artifacts from the day are this expo PR, and a couple Apple forum threads I found about it 🥴
TIL that a weight bar typically weighs 45 lbs. I’m sure this is largely common knowledge, but I’m just getting into the idea of lifting, and it was interesting to pay attention and play around with the idea today
TIL that D3 college baseball teams use aluminum composite bats, and throw around 85 mph fastballs
This, thanks to a cousin day where we watched a college game. It was so fun to compare the scale and speed of the game to spring little league