Amadeus Maximilian

Hey, I'm a #designer & #developer from Germany. I like the open-source spirit and am dipping my toes into decentralisation. I've also always had a knack for #creativeWriting, so that's something I like doing in my time off. Nice to meet you! 😁

Portfolio & Blog: https://amxmln.com
Decentralized CMS: https://indieapps.space/@mattrbld
Newest App: https://quadrants.amxmln.com

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2025-09-16 06:18:31 UTC

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Seems like at Apple not many do either. 😅
I think I’ll hold off upgrading more critical devices like phone and laptop for now. 😅 Maybe they just need another round of polishing, but tbh I don’t have high hopes.

2025-09-10 00:22:07 UTC

Just finished reading “The Lotus Empire” by Tasha Suri.
It was a bit of a drag to get through this one. The characters’ motivations felt all over the place, and the story was all too predictable.
Like many books, it had its moments, though. I liked how big and whole the world grew compared to the first book in the series, and you cannot help but get attached to some of the characters when they are with you for so long.
3/10, only finished it because I started.
#bookstodon #miniBookReview

2025-09-08 20:00:06 UTC

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Excited for it. 😁

2025-08-21 17:11:30 UTC

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You might already know them, but there’s uLauncher (https://ulauncher.io/) and Albert (https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert).
I never used Raycast, but I have a feeling it has a lot more features than these two, but maybe they’re a start with a way to build your own extensions that fit your needs?

2025-08-21 11:18:02 UTC

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@npub16ys…sjae might have some info on their website, they frequently publish articles about creating art with various tablets on Linux: https://www.davidrevoy.com/index.php?tag/linux
Sorry to hear you’re struggling, I hope you can find a way to make it work that doesn’t get in your way. 😊

2025-08-05 06:22:00 UTC

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There’s the open library: https://openlibrary.org/
Don’t know if they have everything though. 🤔

2025-08-03 18:43:37 UTC

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@npub1q23…kwdl
I have a textarea with some decorations overlaid on top. The decorations need to receive pointerenter and pointerleave events, but should pass anything else down to the textarea below as to not interfere with text selection and editing. 🤔

2025-07-16 06:54:32 UTC

Just finished reading “The Jasmin Throne” by Tasha Suri. It took me a while to get into the book, the beginning felt a little too slow and drawn out, so much so that I thought I had reached the conclusion by the second third of the novel, after which the pace picked up dramatically and I started enjoying the journey.
It definitely was interesting to read fantasy not based in a form of medieval Europe.
6/10, curious how the journey will continue.
#Bookstodon #miniBookReview

2025-05-03 10:47:28 UTC

If I ever started a cooking blog, I’d probably call it “Rob’n’Cook” to gather all the recipes out there, strip away the fluff so people could just cook them and most recipes on the internet seem “stolen” from one place or the other anyway. 🤔😅

2025-04-28 11:18:09 UTC

This month, I had yet another long discussion about “AI”, which made me question whether I’m being too idealistic and I’m letting that hold me back.
I wrote down a bunch of these thoughts and questions running through my head and I’d be curious to hear some different perspectives.
https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/loss-of-ideals/
#blog #PersonalSites

2025-04-11 13:50:11 UTC

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Wait, did I miss something? I always just used CMD + , to open the config. 😅 No Vim (et al.) needed.

2025-04-02 15:09:48 UTC

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I totally get how that would be important! I’m curious, what exactly makes Page CMS so hassle-free in your opinion? 🤔
Is it the simple login with GitHub and then being able to work on things straight away? (Although I do believe you have to write at least a config file, right?)

2025-04-01 18:10:32 UTC

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Thanks for sharing, that looks like an awesome series! 😊

2025-03-28 20:02:04 UTC

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I’ve got an Uberspace where I’m running it. 😊 That’s pretty much as simple as it gets since they provide everything it needs (Node, a reverse proxy, a way to run and restart it automatically).
Umami requires a bit much RAM to build new versions, but running it as a two-user instance with a bunch of low-traffic sites doesn’t seem to be using a lot of resources. 😊

2025-03-28 19:48:45 UTC

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Self hosting Umami is thankfully pretty easy as long as you can get Node up and running. 😊 After searching around a bit, I came back to Umami for analytics as well. 👌

2025-03-23 21:20:00 UTC

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I’m looking forward to them. 😊 Sadly, I can’t use my hands ver well right now, so gaming is off the table. 😅

2025-03-23 21:00:27 UTC

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I bottle them on sale a while back, but haven’t gotten round to playing them yet. 😅
I want to finish Dragon Age Veilguard first, but they’re on my list right after. 👌

2025-03-23 19:58:09 UTC

Needed a bit of an outlet for some worries going round in my head, so I managed to type up a small blog post about how my hands have been in (more or less) pain for a month.
https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/hurting-hands/
I’m hoping I’ll be back to more regular content next month. 😅
#personalWebsite #blog

2025-03-21 12:12:57 UTC

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I’ve been wondering as well. 😅 On mobile, I’ve been able to get around it in a very specific case by preventing touchstart events at the screen edges and running my own logic, but it breaks as soon as someone swipes while momentum scrolling is going, because that prevents touchstart events from firing. 🙄
It’s also a hack and can’t be used everywhere.
As often with Safari, it’s a mess. 😒

2025-03-19 12:41:01 UTC

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Very cool. 😊
I still feel like building a Fediverse version of Dribbble, but I don’t have time. 😅 Maybe adding such a section to my website would be the better option (or at least a more realistic one 😅).

2025-03-18 08:49:28 UTC

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True, of course. 😊 But it’s one I like and a metaphor that could be expanded on imo.

2025-03-18 08:48:34 UTC

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Haha, I had a feeling you might say that. 😅 But that’s fine, there’s so much to how a motion feels so it’s probably impossible to find something that everyone likes equally. 😊
I’m not quite sure I like the amount of motion either, but I loved the arrows and the ergonomy they provided.

2025-03-18 07:54:26 UTC

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When you open the App Store and top on one of the promoted apps that opens a view with a header image and some text. Like a full screen overlay. 🤔
I don’t think it has to feel wrong motion wise if it’s implemented right—emphasis on being implemented right. 😅
There’s a video of it on this page: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/features/predictive-back

2025-03-18 07:41:02 UTC

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For example I like the way the banners of promoted apps work in the AppStore. You can close them either by swiping down or from the left (not from the right though, for whatever reason).
The arrow is the motion and newer native apps also shrink the current view to reveal the one below. But the point of the arrow being the motion is that it isn’t tied to the screen transition. You can close a modal with it which might transition down, or you can have a classic back navigation.

2025-03-18 07:18:37 UTC

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I’m not a fan of the full screen page switching animation (the new page sliding on top of the old one), but that may be a matter of taste.
Typically, on Android, there’s just an arrow animation when swiping to go back and that simply works on both sides without causing confusion in the motion.
You’re right about first party apps limiting it to the edge, I can’t think of any either right now. But YouTube, Telegram and others don’t.

2025-03-17 20:42:36 UTC

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I can’t currently use my left hand very well, so I’m doing everything with my right hand. In my Pro Max reaching over all the way to the left to swipe back is quite the stretch. I wish I could just swipe from the right edge where my thumb already rests.
This contradicts my point about it being an issue when the gesture isn’t limited to the edge because it works in my favour in this case, but again it’s not consistent. Some apps limit it, some don’t. 😅

2025-03-17 20:38:02 UTC

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Yeah, I’m sure it has something to do with that. But have you truly never gotten stuck and had to think twice on how to get back? It’s always frustrating when it happens to me.
I’m also not talking about abandoning working concepts, but improving what’s there not to appease Android users (who are probably more than happy to stay on Android) but to improve the experience for everyone. There might be better ways than how Android does it, but for me the current iOS state isn’t it. 😅

2025-03-17 20:16:29 UTC

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Not to mention that on Android I can do it on both edges of the screen, not just the right and it’s more precise. I keep accidentally swiping back on iOS because the gesture isn’t limited to the screen edge most of the time. 🤔

2025-03-17 20:15:25 UTC

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No, it works sometimes, but not every time. Like here while I’m writing this reply, I have to swipe down to close it, same with most apps with a tab bar, you have to use the bar to navigate. Not to mention you have to swipe up to get out of apps. It’s hugely inconsistent when coming from Android.
I know it makes sense sometimes (a bottom sheet slides over, so you slide down to close it) and with time you get used to it, but I still don’t think it’s as intuitive or ergonomic. 😅

2025-03-17 20:03:55 UTC

With these talks of a big iOS redesign, could we finally get a universal back gesture? 👀 Or a better notification system? 👀👀
(Honestly, there’s so much to fix in my opinion, but that’s probably way more complicated than slapping a fancy new design system on everything to make shareholders happy for another while. 😅)

2025-03-04 12:19:06 UTC

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I don’t really understand half of what you were talking about, but this seems extremely cool. 😳

2025-02-27 20:39:04 UTC

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I’ve got to try that again, took a look way back, but wasn’t convinced. Maybe now that it’s had time to mature it turned into something useful. 😊
There’s also https://phase.com, but it’s not quite ready to shine yet. 😅

2025-02-27 19:45:50 UTC

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Yeah…although in this case it’s a shame, it was such a well designed app. 😅 Like a toned down AE that worked in your browser. Like Rive, but polished and less geared towards state machines and game engines and more towards nice and simple animations for videos, the web and apps. 😊
I guess they couldn’t monetise it properly, and people rightfully think there’s too many apps like that already. 😅

2025-02-27 19:41:03 UTC

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Haha, you’re right about AE. 🤣 And Blender is a very different beast altogether, but I’ve never found that clunky. 🤔
I loved Fable, but sadly that got shut down last year. 😅

2025-02-27 19:07:12 UTC

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I think you’re awesome at illustrating, from the little avatars on your website to the graphics in Unhinged, it’s all top-notch in my eyes. 👌
I’ve just personally found Rive to be very clunky somehow, even though what they’re doing is pretty cool. 😅 So I’m asking people who use it in hopes to find out what irks me about it. 😊

2025-02-27 19:02:06 UTC

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Surely it will. 😉
Are you enjoying Rive? 🤔

2025-02-25 21:57:20 UTC

Wait, did something happen to https://indieapps.space, did I miss something? 😳
Seems like I can’t reach [@mattrbld](https://indieapps.space/@mattrbld )’s account anymore…

2025-02-19 22:05:20 UTC

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how good have you found the results of the local LanguageTool server to be? 🤔
Last time I checked the FOSS version was quite a bit less capable than the SaaS version.

2025-02-19 14:54:36 UTC

Uh oh, my lower arm and wrist are hurting. Especially while using keyboard shortcuts. This is a bad sign, isn’t it? 😕

2025-02-18 18:04:12 UTC

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thanks! 😊 I had stumbled across it, but I have to admit the UI design put me off, it looks very dated. 😅 Are there alternative UIs for it? 🤔

2025-02-17 21:00:26 UTC

So what’s everyone using for their web #analytics these days? 🤔 I’d like to self-host, but don’t have access to Docker, so something like Plausible isn’t an option (besides being quite resource intensive).
I like Umami, but it’s giving me trouble lately, so I’ve been wanting to try other options. 🤔
I really like Ackee, but sadly it seems unmantained. 😅
#foss #privacy

2025-02-13 22:04:59 UTC

So I just put down “Edgedancer” by Brandon Sanderson and to be honest, for most of the novella, I thought it mediocre. I don’t really like Lift as a character, although undeniably she’s very…pronounced. The last few pages made me think otherwise and I did enjoy reading the book in the end.
6/10, and I’m only slightly mad that I’m really craving pancakes now and don’t have any.
Excited to get back to the main series.
#miniBookReview #bookstodon #bookReview #StormlightArchive #BrandonSanderson

2025-02-09 12:54:26 UTC

Just turned the last page on “Words of Radiance” by Brandon Sanderson and while this book certainly held my attention, it couldn’t quite match the quality, engagement and magic of the first book.
While the world is more established and easier to follow, I’m having an increasingly hard time keeping track of the minor characters which only show up in interludes or quick mentions.
Still, I’m excited to read on. 7/10
#bookstodon #miniBookReview #bookReview #BrandonSanderson #StormlightArchive

2025-02-04 17:44:21 UTC

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ich glaube nicht, dass ich es zeitlich schaffen würde einen Call mit dir zu haben, aber wenn du möchtest können wir gerne auf Deutsch kommunizieren. Falls dir das hilft?

2025-02-04 12:55:46 UTC

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I like option two the best, but wonder if that dot is necessary. It seems a little out of place.
I agree though that some people might think they would be able to pull up a sheet if it looked like that. 🤔

2025-01-31 20:11:44 UTC

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where’s that clip from? If that’s a show, I feel like I need to watch it. 🤣😅 Or was it just a skit?

2025-01-31 07:36:37 UTC

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I’ve read that the Dell Ultrasharp (I think it’s U4025QW, but not 100% sure anymore) is supposed to work well, I considered it when I was last looking at monitors. Quite pricey though. 😅

2025-01-30 11:17:42 UTC

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I just post mini book reviews here on Mastodon when I’m done with a book. 😅

2025-01-25 21:11:39 UTC

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yeah maybe open-sourcing it would be a way to keep it alive when you lose your passion for it. 😊 In any case, it would be a shame to lose access to such a cool app! 😊
Thank you for building it. 👍

2025-01-25 20:01:45 UTC

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yup. 😅 Sorry.

2025-01-25 17:24:25 UTC

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yeah, it’s not for people who want the “authentic” RSS experience. But doesn’t the new version of Reeder do kind of the same? 😅 I tried that as well and absolutely didn’t like it.
Funny how we have opposite experiences in that regard. 😊
feeeed has been around since 2023 and was recently updated, so for the time being I think I’m fine, but yeah who knows what happens in the long run. I guess we’ll see. 🤷

2025-01-25 12:35:01 UTC

You know those apps go sometimes stumble over and wonder where they’ve been hiding all your life?
Well @npub129k…luun’s feeeed is one of those apps for me. So I wrote a little review of it. 😊 Enjoy!
https://amxmln.com/blog/2025/spicing-up-your-feeeeds/

2025-01-23 21:36:07 UTC

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I see! How about doing a Glob-import of all of your images in Astro then? 🤔 That world pick up all the pictures in a given folder, kind of giving you that API but on your own server?

2025-01-23 17:14:37 UTC

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I might be missing something, but couldn’t you just upload the photos to the webserver your site is running on? They’d get their own fixed URL and you could use them in Astro and other places. 🤔
Or is it about the upload UX?

2025-01-21 19:25:53 UTC

Just finished reading “The Way of Kings” by Brandon Sanderson. At first, I was a bit thrown off by all the odd fantasy names and concepts, but once I got over that, the story absolutely pulled me in and made the book hard to put down.
Very impressive, I’m curios if the other books in the series can do this first instalment justice. Long series unfortunately have a tendency to drag.
9/10, can recommend.
#bookstodon #miniBookReview #bookReview #brandonSanderson #StormlightArchive

2025-01-16 20:11:01 UTC

Would you rather have…

2025-01-15 18:26:57 UTC

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yeah that’s what I was thinking too! Should also be a lot easier to build and run. 🤔
Just log in with your Mastodon account like you would into any other 3rd party client and you can enjoy specific content in a UI geared to that — without excluding your followers and no need for cross posting. 👌
And you could even interact / reply while using your regular client. 😊
I love the idea with the automated insertion of hashtags when posting! That could be great UX. 👍

2024-11-23 09:36:38 UTC

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why am I not surprised? 😅

2024-11-22 13:53:01 UTC

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you getting a new one? 😁 I just got mine last week. 🤣😅 Was in need for an affordable 4K monitor for the Mac Mini.

2024-11-22 11:06:29 UTC

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eeeeey, we might be display buddies. 🤣😊

2024-11-22 07:18:12 UTC

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agreed! I was so surprised. 😊 Eagerly awaiting some free time this weekend so I can watch the newest episode. 😁

2024-11-18 22:14:07 UTC

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I hope so, can’t say I’m happy to see people running into yet another (potentially) centralised service. 😅
But I like my bubble. 🤣😅 You’re right though, we’ll be fine. Thanks for being supportive. 😊

2024-11-18 22:02:15 UTC

Never thought I’d witness a Mastodon exodus. 😳 To be honest, it makes me a bit sad, I really felt like I had found a pretty good circle of people here. 😔
Maybe I’m overthinking things though, I’m in a bit of an odd mood tonight.

2024-09-03 18:16:20 UTC

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yeah, didn’t like the look of that either. 😅 But since it’s optional, I guess I just won’t be using it. 🤷

2024-09-03 17:20:16 UTC

In case anyone else was eagerly awaiting it like I was, #vue 3.5 was released today and brings a lot of improvements for SSR and reactivity! 😊
https://blog.vuejs.org/posts/vue-3-5
#webDev

2024-08-23 21:29:07 UTC

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ah I see, yeah I get how it would make sense for you guys then! 😊
I think I prefer the Steam Deck over the Switch mostly because I feel like I have a bigger selection of worthwhile games for it. 😅
Ah yes, the boardgame phase, we had that last year, but it’s died down a little this year. 🤔

2024-08-23 21:07:03 UTC

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say whaaat? 😳
I know, Nintendo exclusives have a very strong pull…but my Switch has been gathering dust lately. 😅 I had a brief urge to play Animal Crossing in May, but didn’t make it longer than a week, it just isn’t the same the second time around after a reset. 😅
My partner and I are currently enjoying Roots of Pacha on our Steam Decks together. 😊 And a bit of Baldur’s Gate 3, when we feel like it. 😂
But yeah if it feels right, go for it. 😊

2024-08-23 16:10:21 UTC

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bin kein SEO Spezialist, aber es überrascht mich, dass die Suchmaschinen nicht bereits intelligent genug sind, ihre Indizes genderneutral aufzubauen. 🤔
Eine Suche nach „Mitarbeiter“ / „Mitarbeiterin“ / „Mitarbeitende“ sollte vermutlich alles mit dem Morphem (hoffe das ist der richtige Begriff, das Linguistikstudium ist eine Weile her 😅) „Mitarbeiter“ matchen.
Ich finde diese Disclaimer schreien immer: wir wollen unseren Content nicht umschreiben, aber korrekt wirken.

2024-08-09 20:40:37 UTC

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what client is that, the icons look so good. 👌
(And yes, the hug would be a very useful button for certain types of posts. 😊)

2024-07-31 16:15:26 UTC

Ugh, is it really *that* difficult to get custom image placeholders in @npub1d33…yg52 for local and remote images, or am I just dumb? 😅
Does anyone have good strategies to get raw image data out of the `getImage` function? 🤔 Ideally, I’d want my transformer to generate a tiny placeholder image in addition to the different sizes but return it as a Buffer, so I can extract the dominant colour and generate a Thumbhash from it. 😅
#webdev #js #astro #ssg

2024-07-04 18:05:55 UTC

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that could be, yeah, although it’s sad for tri-linguals. 😅 Did you notice it still randomly switching layouts from time to time? 🤔

2024-07-04 17:46:41 UTC

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had that bug on iOS 17 as well when I added a third language, setting it up again fixed it then, too, although I haven’t tried three languages anymore. 😅 The keyboard/autocorrect is pretty shit compared to what I’m used to on Android.
Sad to hear it doesn’t seem much better on iOS 18. 😅