Arno den Hond

Self-taught software developer since childhood. Android developer since 2009, now using Kotlin & Compose. Designed, developed and published various apps. Strengths: inventive and open-minded. Interests: smart contracts, single-board computers, AI.

2026-01-14

to keep my new watch's battery healthy i need to avoid fully charging or discharging it. i'm going to make a simple app that runs in the background and periodically beeps when my battery level is above a configurable threshold while charging or below a configurable threshold while discharging.

2026-01-10

Decided to stop using task warrior. Instead I'll start using the obsidian tasks plugins so I can keep everything in 1 place. github.com/obsidian-tasks-grou

2026-01-10

I might install lineoageos 23 on my old pixel 5 to upgrade it to android 16 androidauthority.com/google-pi

2025-12-08

pixel watch support changed their mind once again and now they say they're going to be sending me a new watch!

2025-12-06

About 30 years ago I opened an account at ING bank. Almost 15 years ago I co-developed their first Android app. Today I closed my account.

2025-12-03

and now they send me an email saying that they're not going to be giving me any store credit after all. seriously!!

2025-12-02

back plate of my pixel watch spontaneously fell off! contacted support but since the warranty ran out they won't replace it but give me $50 in store credit.

2025-11-24

system76 tried to sell me a new one as my laptop was out of warranty but then i contacted Crucial (the RAM manufacturer) and they're sending me a new 48GB dimm for free!

2025-11-20

What I need is an A.I. that analyzes my daily diary and suggests action items. it should also analyze my future diary to see if i actually executed the suggestions.

2025-11-13

meanwhile in linux, i installed conky which beautifully shows my system stats on my deskop conky.cc/

2025-11-13

installed virtualbox and for the first time in almost 2 decades, i'm running windows on my computer!

2025-10-02

My laptop kept crashing so I ran memtest which found a bunch of failures in my RAM so I lobotomized it by removing half the memory and now it runs stable again. "48 GB ought to be enough for anybody"

2025-09-28

New push to marblesolitaire on branch master

- Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' (Arno den Hond): gitlab.com/arnodenhond/marbles
- adaptive launcher icons (Arno den Hond): gitlab.com/arnodenhond/marbles

2025-09-24

Just learned you can have connections on GitLab.
I'm currently at 0 followers / 0 following so let’s fix that!
If you’re on GitLab too, I’d love to connect and see what you’re working on.
gitlab.com/arnodenhond

2025-09-23

Can an agentic AI really code? My first run with Gemini says: maybe more than I ever thought.

arnodenhond.com/rebuilding-mar

2025-09-23

New push to marblesolitaire on branch master

- wearos apps MUST have a splashscreen (Arno den Hond): gitlab.com/arnodenhond/marbles

2025-09-22

New push to marblesolitaire on branch master

- non-transparant screenshot and version bump (Arno den Hond): gitlab.com/arnodenhond/marbles

2025-09-18

For the first time ever I hooked up a television to my laptop (over usb) to debug an app running on the tv.

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst