obrhoff

Berlin-based indie developer specializing in mobile apps.

Creator of bbybike for iOS and DaftCloud for macOS, currently bootstrapping Recordfy.

Available for contract work and here for my entertainment.

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obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-19

For the DB gurus: Is it wise to model a playlist in a SQLite database as a linked list? I don’t want to have to mutate all entries when, for example, I just want to change the order of items.

But I also feel that recursively fetching the items to follow the list could impact performance for playlists with a lot of items.

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

I guess I need to come out clean. I got this whole computer just to install System9 to get to play some old QuickTime-based Star Trek Walking Sims (Captain's Chair & TNG Technical Manual).

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

@groue Thanks for the quick help! Will check it out asap :)

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

What is the best way to keep a FTS Table in sync with GRDB (with joins). Is there a better way than writing manually a triggers?

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

Der Israel-Iran-Krieg könnte die Preise für Gas und Öl erneut in die Höhe treiben, und hier in Deutschland will man wieder neue Gaskraftwerke bauen. 😂

oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

@can Afaik you can apply yourself to be nominated. It’s basically a popularity contest for self-promoters. It’s great at attracting people who think they’re gaming the system.

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

Gonna watch 28 Years Later on Friday in the cinema. That’s basically me, when the first human will be eaten by a zombie. Why else would you go nowadays into the cinema? 😂

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-18

Ich habe zum ersten Mal die Biografie unserer Wirtschaftsministerin Katharina Reiche gelesen.

So wie ich es verstanden habe, ist sie direkt nach dem Studium von 1998 bis 2015 in den Bundestag eingezogen.
2019 übernahm sie den Vorsitz der Geschäftsführung der E.ON-Tochter innogy Westenergie GmbH.

Wie bekommt jemand, der nie in der Wirtschaft gearbeitet hat, eine solche Position?

Für mich ist sie ganz klar eine reine Lobbyistin.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherin

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

Kann mir das jemand bitte erklären. Das Tempolimit 30 soll aufgehoben werden, weil die Luft wieder besser ist. Aber sie ist doch besser wegen dem Tempo 30?

Achja, schon traurig, dass man sich selbst bei Schülerwegen querstellen will. Was für ne Boomer Fraktion.

youtube.com/watch?v=TBB88201XDQ

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

I got to admit, that this game is pretty awesome.

The only thing I don't like about it is that it’s often not clear what to bomb, and sometimes I get stuck on it.

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

@bricks Yes Stargate and Star Trek are labeled with the License.

But they do sell unlicensed Bricks that are obviously from Star Wars which Lego got the license.

bluebrixx.com/en/scifi/107805/

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

Losing the Star Trek license was certainly a big blow against Blue Brixx. I personally filled my basement with some of the last Star Trek bricks I could get.

But now Blue Brixx is back and this time with the Battlestar Galactica license, baby ❤️💪😅

Actually do they own the license or why do they write “Large futuristic mothership” instead of Battlestar Galactica?

bluebrixx.com/en/scifi/108752/

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Tim Russ (Tuvok) will hopefully reprise his role in Spaceball 2.

“We ain't found shit!”

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

@frankreiff @dasdom It also felt slightly offensive to start the conversation with: “I had to look up what the guy is doing since he seems to have no idea what he's talking about”, because I disagree.

Its not that I dont see you point but somehow it feels like looking for reason to not like a UI Frameworks. (its just technology)

Anyway I dont wanna have bad blood here. So lets agree to disagree. ❤️

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

@drewmccormack Interesting. Maybe it helps out to get a better idea of the limits but someone made an example app to chat with the Foundation model.

github.com/PallavAg/Apple-Inte

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

@frankreiff @dasdom Got plenty of AppKit and Objc-C experience. But also got big corp experience.
Apple is that company that prouds itself to not ship at all, if its not good enough. In this case they decided its how they want it.

Believing that they „had“ to do this because the UI Framework is not able to do it, is very naive. Then rather not rewrite it at all.

They just want to the same look across all platforms. Everything else is a implementation detail no one cares (and should)

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-17

@frankreiff @dasdom I totally disagree with this sentiment. They rewrote it to get this new design, and they just used SwiftUI for it. Anyway, why should they rewrite something in a new framework, so it just looks the same after it? That’s meaningless work without value.

The new macOS app icons also look like they do on the iPad. Is it also SwiftUI's fault? Can people stop blaming a stupid UI framework for cultural and organizational decisions?

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Frederic Jacobsfj
2025-06-15

Crypto: Sponsoring military parades for the Great Leader’s birthday

Just like Satoshi envisioned it.

A photo of the grandstand at the DC Military Parade for Trump. The awning is black with the gold "US ARMY" logo used in more modern promotions. featuring a star.

Behind the stands where Trump and other government people would sit are two screens featuring the "coinbase" logo in matching branding with the US Army.
obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-15

@alper My girlfriend used to work for a high-fashion designer.

She told me that all the famous and rich people rarely pay for their dresses and just borrow or get them for free in the hope that someone sees them with the dress and someone else will buy it.

It might be the same. If you’re rich, you get invited to things so often and don’t need to pay.

obrhoffobrhoff
2025-06-14

@dasdom @GaryAsh I'm pretty sure there is a internal HIG that mandates how Preferences should look now and they just designed according to it and implemented it. That’s how big corps work. 🤷

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