Niki

Good programming, bad interfaces. Fira Code, Clojure, DataScript, Humble UI

Blog: https://tonsky.me
Канал: https://t.me/nikitonsky_pub

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2026-07-12 15:38:18 UTC

Trying to figure out what’s clickable in modern UI
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/907/746/542/124/791/original/622418de998b19b5.mp4

2026-06-13 00:30:45 UTC

I love a good UI animation, so I had to write about a few imperfect ones that I wish would be fixed https://tonsky.me/blog/every-frame-perfect/

2026-06-11 20:52:27 UTC

I just realized Anthropic CEO’s prediction that 90% of the code will be written by agents did come true. But not in a sense that existing projects will switch to agents. Github currently sees 10x more code, right? And all that new slop comes from LLMs. That’s exactly 90%!

2026-06-10 14:42:42 UTC

I am sorry, Apple, what is this?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/726/334/433/684/397/original/475bab3c48ae5d2d.png

2026-06-09 01:02:41 UTC

You’re welcome
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/717/469/362/250/223/original/cb5032e58e5ca598.png

2026-05-28 10:05:15 UTC

1.8 GB per emoji
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/651/633/984/217/669/original/99864f2dca44c653.png

2026-04-27 22:12:56 UTC

Aren’t peanuts nuts?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/478/962/044/799/506/original/7b76e140bbd60798.jpeg

2026-04-27 21:13:59 UTC

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2/2
Apple in 2026:
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/478/732/578/688/320/original/73bde8b1c94830be.mp4

2026-04-27 21:13:22 UTC

1/2
Apple in 2007: here’s 400 videos playing at the same time, with interactive search and real-time animations (via https://t.me/ilyabirman_channel/12350)
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/478/725/647/809/340/original/4a7ca090881d44dc.mp4

2026-04-05 12:15:22 UTC

This is your reminder that you can’t just take wood texture, scale it up 100x, print it on a building and pretend it’s made of wood. Someone will notice
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/352/039/528/763/878/original/3cf136a6de110801.png

2026-03-17 15:10:04 UTC

Normal graphics or a tasteless overprocessed AI-slop? Which one would you rather play? It’s a bit of a no-brainer
I expected better from Digital Foundry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZlwTtgbgVA
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/245/136/301/267/442/original/3d52d0197c69a282.png
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2026-02-23 17:02:42 UTC

Give man ZX Spectrum for his 5th birthday and he’ll be searching for it the rest of his life
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/121/014/200/282/893/original/fdd6f0e898318036.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/121/014/401/609/310/original/38ab2e63de6f8fe8.jpeg
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2026-01-05 11:10:16 UTC

New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons. With 109 illustrations! https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

2025-12-27 16:18:07 UTC

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@atoponce/115787010150256693
People who ship slop never demanded perfection, even before AI was possible
#note1ezk…jxgv

2025-12-25 16:10:35 UTC

Pic. 1. Human Interface Guidelines, Apple, 1992
Pic. 2. macOS Tahoe, Apple, 2025
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/781/069/520/198/557/original/055aaaec34c199a8.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/781/069/726/500/482/original/414832d693272582.png

2025-12-21 14:01:18 UTC

React just announced their new logo. Pretty bold for them, I must say
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/757/916/910/688/239/original/35829e8222487893.png

2025-11-13 09:49:09 UTC

“You are not worse than the kernel hacker, the compiler engineer, or the game engine programmer. You, too, can build whatever you want to build. All software is just software. It's time we treated it that way.”
https://jimmyhmiller.com/overly-humble-programmer

2025-11-05 15:40:48 UTC

“The side buttons do nothing, but the second wheel has a function - each click up or down is equivalent to two clicks of the other wheel.”
Now you’ve seen it too
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/497/832/955/999/788/original/4c9abd0dfe64e433.jpg

2025-11-05 10:29:06 UTC

“All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.”
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sigh-like quality to it. “Hummmmmmmyummmmmmm ah!” it said.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/496/614/317/593/251/original/3251d67f9e36f3bf.png

2025-10-15 18:49:17 UTC

About syntax highlighting https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/

2025-09-28 19:18:26 UTC

Modern computers: can play multiple 8k videos, render millions of triangles every millisecond, transcribe and translate voice real-time, think.
IntelliJ Idea: we draw a line at 5 temporary buffers
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/283/521/173/630/126/original/3ba21c4c260e7985.jpeg

2025-09-22 13:04:44 UTC

So I looked at Tahoe release (in VM). Some highlights:
- Window toolbar changing color from white to black for no reason
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/248/087/147/374/889/original/869092a2d2db3e66.mp4

2025-08-10 21:26:19 UTC

It’s time to update captcha
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/006/578/912/594/738/original/4efa29b2cb34bc57.png

2025-07-28 23:18:28 UTC

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because Figma kept nagging me to use it so I decided to give it a try. You’d expect AI in a design tool will be good at, well, design tasks

2025-07-28 21:10:53 UTC

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It did it again!
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/932/909/832/430/712/original/8c14b72c4f484936.jpg

2025-07-28 13:43:50 UTC

Thanks, AI!
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/931/145/390/956/099/original/ea4e477e705434e2.png
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2025-07-27 16:16:00 UTC

Have you been tested for color blindness? Can you see the number here?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/926/086/398/948/288/original/3d94b653513efba2.png

2025-07-08 12:22:44 UTC

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
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2025-07-03 09:28:44 UTC

You can tell AI team is getting paid more than Chrome team
Image via @npub13jg…xqjz
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/788/589/377/464/143/original/b887349970e5b779.jpeg

2025-06-24 14:51:14 UTC

Yet again, Apple has perfected design
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/738/896/760/755/555/original/57620e6de061e4e8.png

2025-06-21 13:17:25 UTC

Caterpillar window
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/721/542/418/367/967/original/e7a63a0cb03e792a.mp4

2025-06-19 16:14:00 UTC

Aa! AAAa!
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/710/911/663/564/406/original/777423d1154f3f1f.png

2025-06-12 21:03:56 UTC

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Obligatory video
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/672/416/373/468/367/original/bd1bb9c8b386f422.mp4

2025-06-12 20:59:48 UTC

A bit of common sense for you https://tailscale.com/blog/frequent-reath-security

2025-06-10 12:00:51 UTC

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BTW in iPadOS 26 you could Settings Settings
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/658/957/164/098/470/original/a31b5008d44b0614.jpg

2025-06-09 22:04:25 UTC

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Could it be more stupid? I don’t think so
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/655/664/272/315/606/original/d16192c643195e97.png

2025-06-09 22:01:34 UTC

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Yeah... no
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/655/655/936/428/370/original/f097ef28fa1dfb4a.png

2025-06-09 22:00:58 UTC

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Lol it gets even worse
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/655/653/290/004/303/original/d4a8398839c6bf36.png

2025-06-09 21:44:41 UTC

This toolbar
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/655/586/936/116/218/original/07b796b5d34d7b31.png

2025-05-16 13:19:49 UTC

I’m sorry, is this “high” contrast in the room with us right now?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/517/706/446/653/339/original/47c31809fe3a9b31.jpeg
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2025-04-25 11:32:46 UTC

Wait, is this true? Law of energy conservation does not apply in general relativity? Energy can simply leak/dissipate with no gain on global scale?
That might explain why I am tired all the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjdwSY2AzM

2025-03-11 11:12:52 UTC

Good news: physical buttons are coming back!
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/143/492/553/920/142/original/ff66d66eda167d67.png

2025-02-26 23:02:27 UTC

“When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.”
I understand why we need un-googled Chrome, but now we need un-mozilled Firefox, too? Damn, I kinda liked Firefox
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

2025-01-24 17:32:14 UTC

Old classic
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/884/521/358/533/968/original/f6fc7d59dab53c7c.png

2024-12-23 17:58:49 UTC

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Somebody made a site already https://pridever.org/

2024-12-21 16:37:16 UTC

I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/691/788/783/150/301/original/114b3a2d6f81dfd6.png

2024-11-29 14:17:30 UTC

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Okay how about
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/566/673/333/148/569/original/8de4b597330d5f16.png

2024-11-26 16:11:23 UTC

We all love “worst possible phone number entry” challenge, but how about calendar?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/550/150/446/072/890/original/37f3f077976caf5e.png

2024-11-20 15:08:49 UTC

If you thought regular frontend is not complex enough, you can look forward for web standards handling shape-changing displays
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/515/905/968/030/249/original/6e76279369e298b5.mp4

2024-11-14 09:45:10 UTC

I think Apple is not ridiculed enough for the absolute garbage they put out as “new features”
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/480/647/882/936/051/original/4d9c9d44449c7056.mp4

2024-11-05 18:36:59 UTC

“Macs don’t need rebooting” my ass
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/431/790/585/165/699/original/c477614e44de89b4.mp4

2024-11-04 11:36:42 UTC

To be used in FP presentations
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/424/474/555/647/723/original/696ca6e960f94d9f.jpg

2024-11-01 14:57:49 UTC

I’m not even surprised anymore
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/408/278/914/518/350/original/eb24cd8991ec1c0a.jpeg

2024-10-31 18:01:31 UTC

Good news! Apple will be moving some of the keys on their Magic Keyboard to the bottom because “who uses these keys anyways”. Many people argue it’s actually good design
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/403/336/202/031/855/original/5e7836cdf48c22d9.png

2024-10-29 17:10:33 UTC

How to turn the new Mac mini on/off.
This is not a joke. I repeat, I’m not joking
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/391/811/665/760/904/original/f70569c075a84c28.png

2024-10-21 12:43:40 UTC

Any IT offices shutting down in Berlin soon? I need a good chair

2024-10-10 09:51:15 UTC

Learned today that if you have Siri enabled in Russian but receive an English text, it’ll read it to you with... RUSSIAN ACCENT!
Just... Why?

2024-10-07 10:04:01 UTC

The original REPL
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/265/563/480/818/053/original/35f3c98e6cef39a4.png

2024-10-04 16:03:49 UTC

I had to fix it
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/249/996/965/103/021/original/88932ef27eac0a18.png

2024-09-30 08:53:24 UTC

You know Apple is in a league on its own. While everybody else is struggling to visually align triangle horizontally, Apple fails to align it vertically
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/225/650/833/561/080/original/1028e34f2c78acb0.jpeg
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2024-09-04 10:44:50 UTC

Pro tip: don't overload your computer with work
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2024-08-26 12:14:08 UTC

I appreciate the effort, but pretty sure dogs can’t read German. Should’ve gone with pictograms
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/028/260/533/401/618/original/da7e813caaf0afe9.jpeg

2024-08-24 09:07:15 UTC

Make a mistake — compiler deletes your source file
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/016/202/115/147/366/original/a65127ff6ce12296.png

2024-08-15 14:07:35 UTC

Clojure 12 is looking nice! https://www.jarrodctaylor.com/posts/Clojure-1.12-Field-Guide/