Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉

Fun Stack Vibing.  Founder @xibbonhq  Started Xamarin, Mono, Gnome. Prev: Microsoft/.NET/Xamarin/Mono/VSMac/AI - tootfinder

GitHub: GitHub.com/migueldeicaza
Blog: https://tirania.org/blog
Pronouns: He/him/daaaaaaaad
Location: Boston, MA

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2026-07-29 19:34:32 CEST

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it was “mouseless commander” because unlike Norton commander, we had no mouse support. But then we addre GPM support on Linux and it became “mouseless commander with mouse support” and it was getting ridiculous, so we had a community poll and renamed it

2026-07-22 17:27:49 CEST

Fabulous use of AI:
https://overpaid.lol

2026-07-13 17:57:23 CEST

Experiencing Silo withdrawal until Friday

2026-06-25 20:08:10 CEST

I found this post quite insightful
https://www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-tedious-drama-at-bluesky

2026-06-25 01:14:18 CEST

En Español, los programadores que usan IA se denominan “vibradores”

2026-06-04 19:40:09 CEST

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I had an argument with [@josephhill](https://hachyderm.io/@josephhill ) over this screenshot. I said “let’s remove it, I can’t tell the difference”. He said “I picked this one because the difference is so clear”
You be the judge:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/693/061/112/892/232/original/82506c93237935f7.png

2026-06-04 18:35:48 CEST

Xogot on iPad is now powered by Godot 4.6, and to celebrate we added a bunch of new samples and tutorials.
Details: https://blog.xogot.com/xogot-1-6-powered-by-godot-4-6-with-new-videos-tutorials-and-starter-kits/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/692/809/450/296/717/original/de5156f7df3ab86e.png

2026-06-03 14:09:33 CEST

Good post from the author of rsync on the recent pile-on:
https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0

2026-05-19 16:24:27 CEST

This is tragic, the fall of Bitwarden: https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden

2026-05-09 15:00:14 CEST

“You opened this page. It already knows the following.”
https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken

2026-05-04 15:30:59 CEST

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ah yes, we are living in constant dread over here. Sorry! And you haven’t seen my Twitter which has been going strong for two years on depressing topics and close to zero tech content

2026-05-04 13:58:21 CEST

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where were you that the air got stuffy?

2026-05-01 14:09:35 CEST

The jalapeños I find in Boston are indistinguishable from celery.

2026-05-01 03:19:53 CEST

I had an AI criticize my UI and it said “it’s giving win32” - we have reached AGI.

2026-04-28 21:08:03 CEST

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116483896730844416
This is where our banana republic is at
#note1x4f…j93n

2026-04-19 16:03:12 CEST

RE: https://social.makerforums.info/@clolsonus/116431728200817316
One time, on a date at a fresh restaurant, with my rusty French I saw “something something cerveau” and my mind thought “oh shrimp, I like that”
Friends, the panic struck me when I saw what I got. And I spent the meal slicing and hiding slices under the veggies.
#note12nd…ksdn

2026-04-18 16:57:38 CEST

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/426/293/567/356/888/original/6722f8dc56840953.png

2026-04-10 02:48:20 CEST

Monteiro over at Bluesky “A violent reminder that Gilly & Billy pins are back in stock and look great on your jean jacket, backpack, or lapel if you’re running for office.”
https://www.mulebooks.com/store/gilly-amp-billy-enamel-pin-fpbpz-y2d7t
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/377/655/512/165/721/original/6086443b26bd314d.jpeg

2026-04-03 14:38:36 CEST

The herpes of the internet is back at it: https://browsergate.eu/

2026-04-03 13:46:43 CEST

“I was lost away from home in a bizarre territory where people made plans that didn’t make sense with the aplomb of a drunk LLM.”
https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion

2026-03-28 16:46:36 CET

Some 20 years ago, I said in some blog post “Israel is a terrorist state” and I was hounded for years by Zionists that would make sure all my bosses knew about it.
It just took 20 or so years for this to be generally acknowledged, and soon, hopefully people won’t pay a financial price for speaking up about this apartheid regime.

2026-03-28 16:29:04 CET

Israel killed this journalist in Lebanon in a double-tap killing two hours after this report.
Israel does not want their new war of occupation documented.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/307/503/926/916/312/original/dc9dec5c37c38bd3.mp4

2026-03-28 15:11:26 CET

This is why you can’t trust Europeans with their regulations, they are just as corrupt as the Americans. And I love regulation, but the politicians that end up calling the shots are as stupid, tainted and corrupt as our trumpian overlords.
We truly are ruled by crooks.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/eu-us-sanctions-gaza-russia

2026-03-23 14:51:47 CET

Man, Orange Cheeto surrendered.
I thought the US was just going to commit a bunch of war crimes and get away with it. And now, the Mossad, the CIA, the Israelis and the Americans have been shown to be a collection of incompetent criminals.
The hubris of Trumpism really infects everything it touches.
And yet, Iran is committed to extract the guarantees from these losers that it demanded since the start.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/278/814/533/146/158/original/862d938f3c2134ad.png

2026-03-22 15:09:07 CET

In Mexico, when someone is too stupid we say "no rebuzna porque no se sabe la tonada" and I think that’s beautiful.

2026-03-17 15:07:13 CET

Resignation letter of the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
We went to war to Iran to satiate Israel’s desires.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/244/901/272/192/520/original/1eb45fd38c5399a6.png

2026-03-16 16:43:02 CET

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Thank you Aral!

2026-03-16 15:31:27 CET

Metal accelerated renderer for SwiftTerm is out!
It took five different attempts, in the end, I based SwiftTerm's implementation on Ghostty's GPU support - lots of really nice small touches in there.
Get it while it is hot: https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm

2026-03-06 17:25:56 CET

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You have built a lovely all-around experience, it is truly incredible.

2026-03-06 17:25:19 CET

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It is so pretty! For now, my app will do (for the couple of things I am doing), and I use it on my iPad on the piano, but when I level up, I think that the choice is clear!

2026-03-05 19:05:57 CET

We are doomed: https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another

2026-03-03 21:56:08 CET

Making myself a practice app, because MuseScore on iPad is a hostile piece of shit.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/167/236/754/380/778/original/ad2ee8c8c40e72ec.png

2026-02-27 20:52:36 CET

What happened at Block will likely happen everywhere else - companies now find themselves with an overstock of talent, and they are not structurally ready to absorb additional capacity.
People will achieve more with less - but this also opens the doors to building entire new businesses.

2026-01-24 04:32:59 CET

Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/

2026-01-22 12:52:42 CET

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i know. I grew up in Mexico :-)

2026-01-22 04:36:31 CET

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In image form:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/936/656/581/248/785/original/279f9861005cc0e1.jpeg

2026-01-22 04:16:53 CET

Man this is such a good thread over at Twitter:
https://x.com/moorehn/status/2014050043527876847?s=46

2026-01-15 04:15:07 CET

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and LLM will dutifuly exfiltrate your data via a hidden prompt:
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files

2026-01-11 16:40:11 CET

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2026-01-11 00:18:50 CET

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The original one did quote:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/873/357/918/801/086/original/e836e7932a53768e.jpeg

2026-01-10 23:31:52 CET

Haha I made a similar thing about the American democrats recently, after reading my SMS spam:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:otqxvkccrtrrapsa5up5jpf5/post/3mbod5fc3gc2v
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/873/173/179/025/893/original/a3171fa766f5fdf7.jpeg

2026-01-07 21:38:56 CET

Has anyone heard anything from Apple regarding the safety of X, given that it is a porn generator on demand?
They seemed to be very concerned about it a year ago:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/855/742/258/793/801/original/6c75ba368be5130a.jpeg

2026-01-03 21:26:50 CET

France is outright rejoicing in this illegal coup. Just echoing pure propaganda.
Full participation really:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/833/045/394/632/679/original/9a143b083b492c2b.png

2025-12-23 20:51:15 CET

Golden opportunity to become a reverse centaur! You only need to audit/review 5,600 lines of c++ code ported to rust per hour!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/770/620/083/807/745/original/7642e6dbad72fff7.jpeg

2025-12-21 17:04:39 CET

Holy shit
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/12/21/documents-reveal-harvard-salient-complaint/

2025-12-13 22:47:23 CET

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when I found out you were coming to town, I rushed to book, but it was sold out.
Didn’t want to annoy you with “can you score me a ticket”, but just wanted to let you know you are too popular and plenty of us missed out due to physics - cheers!

2025-12-13 16:55:56 CET

Jesus fucking christ.
https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

2025-10-18 03:58:39 CEST

The dream of safe C/C++ code is here.
I have been following this development, and I am in awe at how much has been achieved, now available as a package:
https://fil-c.org/install_optfil
You can get drunk on the details here:
https://fil-c.org

2025-10-16 14:40:59 CEST

Details on Greta’s torture at the hands of the Israelis:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face

2025-10-03 23:25:32 CEST

In Mexico, people call Oracle the company "Obstacle".
And I think this is beautiful.

2025-10-03 15:57:40 CEST

Those bugs are not going to inject themselves into the codebase:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/310/582/580/684/432/original/8ce3dd7619c24911.jpeg

2025-09-28 15:17:58 CEST

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/282/114/885/953/054/original/180caf344e7cd067.png

2025-09-20 00:54:11 CEST

A friend reminded me about this tweet, and I wanted to share it with you folks.
I should pick up this series.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/233/419/886/293/702/original/408b03c69faeff73.jpeg

2025-09-13 15:19:07 CEST

Just yesterday, Israel sniping aid seekers for sport in Gaza; bombing the offices of journalists in Yemen - killing 25 journalists.
The retired guy that lead the campaign said yesterday:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/197/184/784/631/583/original/38d90f8c7e7b43bc.png

2025-09-10 13:07:31 CEST

The real awe that Apple promised us, was quietly published on this blog post:
This is amazing - congratulations!
https://infosec.exchange/@madcoder/115175739709593875

2025-09-08 16:54:40 CEST

Despite their rebranding efforts, Facebook remains a deeply rotten company:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/09/08/meta-research-child-safety-virtual-reality/
Vía Zamaan Qureshi:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/169/247/984/091/841/original/02eb4cec9b04bfa2.png
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/169/248/301/512/889/original/f9dd11f8d3aa1088.png
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2025-08-30 19:03:05 CEST

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woohoo! Booked!

2025-08-16 17:50:30 CEST

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Ok, fixed, CoreText is now using 1024 bytes less than FreeType.
Not the win I was hoping for. Clearly I wired this up to the wrong place, because what I really want is for Godot to stop loading a full copy of that fat Emoji font - and it is doing it with gusto.
Look at this Absolute Unit of a font:
Apple Color Emoji
Created a data provider with size: 188,589,668 bytes

2025-08-16 17:44:02 CEST

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OPERATOR ERROR.

2025-08-16 17:39:22 CEST

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It is still allocating, even if I use CFDataCreateWithBytesNoCopy.
This API is worthless:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/189/001/203/546/original/d9f63965995ef2ab.png

2025-08-16 17:30:33 CEST

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Ok, found the chubby leaker with Instruments, comparing side-by-side.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/154/323/091/323/original/b611e91864b67c6e.png
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/156/343/928/810/original/3ea4a3f3447c20f4.png
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/156/933/537/687/original/f1d008a0a4c5ab57.png

2025-08-16 06:42:29 CEST

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There is something off going on with the 'g' - like the CoreText codepath is drunk.

2025-08-16 06:41:40 CEST

Update: CoreText progress, left is with CoreText, right without.
That said, the new approach consumes twice as much memory at startup, so it defeats the purpose of this exercise.
Really bad ;-)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/036/602/150/913/884/original/7c6f65f03bc00658.png
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2025-08-11 18:23:03 CEST

Latuff never misses:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/011/051/809/842/481/original/137fa8abd2a6c634.png

2025-08-11 05:03:14 CEST

Israel assassinated the entire staff of Al Jazeera in Gaza today.
They will finally be able to finish their genocide without those upsetting images.

2025-07-26 17:21:32 CEST

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/920/212/911/797/984/original/6da327160ed8a9bb.png

2025-07-11 07:48:44 CEST

Europe playing catch up to America.
Team Western Values!
https://xcancel.com/hussedogru/status/1925845756927197233#m

2025-05-17 18:35:37 CEST

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2025-05-06 18:00:52 CEST

After 18 months of gestation, Godot and SwiftUI had a baby!
Xogot is out now on the AppStore:
https://blog.la-terminal.net/xogot-godot-for-ipad-available-on-the-app-store/
AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xogot-make-games-anywhere/id6469385251

2025-04-18 04:00:20 CEST

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2025-04-09 01:51:58 CEST

Finally my habit of buying Apple products in six packs has come in handy.

2025-03-27 02:42:09 CET

I love this, and I am in awe at the community getting behind this grueling work, instead of fun hacks.
This is the kind of things companies can mandate but is harder to convince a community to do.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/231/851/460/434/071/original/212633abd2624d3d.jpeg

2025-03-16 02:31:48 CET

TCP/IP but with session cookies instead of src/dst address/ports to keep the session alive.

2025-03-16 01:23:36 CET

Our oligarch class devours its own feculence

2025-03-04 23:44:44 CET

Cute! The new live camera feature from Godot 4.4 works on the iPad without any changes:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/106/582/994/272/749/original/2f38e39b88f41c43.jpeg

2025-03-01 18:44:51 CET

We are going on vacation to Japan, and I want ti optimize for the kids having fun (so they want to go again).
If you have ideas for kid-centric activities to do, please let me know!

2025-02-26 23:33:00 CET

My trusty toothbrush finally broke. It served me for almost 12 years:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/072/563/023/414/229/original/2f3657b662b06353.png

2025-02-24 19:04:20 CET

Humanity loving people, I will be on a panel on the launch of Enterpreneurs for Palestine this Wednesday, would love if you could join us.
https://entrepreneursforpalestine.com/official-launch/

2025-02-24 02:40:12 CET

I think I am pretty much done with Godot for iPad, after some 500 bugs and features closed during the TestFlight preview.
I am going to submit Godot for the iPad to AppStore review to get a sense of how screwed I am.
Will report my findings!

2025-02-24 02:31:58 CET

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Folks, I think that against my best judgment I need to buy another bottle of this blessing of the gods.

2025-02-24 02:30:25 CET

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The last glass of wine was amazing.

2025-02-24 01:41:34 CET

Seared tuna for dinner, finishing that wine from yesterday:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/056/081/606/377/155/original/90554d58246a8e03.jpeg

2025-02-13 13:05:32 CET

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Good morning macro data refiners

2025-02-13 04:47:09 CET

Good night macro data refiners

2025-02-12 14:17:42 CET

We are watching it in real time, but nice to have a roadmap:
“The Path to American Authoritarianism: What Comes After Democratic Breakdown”
Or “Why google and Apple renamed their maps”
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump

2025-01-29 21:06:22 CET

We go to live footage of our broligarchs:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/913/441/582/063/525/original/e2a1f02ad02eddc0.jpeg

2025-01-19 17:44:21 CET

The EU should demand that American Big Tech sell their assets to European companies. They can’t be trusted to not manipulate the data for propaganda reasons.
Not doing so is a national security risk.
Am I doing this right?

2025-01-19 02:51:20 CET

The TikTok ban that is going to financially ruin a bunch of Americans was part of the “95 billions in weapons for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan bill”
When the USA gives you the finger, it uses both hands.

2024-12-15 14:28:40 CET

“Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown”
https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

2024-11-28 16:48:42 CET

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it is for the best, they would just kill it within 12 Months of launch.

2024-11-22 03:03:18 CET

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/524/145/804/478/266/original/a171d4bf1aca7a93.jpeg

2024-11-13 20:44:28 CET

Depends.
If you are Mexican/nahuatl: “sho-got”
If you Galician, “Jho-got”
If you are Brazilian, “sho-got-eh”
If you are American, “Zo-got”
If you are Spaniard, “exo-got”
If you speak Arabic, شوقوت
https://mastodon.social/@khalidabuhakmeh/113476868927955908

2024-11-12 16:25:45 CET

Xogot: iPad for iPad TestFlight is open now, details: https://blog.la-terminal.net/xogot-godot-on-ipad-preview/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/470/678/097/614/060/original/e7b1a31d19b86bd7.png

2024-11-12 15:44:44 CET

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/publication/c7155aaf-40b6-4da4-8d36-15556100ee7e
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/470/516/788/521/860/original/6386cf598d6d23ed.png

2024-11-07 18:43:35 CET

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it is really tragic that this is the world we live in now, when our spaces can be hijacked in the. Link of an eye.

2024-11-07 15:42:08 CET

Dan offered to kindly answer questions on Bluesky architecture, and I was wondering, could it be hijacked by a billionaire?
His fascinating answer is here (see the post this was in reply to for a bunch of other great insights):
https://bsky.app/profile/migueldeicaza.bsky.social/post/3la3gfn7wi22p

2024-10-27 13:49:45 CET

“A cartography of a genocide”- full experience on desktop
https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide
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2024-10-24 13:56:35 CEST

A friend came to visit me yesterday, and he was sneezing. And I said “is that covid?” And he goes “I don’t think so, it’s just a cold”.
Tested him on the spot.
He had covid.

2024-10-19 15:14:50 CEST

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it is very hard. It can drive some people crazy, just look at Wordpress :-)

2024-10-15 02:52:17 CEST

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holy shit. I just skimmed it, this is so bad. I was aware through the years of minor anecdotes, nothing like this.
(I hosted stallman at my place some 30 or so years ago, and for years I bonded with other hosts comparing notes. Short version: you don’t want to host him)