Notes | Brutkey

Joe Fabisevich :verified:
@mergesort@macaw.social

So let me get this straight. The current state of fediverse integration on Threads is that you can write posts that federate, people can read and reply to them, you can like their replies, but you can't reply back, repost, or even share the post from Threads. And that's how they're gonna leave it.

The fediverse is on maintenance mode

Threads still supports federation with other apps like Mastodon, but Hayes was clear that it's not a top priority for the current roadmap. "It's something that we're supporting, it's something that we're maintaining, but it's not the thing that we're talking about that's gonna help the app break out," he said.
"As someone who has built a zillion consumer products, it's just really hard to keep these divergent platforms and products consistent on the same protocol over time," he explained.

"There's always going to be the trade-offs that these companies are thinking about of how much energy do I want to pour into compatibility with this ecosystem versus iterating on this thing I'm building and seeing what's valuable.

Joe Fabisevich :verified:
@mergesort@macaw.social

1/5 For the last two years I’ve been working on Plinky, sharing my work publicly while the app has been in beta.

Today it’s finally ready to go live in the App Store, and I’d like to not only share the app with you but share more about why I built it.

https://plinky.app/download

What is Plinky?

Joe Fabisevich :verified:
@mergesort@macaw.social

One year ago today I left Twitter to pursue my dream of being an indie dev, and I’m really doing it.

It hasn’t been linear, I built Boutique and Bodega, have done a lot of writing, launched the Plinky beta, but it still felt a bit like I was playing indie since I hadn’t shipped yet. People using and paying for Short Circuit over the last few days has changed that.

It’s not about the money, it’s been proving to me that I can really achieve a dream I’ve had for over a decade. Thank you all. 🙏🏼

Joe Fabisevich :verified:
@mergesort@macaw.social

I'm just a simple app developer who wants to be friends with all the nice people who make all my favorite apps, is that too much to ask for?