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 I love a good transition animation. 
 nostr:npub1y7r37ghjwer6fee57dn9j92s9xm8x6avh2n4a3stm7a27dtee56sggtvtf wow, man this is BEAUTIFUL.... 
 @50b353e9 Thanks! It’s such a cool car. I’ve been loving it so far. 
 I love a clean car. ❤️

Unfortunately, a black car stays clean for about 30 seconds here.

#ElectricVehicles

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 @872ab8e1 I just completed a 900 mile road trip and the non-Tesla charging infrastructure was abysmal. Glad to see them focusing on reliability but it’s insane how far behind these other companies are.

Also, the only EVGo station near my house has been broken for nearly a year… So they don’t seem to be making much progress. I report it as broken every few months and am met with apathy by their support. They don’t seem to care. 
 Switching back to iPhone for the first time since the iPhone 4.

You either die an Android user. Or live long enough to see yourself become an Apple Guy.

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 Ok, this Ahsoka show though... Hot damn.

Star Wars is at it's best when it doesn't take itself too seriously and isn't afraid to get weird. They've been delivering on that so well. 
 nostr:npub1y7r37ghjwer6fee57dn9j92s9xm8x6avh2n4a3stm7a27dtee56sggtvtf ahh wow. I have an S21, I'm... 
 @50b353e9 My wife has an S21 and it's better than my S22+. It takes better pictures, is less laggy despite her having it a year longer, the screen doesn't scratch as easily, etc. Samsung dropped the ball with the 22 line. It was a pretty noticeable downgrade from my Note 8.

I have zero brand loyalty and Apple has been improving the customizability of iOS in recent updates. With a combination of their improvements and Samsung's downgrades, the scales may be tipped in their favor this time. 
 nostr:npub1y7r37ghjwer6fee57dn9j92s9xm8x6avh2n4a3stm7a27dtee56sggtvtf I just can't imagine giving... 
 @50b353e9 Haha, I can understand that. I just haven't been very happy with my S22+ and Google lately. I'm already half in the Apple ecosystem with Mac and iPad and have been pretty happy with both products. 🤷 
 The recent decline in Samsung hardware and software quality has me eyeing the iPhone for the first time in a decade... USB-C was one of the last major hurdles to me considering iPhone again. 
 nostr:npub1y7r37ghjwer6fee57dn9j92s9xm8x6avh2n4a3stm7a27dtee56sggtvtf not sure who you follow alr... 
 @50b353e9 @3a912d87 @2d9a6032 @a1a4ca0d @fd18300b @07e599d7 @4179b89c @6c847e86 

Great suggestions! Exactly the type of cool people I was looking for. Thank you! 
 nostr:npub1y7r37ghjwer6fee57dn9j92s9xm8x6avh2n4a3stm7a27dtee56sggtvtf And now... to get rid of Gm... 
 @50b353e9 Oof. That one's a much bigger lift for me. 😄 I'm not even sure where to start. 
 I'm consistently reminded why I don't like following general web dev hashtags and blogs. The elitism and bad takes are outta control. Time to unfollow, I suppose. There's occasionally some cool people and good stuff, but it's unfortunately not the norm.

I'd love recommendations for cool people to follow who don't jump on the hot take of the day or take this all way too seriously. 
 I never would've guessed 2023 would be the year I both quit Twitter AND fully switched all my Chr... 
 @50b353e9 Same here! Back to Firefox on my Mac which was my only Chrome holdout. 
 @4fed6283 "because it pollutes the code with type gymnastics that add ever so little joy to my development experience, and quite frequently considerable grief. Things that should be easy become hard, and things that are hard become `any`."

Sounds like DHH just doesn't know how to write very good Typescript... If you're slapping 'any' on everything and letting the type system dictate your code instead of the other way around, you're doing it wrong and in for a bad time.