From the Couch of Ben Johnson

Father, Principal Engineer at Prodigy Education, serial hyperbolist.

I’m not normally against hybrid apps (all things in moderation) but the Amazon Alexa app is not a good one. Feels like it doesn’t belong on any platform.

I really wish Create React App had better support for importing and sharing components between apps. Seems like a crazy reason to have to eject or roll your own.

Apple software quality at work.

Pill pockets are a miracle of modern science.

I’m increasingly impressed at Facebook’s initial move of defining GraphQL as a spec and not a technology. It has enabled lots of experimentation and possibilities for scaling. It was production-viable way quicker than it would have been otherwise.

I really wish the good calendar apps for iOS supported Google Calendar room booking.

Also helps that I’ve basically stopped buying furniture from anyone other than IKEA. With a destructive kid and cat, the cost benefit for anything else doesn’t seem worth it.

The IKEA VR app is mind blowing. First example of generally useful VR I’ve seen.