mobiledev2014 (u/mobiledev2014)

mobiledev2014 commented on Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai techcrunch.com/2026/01/29... · Posted by u/ishener

This story has Apple + $2B acquisition + AI

...how is this not at the top of the page?

mobiledev2014 · 13 days ago

It's pretty crazy it's Apple's second-largest acquisition ever but it's kinda boring so nobody cares. Of course, Beats was a household name and founded by Dre... a much more accessible story

mobiledev2014 commented on KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer korg.com/us/products/dj/p... · Posted by u/bpierre

wraptile · 19 days ago

As I'm a software engineer I try to avoid software tools for recreation but it's getting harder and harder and vcv-rack is even on nix package manager. I think I might have to break my rule just this once - thanks!

As a counter curse I recommend strudel.cc back at you :)

mobiledev2014 · 18 days ago

I think it’s one of the best pieces of software in existence and I don’t say that lightly. In a perfect world we’d have a magic of box of every modular component to build and rebuild to tinker with the physical controls but in lieu of magic vcv rack plus a midi controller is the next best thing

Strudel is very cool. Possibilities are endless with music tools

mobiledev2014 commented on KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer korg.com/us/products/dj/p... · Posted by u/bpierre

wraptile · 19 days ago

I'm not a professional musician but making patches is something I never knew was fun until I tried it and it immediately became my favorite musical activity. Sitting down with my Minilogue XD and spending and evening just making an ephemeral 16 step sequence is a really great recreation activity that I'd recommend for anyone.

mobiledev2014 · 19 days ago

Totally agree. Have you tried VCV Rack? You're welcome/I'm sorry :D

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mobiledev2014 commented on KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer korg.com/us/products/dj/p... · Posted by u/bpierre

TheCraiggers · 19 days ago

What an insightful comment. I've always considered art as something that can't be recreated, as it involves the state of mind the creator was at the time of creating it. I would worry no more about recreating a sound on this synth as I would recreating the exact pitch of an acoustic guitar I made last year.

Your take is obviously a valid one though. I just find it infinitely interesting how there can be so many valid viewpoints about something like this.

mobiledev2014 · 19 days ago

That is how many synth users feel as well, that they don't need presets because they'll just create a new sound. Neither approach is invalid as there is no right or wrong way to be creative.

mobiledev2014 commented on Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible docs.swifdroid.com/app/... · Posted by u/mihael

akmarinov · a month ago

He might be referring to Apple abandoning SwiftUI as there’s a rumor going around about it.

mobiledev2014 · a month ago

Ahh well that’s very different and equally unlikely to be true! Current and previous household name employers are all-in on SwiftUI and it is unquestionably a valuable thing to learn. Something new always comes along but I’d bet a lot of money we’re not going back to UIKit

mobiledev2014 commented on Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible docs.swifdroid.com/app/... · Posted by u/mihael

mvkel · a month ago

Just in time, right when Apple is quietly abandoning it

mobiledev2014 · a month ago

That’s one I haven’t heard yet, do elaborate

mobiledev2014 commented on Paul Hegarty's updated CS193p SwiftUI course released by Stanford cs193p.stanford.edu/... · Posted by u/yehiaabdelm

mobiledev2014 · 2 months ago

This course was integral in kicking off my career over a decade ago. I think there's no better way to learn to build an iOS app, and the fact that it's free is a true gift. Pre-reqs are in the first lecture:

-Experience writing code (100% of the work in this course involves programming) -At least CS106A (Programming Methodology) + CS106B or X (Programming Abstractions) and CS107 (Computer Organization & Systems); CS108 (Object Oriented Programming), CS43 (Functional Programming Abstractions), CS11O (Principles of Computer Systems), CS147 (Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Design) are awesome! -Know some "structured" programming paradigm, e.g. OOP or Functional Programming -Preferably you know more than one language (cause you're gonna learn a new one here!)

mobiledev2014 commented on Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-s... · Posted by u/random_moonwalk

sleepybrett · 3 months ago

The pocket operators have kind of 'grown up' and now they are doing a larger format thingie that is kinda like a pocket operator: https://teenage.engineering/products/ep

I especially like the bardcore one: https://teenage.engineering/products/ep-1320

mobiledev2014 · 3 months ago

The newest one, EP-40, just came out! It's got the best specs by far and the features are a superset of the original EP-133, so it would be my strong recommendation. Unfortunately EP-1320 never received any updates so it lags behind, but hopefully they remedy that. Just don't buy hardware with hopes of unpromised future updates!

Edit: Because they don't make it totally clear- whichever one you buy, you can clear all the stock sounds and make any genre of music, regardless of the theming.

mobiledev2014 commented on Steam Frame store.steampowered.com/sa... · Posted by u/Philpax

robbiet480 · 3 months ago

Trying to decide if Steam Frame is going to be better than Apple Vision Pro + ALVR + lighthouses... AVP has higher resolution and OLED displays with higher PPD but obviously weighs a lot more.

mobiledev2014 · 3 months ago

I own the Index and Vision and haven't tried this yet. I was considering buying PSVR2 controllers since they're officially supported but maybe I shouldn't bother?

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