Pram/Stroller Camera Mount
How to mount a heavy-ish mirrorless camera to a pram/stroller with a cheap clamp and ball mount.
Mark Hansen
I'm a Software Engineering Manager working on Google Maps in Sydney, Australia. I write about software {engineering, management, profiling}, data visualisation, and transport.
Mastodon Account Verification with Ghost Blog
How to get a green verification checkmark on Mastodon from your link to your Ghost blog. Inject a link tag in your site header.
CAP Theorem & UI Programming
When the network doesn't respond, will you wait forever, blocking the app (and your users), sacrificing availability? Or will you make up an answer (show inconsistent data)?
Should you inflate Android Views on a background thread?
TL;DR: No, it's not safe. I show race conditions that could happen to any View, and consider AsyncLayoutInflater.
Choosing a Portmanteau/Blended Baby Surname
How we chose a surname for our new baby: options, tradeoffs, and how to search for blends of your & your partner's surnames