so, about the contest..
we got 40+ participants. i was going through all of them, and decided our two winners. if you didn't win, it's just that the other competitors were tougher. and i really appreciate for taking the time to give it a shot. i will announce the winners later at night

pardon my indecisive ass. i was kinda occupied. but i will finish up things and announce it tomorrow or Friday

so results

As I've mentioned before, we received over 40 participants. I was pretty stunned that many of you showed up and gave it a try. Welp, this is a competition and winners are indeed expected. Judging criteria was simple; It was how well you understood the requirement (the design contest file i sent for y'all) and how close you got it to a real design. With that said, I went through all of the submissions and decided the winners.

1st place - @issmuth [Design]
bro literally made a custom blender renders and the animations for them on top of the figma design. it looks really professional, and gave us something that we ACTUALLY own as a brand identity. Plus, he really did understand the requirements and nailed the layout stuff

2nd place - @eyuelad [Design]
also i was quite satisfied with the runner up. it's creative and got that unique touch.

Honorable mention to @Rahwan_Graphics for the logo and posters. Casually added him as a 3rd winner :)

Thanks to every one of you for the participation and the thought you gave it. It really means a lot, wish i could compensate y'all but this is it for now. There is a quiet nobility when some victories are measured in applause, while others are measured in the stillness that follows when one has given everything. so if you didn't win, what matters was that you gave it your whole. and wholeness is something you should dearly keep

it's that time of the year i should start visiting doughnut four times per week

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idk why this is getting hyped too much by people with two brain cells on X. i mean, it's understandable but you should've been able to see it coming when XBOW was the cool kid on the block last year. maybe it's because the accessibility and applicability is now far better enjoyable DX for the consumer grade right away with single command. it's just an apple-ification, you just polish the interface and lower the barrier to entry. Shanon also looks cool. but ainnoway i'm shipping a code without manually reviewing every piece of it. "autonomous" always has some leak in its pipeline you don't wanna find out at runtime. human in the loop is just inevitable for any prod environment. as far as i am concerned, these model still suffer from logic hallucinations. i don't want those insecure patches and even worse, a new attack vector. but we'll see how it goes

the future is both ecstatic and doomed at the same time

— openlink —

i was experimenting with linkedin's guest jobs API, and found some scraper. it was barely functional, so i injected the scraper and added some functionalities to it. then i built a web client for it. turns out, it's kinda useful if you're on linkedin just only for the jobs

try it here:

- https://openlink-two.vercel.app

it got all the advanced filters, and efficient search. it's also open-source.

- https://github.com/AmanuelCh/openlink

#myprojects #openlink

didn't realize it would be useful for some people. it was just an experiment. i will significantly improve it if you guys are getting some value from it

i shall see the outside, and get fetira. no mebrat also, so yeah.
current state: waiting for 50 to get shot

worth it

ᯓ Changes ᯓ

kinda ironic how you can be both the protagonist and antagonist of your own life. your shadow keeps outgrowing you, and one day you simply decide to follow it. that's a change too

p.s: vid from my occasional commute

#shot

vercel labs has been releasing cool stuff lately. we were also using json-render as an experiment for interactive content on talix

[OpenReview]

Other cool stuffs i discovered this past week

- SideFX
free advanced vfx learning materials.

- SASS directories
a list of 80+ SASS directories to submit your product for free. it's a helpful list since others just cost you insane amounts for little or no traffic

- Shadcn Space
someone posted it. forgot who. but they're decent shadcn components

- ApplyPilot
open-source AI agent that applies to jobs for you on any platform

- Ace Step
a commerical grade open-source suno alternative. they also have spotify-like UI here

So I went out for a walk today (with mom)

And this girl stared at me twice. On my way to a cafe and my way back home

I figured that she hasn’t seen an iOS developer before… or I’m handsome… It can’t be both

Which one do you think it is?

I build apps for the iPhone. @XCYohannes