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Aug 19, 2022

Apptron Demo: HTML5 Background Apps

In this week’s demo I built a background application using HTML and Apptron. …

Software Development

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Software Development

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Aug 5, 2022

Apptron Demo: Shell Scriptable Native APIs

In this demo I show off the rest of the Apptron CLI, which exposes most of the cross-platform APIs as commands. These commands make great shell scriptable utilities, and you can see how they’ve been designed to facilitate this. …

Software Development

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Software Development

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Jul 21, 2022

Apptron Demo: Zero Config HTML5 Native Apps

In this demo I use the Apptron build command to create an executable from a single HTML file. No setup, no configuration. If you want to change how the window looks, you can add a meta tag to your HTML file. It’s not only simple, it’s fast. …

Web Development

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Web Development

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Jul 8, 2022

Apptron Demo: Webview Window Building Block

In this demo, I use the Apptron API from Go to build a simple birthday card application defined by HTML and CSS. I also explore the architectural approach of Apptron compared to directly working with platform native APIs. To expand on the demo, in this post I’ll discuss some…

Web Development

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Web Development

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Jul 1, 2022

Announcing Apptron: Cross-platform Native APIs Made Accessible

I’m happy to announce the first major building block of the Tractor System: Apptron. Apptron is a software primitive that lets you drive native platform APIs using the technologies you’re already familiar with, enabling cross-platform webview apps and more. Usable from any language, or even the command line, Apptron gives…

Software Development

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Announcing Apptron: Cross-platform Native APIs Made Accessible
Announcing Apptron: Cross-platform Native APIs Made Accessible
Software Development

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Mar 16, 2022

Progrium Technology Thesis

Creating software is too complicated. Our options are overwhelming, our tooling is too bloated, and things rarely ever “just work”. 8 years ago, the late Joe Armstrong, co-creator of Erlang, gave one of his last talks at the 2014 Strange Loop conference. It was titled “The Mess We’re…

Programming

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Programming

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Jul 5, 2021

Towards the Personal Potential of Software

Hello everybody! Since starting work under Progrium Technology Company, I’ve had a single objective: to build a system called Tractor. It’s what I’ve been slowly approaching in my dense 22 year career as an independent programmer. …

Software Development

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Towards the Personal Potential of Software
Towards the Personal Potential of Software
Software Development

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May 27, 2021

Building your own Ngrok in 130 lines

Running a local development server for your app is pretty common, but what if you wanted somebody else to access it? Maybe for a demo, or maybe to debug webhook integrations. If you’ve ever used Ngrok (or perhaps the original localtunnel), you know what I’m talking about. Today we’re going…

Software Development

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Building your own Ngrok in 130 lines
Building your own Ngrok in 130 lines
Software Development

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May 6, 2021

The History and Future of Socket-level Multiplexing

Towards a socket API with builtin stream muxing Multiplexing (sometimes called muxing) has a long history of innovation in telecommunications. In 1875, Edison figured out how to transmit four separate telegraph lines over a single wire. In 1910, multiplexing technology was brought to telephony. Within 30 years the Bell System…

Software Architecture

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The History and Future of Socket-level Multiplexing
The History and Future of Socket-level Multiplexing
Software Architecture

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Apr 16, 2021

Apple API schemas for code generation and more

Schemas are pretty dope. My appreciation for API schemas as a toolmaker comes from a desire to build tools that can integrate with many systems, and open new avenues for people to use APIs. For most, the use case that comes to mind for API schemas is generating documentation. Translating…

Software Development

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Apple API schemas for code generation and more
Apple API schemas for code generation and more
Software Development

3 min read

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