Software developer who's almost lost faith in the modern IT. Used to work at VKontakte, then Telegram. Currently building my own fediverse project to save our online […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@grishka, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtyui4autfr2I removed these a few times from my classmates' computers. The worst ones displayed an uncloseable window over everything, containing some 18+ imagery and saying "thank you for installing this banner for quick access to our porn site" lmao. No proof on that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]26 Aug 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyui4autfr2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtuen2stoph2Oh no I'm cookie clicking again24 Aug 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuen2stoph2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mttt2qtnhhl2"ChatGPT started showing ads in Europe". All those claims to civilization-altering superintelligence, yet their monetization endgame is just ads. Lmao. https://meduza.io/news/2026/08/24/chatgpt-nachal-pokazyvat-reklamu-v-evrope24 Aug 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttt2qtnhhl2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtlthuqztu5221 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlthuqztu52https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtlr7yyrzva2The Bluesky Android app has a bug where it would log you out every now and then, but still remember your username. It's been years and it's still not fixed. How do you even make something like this in the first place?... https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/877021 Aug 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlr7yyrzva2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mte7klr64xz218 Aug 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte7klr64xz2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtdr7xok36q2Oh for fuck's sake. Wasn't getting the complete list of installed apps put behind a permission to prevent this exact thing happening? Isn't there a Google Play policy that you only get this permission if your app legitimately needs to get the list of all […] [Original post on mastodon.social]18 Aug 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdr7xok36q2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtdnrgajohc2It turns out Russian children's songs are BRUTAL sometimes. There's one about a grasshopper, that had a nice life, was friendly to flies, but got eaten by a frog.18 Aug 2026 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdnrgajohc2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt7ngrtmgaw2Another realization how us millennials are a weird generation: the older generations have close to zero moving pictures of them, while the younger ones have had their entire lives filmed. For us, it's in the middle, and that's something that will never happen again. Video cameras were expensive […] https://mastodon.social/@grishka/11710621223621373916 Aug 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ngrtmgaw2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt46y46siko2Signal really hates its users15 Aug 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt46y46siko2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt2hzwgr5hl2A recurring theme in my conversations with people trying to get me to use AI is that it would "improve my workflow". But what if I'm already completely satisfied with my workflow, and am not looking to "improve" it any way whatsoever? To that, seemingly no one has an answer.14 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2hzwgr5hl2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3msut2c2ibl7212 Aug 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3msut2c2ibl72https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3msmsam2dig72This kind of detailed AI use disclosure is very welcome, but uhhh maybe you shouldn't anthropomorphize it after all?09 Aug 2026 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmsam2dig72https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3msbi7xigbnk2One thing I dislike about Java is these kinds of arbitrary null restrictions in the standard library. I don't get this. Why can't you have null elements in an unmodifiable collection? What if you need to? What would break if this would be allowed? I've […] [Original post on mastodon.social]04 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbi7xigbnk2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrsiznq5sjz2The absolute worst thing about modern customer support is when a bot, or even worse, a human, doesn't answer the exact question you asked, but instead answers another, tenuously related question, for which there's a canned response. I can somewhat get it for mainstream services (see my whole […] https://mastodon.social/@grishka/11700457012695576429 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsiznq5sjz2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrj5na6jfdl2Another weird realization about talking about relationships in the two languages I speak. In English, "each other" is neutral. In Russian, "друг друга" feels like anything but, since друг means friend. But on the other hand, in English, "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" have "friend" in them! In […] https://mastodon.social/@grishka/11698350535102944026 Jul 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj5na6jfdl2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrcogcv2zrv2"an update is required to continue" At least I hope they fixed the window insets in the new version!23 Jul 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcogcv2zrv2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqutoksxrjr2You know what I miss about technology these days? When I was a teenager, it was a common occurrence when I'd see someone use some new gadget and envy them. It felt like these things gave you superpowers. This just doesn't happen any more. Software updates are terrifying, not exciting […] https://mastodon.social/@grishka/11693776858128533817 Jul 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqutoksxrjr2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqu7hmr5jib2I'm adding support for multiple public keys per actor in Smithereen for future-proofing purposes. Are there any signature algorithms other than RSA currently in use on the fediverse? ECDSA maybe? #ActivityPub #mastodev17 Jul 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu7hmr5jib2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqrc24jtnjd2Android 17 has this nice feature where if you update an app (even via adb) while it's open, it'll relaunch it automatically after the update is done installing.16 Jul 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrc24jtnjd2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqr7vlwvezu2Lol, VK was removed from Google play. btw I came up with that package name, it should've been ru.vkontakte.android tho16 Jul 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr7vlwvezu2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqqyylwfhvp2"You should target the latest Android version" but at the same time no instructions on how to do that, lol. A classic case of Google being Google.16 Jul 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqyylwfhvp2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqlylwgbgyl2Place your bets which ones of these VKontakte apps I'll be able to make work with Smithereen14 Jul 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlylwgbgyl2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqlvpjhj6bi2Seeing how much GitHub is infested with AI stuff, it's curious that when you create a new repository, you still get this rather "old-school" page. One would think they'd replace that with a prompt field so you could vibe-code the whole project, with […] [Original post on mastodon.social]14 Jul 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlvpjhj6bi2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mq737r7cved2Isn't it funny how most emails that have "important update" in the subject can go straight into trash09 Jul 2026 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq737r7cved2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mq574f5grk32It turns out VKontakte has never had an API method to search for posts in a group's discussion board, even though this functionality has always existed on the web. So this means Smithereen has now surpassed VK's functionality?...08 Jul 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq574f5grk32https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mq2pmjy2zqq2Seeing this https://suya.place/objects/7cba05a0-85a0-47e3-8bef-c63585412bcc and having done too much analog video stuff lately made my strange mind come up with a question... Does the DVD logo move differently (different speed, different trajectory) on PAL vs NTSC players? Intuitively it feels […] https://mastodon.social/@grishka/11687893522686016707 Jul 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2pmjy2zqq2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpuzimvuxf72Another profound change that happened to me lately: I'm not nostalgic for 2016 any more05 Jul 2026 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuzimvuxf72https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpsqztayhyq2You know everyone is fed up with internet censorship when you see VPN ads stuck on random objects throughout the city.04 Jul 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsqztayhyq2https://bsky.app/profile/grishka.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mpn4ewpcumx2First post-1.0 #Smithereen feature: post search.02 Jul 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:jonb2y5dt2fadbhtvokf22ej/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpn4ewpcumx2