Al Sutton

@alsutton.social

CTO at Snapp Automotive. ex-Google, ex-Facebook. The opinions stated here are my own.

I’m starting to switch some of my following activity back to #Mastodon. I have nothing against Bluesky, and I think its usability is better than Masto, but I can’t escape the feeling we’re just helping build another US controlled social media platform.

I see folk post here, on a the site of a US organisation, about boycotting US products. The thing, for me, is if you're going to do that, you need to do it for free products as well as paid-for ones. Giving things away for free is a solid strategy for stopping non-US competitors gaining traction.

TIL; In Windows, if you have long filename support enabled, you still need to tell git by running; git config --system core.longpaths true otherwise it'll assume LFNS isn't enabled and complain when long filenames are encountered 🤦

Exciting news! We're publishing free Android Automotive builds for the Khadas VIM3, allowing anyone to create their own affordable developer kit! Grab a VIM3, add a touch display, and you’ll be ready to go! www.snappautomotive.io/developer-kit We can't wait to see what you'll build!

Snapp Automotive - Android Automotive Developer Kit

Create your own Android Automotive developer kit with our free public build of Android Automotive OS for the Khadas VIM3. Test your designs and apps immediately on real hardware on any display you wan...

snappautomotive.io

Hi there BlueSky! We're Snapp Automotive and we're here to fix in-car software. We built SnappOS, a white-label infotainment system, and we work with many major carmakers to help them get the most out of Android Automotive from a design and development perspective. 👋

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