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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 8h

Want to hear the news read aloud to you? Try #PNLReader

👉 github.com/pnlpal/pnl-r...

#opensource #webdev #buildinpublic #indiedev #languagelearning

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 8h

Want to hear the news read aloud? Try #PNLReader

Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 8h

I am not american, but I am happy to see what's happening in the US after getting up from bed today. Resistance is the key.
Keep up, american fellows. 🌎🗽

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21h

Major democratic victories tonight

☑️ Spanberger — Gov of Virginia
☑️ Sherrill — Gov of New Jersey
☑️ Hashmi — Lt Gov of Virginia
☑️ Jones — AG of Virginia
☑️ Mamdani — Mayor of NYC
☑️ Pureval — Mayor of Cincinnati
☑️ Johnson — PSC of Georgia
☑️ Hubbard — PSC of Georgia
☑️ Pennsylvania Supreme Court

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 1d

After a 3-day sprint, V2.4.0 just dropped 🏃💨
New feats: sticky header, hidden icons, and… Translation 🌍🌍🌍 What a milestone! Talk is cheap, try it yourself!

👉 addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
👉 chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pnl-r...

#WebExtensions #devlog #webdev #buildinpublic #pnlreader

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 1d

Changed PNL Reader's open-source license from MIT to GPLv3 since today. You know what it means if you have used github. Probably it doesn't matter anyway.

> github.com/pnlpal/pnl-r...

#webdev #opensource #buildinpublic #programming

GitHub - pnlpal/pnl-reader: PNL Reader: read quietly or read aloud

PNL Reader: read quietly or read aloud. Contribute to pnlpal/pnl-reader development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 2d

Thought about doing something similar, then I found someone already done it, only better. From big bang to present, 14 billion years of human-universe history in one single timeline, mind blowing!

👉 histography.io

#webdesign #devlife #InternetIsBeautiful

Histography - Timeline of History

Histography is an interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015

histography.io

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 3d

📱💻Responsive design is a basic requirement nowadays. I designed PNL Reader to be that way as well. Am I doing it right? 🤔

#UI #WebDev #Design #DevLog #BuildInPublic #LanguageLearning #PNLReader

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 3d

Hope we all survive this winter.

Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 3d

Using Firefox daily for work. Never noticed this. Have you tried restarting WiFi on the OS?

doodlemancy @doodlemancy.com · 3d

REALLY hate this quirk Firefox has developed where if my internet connection drops for even a second, it flips out and pretends there's no internet for 5-10 minutes even if everything else has already recovered 🫠 even restarting doesn't fix it, it just throws a shitfit

Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 4d

A reddit user asked for custom font support. Why would I say no? 😄 As a CJK user, I understand the struggle. It’s much cooler to use your own CJK font!🎨 Starting with version 2.3.1, you can now add and manage local fonts. 🚀

#Localization #webdev #indiedev #PNLReader #devlog #devlife

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

Kind of failed successfully. Happy Halloween everybody 🥳

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

🎉Finally, the sweet Available on Firefox for Android™ badge is achieved! Including tons of improves, guys, check it out 👇

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...

#devlog #webdev #indiedev #buildinpublic #languagelearning

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

6/ This now got me thinking, is it time to abandon Windows, move to Linux instead? What about my precious steam games? I have been in Mac and Windows for too long, haven't really used Linux desktop for many years, what is your suggestion? in terms of like distro, terminal, editor etc.

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

5/ On the design/ui side, I still need to tweak a few settings to make PNL Reader look better on mobile. But it’ll be finished soon. Stay tuned!

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

4/ But long story short, I finally got it working by forking the final build of the add-on to a Windows path and running web-ext directly on Windows to connect to my Android device via ADB. The workflow is still a bit broken, though.

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

3/ Third thing, maybe the most frustrating issue is that most of the documentation for setting up the development flow on Windows is outdated. The screenshots are misleading, the text is conflicting with each other, which made AI chatbots pretty useless in this case.

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

2/ If I run web-ext directly on Windows, try to compile the project located in WSL, web-ext can’t recognize WSL’s odd folder naming in file paths, which is another rabbit hole.

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

1/ Here’s what I ran into: 1. The ADB proxy in WSL through the Windows host doesn’t work. I mean the ADB proxy in WSL, which is supposed to forward Android connections through the Windows host, web-ext doesn’t support at all, so there’s no direct way to communicate with Android from inside WSL.

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 5d

🧵 A user asked for Firefox support on Android, and I thought, “Sure, why not?”
Today, I finally got it running on my Android device using WSL on Windows. Little did I know how much effort it would take to get Android development working in WSL! ☕👇

#devlife #indiedev #webdev #devlog #buildinpublic

Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 8d

Need your help on reddit 🤝📇🆙👇

www.reddit.com/r/firefox/co...

#indiedev #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog

From the firefox community on Reddit: A reader extension better than Firefox's built-in reader mode and on both Firefox and Chrome

Explore this post and more from the firefox community

www.reddit.com

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 8d

Need your help on reddit 🤝📇🆙👇

www.reddit.com/r/firefox/co...

#indiedev #buildinpublic #webdev #devlog

From the firefox community on Reddit: A reader extension better than Firefox's built-in reader mode and on both Firefox and Chrome

Explore this post and more from the firefox community

www.reddit.com

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 9d

Something wasn’t quite right. I cached audio while reading paragraph by paragraph, but if a paragraph was too long, the browser could hit the storage limit and throw a "storage quota exceeded" error. Fixed that in v2.1.1, which also includes improved mobile UI. Such’s dev life! 😄 #devlog #webdev

Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 10d

Updated the reader app again! Finally added auto page turning + reading. Now I can just listen to books on Royalroad or Scribblehub. Any other ebookworms? 📚

👉 addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
👉 chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pnl-r...

#indiedev #webdev #devlife #ebookreader #buildinpublic

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 10d

Updated the reader app again! Finally added auto page turning + reading. Now I can just listen to books on Royalroad or Scribblehub. Any other ebookworms? 📚

👉 addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
👉 chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pnl-r...

#indiedev #webdev #devlife #ebookreader #buildinpublic

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 10d

Almost forgot I have a YouTube channel. How do you think? Feedback is more than welcome :D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c7M...

#LaunchDay #WebDev #BuildInPublic #indiedev #pnlreader

PNL Reader | Listen or read, the choice is yours | Language Learning Extension

YouTube video by Programming N' Language

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Programming n' Language @pnlcommunity.bsky.social · 10d

Did anyone else feel like we lost an hour today? ❄️