Kevin Berridge
@kevinberridge.com
Director of Engineering @ Matrix Pointe Software. Let's talk about coding! C#, TypeScript, React, PowerShell. F# enthusiast. Man of many hobbies: hiking, whiskey, running, reading, piano, cycling, travel, blogging, speaking.
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Should I just go Sonos? Is it worth waiting on Audio Pros new W line to come out, or waiting for WiiMs new speaker? Why is this so hard?
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Should I just go Sonos? Is it worth waiting on Audio Pros new W line to come out, or waiting for WiiMs new speaker? Why is this so hard?
The other options are true stereo setups I don't really want, and pricey, and they require WiiM if they don't have chromecast.
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The other options are true stereo setups I don't really want, and pricey, and they require WiiM if they don't have chromecast.
WiiM: no speakers on the market yet, coming soon but when? Streamers and amps are more expensive than full sonos speakers!
Bluesound: pricey, quality I don't need. Mixed reviews on app, just as closed as sonos.
Bose: completely discontinued their entire wireless streaming platform! Poof!
Bluesound: pricey, quality I don't need. Mixed reviews on app, just as closed as sonos.
Bose: completely discontinued their entire wireless streaming platform! Poof!
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WiiM: no speakers on the market yet, coming soon but when? Streamers and amps are more expensive than full sonos speakers!
Bluesound: pricey, quality I don't need. Mixed reviews on app, just as closed as sonos.
Bose: completely discontinued their entire wireless streaming platform! Poof!
Bluesound: pricey, quality I don't need. Mixed reviews on app, just as closed as sonos.
Bose: completely discontinued their entire wireless streaming platform! Poof!
Audio Pro: switched to WiiM home app last year, now switching AGAIN to W/Link Pro app, not out yet, not fully clear if compatible.
Chromecast: the recommended speakers that supported this seem to be largely discontinued. I think I'll prefer the cast style UX, but is this really more open?
Chromecast: the recommended speakers that supported this seem to be largely discontinued. I think I'll prefer the cast style UX, but is this really more open?
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Audio Pro: switched to WiiM home app last year, now switching AGAIN to W/Link Pro app, not out yet, not fully clear if compatible.
Chromecast: the recommended speakers that supported this seem to be largely discontinued. I think I'll prefer the cast style UX, but is this really more open?
Chromecast: the recommended speakers that supported this seem to be largely discontinued. I think I'll prefer the cast style UX, but is this really more open?
Completely agree w/ how much more expressive F# is. But I've always thought of the tests as documentation of the *scenarios* we care about and designed for. And that is different than documentation of how the code works.
April 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Completely agree w/ how much more expressive F# is. But I've always thought of the tests as documentation of the *scenarios* we care about and designed for. And that is different than documentation of how the code works.
What are you using? I've been looking lately.
March 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What are you using? I've been looking lately.
And as long as I'm throwing everything up in the air, I also started to dig into Helix editor. It's just different enough from vim that I fear it will be quite hard to retrain my muscle memory. And I'm not totally sure what the killer feature is that would make it worth it yet. Still real neat tho
February 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And as long as I'm throwing everything up in the air, I also started to dig into Helix editor. It's just different enough from vim that I fear it will be quite hard to retrain my muscle memory. And I'm not totally sure what the killer feature is that would make it worth it yet. Still real neat tho
You'd think they'd have a good onboading process for that, but if they do I haven't found it. There's a webpage that lists all the shortcut keys, which is cool. But it's esoteric to the point of obscurity. Looking for the file explorer? It's under "snacks".
February 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
You'd think they'd have a good onboading process for that, but if they do I haven't found it. There's a webpage that lists all the shortcut keys, which is cool. But it's esoteric to the point of obscurity. Looking for the file explorer? It's under "snacks".
Heard so many people complain about it being whitespace sensitive. Haven't had much experience with it myself. And I love F#, so, I'll be fine? 😊
February 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Heard so many people complain about it being whitespace sensitive. Haven't had much experience with it myself. And I love F#, so, I'll be fine? 😊
Was just reading about toml last night. At first I was really into it, but when it got to arrays of objects and had to shown the json equivalent to explain what it meant... then I was less into it lol. But I really want a more typable json alternative.
February 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Was just reading about toml last night. At first I was really into it, but when it got to arrays of objects and had to shown the json equivalent to explain what it meant... then I was less into it lol. But I really want a more typable json alternative.
By unit testing with mocks?
February 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
By unit testing with mocks?
Doesn't this miss the notion of cyclomatic complexity tho? Those outside tests may need to cover the same logic across many tests to get coverage further down. Then, if that logic changes, all of those tests all fail. Even though that code wasn't specifically what that test was trying to test.
February 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Doesn't this miss the notion of cyclomatic complexity tho? Those outside tests may need to cover the same logic across many tests to get coverage further down. Then, if that logic changes, all of those tests all fail. Even though that code wasn't specifically what that test was trying to test.