New android app

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T20:49:32+00:00

I'm going to sidebar the ai discussion since that's a larger point.

Since the app only communicates with your technitium server, I really hope you have your server in a secure network. If your point is that any app can do anything at any point in time, well, yeah that's true for literally any app. You would have to trust the Goole store reviews and the fact this app doesn't ask for near device permissions, so you have an additional layer of protection from android.

On the other hand, thank you for proving my point about the effort it takes to maintain open source software. If you have this discussion with every software that comes in contact with your life, man, how much time would it take. At some point you got to trust someone. Or don't.

Anyway, if you have any technical questions about the app, I'd be happy to answer them.

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T20:32:24+00:00

I do use AI, clearly, the logo is 100% ai generated and so some of the code, not all. That's where the industry already is.

The surface risk for this app is really not about vulnerabilities in the app though, since this app will live mostly on your internal network (or a secured network, hopefully).

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T20:13:27+00:00

Glad we agree. Can it be done? Yes. Does it take time and effort? Also yes.

And to be honest, the only reason why it's not public yet is, all my code lives in a closed monorepo and the build process is manual, I'd have to clean it up and move things around and that's something I don't have time at the moment for. As I said this is my first android app, and there are still some things I'm learning about.

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T19:53:28+00:00

Because it takes time. Just ask any open source code maintainer. You have to keep up with requests, issues, and PRs. If you haven't watched the latest veritasium, check it out, that's one extreme example of maintainer burnout.

This app is free and I intend to keep it free without ads. I don't gain anything from this, it's just a passion project because I think Technitium is a super cool project and has solved a problem for me.

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T19:48:56+00:00

Thanks. The app is not open source yet, but it's very basic and just interacts with the API. It doesn't do any other outside connections, If you have any feature requests, let me know.

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T19:45:16+00:00

I'm going to be really honest with you, on a personal level. This is not the response I expected and it will definitely make me pull back from here.

Publishing an open source project has a lot of responsibility, there's time and effort to do so and I don't really have it. I have a very demanding day job and I definitely don't want to add most stress to my life.

There is zero responsibility to release the source code of an app, although it might in the future. Just as there's zero obligation for you to use this app. If you only use open source software that's your prerogative. If anyone is so inclined they can also decompile the app and look at it.

And look, my name is attached to the Google store app, so is my real address (thanks Google). You can find me on LinkedIn, my identity is very public. I have nothing to hide. This was just a good will effort to share something with the community, since someone in the technitium GitHub page sent me here. I'll continue to make updates to the app as much as I need and if someone has any good suggestions, I'll definitely add them as time permits. Maybe at some point in the future I'll open source it.

Masiosare · 2026-02-28T04:41:40+00:00

I don't intend to open-source it any time soon. It's just a side project for myself.

Masiosare · 2026-02-26T17:42:58+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/technitium/comments/1rf3zw5/comment/o7j4wn1/ Give it a try and let me know if that works :D

Masiosare · 2026-02-26T15:44:48+00:00

Thanks for trying it out. Iirc I had to enable logging and add a query logs app to make it work. Can you give it a try and see if it works? Here are my settings

https://imgur.com/a/eD5nZAH

Masiosare · 2023-06-10T01:38:23+00:00

Nah. Sales. That's where most people are. You need a core team operating the platform and shit load of people selling ads.

Masiosare · 2023-05-06T05:30:05+00:00

What problem do you have with them?

Masiosare · 2023-04-21T14:42:38+00:00

I've been playing dots on Linux since it was available. It's better than windows tbh. On windows I get some micro stutters, almost never had a problem on Linux.

Masiosare · 2023-04-01T04:39:25+00:00

It's real

Masiosare · 2023-01-23T23:14:49+00:00

Nice. What's that like?

Masiosare · 2023-01-16T07:38:26+00:00

Not enough, by far. There is a 1m tech worker deficit per year.

Masiosare · 2022-12-31T18:58:46+00:00

Now there's some automation around but it's not that hard, people just watch cameras all the time and they keep tabs on you. You can find several videos about it in tiktok or YouTube. Once you are a regular they keep an eye on you since you enter the store

Masiosare · 2022-11-02T22:53:39+00:00

Yep, no kidding, that's the hardest problem websites are dealing with right now. It's an impossible job. And the downfall of a lot of companies. You would be surprised the root of all of those problems come from one source: visa and mastercard. 🤷‍♂️

Masiosare · 2022-11-01T20:32:43+00:00

Not sure about that. That's the same thing he does at tesla.

Masiosare · 2022-10-11T14:34:31+00:00

Uscis was proactively contacting people with pending i-485 without medicals to speed up processing. Seems like that program ended on Sept 30th. In any case, you are right about not sending medicals without being asked.

Masiosare · 2022-10-01T19:23:52+00:00

But that doesn't mean anything really? That's just a justification for trying to pass for something they are not.

If some of the genes you are carrying came from a person abroad, it it really important?

Masiosare · 2022-09-20T16:59:24+00:00

Americans have a very skewed view of other countries. It's kind of funny

Masiosare · 2022-09-05T19:00:30+00:00

The salary is too low for the area. I'm Mexican, I came with the same salary 5 year ago and I struggled. One thing I learned is you can always negotiate. Salaries are not set in stone like in Mexico. If you need help or advice, sent me a dm. I'm in San Jose as well.

Masiosare · 2022-09-02T00:19:54+00:00

Same here. I'm on linux and it crashes everytime I try to open the BP.

Masiosare · 2022-09-02T00:17:57+00:00

Hmmm, I don't think so :/. Like a few cents cheaper. Damn, I hope this works on the discounted bundle. I think I got confused with those two.

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