Yanik reflects on how learning programming has gotten more complex over time. Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a short summer hiatus, starting with the next episode on June 30th, 2024 and ending on July 28th, 2024. Related Links FU: We tested Aptoide, the first free iPhone app store alternative - The Verge Chipmunk Basic And…

Luc-Olivier shares his recent workflow changes to film scanning at home. Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a short summer hiatus, starting on June 30th, 2024 and ending on July 28th, 2024. Related Links Filmomat — SmartConvert Negative Conversion Software Negative Lab Pro Photo and image editing software for photographers | A…

Yanik talks about his first month with the ROG Ally. Related Links FU: Setapp's EU Alternative iPhone App Marketplace Launching on May 14 - MacRumors FU: Mysk🇨🇦🇩🇪: "Holy moly! iPhone users in the EU: DO NOT delete …" - Mastodon Asus ROG Ally Bazzite Fedora Atomic Desktops Universal Blue Lutris ATP 587: No Dots Are Going to Help Me…

Luc-Olivier goes over Apple's response to the European Commission's Digital Markets Act. Related Links Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union - Apple Update on apps distributed in the European Union - Support - Apple Developer Core Technology Fee - Support - Apple Developer More options for apps distributed …

Yanik revisits his list of tips and recommendations for traveling to the Tokyo metropolitan area. Related Links Previously in this series: Limitless Possibility 54: Yanik's Tokyo Travel Guide Japanese Narcotics Control Department's list of controlled substances SIM card options: eConnect Japan Prepaid Data SIM Card Wiki: Japan eSIM Database Leaving…

Luc-Olivier makes the case for a point-and-shoot camera revival. Related Links FU: Threads has entered the fediverse - Engineering at Meta FUJIFILM X100VI | Cameras | FUJIFILM X Series & GFX – Global RICOH GR III/GR IIIx | RICOH IMAGING Leica Q3 | Leica Camera USBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik and Luc-Olivier reflect on how they use traditional computers in the modern age. Related Links FU: Bartender: Glass of God FU: Cohost's Financials: A Retrospective FU: The 2020 - 2022 Subaru Outback Touch Screen Update is HERE! - YouTube FU: How to Update your STARLINK Software? ATP 96: The Windows of Siracusa County, which contains a verbal …

Luc-Olivier reviews the Apple Watch Ultra. Related Links Apple Watch - WikipediaBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik gives an update on Caesura, his pet project music player, after almost two years of inactivity. Programming note: Limitless Possibility is entering a winter hiatus starting with the release of this episode and ending with the release of episode 223 on March 10th, 2024. Related Links FU: PhotoPills | Shoot legendary photos FU: PhotoPills in th…

With the guys on the cusp of travelling, Luc-Olivier shares tips for a good photography trip. Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a winter hiatus, starting with next episode on February 11th, 2024 and ending on March 10th, 2024. Related Links FU: How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse – plasticbag.org FU: Hands-on: Ford …

Yanik returns to using Linux regularly after over a decade away. Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a winter hiatus, starting on February 11th, 2024 and ending on March 10th, 2024. Related Links FU: Aston Martin, Porsche Preview Bespoke Apple CarPlay Interfaces FU: BBC: Japan earthquake: The tiny firm that alerts millions abou…

Luc-Olivier takes his yearly look at features available to apps moving to an iOS 16 deployment target. Programming note: Limitless Possibility is on a holiday hiatus. We will be back on January 14th, 2024. Related Links FU: Yanik is making Caesura updates again, yippee! FU: @wario64 • the ability to enable Bluetooth on a Stadia Controller has been …

Yanik and Luc-Olivier look over their favorite games they played in 2023. Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a holiday hiatus, starting with next episode on December 17th, 2023 and ending on January 14th, 2024. Related Links #4: Forza Horizon 4 #3: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong's Quest YouTube/Digital Foundry: GoldenEye …

Luc-Olivier and Yanik share their conflicted feelings on USB standards and connectors. Programming note: Limitless Possibility will be going on a holiday hiatus, starting on December 17th, 2023 and ending on January 14th, 2024. Related Links FU: OpenELA repositories FU: Announcing AlmaLinux 9.3 Stable! USB Connector Quick Reference - Wikipedia USB …

Yanik shares his thoughts on three UI frameworks he played with throughout the year at work. Related Links FU: GTPlanet: Gran Turismo 7 Spec II Revealed: Upgraded GT Sophy AI, New Snow Track, New Cars, and More FU: Polygon: Destiny 2 developer Bungie lays off dozens of staff FU: YouTube/Datto: Man... Tough Times Ahead For Destiny, Bungie & The Comm…

Luc-Olivier explores what it means to have a testable codebase. Related Links Mocks Aren't Stubs OCMock GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-dependencies: A dependency management library inspired by SwiftUI’s "environment" GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-snapshot-testing: 📸 Delightful Swift snapshot testing.By Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik shares his experience messing with the Nix package manager. Related Links FU: Nintendo eShop: F-Zero 99 FU: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, and Quest 3 - The Verge FU: My $10,000 Film Scanner - YouTube Nix GitHub/direnv Wiki: Nix NixOS Wiki: Flakes GitHub/nix-community: home-manager Nix Package Versions, to find hashes fo…

Luc-Olivier shares what he's been up to with film scanning at home. Related Links FU: Meta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN | TechCrunch FU: It’s official: Threads launches its highly anticipated web app | TechCrunch FU: YouTube/Digital Foundry: DF Direct Special: Next-Gen Xbox/Series X Refresh - Microsoft/FTC L…

The boys return from hiatus and Yanik shares the stories from Red Hat's summer of enterprise Linux drama. Related Links FU: Ata Distance: VISA blocking foreign issue cards for select Japanese in-app and online payments Red Hat Blog: Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream Red Hat Blog: Red Hat's committment to open source: A response to the git.c…

Luc-Olivier goes over the past few months of social network news. Admin note: Limitless Possibility is currently on summer hiatus, and will resume with the release of episode 212 on September 10th. Related Links FU: Yanik's writeup about the Old Computer Challenge Twitter officially bans third-party clients after cutting off prominent devs | TechCr…

Yanik takes on the 2023 Old Computer Challenge. Admin note: Limitless Possibility's 2023 summer hiatus will begin after the release of episode 211 on July 30th, and will resume with the release of episode 212 on September 10th. Related Links FU: Porsche Finally Fixed Apple CarPlay’s Annoying Flaw | CarBuzz FU: PetaPixel: Sony a6700 Review: A Return…

Luc-Olivier and Yanik go over a few sessions from WWDC 2023 and share their evolving thoughts on the event. Admin note: Limitless Possibility's 2023 summer hiatus will begin after the release of episode 211 on July 30th, and will resume with the release of episode 212 on September 10th. Related Links FU: Anti-Meta Fedi Pact Optimize CarPlay for veh…

Yanik and Luc-Olivier share their mixed feelings on the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro. Related Links FU: DekuDeals: Arcade Archives Tetris the Absolute - The Grand Master 2 Plus FU: Bloomberg: Inside the Making of Redfall, Xbox's Latest Misfire FU: YouTube/Xbox: Xbox Games Showcase + Starfield Direct YouTube/Daring Fireball: The Talk Show Li…

Luc-Olivier shares some updates on his photo management and editing workflow. Admin note: Limitless Possibility's 2023 summer hiatus will begin after the release of episode 211 on July 30th, and will resume with the release of episode 212 on September 10th. Related Links FU: Final Cut Pro for iPad Review: It FINALLY Happened! - PetaPixel - YouTube …

Yanik goes over the past few weeks of turmoil at Xbox. Related Links FU: Mastodon Blog: A new onboarding experience on Mastodon FU: Daniel Lowe's thread on the formation of EFnet and how the Fediverse might follow suit FU: Apple: Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad YouTube/Kinda Funny Games: Phil Spencer Interview: Redfall Reviews, Act…

Luc-Olivier ponders the future of desktop-class apps on the iPad. Related Links FU: The Main Kodak Film Business is Up for Sale Again | PetaPixel FU: GRAN TURISMO - Official TrailerBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik wonders if interlaced video was unfairly maligned. Related Links FU: Fujifilm suspends sales of color film in Japan! FU: Fujifilm’s official statement (in Japanese) FU: Fujifilm Pauses Film Sales in Japan || News on YouTube Wikipedia: Interlaced video Wikipedia: Cathode-ray tube Fujitsu: Fujitsu's Display Innovations (ALis) Wikipedia: 480i On…

Luc-Olivier shares some tips on how to make more performant and reliable Core Data apps. Related Links FU: GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google’s help | Reuters FU: GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs - The Verge FU: General Motors hates your iPhone – Six Colors FU: The rules of the road …

Yanik talks about Bungie's adaptation to the live service mindset with Destiny 2. Related Links GDC Vault: From Box Products to Live Service: How 'Destiny 2' Transformed Bungie YouTube/Aztecross: My Thoughts on Bungie's GDC Panel For more on Lightfall falling short of player expectations: YouTube/Skill Up: Destiny 2: Lightfall - Review YouTube/My n…

Luc-Olivier checks up on how the electric car market has evolved in the past two years. Related Links Gran Turismo: "Race Together", a New Event with Gran Turismo Sophy, Available for a Limited Time Only! YouTube/Panic: Playdate Update #3 - 3/7/23 Limitless Possibility 154: The Rich Guy from California Car, our previous electric cars episode Cars m…

Yanik goes through the evolution of online communities and what behaviors and moderation hurdles have arisen because of those shifts. Related Links Disparate communities Too many to list Centralized social networks Twitter Tumblr cohost Centralized community platforms Discord Reddit Federated social networks Mastodon, the software ActivityPub, the …

Luc-Olivier talks about rediscovering books and the public library system and Yanik makes his worst humblebrag ever. Related Links FU: Vortex Gallery Online 2023 FU: Arika press release on their upcoming work on Tekken FU: Minolta X-700 - WikipediaBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik talks about being a late adopter to the Nintendo Switch. Related Links FU: Stadia Controller Mode Limitless Possibility 56: Share the Joy, featuring Yanik's thoughts from the Switch reveal event YouTube: HDR General Technique Guide, demonstrating advanced techniques unique to the modded version of Smash discussed Brook Power Bay Ethernet Hori…

Luc-Olivier shares his experience falling into the film photography rabbit hole. Related Links FU: STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ Film photo-themed YouTube channels Analog Resurgence - YouTube grainydays - YouTube Andrew James Photography – In light of the moment… Cameras discussed Harman Reusable Camera Canon SURE SHOT MULTI TELE Minolta SR-T 101 M…

Yanik and Luc-Olivier share the games they've enjoyed playing most in 2022. Administrative note: Limitless Possibility will be on holiday hiatus until the release of episode 197 on January 15th, 2023. Related Links FU: The Internet Archive just put 565 Palm Pilot apps in your web browser - The Verge FU: MacRumors: Apple Working to Add Support for S…

Luc-Olivier shares thoughts on his new iPhone 14 Pro and living in a world where phone upgrades feel more and more bland. Administrative note: Limipo will be taking a brief holiday hiatus after the release of episode 196 on December 18th, 2022. We will return with episode 197 on January 15th, 2023. Related Links FU: Arcade Archives: Tetris the Gran…

Yanik looks back at the Sony Vaio line of premium PCs. Related Links Wikipedia: Sony Vaio C1 series YouTube/This Does Not Compute: Sony's Unique Tiny Laptop Had a Unique CPU Too Wikipedia: Sony Vaio UX Micro PC PC Gamer: 16 years before the Steam Deck, Sony's Vaio UX was the coolest portable PC ever YouTube/KuyaChe: Sony VAIO TP1 (JP ad) YouTube/LG…

Luc-Olivier talks about new features available to app developers with an iOS 15 deployment target. Administrative note: Limipo will be taking a brief holiday hiatus after the release of episode 196 on December 18th, 2022. We will return with episode 197 on January 15th, 2023. Related Links FU: VGC: Developer claims ‘many’ studios are asking Xbox to…

Yanik shares his thoughts on the Playdate and its first season of games. If you are using a podcatcher that does not support chapters and you wish to avoid spoilers for the Playdate season 1 game lineup, skip ahead to 1:36:19. Related Links Playdate Playdate Wiki: Games Inside Playdate and Inside Playdate with C, the SDK documentation Pulp…

Luc-Olivier joins the Subaru family. Related Links FU: Gematsu: Stadia to shut down on January 18, 2023; all purchases to be refunded Subaru Outback Wilderness - Outback - Subaru CanadaBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik goes over his recent experience working on Android apps with Xamarin. Related Links FU: HORI USA: Switch Split Pad Pro FU: Brook Gaming: Power Bay Ethernet GNOME Shell & Mutter Blog: GNOME Shell on mobile: An update .NET: Xamarin .NET: .NET Multi-platform App UIBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Luc-Olivier shares the ups and the downs of his recent photo management changes. Related Links May you rest in peace, Chuck FU: Haven't tried out Farming Simulator 22 yet? | Twitter Adobe Lightroom CC RAW Power for iOSBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Yanik introduces Luc-Olivier to permacomputing. Administrative note: Following the release of this episode, we will be on summer hiatus until the release of episode 189 on September 11th. Related Links Permacomputing Wiki and the list of principles discussed on the show Collapse OS and Dusk OS 100 Rabbits: uxn XXIIVV: uxn devlog…

Luc-Olivier and Yanik go over some WWDC22 sessions off the beaten path. Administrative note: As we have been doing for the past few years, we will be going on a brief summer hiatus after the release of the next episode, episode 188 on July 17th. We plan to return with episode 189 on September 11th. Related Links FU: cohost.org Create macOS or Linux…

Yanik shares his love for his new monitor setup. Administrative note: As we have been doing for the past few years, we will be going on a brief summer hiatus after the release of episode 188 on July 17th. We plan to return with episode 189 on September 11th. Related Links FU: YouTube/FINAL FANTASY: FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH - First Look Trailer FU:…

Luc-Olivier finally breaks the silence on his experience with the M1 iMac. Administrative note: As we have been doing for the past few years, we will be going on a brief summer hiatus after the release of episode 188 on July 17th. We plan to return with episode 189 on September 11th. Related Links FU: Yanik's Swan Song series FU: Playdate FU: Sony …

Yanik gives an overview of what modern Web technology he's been using at his new job and how he feels about it. Related Links FU: The Gym of Life - YouTube Limitless Possibility 42: Burning Web where we first discussed TypeScript Yanik's article, In favor of dependency aversionBy Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

Luc-Olivier talks about taking fitness more seriously, and training at home since the pandemic. Related Links FU: Yanik's home/work setup Apple Fitness+ - Apple (CA) Fitbod Workout & Fitness Plans on the App Store Yanik's Knowledge Base: My workout routine Simplifaster: How 'Trainable' is VO2 Max Really? - A Case Study…

Yanik and Luc-Olivier talk about (air quotes) post-pandemic anxiety. Related Links FU: gran-turismo.com: Update Details (1.11) FU: Lucco's Photoblog FU: andersju/1600pr.sh: Minimalist static photoblog generator written in POSIX-compliant shell script Your Local Epidemiologist: Riding the waves: A framework for the future of SARS-CoV-2 Ryan Ken's tw…

After six long months, Luc-Olivier breaks the silence on his photography journey. Related Links FU: YouTube/Yanik Magnan: Gran Turismo 7 is All Vibe, No Substance FU: YouTube/CARPRIME ENGLISH CHANNEL: Nissan Silvia S13 S14 S15 Lookback - Japanese legendary Pro Racer's Love FU: CBC: CBC to remain Canada's home for Olympic coverage through 2032 Fujif…