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My name is Brad Root and I'm a software engineer, music aficionado, video game junkie, and occasional unicyclist.

In my spare time, I build open source software, and write about my experiences as a programmer and conscious human being here on this blog.

Tag: macos

March 14, 2023

Postico 2.0 – macOS PostgreSQL Client

When I first started my professional development career nearly five years ago now, I was handed a copy of Postico and a business license for it. Since then I’ve used it probably every single working day and a few personal days. It’s a great macOS app, arguably the best, for accessing PostgreSQL databases. Yesterday I … Postico 2.0 – macOS PostgreSQL Client

Brad Root · 2 months ago

I kept getting a popping noise from the speakers connected to my MacBook Pro, along with an annoying prompt in Discord all the time telling me my iPhone was available as a microphone. Realized I needed to turn off Continuity Camera on my phone, which I never use. Go to General > AirPlay & Handoff > and turn off Continuity Camera. No more popping noise, no more Discord annoyance!

December 12, 2021

What I’m Up To – Week 49, 2021

What I did over the past week: I built and released dotBeat, a small macOS menu bar app.

December 9, 2021

dotBeat Internet Time

This week on stream I built a small macOS menu bar app I’m calling dotBeat Internet Time. It’s a small, focused app with two features: 1) It displays the current Swatch Internet Time in the menu bar, and 2) It allows you to figure out how Internet Time corresponds to your local time, as well … dotBeat Internet Time

May 23, 2020

PiBar for Pi-hole v1.0 Out Now!

Last week I bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W so that I could set up a Pi-hole on my home network. If you don’t know what Pi-hole is: it’s a network-level ad and tracking script blocker. It’s different from using something like AdBlock or the Brave browser, because it works across all devices on your … PiBar for Pi-hole v1.0 Out Now!