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Dispatches from the console: launches, engineering opinions, Linux musings, and the occasional unhinged-but-helpful guide. Written by the crew, broadcast from Northampton.
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TX-05Accessibility2 Sep 20262 min read
Designing Apps & Experiences with Empathy
At Mission Control, we develop a LOT of Apps for a LOT of different types of users. One question we are often asked is how we approach accessibility and cater to various personal and medical conditions.Read transmission
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TX-04AI13 Feb 20263 min read
Why can't AI just build this app for us?
We get asked this question a LOT these days. And frankly, it's a hard one to answer without sounding self-serving. But at the end of the day, AI is a tool — one that even WE use.Read transmission
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TX-03Engineering28 Aug 20254 min read
Picking the right tool for the job
Agencies will ALWAYS push their favourite technology. One shop insists on native, another on React Native, another on Flutter. The thing is — each of them is correct, and each of them is totally wrong.Read transmission
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TX-02Hardware18 Aug 20254 min read
Framework & Fairphone — we like our hardware like our software
Modular, repairable, and ours. The hardware finally changes with our needs — not the other way around — and it matches the software we develop and love perfectly.Read transmission
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TX-01Linux16 Aug 20254 min read
2025: The year of the Linux (Omarchy) desktop
We've been all Linux, all the time since 2016 — and for the first time in years, there has been ZERO distro-hopping within these walls. This may FINALLY be the year of the Linux Desktop.Read transmission
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