Progressive Web Apps, it’s just a website that masquerades as an app and can do most of the same things.

All you have to do is link a manifest file in your root HTML page and Android users will be prompted to “Install the app” when they visit the site.

You get an icon on the home screen, a full screen app view, and it can handle links like other apps. Your manifest can request permissions like location, etc.

I guess some companies will always want a Play Store presence, but it’s not really necessary for most apps.

Not sure why you’d even need an app in Play in 2025, PWA support on Android is great.

Hmm, it sounds like you need to use something like Calibre to export all your books to a single standard format.

It’s been nearly 10 years since you needed to develop with C# on Windows.

New versions of .NET have been cross platform with a free IDE since 2016.

I’m at the same time horrified and fascinated by them. I saw a comment that accused NATO of causing he war to “drag on”. When I brought up that Russia could just leave, I got people unironically replying that Ukraine was the aggressor in the war and that it was Ukraine committing genocide and attacks on civilians. I understand that I could be trapped in a western bubble… but really? I didn’t bother asking for a source because I’m sure the only source for that misinformation is the Kremlin. What’s crazy is that you would think the Russian shills would be spread out trying to infect other communities with disinformation, instead they all flock to this echo chamber apparently, so it seems likely that they genuinely believe this stuff.