mark cerqueira

I wrapped up Nier: Automata recently and the one thing that repeatedly struck me during playing the game was just how awesome the music was.

I read a great article on the Arrow Anti-Pattern the other day.

The other day I made the mistake of reading some comments on a HackerNews post.

The Twitter reply experience on the web is incredibly awful.

One of the great things about working at Twitch is the vast and diverse pool of nerd culture to tap in.

Android apps declare what permissions they want with uses-permission in AndroidManifest.xml.

NieR Automata is ordered and on its way, so now seems like a perfect time for some closing thoughts on Final Fantasy XII.

I believe self-driving cars will work best once we’ve got a critical mass of them on the road.

Having done a fair amount of development for both iOS and Android the most significnat inflection point in the development tools landscape came at Google I/O 2013 when Google announced a partnership with JetBrains to build a new Android IDE, Android Studi…

Recently wrapping up Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (FF12) has got me thinking about the game’s place in the history of the series.

Over a year ago I reflected on Starcraft’s co-op mode after maxing all (then) 7 heroes to level 15.

Adding permissions to an Android app on a device running anything pre-Marshmallow breaks auto-updating because those versions of Android do not support runtime permission granting.

The recent announcement that Stanford University would be replacing Java as the language du jour for its introductory computer science class has once again brought out the “hating on Java” bandwagon.

I started digging into the remastered Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age this week.

Having recently completed a journey from Amsterdam to Munich via the Deutsche Bahn here are two pro tips for those considering taking the train: Reserve your seats ahead of time.

I just wrapped up another “catch-up session” on anime.

After riding with the iPhone from the iPhone 3G to iPhone 6, I’m taking the leap and hopping over to Android: my Pixel is on the way!

ChuckPad went to Copenhagen!

I recently held a small fireside chat (sans the fire) at General Assembly with some of their iOS programming graduates.

I just wrapped up Persona 5.

It’s already been a month since I joined the Twitch family and I’m happy to announce you can already enjoy the fruits of my labor on Twitch’s Android app.

It’s the first of May again!

I participated in my first Chinese speech contest today!

Great news!

After a wonderful two and half years working at Evernote I’m typing out GG and setting off on a new adventure!

Yesterday, Final Fantasy XV fans got the promised update to the decisive Chapter 13.

For your enjoyment, a short story (traditional characters first and Pinyin below) about a pig and his best friend (some bread) and what happens when they come to my home.

Another day, another dollar, another chance to be frustrated if you were interested in picking up the limited edition of Fire Emblem Echoes.

You’ve probably heard about it by now, but there’s a new Zelda game out!

A small anecdote to warm us up… I switched from iOS to Android development in 2012.

We develop software ultimately for others, usually customers.

The NES had the original The Legend of Zelda, the SNES had A Link to the Past, the N64 had Ocarina of Time, the Gamecube had The Wind Waker, and the Wii had Skyward Sword.

Machine learning is all the rage these days.

After over six months of development, ChuckPad is online!

Scenario: you’ve got a snazzy Sinatra server running on Heroku.

I’ve never seen my grandma use a recipe.

I’m a big fan of languages.

It’s been a few weeks since I completed Final Fantasy XV; I’ve had some time to digest the experience, get all the trophies, and read plenty of other people’s take on the game.

After ten long years, Final Fantasy XV has been released!

When someone asks me how to I learned about computers I tell them “just Google it” and you’ll learn too.

Apple released WKWebView in iOS 8 to replace the problem-ridden UIWebView.

I’ve been cheating on Android lately… And messing around with iOS!

I’m really picky about my computer mice and even more picking about how my mouse controls the on-screen cursor. macOS lets you control only Tracking Speed in System Preferences.

It’s been a busy month for mobile phones with the announcements of the iPhone 7 and Google Pixel… and exploding Samsung Note 7s!

When I first started this blog in 2013, I stringed it together with a very basic understanding of Jekyll, Ruby, HTML, CSS, and a bunch of other acronyms I don’t fully understand.

A few weeks ago I wrapped up playing the awesome Trails of Cold Steel.

Macs are losing their grip on “you don’t need to do a clean install of our OS every year.”

I just wrapped up Legends of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on the Vita.

The Follow button on Twitter feels strangely out of place.

I spent last week on vacation… hacking with Spencer on integrating ChuckPad Social into MiniAudicle for iPad.