Artem Beztsinnyi 🇺🇦

@Affinity @CKonovalov What stops you from capturing this feedback and adding to your backlog without asking for more? With all respects, your response sounds very ignorant - your loyal customer has already went an extra mile to fix something that should’ve been fixed years ago

@CKonovalov Thanks for the suggestion! Affinity allows you to submit feedback and feature requests directly from within the app. You can find out more here. affinity.studio/en_gb/help/sug….

I really like @Affinity and have been using it for most of my vector graphics work since 2020. But all this time there was one major issue, the lack of proper support for Hebrew and Arabic. I had to rely on various inconvenient workarounds, like bringing text layers from Figma. With the recent introduction of @claudeai integration and scripting support in Affinity, I decided to try to fix this, and within a few hours I built two solutions. The first one is a script for Affinity that correctly flips both Hebrew and Arabic text. I also handled several common issues that usually appear when working with these languages, so the result looks consistent and clean. The second one is a Python utility for Hebrew fonts. Similar to Latin typography, Hebrew uses fine-tuned spacing (kerning) for specific letter pairs, and without RTL support this breaks. The tool rebuilds the font so that these adjustments display correctly even in software that doesn’t support RTL. As a result, I now have a solution that makes working with Hebrew and Arabic in Affinity feel normal.

@byteab @grinich @mastra I agree with this take overall, however trust comes not from body language but from accountability that stands behind those expressions. Ai agent doesn’t have a shared layer of accountability with humans

Watched the whole talk and appreciate the insights 👏 I still think its an oversimplification. humans need predictability and trust to act with confidence but pure text or language input doesnt really give that. We actually trust each other with language because it comes with tone voice facial expressions body language and shared context. those signals are mostly missing in plain text and current AI. Thats why even if AI can perfectly do a bank transfer in the app most users still wont feel safe doing it. So in my opinion UI will evolve a lot and take very different forms. will appreciate your input on this

The UI era is ending. 🪦 For 70 years we designed computer interfaces. Mainframe, CLI, GUI, Touch. But with AI, the interface is disappearing. What will come next? My talk from @mastra's conf this week:

⚡️ВЖЕ ЗАВТРА нардепи спробують закрити доступ до реєстру речових прав на нерухоме майно. І земельного кадастру. Якщо рішення приймуть, ми з вами не будемо знати НІЧОГО про будинки, квартири та іншу нерухомість посадовців. Ця інформація - база для роботи журналістів-розслідувачів, а відтак і викриття корупційних історій. Це добрячий ляпас по українській демократії та громадському контролю. Бо в такому вигляді, у якому проєкт є зараз, він не звʼяже руки росіянам, зате звʼяже журналістам. ❗️Просимо про максимальний розголос. Це рішення не має бути ухвалене, навіть під прикриттям "безпеки", як його намагаються подати. Ну а завтра опублікуємо список тих, хто голосував. А @lana_stetsenko робитиме окремий випуск про цих депутатів 👀

#працюєГУР 💥 Історичний удар ― воїни ГУР вперше у світі знищили повітряну ціль за допомогою морського дрона Magura V5 🔗 gur.gov.ua/content/istory…

A pagan New Year’s folk tale called “Shchedryk” (meaning bountiful in Ukrainian) composed by Ukrainian music teacher Mykola Leontovych became one of the most famous Christmas songs in modern times — “Carol of the Bells.” kyivindependent.com/from-a-ukraini…

A truly great America stands with those defending freedom and democracy, @joerogan. 👇🧵 1/5

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker invented a new instrument. Parker co-founded Telepathic Instruments earlier this year with a group of friends, and they just announced their debut product: Orchid.⁠

North Korean troops joining Russia in its war against Ukraine: not WW3. Russia barraging Ukrainian cities with North Korean missiles and Iranian drones: not WW3. Lifting restrictions on long-range weapons for Ukraine: definitely WW3.

In Odesa, the bodies of killed civilians lie on the street after a russian missile strike. If someone wants to simply negotiate with russians, know that people in your country will be killed in the same way. Because only strength and weapons can stop evil, not weakness.

Russians murdered this little boy today. Don't look away.

@nqst Перша книга, про ножі і мову - вважаю це прикладом хибної аналогії, коли автор базує свій аргумент на одному схожому факторі але ігнорує інші. Таке спрощення прибирає важливий контекст і змішує фокус дискусії у відірваний від реальності простір

Веду список книг, які сподобались, а іноді публікую нотатки: 📗 Людина в пошуках справжнього сенсу zaytsev.io/lists/books/ma… 📗⭐ Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy zaytsev.io/lists/books/fe… 📗⭐ Whatʼs Our Problem zaytsev.io/lists/books/wh… Більше тут: zaytsev.io/lists/books/

⚡️Russian attack on Kharkiv injures 23, including child. The attack hit a 9-story building, destroying the entryway from the first through fourth floors, the State Emergency Service reported. An 11-year-old child is among the wounded. kyivindependent.com/russian-attack…

Ukraine: let Ukraine strike deep inside russia. Allies: no, this will be an escalation. Ukraine: russians are pushing on the frontline and pounding our cities with glide bombs. Let us strike inside russia! Allies: no, this will escalate. North Korea: we send 12 000 soldiers to Russia to fight against Ukraine. Allies: this is an escalation! Ukraine: let us strike inside russia. Allies: No, it will cause escalation!! We are here now. Our message is simple: take a decision before it’s too late. #LetUkraineStrikeBack You also can help Ukraine with your donation here: serhiy.prytula.kyiv@gmail.com Thank you!!!

A historic season! 🫶 Yaroslava Mahuchikh 🇺🇦 is your women’s European Athlete of the Year! 🏆 🥇 European champion 🥇 Olympic champion 📊 World record clearance of 2.10m #GoldenTracks

Dear @joerogan, could you ask @realDonaldTrump when he'll appear on your podcast: if Mr. President is so confident in his influence over Putin, could he help #FreeAzovstalDefenders and all Ukrainians from Russian captivity right away? Time is of the essence. Sincerely, Oleksandr

Видам книжку про російсько-українську війну в Японії в листопаді. Нарешті можу оголосити ukrinform.ua/rubric-culture…

Russians continue to drop loitering munitions on clearly visible civilians in Kherson, filming the attacks and posting them online to celebrate an obvious war crime. Where’s international condemnation?

Russian “liberators”. Centuries change, the essence is the same.

Дякуємо, покажіть їм де раки зимують! 🇸🇪🛡️🇺🇦

Вони — єдине, що відділяє нас від мороку Сотні тисяч чоловіків і жінок, які щоденно, вже понад 10 років, зі зброєю в руках самовіддано роблять свою роботу. Вони — сила, яка визначає право українців на свободу і незалежність. Так було, так є і так буде. Зі святом, наші герої!