For Android users, all of these images can also be browsed via my unofficial app: MarsFeed! A lot of sweat and tears have gone into making it - and I am personally super proud of it! It’s a lot easier to use (and much faster) than the official NASA website.

I think I’ve learned to get less attached to opinionated terminology in code and database design because I see it happen all the time where the usage of the value/field/thing can evolve naturally over time as the business needs evolve. And refactoring field names (as an example) from UI to database is often a painful exercise, not without significant regression risks. (Depending on the size and complexity of your systems, of course)

So while I totally agree with you and others that ideally naming would be consistent throughout, my real world experience with the issue has taught me that this isn’t the hill I die on.

My 2 cents from 10 years experience in the industry.

THIS is cool!! Too bad the microphones weren’t recording too! (Are they even still functional?)

100% agreed! Science is so cool!

Yeah, very thorough answer - thank you! Super interesting situation. Fingers crossed!

Oh awesome! That’s great to hear! I’m experimenting with the idea of offloading this to an off-device process so that all users can have consistent results regardless of their devices. Unfortunately, that cloud infrastructure is already costing me a decent amount of money… So gotta figure out how to solve that problem as well (without annoying users too much with cost or ads)

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Am I correct in remembering that you’ve tried that feature in the past, and it didn’t work on your device?

That’s an oddly cryptic post from the NASA team, no? Maybe I missed an explanation somewhere about what exactly “localization” means in this context.

This is one of those instances where the “stitch-panorama” feature that I’m experimenting with in my Mars Feed app really produces some cool results! (I also did some light editing in Google Photos before uploading this)

Same here. I’m a Tech Lead right now, but I still live in the code. I see myself as on-trajectory to Architect. I have no direct-reports or any of the responsibilities they go with direct-reports. That role is called a Team Lead at my company (which is on-trajectory for management). I stay at from that stuff like the plague 🤮