We have images as well like https://www.vedaist.com/en/w/clarsach.html. Audio pronunciations in wiktionary are sound files. Binary resources take a lot more space.

For mobile apps, if the size increases a lot then the first download experience is not great. After a certain size the app is not usable for low end smartphones.

Hence I'm not sure about fully offline for a rich/modern dictionary mobile app. Downloading partial information offline like a temporary cache is possible though.

I'd recommend wiktionary.org. Although it is an online dictionary it's part of the Wikipedia family and hence are better compared to other companies with regards to privacy.

The mac default dictionary is great for offline use and passive learning. With vedaist features are geared towards active learning with gamification.

Disclosure; I'm the creator of the Vedaist project.

I think kotlin definitely works for android developers but other cases need more thinking. If you're building webapps in smallish teams then maybe those work too.

Some reasons against Kotlin are-

* If you are working in a mid to large team then having all developers learn a new language is a massive cost. Learning Java is also still a requirement if you're developing in Kotlin since many open source libraries are in Java. So teams need to be aware of 2 similar but different tech stacks.

* If you are developing platform libraries then you would look at higher adoption by using Java 11 LTS as the baseline. You could add an optional kotlin library for a better experience.

* Others have pointed out how Kotlin will be an evolutionary dead end as Java catches up on features.

For anyone interested in looking at C#, look at https://rahulrevo.substack.com/p/language-ecosystems-net and how they have evolved differently.

After this second wave is done, people will be more compliant again towards covid-safe behavior at least for a short term. Ultimately a large section of the population will need to be vaccinated to meaningfully end the pandemic.

For those in India, please support healthcare workers. This is something I wrote about in another post - https://rahulrevo.substack.com/p/healthcare-services-in-indi...

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Bardun is an iOS app that merges a contacts app and notes app functionality to better manage relationships.

From a feature perspective notes can link to contacts. Notes are freeform and can be searched. You can add contacts data like emails, addresses, events, phone numbers. We support importing of contacts from phone, google contacts or calendar events.

We are focussed on privacy. Data is stored on your device only and not on our servers. Read more at https://www.bardunapp.com/blog/privacy-apps.html

I primarily use it to store information about contacts - personal and professional; and capture impactful events in my life.

I would love to get any feedback from the community!

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For privacy, the app stores information locally on-device only. Sync of contacts via phone, Google mail or calendar is possible. Contact information is streamed to the device rather than stored on a server.