Every extra mph fights air resistance.
Every extra litre fights the accountant.
Welcome to the physics of freight.
www.mikeayles.com/blog/heavy-h...

Thought decaf was just “coffee but weaker”.
Turns out it’s more like: chemistry, pressure, solvents, science vibes, existential questions.
Respect to decaf — you’re complicated. #coffee #decaf
www.thewaytocoffee.com/decaf/

Less guessing. More data.
European Transparent IT Job Market Report
static.germantechjobs.de/market-repor...

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.

Great read on ASCII rendering. Proof that real graphics were invented long before GPUs… one character at a time. alexharri.com/blog/ascii-r...

Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 18 Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 18

Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 18 blog.timac.org/2024/1208-st... #iosdev

Emerge Tools Blog | Are Android apps THAT much smaller than iOS? An in-depth analysis of Android vs. iOS app sizes and why Android apps might be larger than they appear

Smaller apps on Android—fact, fiction, or platform-powered magic?
www.emergetools.com/blog/posts/a... #iosdev

A screenshot showing the configuration of environment variables in Xcode. Three entries are listed with the key TZ and corresponding values: Australia/Adelaide, Asia/Tokyo, and America/New_York. The third entry is selected, indicated by a checked box. The interface includes “+” and “-” buttons for adding or removing entries.

I recently had to fix some time zone issues for reminders in @glusight.app!

Tip: Set the 「TZ」 environment variable in your Xcode scheme to run just your app in a specific time zones while the simulator stays on the host OS's (macOS) time zone. Here's an example 👇🏾

#BuildInPublic #iOSdev #Xcode

“Isolated MainActor” sounds like the sequel to Cast Away, except instead of Tom Hanks, it stars Swift concurrency. www.massicotte.org/step-by-step... #iosdev

Preventing app removal on iOS - tiny coder These days, I am developing an alarm app called ‘SuperAlarm’. To ensure a user is awake, SuperAlarm can be turned off only after a user completes a mission(e.g., taking a picture...

Another iOS API I had no clue existed—but surprise! You’ll need Apple’s blessing and the user’s approval to tap into it. tinycoder.pika.page/posts/you-ca... #iosdev

Morphology in Swift – Lickability A guide to automatic numberless pluralization

You’ve got a new message! Or messages? plural, pluralTwo or pluralFew? Whatever, just go check it! lickability.com/blog/morphol... #iosdev

How to automatically detect memory leaks on CI/CD using UI tests Learn how to automatically detect memory leaks in your Apple apps using UI tests and Xcode's XCTest framework.

This is a useful feature, but running it on a device significantly limits automation options in CI/CD pipelines. www.polpiella.dev/automaticall... #iosdev

Apple Repaired My iPhone Screen, but Now My Social Media Account Is Banned

Just discovered that this framework exists on iOS—had no idea it was even available to developers! www.finnvoorhees.com/words/banned... #iosdev