Monthly Review November 2018
16 Dec 2018 09:28
It's been a long time since I've written a monthly review. Here's one for November to get me started again.
Highlights
Read more...12 Nov 2018 15:34
Started working with Swift's Codable for the first time today, and found this article really handy for making enums with associated values Codable.
Read more...7 Nov 2018 17:02
 Still lots of polish to go, and changes I want to make, but here's a WIP screenshot of [Cashew, the open-source native Mac app](https://github.com/bellebethcooper/cashew) for GitHub issues I'm working on: Read more...7 Nov 2018 16:52
I enjoyed this post about modularising a huge iOS app. I'm working on a much smaller scale, but I'd like to try something similar.
Read more...6 Nov 2018 09:42
I never fail to be inspired by Austin Kleon's blog. I'm up to page 5 of his archives so far this morning, and I don't want to stop.
Read more...3 Oct 2018 06:03
Yesterday was my one-year anniversary of working full-time at Hello Code! It's nice that we've made it this far without running out of money. Fingers crossed we've got many years to go.
Read more...2 Oct 2018 16:39
I love the way issues are handled in GRDB (SQLite for Swift). Groue is so friendly, and always goes above-and-beyond in helping to solve problems or explore new features for the library. It makes me happy to be a GRDB user.
Read more...29 Sep 2018 08:32
I should also say, I'm kind of terrified of running something built on the Littlelogs source again, because it's all in Python, and I have no idea about web dev! I've been picking it up, but it feels scary to take on a project so far out of my depth.
Read more...29 Sep 2018 08:30
Thinking about the values I'd run Littlelogs with, if I bring it back as a more broad social network. Main ones would be inclusion/diversity, transparency into processes, community-driven decisions & participation, thoughtfulness, and safety. What am I missing?
Read more...27 Sep 2018 15:04
Found a Stack Overflow question that matched my problem with no answer. Figured it out on my own, started to write an answer, but stopped, because SO has been unwelcoming to me before. We all lose out on knowledge when you make some people feel unwelcome.
Read more...27 Sep 2018 14:22
Since Apple recommends using frameworks for shared code, I followed their suggestion, but I've actually found it just makes things really complicated so far. I probably wouldn't do it again.
Read more...27 Sep 2018 10:48
Today I wrote about Kotlin/Android libraries I've been trying or saving for later.
Read more...27 Sep 2018 10:26
When you're writing code every day, how do you figure out which bits are unusual or interesting enough to write about them? I find this tricky.
Read more...27 Sep 2018 08:23
I still haven't found a navigation pattern I'm happy with on iOS. Everything I try that doesn't let view controllers know about and navigate to each other (which I hate), feels really awkward. But I'm sure there must be a better way.
Read more...27 Sep 2018 07:59
What frameworks/libraries do you use in pretty much every project? Mine on iOS: TableKit, PromiseKit, SnapKit, CocoaLumberjack. On Android: Fuel, Kovenant, Anko.
Read more...27 Sep 2018 07:57
It seems rare that docs alone are enough for me to implement a new feature, but these docs on the UISearchController are detailed and quite clear.
26 Sep 2018 11:19
I'm off to a gymnastics class today, and I'm really looking forward to getting away from all this internet drama and just focusing on tumbling, swinging, and lifting until I'm sore.
Read more...26 Sep 2018 09:29
This might be a dumb question, but when Swift says I have to use self. to call a function inside a closure, should I be using weak self or something there, to avoid retain cycles?
26 Sep 2018 09:26
It's pretty telling in terms of how well you listen to your community when those who aren't happy only feel comfortable saying so secretly, or outside the confines of the community itself.
Read more...26 Sep 2018 09:04
I love using promises, but I wish I understand them better. I spend a lot of time fighting with the Swift compiler, using trial-and-error to get it to leave me alone, because I don't understand what the real problem is.
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