6 Jun 2018 09:05
We just hit a huge milestone with [Exist](https://exist.io/): we've been working on it for five years! [Josh wrote up a few words about the journey on our company blog](http://blog.hellocode.co/post/five-years-of-exist/). Read more...5 Jun 2018 17:07
The ads shown during the football make it really clear I'm not the average viewer. German shampoo for men, gambling, cars, and even disgusting ads promoting coal. Gross. Read more...5 Jun 2018 08:40
Stuff I didn't see mentioned at WWDC this year that would be nice:
- I paid $1500 for an iPhone X 6 months ago, and yet the camera app regularly freezes—often while recording a video. How about a fix for that?
- How about improving third-party keyboard which are still janky as ever?
- Faster processing of builds in iTunes Connect would be nice
- Wireless debugging on device is really awesome, except it barely works. How about the new version of Xcode doesn't keep losing its connection to my iPhone, so I have to carry the cable around anyway?
5 Jun 2018 07:48
[We released a big update to the Exist Web app recently!](https://twitter.com/ExistApp/status/1002441137200611328) We've had mostly positive feedback, which is awesome. It feels great to have this launched. Read more...31 May 2018 07:46
Last night I watched an episode of *Stories from Norway: The Musical* with trepidation, but I needn't have been worried. It was excellent. Hilarious jokes, well-crafted musical numbers, recent Scandinavian history, and lots of silliness. It's written by the comedians who created *The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)* as a joke to promote their late-night TV show. They've done a great job. [More info here](https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2018/05/08/stories-norway-comedy-musical-mash-your-dreams). Read more...28 May 2018 17:33
Released a juicy update to Exist for iOS today, with some stuff I've been working on for ages! Feels good to see our roadmap looking like this. Read more...27 May 2018 09:10
Aspects of a well-known app I like have been blatantly ripped off by a solo dev for an app in another category. I love that an app exists for this other use-case I have with features from the big app I like, but it's hard to feel okay about supporting such obvious copying. Read more...25 May 2018 08:29
Why do so many developers keep blogging on Medium? It has annoying pop-ups, you don't own your content, and it doesn't do any syntax highlighting. Maybe there's a market for a dev-specific replacement? Read more...25 May 2018 08:03
Some really good Swift tips in this article that I didn't know about:
10 Quick Swift Tips – Hacking with Swift
Read more...18 May 2018 08:41
At the start of each year I write a review of the previous year. I also start my review of the current year. I re-read and add to the current year's review as the year goes by, both to remind me of my goals and to make it quicker and easier to finish my review when the year is over. Read more...18 May 2018 08:26
I wish I'd read this post a couple of years ago, before I learned all this stuff the hard way.
Read more...15 May 2018 17:35
Today I published [the 11 principles I'm trying to stick to in my code](https://larder.io/blog/code-principles/) these days. They're really helping me write better code than I ever did before. Read more...
11 May 2018 09:25
I like that [you can now set your pronouns in your Asana profile](https://blog.asana.com/2018/05/new-profile-setting-pronouns-asana/#close). Read more...30 Apr 2018 10:55
[My first (accepted) pull request](https://github.com/Quick/Quick/pull/787#issuecomment-385264984)! Read more...27 Apr 2018 16:25
Since working harder to make my code conform to the single responsibility principle, I've ended up with each object relying on lots of other objects to do its work. It's a whole other problem to deal with. Read more...Setting up a post-commit git hook
27 Apr 2018 11:25
Since I'm working on adding tests to the iOS app for Exist at the moment, I've recently been working on adding a post-commit hook to run my tests automatically. Here are some of the resources I found most useful when setting this up:
- Git Hooks guide by Atlassian/Bitbucket
- Git hooks documentation on GitHub
- Git hooks docs
- Running Xcode tests from the terminal
27 Apr 2018 07:15
I'm excited to be working on adding tests to the iOS app for [Exist](https://exist.io/), but so far I'm spending at least as much time on my tests as I am on real code. They're as bad as everyone who avoids them says, I think. Read more...26 Apr 2018 18:25
Struggled with not being able to add default parameter arguments in a Swift protocol today. [This workaround](https://oleb.net/blog/2016/05/default-arguments-in-protocols/) was really helpful. Read more...17 Feb 2018 14:10
It's been years since I had Southern-style breakfast biscuits. I miss them. I'm going to attempt to cook them (first time ever) this week, as well as that delicious white gravy. Read more...