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Oct 20, 2020

Summary of WWDC2019: Combine in Practice keynote

Combine is a Unified, Declarative API for processing values over time. Value Publishers conform to the Publisher protocol: Here’s an example of how the response of a network request is parsed and then decoded to a model. If decoding fails, an Error is returned downstream.

I OS App Development

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Summary of WWDC2019: Combine in Practice keynote
Summary of WWDC2019: Combine in Practice keynote
I OS App Development

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Oct 18, 2020

Summary of WWDC 2019: Combine APIs for iOS

Combine was revealed in WWDC 2019 and is a “Unified, declarative API for processing values over time”. Focus on using Generics in order to reduce amount of boilerplate code. Write common generic algorithms about asynchronous behaviors only once but they will apply to many types of asynchronous operations. Core properties…

I OS App Development

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Summary of WWDC 2019: Combine APIs for iOS
Summary of WWDC 2019: Combine APIs for iOS
I OS App Development

6 min read


Jul 5, 2020

Why is my app getting killed? — WWDC2020 talk summary.

Here’s a short summary of this WWDC2020 talk about app terminations in iOS: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10078/ iOS14 now provides a new API: MetricKit that gives specific reasons why our app is getting killed: The last one “NormalExitCount” is when a user explicitly terminated your app via app switcher. We can get programmatic…

Wwdc 2020

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Why is my app getting killed? — WWDC2020 talk summary.
Why is my app getting killed? — WWDC2020 talk summary.
Wwdc 2020

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Apr 11, 2020

Tutorial: sharing podcast clips to Instagram stories or timeline posts

I see a lot of people posting screenshots of their podcast player in their Instagram stories— showing off what podcast episode they are listening to. I found an app called: “Podcast Video Maker” that shares a short clip of any podcast episode along with a neon sign style animation (an…

Podcast

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Tutorial: sharing podcast clips to Instagram stories or timeline posts
Tutorial: sharing podcast clips to Instagram stories or timeline posts
Podcast

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Jun 22, 2019

WWDC2019 — Advances in Networking Part 1

2 Main frameworks for networks on iOS: NSURLSession and Network.framework. Low Data Mode New feature in iOS13. Intended to use less data on a particular network, such as a congested on-airplane Wi-Fi network. Explicit signal to your users and to the application to use less data. Works on wifi and cell network. …

Programming

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WWDC2019 — Advances in Networking Part 1
WWDC2019 — Advances in Networking Part 1
Programming

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Jun 13, 2019

Notes on Swift UI — WWDC19 talks

Declarative, compositional, sequenced and simple. View structure is defined as a one piece structure— declaratively. Intends to have your code match your view structure: A container view is a composition with a closure called “View Builder” that contains multiple sub views. An example of one is the VStack. The @ViewBuilder…

Swiftui

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Notes on Swift UI — WWDC19 talks
Notes on Swift UI — WWDC19 talks
Swiftui

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Jun 7, 2019

Notable Apple WWDC 2019 news and features.

I’m compiling this simple point form document mainly for myself, to keep track of some of the more general exciting features from WWDC 2019. I will not be covering niche APIs such as Health Kit or Home Kit. Please excuse the rough format. Feature list from State of the Union: iOS Apps now portable to Mac with…

Swift

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Notable Apple WWDC 2019 news and features.
Notable Apple WWDC 2019 news and features.
Swift

16 min read


Jan 25, 2019

The Inevitable (Kevin Kelly) — Summaries: EP53

This book talks about our technological future, and about the fact that this future is already here and occurring right now! Will you later be able to marry a machine, or perhaps zoom around in flying cars? There are 12 forces that are active in how they define our future…

Artificial Intelligence

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The Inevitable (Kevin Kelly) — Summaries: EP52
The Inevitable (Kevin Kelly) — Summaries: EP52
Artificial Intelligence

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Jan 24, 2019

Purple Cow (Seth Godin) — Summaries: EP52

This book talks about the importance of making your products remarkable. Remarkable means: “Worth making a remark about”. If you see a field of cows and they are all black or brown, then you suddenly see a purple one: that’s remarkable. …

Marketing

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Purple Cow (Seth Godin) — Summaries: EP52
Purple Cow (Seth Godin) — Summaries: EP52
Marketing

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Jan 23, 2019

Crossing the Chasm (Geoffrey A. Moore) — Summaries EP51

This book talks about 5 different groups of consumer who adopt your tech product in stages. They range from the earliest of adopters to the most skeptical people who are last to join. Making the jump between the early-adopter niche market and the mainstream market is always a messy transition…

Startup

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Crossing the Chasm (Geoffrey A. Moore) — Summaries EP51
Crossing the Chasm (Geoffrey A. Moore) — Summaries EP51
Startup

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