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Gosh Darn Format Style!https://goshdarnformatstyle.com
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I’ve been on a journey.
A journey of reverse engineering some gnarly C code and reimplementing it in Swift.
I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve learned LLDB debugging commands.
I’m glad I’m done.
ā€œA pretty nice consequence is that you can use mutating func to change a reference type property inside a value type, and have references to the value type still know that it has changedā€
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2022/11/mutating-struct-and-state-observers/
Mutating Struct and State Observers: How the Latter Will Be Notified Even for 'No-Ops'

I may be 7 years late or so -- but until last week, I didn't realize that didSet property observers would fire when the observed property hasn't actually changed. All you need is a mutating func that doesn't ...

Christian Tietze
It’s one of those weekends for writing where I’m on rewrite three of this post and questioning every choice that’s gotten me to this point.

Apple gives us a modern replacement for the magical format strings we pass to DateFormatters, let's talk about the Verbatim Format Style.

https://ampersandsoftworks.com/posts/you-can-stop-writing-yyyy-mmm-dd-as-of-ios-15/

You can stop writing date format strings like

Apple gives us a modern replacement for the magical format strings we pass to DateFormatters, let's talk about the Verbatim Format Style.

bretto (brett ohland) | Keybase

bretto (brett ohland) is now on Keybase, an open source app for encryption and cryptography.

Not only did Hollywood change the plot, but they also whitewashed it. But good on them for getting Scorsese…
Shit. I can’t believe I’ve already hit peak whiteness at 8am on a Monday: I’m sitting in a Starbucks, drinking a ā€œskinnyā€ hot chocolate while Death Cab For Cutie sings about a sad breakup…
OH: I’m not saying turning on the ugly light and flippin’ up her skirt.
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