Neil Hargreaves

@glotcha
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I design and code software for Apple platforms to make learning languages easier.
Languages๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งN ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นC2 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชC2 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทC1 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญC1 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณB1 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทA2
Show threadNeil Hargreaves57m ago
@cocoadog reducing the amount of stuff you have is a good start. I love Toronto but I'd consider Montevideo too!
Neil Hargreaves4d ago
#wwdc25 I really like the new iOS design especially input accessory views + I thought this design video was really inspiring https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/359 ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
Design foundations from idea to interface - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Great apps feel clear, intuitive, and effortless to use. In this session, you'll discover how app design can elevate functionality,...

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Show threadNeil HargreavesMay 17
@ccgus nice to know it's still alive, sorry to bring up a negative but such a bummer about the dongle
Neil HargreavesMay 7
A couple of LLM prompt keywords I use all of the time for #LanguageLearning. 'word1 vs word2' for disambiguation of two similar words as in 'trot vs canter' and 'break down word1' seems to always give a good summary of how a word is built especially useful for #Vietnamese (my current odyssey) where so many words appear in pairs so 'break down cฦฐแปng ฤ‘iแป‡u'. This makes languages with less abundant reference works a lot more accessible than they were a few years ago.
Show threadNeil HargreavesMay 7
@mattiem I've used tuples of 2-3 closures before. I always thought of protocols for packaging shared capabilities (as in the naming -able) it feels good to re-use code this way, I only ever subclass system frameworks. Of course open to new ideas thanks for the food for thought!
Show threadNeil HargreavesMay 2
@Knittingdancer I guess everyone has a different experience, I don't find my knowledge drops of rapidly. C1 takes years of daily practice, to get obsessed and live the language, just like a child. Is it worth it? If you want to go and live, work and integrate in that country, why not? Sure learning snobishness is BS, it's up to you what you want to do with your time.
Show threadNeil HargreavesMay 2
@Knittingdancer my 2 cents, diminishing returns between C1 and C2. C1 is usually enough to be accepted onto a local university course or even to work in that language. I would say that it's worth persevering to C1 in at least one foreign language as an experience, I mean to really focus on one language for a while. But sure, some knowledge is always better than no knowledge.
Show threadNeil HargreavesApr 28
@coolcut something I really need so looking forward to trying it. congratulations for the launch!
Show threadNeil HargreavesApr 26
@mattiem from the Swift API Design Guidelines "extension Collection where Element : Equatable" doesn't look so bad :)
Show threadNeil HargreavesApr 22
@harmash depending on your taste [Int]() is also valid