Jan Philipp Sachse

@jpsachse
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Critter. Passionate iOS developer. Finalizing future fitness features at Fitbit / Google. Opinions / posts are my own.
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Jan Philipp SachseFeb 10
Software quality across the industry has fallen off a cliff in recent months and years. It’s all about shipping fast and 10x „productivity“ nowadays. Very few people care about actual user experience as long as they feel like they did a lot (/ got autocorrect on steroids to generate a lot).
Show threadJan Philipp SachseJan 19
Is Apple aware that they have a Display Zoom setting? 😂 #productExcellence #liquidglass
Show threadJan Philipp SachseNov 17
#productExcellence #liquidglass
Jan Philipp SachseNov 6
Ah, yes. Swift is so easy to read nowadays. Tons of progressive disclosure! (Screenshot taken from https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/task(id:name:executorpreference:priority:file:line:_:))
Show threadJan Philipp SachseOct 24
Went to repro on my Mac and indeed, Liquid Glass is the gift that keeps on giving. Screenshot from the Lieferando app, but easily reproducible. Notice the extra orange blob on the selected tab highlight. 👌🏻
Jan Philipp SachseSep 19, 2025

Most iOS developers over the OS 26 beta period: everything is so broken! How can they ship this?!

The same iOS developers now, as they get feedback from their customers on bugs they cannot fix because they opted into a broken system:

Jan Philipp SachseMar 22, 2025

LLMs are a powerful technology, but they seem to have very strong limitations. So much of modern technology is being made more unreliable by the introduction of LLMs into products.

@siracusa really hit the nail on the head on this one.

Jan Philipp SachseFeb 19, 2025
Go home Mail.app, you’re drunk.
Jan Philipp SachseOct 26, 2024

Would you look at that! @overcastfm is App of the Day in the German AppStore today (I think? One has to scroll down a bit to get there) Congrats @marcoarment

https://apps.apple.com/de/story/id1551846862

‎App des Tages: Overcast

‎Infos zu Overcast findest du im Mac App Store. Lade Overcast und genieße die App auf deinem iPhone, iPad und Mac.

App Store
Show threadJan Philipp SachseOct 16, 2024
Exhibit B