Kyle Hughes

@kyle@mister.computer
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I am a polite software developer and I am always committed to the bit. I will be your favorite app maker’s favorite app maker.

I am enamored by user-facing software, especially mobile, and especially iOS. Swift is my current weapon of choice but I will use any made-up word to solve any problem. I ship my side projects for free.

I run this single-user Mastodon instance in good faith and I intend to keep it that way.

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Show threadKyle Hughes23h ago

This screen is why I had Rank Things on the shelf for years. I wanted a way to communicate the “user experience” of each sorting algorithm, because it meaningfully affects the app. For example, Insertion Sort has you compare one thing to many other things in sequence. That can be boring, but it can also keep you in the flow.

I’m not sure that I nailed it, but it’s good enough for government work. Plus, it uses the same stateful sorting algorithm implementations to drive the animation.

Kyle Hughes1d ago
I back up my Macs via Time Machine to my Synology. My Macs spend most of their time each day pegged to 800-1,200% CPU usage on diskimagesiod. Does this implicate Time Machine or my Synology setup?
Show threadKyle Hughes3d ago
Rank Things exists because of one key insight: ranking is sorting, and we have algorithms for sorting. It uses an innovative “stateful sorting algorithm” implementation to allow you to undo your decisions during the ranking process. It is not a simple tier-list maker—there is nothing else like it.
Kyle Hughes4d ago
WTF
Show threadKyle Hughes5d ago
It doesn't get better than this, folks.
Show threadKyle Hughes5d ago

PersistentKeyValueKit remains unsherlocked and the most modern way to use UserDefaults & NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore for another year :)

I am personally a big fan of debug keys: mutable in DEBUG builds, immutable otherwise. Saves me a lot of `#if DEBUG` paths in my application code.

Kyle HughesJun 14
Does anyone remember what these were for?
Show threadKyle HughesJun 13
It took me actual years (on-and-off) to figure out a design for this little view that I liked. I am my own worst enemy. This app was done in 2023 save for three screens that I was never happy with.
Kyle HughesJun 12
I’ll be launching a new app next week because, uh, I’ve had it in the chamber for years and should probably get it out before I have to redesign all of it.
Show threadKyle HughesJun 12