Patrick McConnell

@patrickmcconnell
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I like code, bikes and the woods.

Freelance Developer focused on the Apple ecosystem. Hire me! #fedihired

#hiking #biking #biketouring #cycling #iosdev #swift #swiftui #macOSDev

Bloghttps://pmcconnell.micro.blog/
Hire me to develop your Apple Appshttps://squirrelpointstudios.com/apps.html
Peakist - my peakbagging apphttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/peakist/id6476985677
Cartographer - a GPS/GPX viewer/editorhttps://spcartographer.app

#WWDC wishlist:

- fix the fucking tabs in Xcode
- fix the fucking tabs in Xcode
- fix the fucking tabs in Xcode

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fatbobman/116635191444379200

Always nice to be included in @fatbobman newsletter

It can not be overstated just how bad the search is in Apples mail.app.

Search returns almost nothing. Same search on gmail returns hundreds of items. Same mailbox.

Pushed a new TestFlight build for Peakist, my peak bagging app.

This build adds support for displaying the weather forecast for selected locations to help with trip planning.

If you do any #hiking in the Northeastern US give it a try.

If you are in another region and would like to suggest peak bagging lists just let me know!

Peakist works with iPhone, iPad and Mac.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/f9ASbSHj

Join the Peakist beta

Available on iOS

My new favorite “this is not the actual problem” error in #Xcode is when the preview fails to render and tells you the file is not in scope.

Yes. Yes, it is.

#iOSDev

You can block any site from search results on Duck Duck Go for any reason and they won't be in your results ever again.

I looked for this option today and was pleasantly surprised. No more results with blog posts on Medium that I can’t read. I'm going to build quite a block list going forward.

Also blocked ads, AI garbage and a few more things.

The internet needs a lot more filters, mutes, blocks, etc.

I don't have time for this crap.

A few years ago I created a small Mac app to show all the built in system font sizes (.title, .heading, etc)

I use it all the time when I can't recall the sizes of fonts. May be helpful to others doing #SwiftUI work

https://gitlab.com/pmcconnell/style-book

#iosdev #macOSDev

Patrick McConnell / Style Book · GitLab

A Mac App to display the various available font styles

GitLab
progress

The Apple that provides a suggested SF Symbol name for weather conditions in a WeatherKit daily forecast response is awesome.

Trivial to create a nice UI with the correct symbol.

The Apple that does not provide the same image info for a current conditions response is less than awesome.

Sometimes I can think of reasons for things I don’t like. In this case I am stumped.

#iOSDev #macOSDev

Along with photos of your visits, weather info is coming to Peakist, my peak bagging app for Apple devices.

Should help planning those hikes.

Still work to do but the bones are here

#SwiftUI #iOSDev #macOSDev