Josh Adams

@vermontcoder
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I'm an iOS developer based near San Francisco, California. I toot 80% about iOS and Swift, 20% about other stuff. 100% positive!
Bloghttps://racecondition.software
GitHubhttps://github.com/vermont42
Video Coursehttps://www.algoexpert.io/ios/product
I have updated my repo of iOS-development podcasts. This process put me in a somber mood because, observing how many great podcasts have ended, I get the impression that the era of iOS-development podcasts is drawing to a close. https://github.com/vermont42/Podcasts
GitHub - vermont42/Podcasts: A list of podcasts of interest to iOS developers and other habitués of the Apple ecosystem.

A list of podcasts of interest to iOS developers and other habitués of the Apple ecosystem. - vermont42/Podcasts

GitHub
This is an ʻōhiʻa lehua flower at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
Wiktionary is such a fun rabbit hole for philologists. Today I learned that the "-crum" in "simulacrum" is related to the "-el" in "shovel". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tlom
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tlom - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Wiktionary
I enjoyed this video about how @SwiftPackageIndex transitioned to ephemeral macOS build environments. https://youtu.be/JLL6FMJ1XUc The Harlem Globetrotters are unrelated-but-awesome.
macOS Builds at Scale How Swift Package Index Runs 350,000+ Builds Per Month with Orka

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I visited Cape Cod many times as a kid but haven’t been there for decades. I am reminded that the San Francisco suburb I now inhabit has a completely different vibe.
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Strong recommend for the Dog API, which I used it to experiment with SwiftUI. https://dog.ceo/dog-api/
Dog API

Dog CEO's Dog API Documentation. Over 20,000 images of dogs programmaticaly accessible by over 120 breeds. Image supplied by the Stanford Dogs Dataset.

First one in the ADU
Whether you’re in a meeting, being interviewed, or making a video, proper lighting will help you look your best. In this video, I identify common lighting mistakes and demonstrate some ways to achieve good lighting. In a worldwide first, this video features silly facial expressions and jazz hands. https://youtu.be/tZ4Hn-3JURQ
Fantastic Video Lighting

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@qcoding has shared a helpful new technique, courtesy of _his_ reader, for "bypass[ing] SwiftUI app launch during unit testing".

Who doesn't love a fast-launching unit test?

https://qualitycoding.org/bypass-swiftui-app-launch-unit-testing/

How to Bypass SwiftUI App Launch During Unit Testing

How can we bypass the normal SwiftUI app launch sequence during testing? We've done this for app delegates, so let's also do it for SwiftUI apps.

Quality Coding