Mastodawn

Josh Adams Apr 17, 2025

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

Josh Adams Apr 14, 2025

This is an ʻōhiʻa lehua flower at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

Josh Adams Mar 9, 2025

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

Josh Adams Jan 20, 2025

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

YouTube

Josh Adams Sep 21, 2024

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.

Josh Adams Sep 20, 2024

Natasha

🇪🇺Sep 20, 2024

VLC Media Player has encountered a problem with Windows

Josh Adams Sep 19, 2024

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.

Josh Adams Aug 22, 2024

I Can't Believe It's Not Zero!Aug 19, 2024

First one in the ADU

Josh Adams May 28, 2024

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

YouTube

Josh Adams Mar 20, 2024

@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

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