Zach

@zachsimone
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Software dev, mostly iOS. Organiser of the Sydney CocoaHeads meetup.

Building Petty, and @glucomate.

Bloghttps://zachsim.one/blog
Pettyhttps://petty-app.com
Glucomatehttps://glucomate.app
Six Againhttps://sixagain.app

@kyle Mostly the former. They require a lot more work and understanding than, say, widgets, and you can't create one with any kind of complexity in an afternoon like you might a widget.

They can be solid if implemented right.

I've seen the popping up randomly issue too and it's a developer bug. Having a flight pop up days after you've taken it is weird!

πŸ“£ March CocoaHeads is happening NEXT week! Details and RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/sydneycocoaheads/events/311813882
Sydney CocoaHeads March 2026, Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Join us for our March event to hear from **Christian Mitteldorf** who will be speaking about *TDD With a Twist β€” Exploring Type-Driven Design.* Details about additional ta

Meetup

I built a little image compression app. It’s pretty neat and available on the Mac App Store now!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pluto-image-compression/id6757133600

@simonbs It's possible without a library, but have a look at something like "fivesheepco/cloudflare-apns2"

Though you're going to run into problems constantly opening and closing connections to APNS because of the short-lived nature of a worker request. It's not a problem at all small scale, but it is if you're sending frequent notifications.

Ideally you want a server sitting there maintaining a connection that fires off requests to APNS as they come in. There are also libraries for this.

@chrismcelligott Thanks! When they lose, the app is definitely broken πŸ˜€
@jonathantrott thanks, it'll only get better from here!

@jonathantrott Maybe for the best I was distracted during that πŸ€ͺ

I'll do some work this week to handle golden point better next time, sorry!

@jonathantrott Yes sorry! Working on it!

@chrismcelligott I know the feeling haha!

Please let me know how you find it, especially if you notice any issues πŸ™

Six Again is now available on the App Store! Just in time for the round 1 kickoff in Vegas.

It brings live #NRL scores to your lock screen. First 3 matches free, then $9.99 for the rest of the season.

Some words: https://zachsim.one/blog/2026/3/1/introducing-six-again-nrl-scores-on-your-lock-screen

Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/six-again-live-nrl-scores/id6503205688

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