Author: Michael

  • WWDC 2024 Wish List

    Less than a week to go until WWDC 2024 kicks off, so as is tradition here is my list of things I’ve like to see this year. These are in no particular order. SwiftData Yes, I know it’s already here, but I don’t consider the SwiftData that was released to be anything close to what…

  • If it’s a game, can I win?

    In issue #62 of the iOS Code Review newsletter, a question was posed around imagining your career as a game and what level of the game you are at. Being a keen developer and lover of off-by-one errors, I decided I was playing two games, and neither was satisfactory! The first game is my professional…

  • Some Things make development easier

    One of those things is Things. It’s my task manager/project manager/todo manager of choice for my development projects, and I recently setup a new structure to make the process a little easier. Things has two main grouping concepts, areas and projects. An area can contain one or more projects, while projects contain the tasks that…

  • WWDC 2023 Wish List

    It’s that time of year where Apple fans, particularly the software developers, get excited about the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference. It’s become a tradition over the years for people to post their hopes and dreams, or just a wish list, for WWDC so here’s mine. App StoreGive us free trials without having to code for…

  • WWDC 2021 – Day 5

    Writing this a bit late, but Day 5 was the best day so far for me. Why? Because I applied for a SwiftUI lab session and was lucky enough to get one! But before we get to that… I’m a person that struggles a lot with anxiety. Mostly around social situations, my anxiety has been…

  • WWDC 2021 – Day 4

  • WWDC 2021 – Day 3

    Today has been all about SwiftUI as I watched the excellent Demystifying SwiftUI session, and then hung out in the SwiftUI lounge as Apple engineers answered questions about what was in the session. And right now I am back in the SwiftUI lounge where a couple of engineers are answering questions about building SwiftUI itself.…

  • WWDC 2021 – Day 2

    We got the first recap video today and Serenity Caldwell knocked it out of the (Apple) park. Watching the brief-yet-info-dense recap got me excited all over again about what’s in store for this week and beyond. Already the Apple dev community is cranking out content. My personal favourite so far is tuning into Paul Hudson’s…

  • WWDC 2021 – Day 1

    And just like that the Keynote and Platforms State of the Union are over for another year. Although last year had the big Apple Silicon announcement, I felt they spent too long on it, so this year’s focus on the software and APIs was more interesting for me. I particularly liked the Maps enhancements around…

  • WWDC 2021 – Pre-Conference Thoughts

    WWDC 2021 is due to start tomorrow and once again it’s online only. It seems strange now that last year we were wondering whether an in-person event would be doable, and of course with hindsight the right decision was made. But not just because of the global pandemic – Apple touts inclusiveness as one of…