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Swift 6ās strict concurrency model is here, and itās going to change how we write iOS apps forever. Hereās your complete guide to migrating your codebase and understanding the new concurrency safety features.
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Princetonās groundbreaking AI can āseeā what fusion sensors miss, stabilizing plasma and solving one of fusion energyās most challenging problems. The age of unlimited clean energy is getting closer.
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Revolutionary artificial neurons built from bacterial protein nanowires can now communicate using the brainās own language, opening unprecedented possibilities for neural computing and medical applications.
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Anthropicās groundbreaking Claude for Chrome extension is revolutionizing how we interact with AI in our browsers. Hereās everything you need to know about this game-changing technology.
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Discover how Cursor CLI seamlessly integrates with Xcode to revolutionize your iOS development workflow with AI-powered coding assistance.
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When Google Search Console started reporting indexing failures for my Next.js news aggregation site, I knew I had to dive deep into the technical details.
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Complete guide to migrating iOS Swift code to async/await, covering legacy sync functions and Objective-C interoperability challenges.
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Building a side project? Tired of database setup complexity and surprise bills? Neon Postgres might be exactly what you need.
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Metal Performance Shaders (MPS) transforms iOS apps by offloading computation to the GPU. This guide shows production patterns for real-time image processing, ML inference, and compute shaders.
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iOS background processing is crucial for apps that sync data, process media, or perform maintenance. This guide covers the modern BackgroundTasks framework, best practices from shipping billion-user apps, and debugging techniques that work in production.
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Swift Concurrency makes async code safer and easier to reason about. This post shows practical patterns for using async/await, task groups, actors, and AsyncSequence in production iOS apps.
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Achieving smooth, energy-efficient iOS apps requires a disciplined performance workflow. This guide focuses on practical techniques with Xcode Instruments, Time Profiler, Memory Graph, and OSLog signposts.
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Creating sophisticated iOS applications requires building custom UI components that go beyond standard UIKit and SwiftUI controls. This guide explores advanced UI development techniques, custom view creation, complex gesture handling, and performance optimization.
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Building a real-time messaging system within an iOS app requires careful consideration of network connectivity, message delivery, offline support, and user experience. This guide explores the architecture and implementation of a robust messaging system.
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Core Data is a powerful framework for managing persistent data in iOS applications. However, building complex data models with multiple relationships while maintaining performance requires careful design and optimization. This guide explores advanced Core Data techniques, complex relationship management, and performance optimization strategies.
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Designing a complex photo editing system within an iOS app requires careful consideration of performance, memory management, and user experience. This guide explores the architecture and implementation of a professional-grade photo editing system that handles multiple filters, real-time previews, and efficient memory usage.
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Core Data remains the goāto ORM on Apple platforms. This post shows a clean, modern setup that works with Swift Concurrency, background contexts, diffable snapshots, and testing. šļø
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Creating engaging iOS applications requires sophisticated animation techniques that go beyond basic transitions. This guide explores advanced animation patterns, custom transitions, interactive animations, and performance optimization techniques that elevate user experience to the next level.
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TCA scales SwiftUI apps by making state, actions, effects, and dependencies explicit. This primer shows a productionāgrade shape: feature isolation, dependency injection, effect cancellation, testing, and navigation. š§©
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Memory management is crucial for iOS app performance and stability. While Swiftās Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) handles most memory management automatically, understanding weak references, retain cycles, and memory leaks is essential for building robust applications. This guide explores advanced memory management techniques with real, working code examples.
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Combine is still a fantastic fit for reactive pipelines in UIKit and SwiftUI. This guide codifies production patterns I use for teams shipping at scaleāfocusing on backāpressure, cancellation, retries, schedulers, and testability. āļø
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development, choosing the right data communication protocol can significantly impact application performance, scalability, and developer experience. This comprehensive guide explores three prominent approaches to data exchange: gRPC, GraphQL, and JSON, providing insights into their strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases.
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In my previous post, I talked about video encoding and streaming in iOS. This post is a quick guide to implementing adaptive bitrate streaming in iOS.
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A quick guide to video encoding and streaming in iOS with the help of Claude AI.
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As an iOS engineer, Iāve spent more time wrestling with UI constraints and SwiftUI lifecycles than diving deep into the intricate world of HTTP response codes. But recently, a quirky little encounter with a 304 status code sparked my curiosity ā and now, Iām here to share a quick, hopefully entertaining tour of these network communication cryptograms.
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Listen up, fellow code warriors! Remember the days when writing unit tests felt like wrestling an angry octopus? Well, Appleās been working some magic, and the new Swift Testing framework is here to save our sanity (and our carpal tunnels).
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Hey there, aspiring blog mogul! š Ready to turn your GitHub-hosted masterpiece into a money-making machine without accidentally sharing your API keys with the entire internet? Buckle up, because weāre about to embark on a top-secret mission that would make Ethan Hunt jealous. šµļøāāļø
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Dependency Injection (DI) is like a magical organizational wizard for your app architectureāthink of it as the Marie Kondo of coding, making sure every dependency āsparks joyā and sits exactly where it should! š§āāļøāØ In this post, weāll dive into why DI is the superhero your codebase deserves, explore some cool frameworks, and even build a DIY dependency injection container thatāll make your code sing. š
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Machine learning has become an integral part of modern iOS applications. Core ML and Vision frameworks provide powerful tools for integrating AI capabilities into your apps. Letās explore practical implementations with real, working code examples.
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iOS security is crucial for protecting user data and ensuring app integrity. Modern iOS apps need robust authentication mechanisms using biometrics and secure storage with Keychain. Letās implement comprehensive security solutions with real, working code examples.
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Swift concurrency with async/await and actors has revolutionized how we write concurrent code in iOS. This modern approach eliminates callback hell and makes concurrent programming more intuitive. Letās explore practical implementations with real, working code examples.
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Modern iOS development requires robust, scalable architecture patterns that can handle complex business logic while maintaining clean, testable code. MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) combined with Combine and SwiftUI provides a powerful foundation for building maintainable iOS applications. In this comprehensive guide, weāll explore advanced MVVM patterns with real, working code examples that demonstrate best practices for iOS app architecture.
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Modern iOS apps rely heavily on network communication to fetch data, upload content, and interact with backend services. URLSession is Appleās powerful networking framework that provides a robust foundation for building reliable API clients. In this comprehensive guide, weāll explore advanced URLSession techniques with real, working code examples that will help you build scalable, maintainable networking layers for your iOS applications.
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Today we will build a robust background sync mechanism for offline-first apps.
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In WWDC 2024ās Swift 6 Migration, Ben from Appleās Swift team mentioned that there is a big difference for the global variable (mutatble) between Objective-C and Swift.
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In the WWDC 2024 today, Apple show cased that the lock screen bottom camera and flashlight buttons can be customizable moving on! Make sure to adopt this in your app.
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In Swift and Go, the defer statement is a powerful feature that allows you to execute code just before the current scope exits. This can be incredibly useful for resource management, ensuring that files are closed, or memory is freed regardless of how the scope is exited (e.g., normal return or error).
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I wrote this gist long time ago and got quite a bit comments from the community. š
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One of my previously posted gists.
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Core Data is Appleās powerful framework for managing the model layer objects in your iOS applications. However, as your app grows and data complexity increases, Core Data performance can become a bottleneck. In this comprehensive guide, weāll explore advanced Core Data optimization techniques with real, working code examples that will help you build scalable, high-performance data-driven iOS apps.
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Swift has continually evolved to make code more concise and readable without compromising performance. The latest Swift version 5.7 introduces several syntactic sugar features that make coding in Swift even more delightful. Here are the top 10 syntax sugar features with examples:
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SwiftUI has revolutionized iOS development with its declarative syntax and powerful features. However, as apps grow in complexity, performance can become a critical concern. In this comprehensive guide, weāll explore advanced SwiftUI performance optimization techniques with real, working code examples that you can implement in your projects today.
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Objective-C, a primary language for iOS and macOS development, offers a robust set of features and a rich ecosystem. However, as with any programming language, it has its performance drawbacks. In this blog, weāll explore the top five performance-related limitations of Objective-C that developers should be aware of.