Refer to this Hacking with Swift article. Maybe I should create a series called, “Ditch that design pattern for encapsulation.” I love the publication Hacking with Swift. I have benefitted greatly from the content they produce. This article is more a criticism of the coordinator pattern and how it is…

I recently interviewed at a company, and they gave me some code to review. I did my best to ignore the proctor’s deliberately slow speech tempo. He paused for non-existent questions. The code appeared to me to be self-explanatory, just rife with mistakes, code smells, and misuse of design patterns. …

A running list of weird Swift things I encounter. These are a few ideas for interview questions that explore some of the odd nuances of swift? What will the following code print? class Bla { var closure1: Action? var closure2: Action? } let bla = Bla() bla.closure1 = { print("hello 1") } bla.closure2 = bla.closure1 bla.closure1 = { print("successful interception") } bla.closure2?() At first it seems as though it might print “successful interception”. However, it actually prints “hello 1”.

I don’t profess to have the fastest hands in the west, however I have noticed I move faster when I do certain things compared with when I do other things. Here are my observations. Upgrade to the fastest/latest tech The biggest limitation to how much you can get paid is how much you can get…

Pair Programming — I always thought pair programming was a way for junior to be benefitted at the expense of senior developers. It might be the case sometimes. However I now understand multiple other benefits and use cases. You can understand and start working with Other people’s code faster When you are working…

Build times severely waste productivity. On closer inspection, I realized it wasn’t the build times, it was how I responded to them. I watched youtube videos while I wait for builds to complete or browse the web. That means, I wouldn’t notice anytime the app finishes building, only noticing when…

git status Get a visual of current changes. red changes are unstaged changes. Green changes are staged changes. I use the following to clear all changes git reset Unstage your changes git checkout . git checkout -- . git clean -f -fd -fx

As commits keep piling up, and last minute fixes come in, its easy to forget to do a final run through of the app. …

These are the peskiest merge conflicts. After spending days on resolving the same merge conflict, it makes you wonder whether it would be easier to copy and paste files. Alternatively many people suggest prevention, and that you basically change your daily habits so as to avoid these conflicts. They encourage…