From Placemat to App: My Journey with the Chinese ZodiacAs I prepare to launch my new app, YuDi, I want to reflect on how my interest in the Chinese Zodiac began. As a kid in the 1980s, my father took our family of five to a new Chinese restaurant in Houston, which I think was called New China. Sadly, it ...Jun 17, 2024 · 2 min readunwrapthis.hashnode.dev
Getting Practical with NavigationStack(path:)iOS 16 introduced a new way to push views onto a SwiftUI NavigationStack. It takes a parameter named path:. While Apple's examples are really simple and easy to wrap your head around, I had trouble understanding how the examples would apply in my own...Jun 21, 2023 · 9 min readunwrapthis.hashnode.dev
Upload iOS screen recording to MastodonError 422 NxN videos are not supported You've made the move to Mastodon, and now you want to share a video of your new iOS feature. But Mastodon refuses to attach your uploaded video! Before I explain why, I want to rant a bit to the Mastodon devs. ...Jun 3, 2023 · 3 min readunwrapthis.hashnode.dev
Themes from Deep DishPaul Hudson's closing keynote had the entire audience silent. When I looked around the room, I saw not one person looking at a personal device. His talk was not technical. It was a call to action. Here were my takeaways: Work on what matters. Build A...May 4, 2023 · 2 min readunwrapthis.hashnode.dev
Getting SceneDelegate to launch MainCoordinatorSummary iOS 13+ apps that have SceneDelegate.swift require some additional work to get a MainCoordinator up and running. Aside: Why are Coordinators awesome? Hacking With Swift makes the case for using Coordinators within the first 5 minutes of his v...Apr 23, 2021 · 2 min readunwrapthis.hashnode.dev