Multitouch is a Red Herring
RxSwift Primer: Part 5
Even though it’s a steep learning curve, and it requires rewiring your brain to think about problems differently
RxSwift Primer: Part 4
In the fourth installment of my RxSwift primer, I'll introduce Drivers.
RxSwift Primer: Part 3
In the third installment of my RxSwift primer, I'm starting to show why Rx is so great.
RxSwift Primer: Part 1
it’s likely that the iOS team can crib their solution, platform differences aside. That’s very powerful, as it leads to us all speaking a common language, even though our actual languages are very different.
RxSwift Primer: Part 2
The first step to converting this to use Rx is to think of what the inputs and outputs are. What causes things to happen? What causes us to do a computation, or change what we present to the user?
Post length and attention
Understanding which Medium posts get the most attention
My low paying, early morning, exertion requiring job
Five months ago, I picked up a new job: every morning, I wake up at 6am, hop on my bike, and transport 50 bagels from Beauty’s Bagels to Awaken Cafe. After a quick cup of coffee, I bike on to my next…
The handstand theory
Last summer, I started doing handstands.
CocoaLove’s Archive
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Putting the Fun in FRP
Oct 10th
moment().endOf(‘term’)
As another part of taking care of my mental health, I will be officially stepping down from all moment responsibilities.
Barely Managing
CocoaLove focuses on talks which don’t deprecate as soon as you leave. In 2015, Matt gave this talk.
Matt lead teams that make software at Tumblr, and makes software himself with his partners at Lickability. His talk was about why you might want to step away from the keyboard and into leadership, and what happens when you do. It’s about the difference between managing programs and managing people.
Activist Engineering
You’ve been there. You’re sitting in a meeting and your boss, a product manager, or an executive is talking about Q2 goals. They’re laying out a roadmap of the features that are going to be “coming down the pike”. All of a sudden you see it.
Lenses (and Prisms) in Swift
http://2015.funswiftconf.com
Rebekah’s Unpopular Opinions
A selection of my unpopular* opinions (* couldn’t bring myself to write “contrarian” so maybe add that to the list, too):— r. (@artypapers) March 14, 2016
Twitter Bootstrap
As a technical challenge, Bootstrap just isn’t very interesting. It’s trying to provide a collection of components — components like modals, tooltips, and grids that have been around the Web forever…
Code is Prose
Great code reads like great prose. It is succinct, expressive, and clear the first time you read it.