Emojis make everything more fun, even debugging. (I also like to use emoji for variable names. 🤷🏻♂️).
Better logging with Emoji 🤖
Author: patmcg
Thinking in SwiftUI
Still needing to wrap my head around SwiftUI, I like the premise of this upcoming book.
A new book from the objc.io team that aims to explain how you’ll have to rethink view construction, updates, layout, and animations with SwiftUI.
iOS Dev Weekly
Discomfort is Your Best Friend
I really love the message in this article. It sounds severe, but discomfort is actually your best friend in life.
👉 You Will Not Grow Until You Learn to Tolerate Discomfort
I have found this to be more and more true the older I get, to the point where if things are very easy or comfortable for too long, it sort of terrifies me. It is the first sign of your downfall. 🤷🏻♂️
Embracing discomfort and seeing it as your friend allows you to shed fear and enjoy the feeling of progress. It lets you learn to play guitar or programming, it lets you take a chance with someone, it lets you find new ways to be happy and fit, it lets you be shed stale thinking.
When we are in pain, discomfort heightens and communicates. When we are making progress, discomfort peaks and recedes, and clarity washes over us.
PS I told my kid the other day that discomfort grows you, before I even read this article. She said that sounded like something I would read. 😂
Control Room
Yes, we’re developers, and sometimes we prefer the command line. But simctl is a party cryptic way to control the iOS simulator on your Mac. This guy Paul Hudson has put together a nice Mac UI to tame the simulator.
Thank you, Paul. 🤟 (And where do these people even find the time? 🤷🏻♂️). I love his can-do developer attitude, btw:
simctl is a great tool for controlling the iOS simulator, but I find it a little hard to use. So, I wrote Control Room.
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Five Tips to Be Memorable in Social Settings (and Still Be Yourself)
This is a great article for those of us who may be on the understated side and/or not a big fan of small talk.
👉 How to Be Memorable in Social Settings – Five tips to stand out in a positive way
These tips are great because:
- They’re genuine and let you be yourself. In fact, they kind of help you be more you.
- They make socializing more fun and interesting for you, not just others.
- They are simple and practical.
- They even work towards some of an introvert’s strengths, i.e. reading books.
Cheat sheet:
- Have interesting answers ready for common questions (where are you from, etc.)
- Dress for success, i.e. find your style
- Remember people’s names (damn this is hard!)
- Give people your undivided attention (easy)
- Read so you have stuff to talk about
Mental Break Town 