New Series: Professional iOS Projects
Kicking off a series on what separates a professional iOS project from a hobby one, starting with why I keep learning new languages.
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2018 Retrospective; 2019 Goals
A look back at my first full year of self-employment round two, what actually worked, and the goals I am setting for 2019.
Network Design Talk at Philly CocoaHeads
I am giving a talk on designing a modern Swift network stack at Philly CocoaHeads on January 10th. Details and RSVP inside.
New Year, New Site
I spent my holiday break rebuilding this site on Hugo, GitHub, and CircleCI, retiring the WordPress setup that came before it.
Meetup.com Survey Links
Meetup.com was breached and is pushing sketchy survey links through notifications. Do not click them. Here is what I saw.
Ugly Swift Syntax for Checking Errors
The `if let error = error` pattern is everywhere in iOS callback code. Why I reach for a guard statement instead.
Swift Style: Dequeuing and Populating Cells From UITableView
UITableView still ships two dequeue methods and only one of them is any good. My style for dequeuing and populating cells in Swift.
Hello Firefox, Goodbye Chrome
Why I dropped Chrome for Firefox, starting with AMP and the years of Google decisions that have been hostile to the open web.
Apple’s Use of Donations as Marketing
Apple donated $1 million after the Sulawesi earthquake. Scaled against its profits, that is about $1.86 from someone earning $100,000.
Gaming Update, September 2018
A September gaming update. Officially done with Hearthstone, a rogue leveled to 120, and unsubscribing right as the raid dropped.
ElixirConf 2018 Notes
Notes from ElixirConf 2018, and why Elixir is the ecosystem I settled on after years of sampling everything outside Apple's.
Self Employment Estimate Numbers
How I run the estimate numbers that tell me whether self-employment is on track, worked out in Soulver or any spreadsheet.
Rainy Monday
· Series: Journals
A short video journal. Rain washes out my ride to work, a Riker flashback lunch, and WoW patch day.
Hearthstone is too expensive.
Hearthstone went from expensive to ludicrous over the past year, so I am out. A short video on what pushed me over the line.
Back to Full Time at IndyHall (video 5m)
A five-minute video on returning to IndyHall full time, and what makes Philadelphia's best coworking space worth the cost.
On Using and Not Using Twitter (video 8m)
· Series: Journals
An eight-minute video journal on my history with Twitter, my problems with the platform, and where I am headed instead.
WWDC 2018 Social Recap
A recap of the social side of WWDC 2018, including a full cost breakdown of doing the week without a conference ticket.
Say Hello at WWDC!
I will be in San Jose for WWDC week, hanging around AltConf and the other events rather than the conference itself.
Gaming Update, May 2018
A May gaming update: Stardew Valley winding down, a new Hearthstone expansion, and a second, better attempt at Zelda on Switch.
Micro.Manton
A joke at Manton Reece's expense. After Micro.blog and microcasts, the micro format has taken over the whole Reece household.
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