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The Edge of Galaxy(planetos.substack.com)
1 points by deze333 5mo ago|0 comments
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by deze333 1y ago
It's fast enough to make running an app feel like running a native app – faster start time, less memory used, less power hungry, more responsive UI – compared to browser based cross-platform apps. One can say it achieves maximum user i
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by deze333 1y ago
What is Swift? Why Swift? A lot of discussion here touched this topic. My experience here after 10 years with Swift, starting from version 1. This is how I understood the language through the process of creating several apps (and web serv
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by deze333 1y ago
Yeah, Swift is for creating end-user products, fast iteration, fast delivery. This is where it shines. For recreational coding definitely pick something that reflects your deeper aesthetic affinity, I totally get what you mean.
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by deze333 1y ago
Don't fight compiler. Just give it an extra definition here and there and it will give you back with blazing compilation speed. Cryptic but "sexy" statements bring suffering in long term, it's a bit like raping your own
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by deze333 1y ago
Sometimes people mistake Swift for Xcode and vice versa. If compiler can't figure out type in reasonable time, give it some room to breathe by adding a clarifying type definition. I don't like to fight the compiler trying to bend
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by deze333 1y ago
How interesting! Xcode very rarely crashes on me. I don't know why but it seems to work 99.9% of time the way I expect it to work. Its build system makes sense to me. Of course, it differs from other build systems but that's life,
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by deze333 1y ago
Not my experience at all. I develop daily in Xcode and compile times are excellent. One can't really compare between TS/JS interpreted languages and machine code generation. Apples and oranges. Swift compiler is fast, faster than
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by deze333 1y ago
"Liking" is irrelevant to me. I do use it thoroughly though – I have written Linux containers (web apps) as well as native macOS and iOS apps. I am end-product creator and want my ideas to become end-user products and see the li
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by deze333 2y ago
As a software guy I’ve been dabbling with poetry for last 2 years [1] as an extension to my code writing. I think poetry and code go together rather well, there are similarities when it comes to elegance, construction and structure. Liking
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by deze333 2y ago
In my experience, building user facing products requires understanding of user interaction and general human affinities. In the indie developer context, the knowledge of making the app “relatable” is often more important than underlying eng
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by deze333 2y ago
Exactly that. Instead of fighting belief systems, offer something that is useful for different practitioners. There is massive amount knowledge that can be made interactive and broaden our understanding of reality we live in. And there is a
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by deze333 2y ago
From my perspective. Firstly, know yourself. Try to identify directions of knowledge you have a natural attraction towards. This phase takes time. Use the sense of curiosity as opposed to common entrepreneurial logic. What would you do even
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by deze333 2y ago
Oh, wow, thank you! I am touched. Since the very beginning I've been using a simple Jekyll template and added some graphics to make it more interesting and appealing. Perhaps the amount of features that the app offers is helping here.
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by deze333 2y ago
It grew organically. Initially I made the app as an experiment, just wanted to see how planets rotate and align, and what makes people interested in that. That became the foundation. Then somebody asked “can I have some extra asteroids and
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by deze333 2y ago
By sticking to truth and reality. There is integrity in showing the numbers (planetary coordinates, segments of time, etc) as they are, they are real phenomenon. It’s up to the user to devise their own interpretations. I do not do any inter
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by deze333 2y ago
There are factors of both reality and imagination in pretty much everything we do, including things like LLMs. What is considered cutting edge today may be considered sheer quackery in the future. My perception is that there is value in sti
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by deze333 2y ago
As an indie developer for the last 10 years my key learning is writing apps for “under privileged” communities. Firstly, it’s a niche. Secondly, people really value your effort and appreciate giving. This creates a nice feeling. I have crea
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What Is Consciousness?(petertwigg.com)
2 points by deze333 6y ago|0 comments
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by deze333 8y ago
Who's really got skin in the game? Perhaps the author who spent countless hours pushing the project along all those years, he took all the risks and uncertainties. Yes, all contributions did help but being a humble contributor I wouldn
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Hidden cost of Swift closures(stackoverflow.com)
2 points by deze333 9y ago|0 comments