Eric Shapiro

Mac development since 1985. iPhone development since 2008.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

Device Hub should work with AWS Device Farm and other remote device services. #WWDC27

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

Three hours to set up a new iPhone due to migration bugs. I swear if Apple announced that the only new thing this year was fixing Siri and fixing bugs users would rejoice.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

Idea of the day: robots.txt files should contain prices that AI spiders have to pay to index that site or page.

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

The Kings of College Basketball 〽️

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

I love Mac/iOS signing certificates:

Can this be fixed within Xcode?
Which platform and distribution type is this for?
Do I need a CSR?
How do I transfer it to a 2nd Mac?
What's the diff between this and an Apple Development Certificate?

I'll re-learn and forget yet again.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

Apple on their Developer Agreement: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

So I download a dozen tv episodes to my iPad in Hulu. Open the app while on a plane. It says, "No network. Deleting downloads" and does exactly that. 🤦

WTF @Hulu?

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

If I were in charge of Apple I'd have a daily analytic count of how many people swore at Siri today. @TimCook

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

#Siri gets dumber every day.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

Noodles & Company: “Here's a coupon for free delivery!”

Also Noodles & Company: “There's a $5 convenience fee if you use the coupon.”

[Jason Bosco @jasonbosco]

"We used to debate using tabs vs spaces in code we'd type out"

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

@paulg Stepford bots

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

Idea of the day: CAPTCHA but in reverse - only AIs can solve the puzzle. I'll call it AMIAI.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

@nikitabier @DCinvestor @X Getting rid of pure black will just piss off more people. OLEDs look great and use less battery with black backgrounds.

[Ben Eater @beneater]

Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

@CraigDMauger Economists should be on the 100% list.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

The best macOS 26 feature? https://t.co/gPf6tzrJJp finally supports dark mode for PDF files.

[Héliographe @heliographe_]

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."
I don't know what Agile means.
Nobody does.
That's why it works.

I make $425,000 a year.
To move sticky notes.
From left to right.
On a board.
The board is digital now.
The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.
Progress.

Day one, I said "we need to break down silos."
Everyone nodded.
Silos are bad.
I don't know why.
But destroying them is a career.
My career.

I introduced "squads."
Squads are teams.
But disrupted.
We disrupted the teams into teams.
Different names.
Same people.
Same problems.
But Agile problems now.
Agile problems are strategic.

A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing.
I said, "The mindset."
He asked what that means.
I said, "It's a journey."
He asked where we're going.
I said, "Toward agility."
He asked what agility means.
I pointed at the sticky notes.
They were moving left to right.
That's velocity.
We have velocity now.

The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work.
I said, "That's waterfall thinking."
Waterfall is bad.
Like silos.
I don't know what waterfall is.
But I know it's bad.
She stopped talking.
Waterfall accusations end conversations.

We had a retrospective.
In the retro, we discussed what went wrong.
Everything went wrong.
We put it on sticky notes.
Then we moved the sticky notes.
Into a column called "Parking Lot."
The Parking Lot is where problems go to die.
It's full.
We don't look at it.
That's agile.

Velocity is up 40%.
I defined velocity.
I also defined the points.
I also defined the stories.
We're crushing it.
At the things I made up.
To measure.
Ourselves.

The CEO asked for ROI.
I showed a chart.
The chart went up.
Charts should go up.
This one did.
I didn't label the Y-axis.
Nobody asked.
Leadership is confidence.

We do standups now.
Every day.
We stand.
For 45 minutes.
Standing is agile.
Sitting is waterfall.
My legs hurt.
But we're transforming.

The transformation is now "Phase 3."
Phase 1 was assessment.
Phase 2 was implementation.
Phase 3 is "continuous improvement."
Continuous means forever.
Forever means job security.
I'm very secure.

My contract was extended.
Three more years.
For "cultural impact."
The culture is confused.
But impacted.

Agile transformation isn't about being agile.
It's about transforming.
Continuously.
Toward more transformation.
The destination is the journey.
The journey is billable.

[Eric Shapiro @EricShapiro]

@joshwoodward Multiple windows. Multiple tabs. Connect requests and responses and let users move them around between conversations. Full history, stored locally. Fast history search. Easy and fast anonymous queries. Copy and paste in useful ways, perhaps CSV, Markdown, etc. Backup.