Damien Bell

I love to build cool stuff :) #iOS #React #Parse

[Jeremy Kunzinger @AustinHomesTeam]

@RFKJr_Official - we have a major health crisis on our hands. “Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and Harvard physician Dr Aditi Nerurkar reveal how tech addiction and short-form video cause depression and attention disorders.“ https://t.co/gda13f6gp7

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@ianmiles Their most trusted person in their life hitting them for internet points 😨 What a shit culture.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@RezaAli Wow! I'm loving this!

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

#ChatGPT vs #Google "--I've built a mac app with #Xcode. How do I install it locally?"
Google tells me how to install XCode and presents me with a rabbit hole. ChatGPT tells me exactly what I was looking for.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@adamwathan The Three-Body Problem
- Liu Cixin might actually make you think about the universe differently.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

#SwiftUI has finally (mostly) replaced #UIKit for me. It didn't do it alone. Without AsyncSequence & Combine it would still be one the shelf of "stuff I wish worked but can't actually be used in prod". It's ready for primetime (unless you want complex gestures)

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@benbrown But wait! There's more! Watch as it builds in Android Studio and utterly obliterate its own "Build Once Deploy Everywhere" myth.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Psychologists use a term called "pluralistic ignorance" to describe the phenomenon of "no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone believes." (h/t @AdamMGrant)

Here's a way to visualize it:

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@kocienda My biggest issue with SwiftUI has been how gesture support really lacks compared to UIKit. Until SwiftUI gestures matches the flexibility and information that UIKit provides I can't see using it exclusively in a serious iOS app.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@everton_dev A handy use of defer is when you want to clean up a graphics context regardless of where your drawing logic took you. `defer { context.cleanThisMessUp() }`

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@everton_dev Rarely, but more than zero. Sometimes it's really useful.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@benbrown It's really not an ideal solution for so many reasons, but those reasons get usurped by the "write once, deploy everywhere" myth. It's too juicy a sales pitch.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@nyrorosaurus I've always known it as the jaw adductor muscle.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@ABC4EXPLORE My money would be on a boat propeller.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@benbrown If not today then soon. Everyone's getting it with this wave.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@benbrown haha! Nice. The background removal button should remove your closet. That will be even more metal.

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

I got my Christmas miracle and the #AppStore approved my Holiday Framer. Holiday Framer lets you add a nice frame around your favorite pics.
Free unlock for the next couple days.

#ios #indiedev #swift
https://t.co/GGyVtPsVHe

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

Trying to get an app reviewed before Christmas. Sending an expedited review to AppStoreConnect literally asking for a Christmas Miracle. 🤞
#iOSDev #AppStoreConnect

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

App Preview Video Converter just works for converting #AppStore compatible videos.
Saved me so much headache. #iOSDev #Swift https://t.co/8QIoXxpd5S

[Damien Bell @damiensbell]

@jordibruin Cool! I'm in.