simonpang

Mac and iOS developer👨🏼‍💻. Technology is what you don’t understand.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@krzyzanowskim Not threatening although the meaning is still unclear from the context.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@krzyzanowskim UITextView is so broken. Do you think it’s possible to make WebKit works like native UITextView?

[Vlad Mihalcea @vlad_mihalcea]

As a software engineer, it's very important to learn about Gall’s Law, which states that complex systems cannot be created successfully from scratch.

In reality, even large systems, such as Netflix, Google, or Facebook, have started small and built incrementally over the course of decades.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@ChShersh You get what you do. Writing incrementally gets constant feedbacks. Iterate much faster. Gain insight. Low risk of technical mistakes. Design upfront gets you a better design, better model, less tech debt but holes in the system when you’re wrong.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@dumimo @AutismCapital @DOGE_DOJ These are not classified but good materials for prosecution. No one will go to jail. They were allowed to do this to keep DOGE safe.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@flyosity I think you are on point. It could be also less dramatic. People don’t get promotion for maintaining updates, so it didn’t worth the time to do it the right way.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@steipete 4K 24-inch screen is incredibly rare in 2024.

[Oukham @OPteemyst]

@elonmusk "We don’t really patent things. Patents are for the weak" - Elon

[simonpang @simonpang]

@ChShersh FP only work when there’s no side effects. But this is NOT what computers do fundamentally. This affects how software is written in ALL layers. A huge abstraction cost of an extra FP layer isn’t worth it for most programs.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@BallisticBooger @jacobtechtavern @yasirmturk Unfair lock most likely is a spin lock. This is the correct type of lock to use in this case.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@b_nnett @rjonesy App Store is highly competitive, low growth is pretty normal.

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@azamsharp Count me in.

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@mutagen_afk PlayStation自己想走Nintendo路線，就唔好賴微軟逼佢⋯

[simonpang @simonpang]

@twostraws almost 20 years 🫠

[simonpang @simonpang]

SwiftUI is great if your app targets the latest iOS.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@alexqgb @awilkinson New forms can be introduced to the market anytime. But the underlying tech took a decade to build. iPhoneOS can’t be built without OS X. iPhone had full web browser which was unprecedented.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@ianzelbo @ChristianSelig @Casshibra The speaker is bad. It also has the worst line out. Average PC motherboard has better sound qualities.

[simonpang @simonpang]

@azamsharp Approved.

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@krzyzanowskim Maybe you already knew the cause. The tool is not perfect. Pushing the Swift compiler too hard and using too much generics?

[simonpang @simonpang]

@krzyzanowskim Probably it should be called “defect”. Performance is a defect even in debug build because it slow down development.