I made an iOS app that used WeatherKit. Everything was working as expected and recently I wanted to add an WatchOS component. Because I am adding the watch app to an existing iOS app, I added the target in Xcode and made sure to update the capabilities to the watch app so that it could use …
Xcode How To: Edit all instances of a word in a file with a keyboard shortcut
Menu: Editor -> Edit All In Scope (also shows key binding)
Keyboard Shortcut: Control-Command-E
I have used Xcode’s Refactor command many times and while it’s nice and useful, it is always buggy and really slow. Sometimes I just want to quickly edit something in the file I’m …
Partial Solar Eclipse 2024
I live in South Carolina so I wasn’t in the path of totality, but I still wanted to see the eclipse. Unfortunately I forgot to get glasses, but I still wanted to see it. I was reading about when it would be happening and I learned that I could make a pinhole projector out of some boxes, tape, …
It's a curse to know how to make software
Over dramatic title, but there is some truth to it.
As a software developer I know how to make things. Maybe not super well, but I can get there. I also like to pay for software that others make.
The thing I run into is that I sometimes feel like I can make the thing and so I do. There are some …