Wander ·

Just keeping up some posting once in awhile. Life has truly gotten in the way of any dev right now. Prepping for a big move, lots of packing, projects, and wrangling. Back to it soon.

What a time it is.

Been making good progress on #TathagathaApp lately. I diverted time to setting up a Theme backend for use with Settings to be more flexible moving forward. Basic functionality is moving forward & then I can start prettying things up. Very rewarding to see your vision take shape. #swiftlang

I think I'm deep into the Dunning-Kruger Effect valley of despair right now. Oof. #discipline must see me through.

design and whatnot now feels like putting the cart before the horse. On the other hand, it saves work later. #swiftui #appdesign

Anyone have a good suggestion for an article on prototyping your app, specifically to avoid heavy refactoring later? For instance, I am in a quandry of "do I set up the Theme" for the app now, or after I get all the basic functionality going? I'd rather not circle back later but fonts and

Back to making progress on #TathagathaApp. Refactored for more modular code as I start implementing additional functionality. This app is morphing into something a bit larger than intended, but I’m learning all the skills for executing my next more ambitious ideas. #swiftui

Your site has been awesome for getting into visionOS. Absolutely the best resource I’ve found, thank you! I hope to follow in your footsteps as I get going.

Just got back from a family trip to the #Adirondacks. What a really lovely trip, weather was great, got to see some old friends and old haunts. Miss it greatly.

Starting to familiarize myself with #VisionOS. Much less straightforward than vanilla #SwiftUI. Basic stuff is no problem, but trying to hand off between spaces, bring in Entities... lot of old baggage confusing the brain here. I'll have to post updates for myself to keep track if nothing else.

Oh snap, I haven't been posting at all. Still plugging away on my app #Tathagata, also going through #hackingwithswift plus and Apple's #swiftlang docs. I miss having the regimented structure to follow from 100DoSUI but glad to be building and learning hands on.

Some days, you're the hydrant. Solved some thorny issues yesterday, really pleased. But today, banging my head against really dumb stuff. Tomorrow awaits, fresh.

TIL SwiftData doesn't really support inherited classes (yet?). Maybe a more advanced user has a workaround, but I'm trying to get the foundation right first, so best to avoid it and keep my classes flat. Bummer dude, so much for flexible, forward thinking architecture for this app! #swiftlang

It's incredible how quickly one can lose momentum without a clearly defined short term goal! After finishing #100DaysOfSwiftUI, I have my projects to attack, and I've been going through HWS+ articles bit by bit, but it's not the same. Probably time to atomize my goals.

Started real work on my app, Tathagata last night. The big lesson... it's a totally different beast when you're not following along with someone handholding you! Duh.

Got a prototype stood up almost immediately, but when I went to implement #SwiftData, I'm struggling. Great project for learning!

Failing that, feel free to DM me and I'll be happy to try to help. I'm no expert but it would be a learning experience for me as well.

Have you talked with ChatGPT about it? I have found that it writes kinda doodoo code if you just give it a task, but if you're describing a specific problem, and you already have the knowledge surrounding the problem you're looking to solve, that it can help a lot.

Starting work on my first personal app, Tathagata! I will post tomorrow more about this.

Additionally, HWS+ to keep on my learning journey, but it's time to build concurrently, and keep away from tutorial paralysis.

#100DaysOfSwiftUI

Done! I'm super excited to have dedicated myself to this course, and stuck it out. I learned an absolutely incredible amount in such a short time, it's hard to believe it's been less than 3 months. Huge thanks to @twostraws.bsky.social for such an amazing course. Next step...

What are you trying to do?

Yesterday & today wrapped up Units 95/96/97 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI. So close to the end, I'm super excited both to take the final exam to test what I've learned, as well as to move on to other things, including @twostraws.bsky.social other curriculum at some point.

Not sure my late night word salad there. These effects are (great). ...package to accomplish (most) common...

Units 93/94 dusted. #100DaysOfSwiftUI

These effects are best. I imagine there must be a package to accomplish misty common interesting ones. Certainly no need to do it over and over again. #swiftlang

Sometimes, the sheer scale of the tasks before us can overwhelm. In these cases, just an outlet to write and share feels like a great weight lifted. Today I'm thankful for #Bluesky.

#Anxiety #discipline

Unit92 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done. The way modifier views work with alignments makes sense to me after decades of using software like #AfterEffects. Bit byzantine in the approach during these lessons I feel but it'll probably make more sense with sleep.

Units 89-91 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI wrapped up! Can't wait to finish the course and start building my own apps. I have several plans. I'll start posting progress within the fortnight, along with a roadmap to start building some more presence. I hope to see you along the way. #Swiftlang #visionOS #apple

Unit 88 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done. Not far to go!

Managed to knock out unit87 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI tonight. Timers etc, cool cool. Looking forward to starting Flashzilla tomorrow.

Day 86 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI wrapped. I don't think I'll be able to get through several today, might be lucky to make any progress this weekend due to a family birthday. But, I'll try!

Holy cow. My plan for my first personal app was a flashcard app. I held off starting, figuring I should finish #100DaysOfSwiftUI first to ensure I knew as much as reasonable and not do things harder than I needed to. And of course, one of the final projects is a flash card app. Perfecto.