Phantom Types in Swift
Phantom types let you tuck extra meaning into Swift’s type system without changing anything at runtime. A phantom type is a generic...
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Network Issues in MacBooks with Silicon Chips and Proposed Solutions
As Apple’s Silicon processors have gained significant attention in the tech community, many users have reported significant stability and network performance issues....
Test Doubles In Swift
The term test doubles draws inspiration from stunt doubles in the movie industry, where a stunt double steps in to perform dangerous...
iOS Accessibility Basics
iOS accessibility is about building apps that people with disabilities can use as fully and independently as everyone else. Apple ships a...
SwiftUI View Values, Identity, and State: Avoiding Common Bugs
A custom SwiftUI view is usually a small struct describing part of an interface. Recreating that struct does not necessarily recreate the...
This Is Why I Don't Prefer Git GUI Tools
Almost anyone who uses Xcode can quickly notice that it lacks many essential Git features, which is acceptable in some way since...