https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/tags/development/Recent content in development on James AlvarezHugoen-gbMon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/swiftui/Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/swiftui/<p>I have just completed a <a href="https://github.com/jamesalvarez/capturingthepast">new iOS app</a> and it was my first time using SwiftUI. I have to say the developer experience felt almost... phenomenal... although recently the bar has been pretty low after wrestling with react native!</p> <p>Specifically the amount of time I spent trying to solve issues that should not be issues, or wrestling with style and layout were essentially zero. The amount of time I spent managing third party code was in the minutes, and the new package manager is simple and forgettable which is exactly how it should be.</p>https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/dropeverything/Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/dropeverything/<p>In a timely coincidence <a href="https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1542061516912037890?s=20&amp;t=_RQv2digfK8yKMpRiwOwDQ">this tweet</a> came up on my timeline just when it basically happened three times to me in one week from different projects I was working on:</p> <blockquote> <p>As a tech lead or eng manager, you so frequently get request from above or from other teams to drop what you are doing and work on this thing they need, <em>now</em>.</p> </blockquote> <p>This happens <em>all the time</em> and it is frustrating as I do often identify with the next part of the tweet:</p>