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8 posts tagged with Programming

The Rule of Small and Large

Dec 16, 2024 | 5 min read
IndustryProductivityProgramming

A personal framework for choosing projects: focus on either small projects for quick learning or large projects for meaningful impact, while avoiding the medium-sized trap.

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Empower Apps Podcast: Building Plinky as an Indie Developer

Nov 20, 2024 | 1 min read
IndustryiOSPodcastProgrammingSwiftPlinkySwiftUI

Leo Dion and I discuss building Plinky from scratch, the technical decisions behind using SwiftUI and Vapor, creating delightful user experiences, and the journey from working at Twitter to becoming an indie developer.

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Compile Swift Podcast: Being Featured on the App Store

Aug 19, 2024 | 1 min read
iOSInterviewPodcastProgrammingSwift

Peter Witham and I discuss the incredible experience of having Plinky featured on the App Store, the journey of indie app development, and how doing good work creates opportunities.

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Twitter Space: Making Data Storage Magical with Boutique

Sep 26, 2022 | 1 min read
iOSInterviewOpen SourcePodcastProgrammingSwift

I joined the Github DevRel team to discuss building Boutique, my "magical" library for data persistence. We also dive into my journey from Twitter to indie development, and the harsher realities of open source maintainership.

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Coding As Creative Expression

Coding As Creative Expression

May 21, 2022 | 3 min read
EngineeringProgramming

Exploring whether coding is art or science, and how programming serves as a creative medium for solving problems and expressing ideas through code.

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Empower Apps Podcast: Large Scale Teams

Feb 12, 2021 | 1 min read
IndustryiOSPodcastProgrammingSwift

Leo Dion and I discuss scaling app development to thousands of people and millions of users at Twitter, communication, documentation, and the complexity of holding moral frameworks at a global level.

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The Learn Swift Podcast: Episode 28

Jun 24, 2018 | 1 min read
IndustryiOSPodcastProgrammingSwift

Join me on The Learn Swift Podcast where Steven Sherry and I discuss contracting, computing history, philosophy, Smalltalk, and even a little bit about Swift.

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Dev Chats - Joe Fabisevich

Oct 24, 2017 | 8 min read
IndustryInterviewiOSProductivityProgramming

An interview with Sam Jarman covering my career journey, the NYC tech scene, consulting vs full-time work, and advice for building a successful software career.

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