Mage Steve's Developer Magic

Monday, February 28, 2022

I have been enjoying the monthly programmer's article from the folks at QuickBird studio.

They talk about the latest tech for Swift, Kotlin, even Dart.  I like their tech stack!

https://quickbirdstudios.com/blog/

Yes, most of these are for military use now, but you can see where they are going for general use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wci0pJoMOqQ

There are 80/20 rules in developer knowledge. 80% of iOS programmers won’t need to know this, but 20% will appreciate this info.

https://betterprogramming.pub/a-deep-dive-into-method-dispatches-in-swift-65a8e408a7d0

Two strings walk into a bar and sit down. The bartender says, “So what’ll it be?”

The first string says, “I think I’ll have a beer quag fulk boorg jdk^CjfdLk jk3s d#f67howe%^U r89nvy~~owmc63^Dz x.xvcu”

“Please excuse my friend,” the second string says, “He isn’t null-terminated.”

Here is a cool SwiftUI trick rendering your text using a colorful gradient, instead of a static boring color.

Once he shows you the trick, SarunW gives you a nice text extension so it is easy to use.

https://sarunw.com/posts/how-to-render-text-with-color-gradient-in-swiftui/

“look at how Nvidia turned the humble graphics card into a platform that dominates one of tech’s most important fields”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuV-HyslPxk

Leo (Legs Onboard Drone) actually makes sense. Standing takes less energy than hovering, while flying can get into and out of spaces better.

https://www.core77.com/posts/112361/CalTechs-Jaunty-LEO-Robot-Combines-Walking-and-Flying-for-a-New-Type-of-Locomotion

Am I the only one who thinks Leonardo looks a bit like the flying insect warriors from Attack of the Clones?

Direct to Video: https://youtu.be/DhpMlI8jb5o