Lemur Pro Review
Update 4/20/2020: Jeremy Soller, an engineer at System 76 posted this tweet in response to this review and I am happy to report that after getting the patch, the fan is noticeably quieter. It still spins up under load, but that's to be expected in a device of this....
MacBook Pro 16” 2019 Review
After years of wandering in the woods being assailed by unreliable butterfly keyboards, Apple has come to our aide in the form of the 16” MacBook Pro. Overall, I am very pleased with this machine, but is it enough to bring back macOS users who might have strayed to...
2020 Tech Trends
It's that time of year when I start looking toward the tech trends that I think are going to be interesting in the new year. Being a software developer, I'm focusing on development and development-related technologies rather than technology as a whole. The follow...
Golden Age for Coders
Emacs or Vim? Spaces or tabs? Linux, macOS or Windows? Python or Ruby? These are just a brief list of the burning questions that have kept the flames of tech tribal war burning since the first computers hit the market. In our hearts, we all know that these are...
Converting to SwiftUI Steps[1]
Continuing my journey into SwiftUI, I am taking a look at re-using existing UIViews and UIViewControllers in SwiftUI. The primary advantage here is not having to rewrite your existing code from scratch, however, it’s probably best to create any new views in SwiftUI...
Converting to SwiftUI Steps[0]
SwiftUI is the next paradigm in iOS and macOS user interface development. However, if you’re like me you already have Xcode projects that are using the now legacy storyboard technology. Luckily, it possible to update your existing projects to use SwiftUI and the...