@sumudu Kind of, though I don’t code that much nowadays. I am managing the project, providing technical architecture support, etc. I originally joined my current employer as a backend developer over 7 years ago, but I have done backend development maybe 1 month in total during this time as I got tasked to do mainly Android development first with some short stints on iOS projects every now and then.
I have been doing Apple’s SwiftUI Tutorial [developer.apple.com] this past week whenever I have had a small timeslot between work things. I have been doing it ”the hard way”, meaning that instead of copy-pasting the code from the tutorial steps I have copied it by typing it myself (with autocomplete, when applicable).1
I must say that the SwiftUI approach is a lot better than the old Storyboard approach. Also, it has the preview feature where you can see the changes you make pretty much in real time. That will make one’s life a lot easier.
Once I have finished this tutorial, I might end up doing the Jetpack Compose tutorial for Android. I have seen some Compose stuff in the app we do, and it looks pretty amazing as well.
There were couple of cases where the code block to be added was tens of rows long, and in those cases I cheated and copy-pasted the code in.
Flu vaccine acquired. Now looking for the potential side effects, then I need to head back home to feed the kids (they are on vacation this week).
@matigo Hah! 🤣 Probably not being innovative enough to come up with ideas for what we would do as a family. I am not really good at that. Or that I tend to make similar food every week. 😁
@matigo Yeah, I have a principle that I don’t do that. Ever. I am more interested in my well-being than getting myself home all by myself. While public transportation takes more time than driving, it reduces stress and helps one to sober up before getting home.
@matigo It was fun. Celebrated a bit that we have been churning out releases at a steady pace, and the vast majority of the delays have not been caused by us.
I took the metro as it takes me pretty much to the office door. Also parking in the Helsinki center is bloody expensive…
Had a ”release beers” event with the team (including the customer). We have had ~30 releases since the last time we had such an event, so it was well overdue.
@phoneboy Great to hear that things are about to take a turn that is good for you. Feel free to share the details when you feel like it. 👍