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I want to build a large format, real-time, physical music visualizer that could orchestrate an artistic light symphony for any song. I'm imagining physical visualizers that are col…

Here's my strategy: - Setup VMs locally, on your development machine. (This eliminates the cost of hosting but gives you all the technical learning opportunities). My development m…

Similarly, Google purchased reCaptcha and ended up harnessing the stream of human interaction into that to, among other things, classify all of their Street View content (e.g. sele…

Looking at the Beeper Mini announcement [1], they clearly state that a user doesn't need an Apple ID to register their phone number and send/receive iMessages. Also, they describe …

Hi all, I'm an indie dev and standing up some cloud infrastructure for side projects. I'm wondering what tools/services exist for performing security audits for indie-grade project…

I've hesitated to ever attempt this because every residential ISP I've had refuses to offer static IP addresses. As well, deploying a server in a Google/Amazon/Microsoft datacenter…

I got a job at 'early' Tinder (2014) after someone I chatted with on a Freenode programming channel went on to become one of its cofounders.

SEEKING WORK | Austin, TX or Remote | iOS Hi, I'm Josh. I've been developing iOS apps for the last 7 years including Tinder, CrowdRise, and LivingSocial. I've also spent time at Ap…

When I worked at Apple, it was fun to walk in some buildings and notice the California 'cancer warning' sign posted in the lobby. From that, you knew there was probably a hardware …

I'm a front-end developer. I'd like an OSS solution that will allow me to deploy an arbitrary server-side service - be it a Ruby, Python application or even a package like OpenVPN …

Ah! I noticed this interior layout in more than a few buildings but didn't realize the backstory. Thanks for posting!

I'm moving to Austin soon and currently trying to get a grasp on local salaries. Would you mind adding your years of experience ? I'd appreciate the update!

I'm moving to Austin soon and currently trying to get a grasp on local salaries. Would you mind adding your years of experience and what parts of the stack you're working in (iOS, …

I assumed this was happening through their acquisition of Rapportive and all the authorized Gmail plugins that came with that. But this... this is sneaky.

SEEKING WORK - Los Angeles - Remote OK Hi! I'm Josh. I've been an iOS developer for 5+ years. Recently, I finished leading the development of a ground-up Swift app. Prior to this, …

You're the founder of Cocoa Controls?? Thank you for creating an incredibly valuable resource that I've used frequently for many years, and do get in touch if you ever find yoursel…

In the article, the author mentions contacting Google + they instruct him to attempt pen testing on please.break.in@gmail.com. Didn't know they maintained an account like that. Int…

Alamofire (an all-Swift library) is linked in 31% more of the top 200 free apps than AFNetworking (an all-Objective C library). I guess Swift is still making headway into Big Apps.…

I thought I once read that, since Touch ID relies on fingerprints, a US court order can compel you to provide those, thus forcing you to unlock an iPhone in question. This, as oppo…

IANAL, but, for the _California_ readers, I'm fairly certain a contract with a clause like 'losing all intellectual rights to ANYTHING done/written/created ANYTIME and ANYWHERE' wi…

I've done a small amount of work for a Swift-based project that was packaged as CLI program. FWIW, it was a really difficult project to develop for. This mainly had to do with the …

Does anyone see a link to a demo of anything?

CrowdRise | Onsite | Downtown Los Angeles, CA CrowdRise allows anyone to raise money online for personal causes and charities. Right now, we're looking for a senior-level iOS Devel…

I seem to remember someone telling me how there are a couple of cottage industries that center around the fact that the US Government has to buy goods that are US-made. I think cei…