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yAak
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Comment #47720323
The gotcha is “I gave it permission, then revoked permission in the UI, but it still has permission.”
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Comment #46317969
That's not what arghandugh was saying at all. But I'm guessing you know that.
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Comment #46152864
Dyslexia isn’t curable. It doesn’t magically go away with help, techniques, or accommodations —- it just becomes more manageable. He/she probably wouldn’t have gotten into an elite…
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Comment #45922598
https://www.lunarg.com/lunarg-at-xdc-2025-kosmickrisp-overvi...
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Comment #45842122
From what I've read, SwiftUI is using parts of UIKit under the hood, so it also doesn't seem too likely.
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Comment #45279714
GRDB is an invaluable tool to me and, IMO, to the Swift community — thank you for open-sourcing your countless hours of work and expertise!!
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Comment #45245865
Box cake mix almost never tastes better than scratch. Next you’ll tell me store-bought frosting tastes better?
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Comment #44979149
> Because they finally understood who was actually using our product. Yes!!! > The biggest problem with most engineers is actually over-engineering. Err, wait, go back to step 1. O…
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Comment #43595685
I agree with you, but sounds like a rough problem: https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/why-swift-is-slow/
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Comment #43466964
There’s plenty of Bosch models that don’t have this “feature” — he just bought the crappy one
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Comment #42463889
Cancelling and replacing credit cards is a massive pain and waste of time.
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Comment #41163821
I share an outrage for mass production of plastic, but not at all for Lego. Lego is a fantastic use of plastic, IMO. Durable, reusable, broad appeal, and designed to be kept, not c…
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Comment #41140655
Thank you! This was an extremely helpful explanation to me, as someone not familiar on the topic. =)
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Comment #37918295
Could this be solved by just adding some TOS to his site?
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Comment #37775081
I’m half convinced it’s a difference in how people’s brains work. Dynamic typing adds just so much cognitive overhead for me. Well, that and PTSD from digging through so many horro…
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Comment #37517910
Thankfully Godot is safe from acquisition: https://godotengine.org/governance/ (Or, at least they say they are.)
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Comment #37513525
Maybe just cancelled due to the short-notice. But, I also wouldn't be surprised if leadership doesn't have great answers to the questions their employees would have asked if the me…
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Comment #37512566
Sounds very similar to the problems of using XIBs/Storyboards in iOS dev. (aside from the perf. cost you mention)
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Comment #37150458
Sorta random, but I really appreciate this kind of post on HN. People have tons of domain expertise and hard-earned lessons that get shared like this, and it broadens my awareness …
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Comment #36958668
Location: Boise, ID USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Role: Senior iOS/mobile Dev Technologies: - iOS / Swift / Obj-C focus - Android / Java capable - Flutter / Dart capable …
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Comment #36485306
Yeah, I'm finding that I also need to understand authentication well enough that I COULD implement it, just to safely and correctly use someone else's implementation.
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Comment #34520305
Yeah, I thought you crafted some Excel monstrosity based on the title. Maybe a mod can change the title for you to say "for Excel." Also, I would be super proud if I'd created this…
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Comment #34348674
I would love it. Swift is fantastic, and by far my favorite language to write client code in. (Compared to Rust, TypeScript/JS, ObjC, C++, C#, & Java.)
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