A practical guide to building a list of interview questions based on your dream job criteria. This is an update of a previous post: Questions I’m (also) asking at tech interviews Let’s not kid ourselves, the tech interview process is rough. Being armed with a list of things that you…

Small tips to customize Xcode for a smoother experience. This post is part of an ongoing series on setting up an iOS development environment. Xcode customization is highly dependent on personal preference, and there are infinite combinations of things that you can do to improve your experience. …

Improve your user’s experience by providing visual feedback for user input in a UITextField.

Get your git game on This post is part of an ongoing series on setting up an iOS development environment. The focus of this article is less about “how to git”, and more to share some useful tools and tweaks that I use regularly to make my dev life run…

iTerm + zsh + Prezto + Powerlevel9k This post is part of an ongoing series on setting up an iOS development environment. Over time, I’ve tweaked my terminal to provide a good deal of relevant information that’s easy to parse, right when and where I need it. At the end…

Functional aliases to create new branches, with naming conventions and validation

This post is part of an ongoing series on setting up an iOS development environment. Installation Download and install SublimeText directly from the website. Sublime is free to download and evaluate, but should be purchased for continued use. I say should because while you can evaluate indefinitely, a lot of work…

Start with a clean slate, and add essentials: rvm, npm, homebrew This post is part of an ongoing series on setting up an iOS development environment. The last time I set up my iOS environment, my Mac had been used for years as a student machine. I had failed or…

A short(ish) and sweet list of applications that I use on a regular basis for iOS development and regular life. …