Thomas LextraitThe Universe is Really SmallIn my last article I showed that if we could squeeze the planet Earth into a wire the thickness of a human hair, it would be almost 300x…May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Thomas LextraitThe Earth Squeezed Into a WireIf the Earth were squeezed into a wire the thickness of a human hair, how long would it be? A lot longer than it seems!Mar 9, 2023Mar 9, 2023
Thomas LextraitThree reasons for the lack of aliens - My take on the Fermi ParadoxThe Fermi Paradox is a discrepancy where statistically we think the universe should be buzzing and crawling full of aliens, however we…Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023
Thomas LextraitA Day At SquareI work at Square as a Senior iOS Engineer and here’s what a typical day looks like for me.Oct 31, 2018Oct 31, 2018
Thomas LextraitinSquare Corner BlogmeasureBlock: How Does Performance Testing Work In iOS?Heads up, we’ve moved! If you’d like to continue keeping up with the latest technical content from Square please visit us at our new home…May 29, 2018May 29, 2018
Thomas LextraitinGo Ahead Tours — Tech BlogSummer InternsLast week marked the end of our summer intern session and everyone got to build exciting new features for the Go Ahead Tours mobile app!Oct 6, 2016Oct 6, 2016
Thomas LextraitinGo Ahead Tours — Tech BlogCore Data: Getting Started RightCore Data is a framework designed by Apple for macOS and iOS that allows persisting objects. It is essentially an abstraction of SQLite…Oct 6, 2016Oct 6, 2016