The Evils of Unity Builds

Unity builds. I don’t like them.

Of all the tools at your disposal to make a build faster, this is the worst. And it’s not just the “hey let’s #include .cpp files” weirdness, but the way that it can make a well structure, modular code base become worse than…

Objective-C Swizzling without Side Effects

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Using method_exchangeImplementations results in a number of unexpected and dangerous side effects which in most cases you’ll want to avoid. You should use method_setImplementation and swizzle a C-style function instead to give yourself more…

Type Safe Flags in C++

Using bits and shifting enums is a pretty standard way of storing and reading flags. It’s quick, it’s compact and the syntax isn’t to difficult to pick up for people who haven’t seen it before. But since a bit is only a bit and an enum is only an enum it’s far to easy to make mistakes…

Why Code Reviews Don’t Work

I’m a strong believer in code reviews. Having developers review and discuss code in development is one of the best ways to ensure good code quality and provides an excellent way to share domain knowledge with team members who may otherwise not get the opportunity. It also allows…

Angular 2 — Dynamically Injecting Components

Note this also covers upgrading from RC4 to RC5’s ComponentFactoryResolver.

GLFW — Compiling Source and Creating an Xcode Project

GLFW is a great library — easy to use, great documentation covering it’s API design. But if you’re not on Windows where they provide pre-built libraries, going from a source download to a compiling Xcode project is _not_easy.

‘Unit Testing’ Complex Systems

I was e-mailed by a co-worker the other week asking for advice on how to test a new feature that was implemented solely using private member functions and inaccessible objects within an existing system. It’s an interesting question that people often struggle with when trying…

TypeScript, ‘this’ Scope and JavaScript callbacks