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WWDC 2019
WWDC 2019
Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose this year was perhaps the most important WWDC since 2014.
Jeff Campbell
Jul 2, 2019
Persistence
Persistence
A helpful framework for persisting Codable-conformant instances to a device. Written in Swift 5.
Jeff Campbell
Apr 10, 2019
The Codable Protocol
The Codable Protocol
One of the great joys of iOS development is watching the evolution of your tools as it streamlines the creative process.
Jeff Campbell
Apr 5, 2019
Creating an LAist Alexa skill
Creating an LAist Alexa skill
Building an Alexa skill based off of LAist content sounded like a worthy diversion for Fun Friday. The Product team had been sitting on…
Louise Yang
Oct 30, 2018
KPCC API Client: Refactoring, Documentation, and Usage
KPCC API Client: Refactoring, Documentation, and Usage
In my previous post I described the process of taking our new iOS app’s API client functionality and making it available in a nicely…
Jeff Campbell
Jul 11, 2018
On writing readable code
On writing readable code
Too often, we write code that is unnecessarily difficult for the human eye to parse.
Ten Bitcomb
Apr 9, 2018
KPCC API Client: Creating a Framework
KPCC API Client: Creating a Framework
It is perhaps the worst-kept secret that KPCC is working on a new version of our iPhone app, least of all to me — the guy tasked with…
Jeff Campbell
Mar 6, 2018
Public radio made it to space, but can’t agree on a CMS (or why we hosted a Public Media Potluck)
Public radio made it to space, but can’t agree on a CMS (or why we hosted a Public Media Potluck)
The magical experience of public radio — hit a button, get content you want — is trickier than expected when delivering digitally.
Vijay Singh
Mar 2, 2018
Patterns for writing manageable CSS without a framework
Patterns for writing manageable CSS without a framework
UPDATE: You can find an updated version of this post on my blog.
Ten Bitcomb
Feb 6, 2018
Recipe: Raspberry Pi à la data
Recipe: Raspberry Pi à la data
KPCC is an organization that tracks company and team goals based on data. A dashboard of key numbers, trends, and graphs is useful for…
Louise Yang
Feb 1, 2018
Building a Professional Business Intelligence Platform on a Non-Profit Budget
Building a Professional Business Intelligence Platform on a Non-Profit Budget
Big Data’s importance in driving revenue and success at large, for-profit companies is well documented, and has been an integral part of…
Patrick Dougall
Jan 31, 2018
Speeding up a Docker build
Speeding up a Docker build
As part of my work on Resound, I created Docker images to make it easy for people to deploy and run the different apps without having to…
Louise Yang
Jan 5, 2018
Think Before You Cache
Think Before You Cache
If the phrase “it’s a caching issue” is a regular one on your team, that’s a sign of insidious flaws in your application design.
Ten Bitcomb
Dec 6, 2017
How I failed to write a CSS framework, and why you probably shouldn’t write one either
How I failed to write a CSS framework, and why you probably shouldn’t write one either
In a product team far, far, away, a major site redesign has been put on the roadmap. Place yourself in my shoes and imagine…
Ten Bitcomb
Nov 20, 2017
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