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  1. December 2018 Retrospective

    This is the way the year ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  2. πŸ”— Timothy B. Lee: How computers got shockingly good at recognizing images

    Learn how the 2012 AlexNet paper from the University of Toronto revolutionized image recognition software.

  3. πŸ”— We Broke Into A Bunch Of Android Phones With A 3D-Printed Head

    If I was allowed to bet on this I would have put 100% of my money on Android fucking up.

  4. πŸ”— Point-Free's SnapshotTesting Library

    A Swift-centric take on snapshot testing.

  5. πŸ”— Bill Burr on Hot Ones

    My favourite comedian on one of my favourite YouTube series.

  6. November 2018 Retrospective

    San Francisco is a human cesspool.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  7. πŸ”— Server-side Swift: Making Canopy (Part Two)

    Part two of Max Howell's series on building a server-side app in Swift.

  8. πŸ”— I Found the Best Burger Place in America. And Then I Killed It.

    Kevin Alexander's sad tale of how his "best burger in America" list had an unintended side-effect.

  9. πŸ”— YouTube Recommendation: Watch EVERYONE pick the iPhone XR over a 1080p Screen

    But I thought the "Liquid Retina" display was just a marketing gimmick? /sarcasm

  10. πŸ”— YouTube Recommendation: World War Two

    Weekly videos that recap the events of World War Two in real-time.

  11. October 2018 Retrospective

    What is best in life?

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  12. πŸ”— Dave Lee: Advanced Debugging and Swift

    A great presentation given by Dave Lee at the Swift Language User Group meetup on October 25 2018.

  13. Games of the Year 2016

    Ranking the video games I played in 2016.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  14. September 2018 Retrospective

    Who needs sleep? πŸ™‹πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ dis guy!

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  15. August 2018 Retrospective

    I forgot how hard and time consuming work can be.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  16. July 2018 Retrospective

    There is no life without death.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  17. πŸ”— Hugh Jeremy: Lessons from releasing a personal project as a commercial product

    Some lessons that Hugh Jeremy learned on his path to becoming a confident software developer.

  18. How I set up a Jenkins node for iOS jobs

    Step-by-step instructions for how I spin up Jenkins nodes for my iOS jobs.

  19. πŸ”— Xcode Build Settings Reference

    Your one stop shop for detailed breakdowns of every Xcode build setting.

  20. Games of the Year 2015

    Ranking the video games I played in 2015.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  21. June 2018 Retrospective

    What did I do this month?

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  22. πŸ”— Stefan Lesser: On Apple's Love Affair With Swift

    A beautiful takedown of Dominik Wagner's "On my misalignment with Apple's love affair with Swift"

  23. Games of the Year 2014

    Ranking the video games I played in 2014.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  24. πŸ”— Dominik Wagner: On my misalignment with Apple's love affair with Swift

    Old man yells at Swift

  25. E3 2018: Press Conference Scorecards

    Let's grade all of the press conferences at this year's E3.

    #E3
  26. Edinburgh 2018: The Sights

    Some of the amazing things we saw on our trip to Edinburgh.

    #Edinburgh2018
  27. Edinburgh 2018: The Food

    Edinburgh's food scene is on point.

    #Edinburgh2018
  28. WWDC 2018: Thoughts on the Keynote

    Every year I watch one of these Keynotes and wish that I worked for Apple.

    #WWDC
  29. WWDC 2018 Wish List

    My wish list for WWDC 2018.

    #WWDC
  30. May 2018 Retrospective

    Edinburgh is an amazing city.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  31. πŸ”— YouTube Recommendation: 2018 May Grand Sumo Tournament

    Jason Harris' amazing coverage of the 2018 Natsu Basho.

  32. πŸ”— Chris Lattner on Rafael Avila de Espindola leaving the LLVM project

    Chris Lattner gives some backstory and his personal opinion on Rafael Avila de Espindola leaving the LLVM project.

  33. πŸ”— Ole Begemann: Browsing your iOS app's Documents directory using the Files app

    A great tip from Ole Begemann on how to browse the contents of your iOS app's Documents

  34. πŸ”— They Voted for Obama, Then Went for Trump. Can Democrats Win Them Back?

    An interesting New York Times article looking into the minds of centrist voters who chose both Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

  35. April 2018 Retrospective

    I did not realize how many movies there were in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  36. πŸ”— Care and Feeding of Xcode Configurations

    American Express engineer Steve Kalkwarf demystifies Xcode configuration files.

  37. Games of the Year 2013

    Ranking the video games I played in 2013.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  38. Grilled Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

    My first attempt at a mango based hot sauce.

  39. πŸ”— Twenty Sided Tale: Wolfenstein 2 Retrospective

    Shamus Young's amazing novella on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

  40. πŸ”— Jun's Kitchen: Homemade Ramen

    An absolutely spellbinding video of a Japanese native making ramen at home.

  41. March 2018 Retrospective

    Yoga is freakin' amazing!

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  42. Red Habanero Hot Sauce

    Knocking it up a notch with my first habanero focused hot sauce.

  43. Grilled Pineapple JalapeΓ±o Hot Sauce

    Recipe for a delicious grilled pineapple jalapeΓ±o hot sauce.

  44. πŸ”— The Future Of [weak self] Rebinding

    An interesting discussion on the Swift forums about one of the language's most common workarounds.

  45. πŸ”— Michael B. Jordan on Hot Ones

    An excellent interview with one of Hollywood's rising stars.

  46. Games of the Year 2012

    Ranking the video games I played in 2012.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  47. πŸ”— Why I Quit Google

    Michael Lynch on how Google's promotion process drove him to quit.

  48. February 2018 Retrospective

    Monster Hunter: World is a hell of a drug.

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  49. πŸ”— Unit testing asynchronous Swift code

    Wonderful article by John Sundell on how to test asynchronous code in Swift.

  50. πŸ”— Burnout Paradise Remastered Official Reveal Trailer

    One of the greatest racing games of all time gets remastered.

  51. Games of the Year 2011

    Ranking the video games I played in 2011.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  52. January 2018 Retrospective

    A solid start to 2018. I failed most of my goals but still made a lot of progress!

    #MonthlyRetrospective
  53. Games of the Year 2010

    Ranking the video games I played in 2010.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  54. πŸ”— YouTube Recommendation: 2018 January Grand Sumo Tournament

    Jason Harris' amazing coverage of the 2018 Hatsu Basho.

  55. 2018 New Year's Resolutions

    Realistic resolutions for 2018 that will push me to be a better person all year long.

    #Resolutions
  56. 2017 Resolutions Retrospective

    Looking back on the resolutions I made for 2017.

    #Resolutions
  57. Games of the Year 2017: Honourable Mentions

    Video game releases of 2017 that the inhabitants of the neutral planet would have no strong feelings about.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  58. Games of the Year 2017: The Bad

    There was so much potential in these video games from 2017.

    #GamesOfTheYear
  59. Games of the Year 2017: The Good

    My favourite games that were released in 2017.

    #GamesOfTheYear