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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · 12h

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🚀 New blog post! AsyncCombine: Because Async Code Shouldn’t Be Ugly I built AsyncCombine to bring back Combine’s expressive syntax - sink, assign, CombineLatest, and more - but powered by Swift Concurrency. Why? Because observing an @Observable class’s properties from a SwiftUI view is easy - but doing the same from another ViewModel got way harder and messier once @Published disappeared. Check out my article that goes over how I solved it. 🔗 https://lumley.io/blogs/async-combine/

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · 2d

I tried! 😅 it’s a python backend, but we are doing some fun things around data syncing and offline/local first data.

I am using your open API generator though!

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · 3d

https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/xoitechnologies/jobs/senior-mobile-engineer-aDI0U3lBnhgj3PR07wSbWC

XOi Technologies is hiring a Senior Mobile Engineer

Check out this job and refer your friends.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · 24d

This code compiled and caused a crash in SwiftUICore. I have no idea how this compiled

SwiftUICore stack trace with a crash on "instantiate generic metadata".

SwiftUI View with a "controlSize" modifier lacking its leading "." accessor.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Aug 20

It does mean some extra conditional checks around things that are iOS only, but I generally want to write code that isn't _specific_ to iOS expect for where it really needs to be.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jul 30

db and backend infrastructure with PowerSync. Using dependency injection with services with matching endpoints.

Both fully native apps and I get to focus on the ways to make them both feel right on their perspective platforms.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 27

sharing-grdb, but that worked well once I gave more direct examples.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 22

Sometimes relying to robo texts is cathartic.

ConEd Alert: A heatwave is on the
way this week. We'll be working
24/7 to keep service reliable. You
can help by limiting your energy
use between 2 and 10 pm. If you
do lose power, reply OUT to get
updates.

Reply:
You could cut power to the
billboards in Times Square if you
need to save some KWh.

ConEd Alert: Sorry, we couldn't
recognize that response.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 18

It’s a happy coincidence when a work trip brings you to the city Brand New is playing and you get a ticket.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 17

Someone can’t count.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 10

Who wants to come work with me to build some really cool applications and services to better the lives of HVAC technicians?

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4245635767

#FediHire

XOi hiring Staff Software Engineer in United States | LinkedIn

Posted 12:07:04 AM. XOi is the leading provider of jobsite-focused technology for the field service ecosystem. Our…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 9

liquid glass is a terrible name because glass is a liquid

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Jun 6

Me trying to position the shibumi shade in changing winds:

https://shibumishade.com/

Video: https://hachyderm.io/@jefflewis/114638263425834952

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · May 26

To demonstrate the eternal optimism of New Yorkers, I just heard some guy yell “Knicks in 5” from his citi bike.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · May 17

Xcode 16.3 supports json with comments. Finally.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · May 17

This knicks run has been exhilarating and so much fun to watch!

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · May 2

Jalen. Brunson. That last shot against the pistons was phenomenal.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Apr 29

Was that Cavs/Heat game even a basketball game? That was a stark contrast from the games this past weekend.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Apr 6

TFW you play poker for 7 hours and walk away with what you bought in with 🫠

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Mar 29

Loading new pages of data with 2.5KB html payloads feels like the future.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Mar 29

Building a proof of concept web app in swift on the server with htmx has been some pure joy programming. I could maybe build it faster with React, but being able to have essentially no state on the client (besides the url params and search) makes things so much simpler to understand and follow.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Mar 29

Vibe coding social security? What could go wrong? Bonus points if floating point arithmetic loses billions of dollars. https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

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Suri Crowe 🥷7️⃣ @suricrowe.bsky.social · Mar 15

missing from the democratic senate leadership… & 10 dem senators 😞

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Mar 10

Schools should have a floating window to start the week after we change the clocks an hour earlier.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.social · Mar 8

I would love this on iPad.

https://news.itsfoss.com/google-android-linux-terminal-rollout/

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