Daniel declares to Manton that he is finally starting to feel comfortable as an iOS developer, and looking forward to shipping Black Ink for iOS. Manton, meanwhile, is getting more interested in ReactNative as a means to possibly porting Epilogue to Android.
They talk about the virtue of venturing into unfamiliar technologies, waiting to get over the learning curve, and adapting what you like about other technologies back to your favorite platforms. Finally, they talk about the value of embracing “essential tools” and about what distinguishes an essential tool from a merely useful one.
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Links:
- Lists in UICollectionView – WWDC video from 2020 detailing how to replace UITableView code with modern alternatives.
- React Native – Facebook’s open source cross-platform development framework.
- Micro.blog for Android – Early access release on the Google Play store.
- Vincent Ritter – The main developer of Micro.blog for Android.
- Epilogue – Manton’s book-blogging app for Micro.blog
