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From iOS Apps to Enterprise Development: My Evolution with AI Tools
Career
Programming
AI
Tools
I’ve shipped three iOS apps to the App Store. They’re clunky. They skip steps. They rely heavily on AI-generated code. And I’m completely fine with that—because that wasn’t…
Aug 10, 2025

Round Two: Working with AI
AI
Technology
I’ve been learning Swift, the Xcode enviornment, AI tools like Cursor and ChatGPT. The learning cruve is not too bad. I’m trying to build a habit-tracking app from scratch.…
May 30, 2025

Working with AI, Habit Tracker - Round Two
Career
Programming
AI
Working on my Habit Tracker app has been a success in disguise. I’m learning about SwiftUI, MVVM, and most importly, how to use AI tools and where they fail. Check out my…
Apr 19, 2025

Simple Habit Tracker App
Career
Programming
I started building this ~~Habit Tracker ~~ JustToday] (constantly changing, lol) app as my first real-world iOS application designed specifically for the iPhone using…
Apr 14, 2025

Getting Politically Involved
Career
Politics
For most of my life, I followed politics the way many people do, listening to news from NPR and PBS or getting lost down the Reddit rabbit hole. But politics isn’t just…
Feb 26, 2025

How to Turn a GitHub Branch into a New Repository
Programming
Sometimes, you start a side project as just a branch off your main GitHub repository, thinking it’s just a small experiment. But then, the project takes on a life of its…
Feb 19, 2025

What’s a complex English Sentence?
Life Pro Tips
Studies have found a concern regarding literacy in the United States. Approximately 130 million American adults (54%) between the ages of 16 and 74, lack proficiency in…
Feb 17, 2025

PowerPoint Presentations Suck – Get to the Point
Career
Are you tired of starting a meeting where they claim they’re going to do a demo, but they spend the first 15 to 20 minutes showing you a static slide deck? Everybody is so…
Feb 13, 2025

Automate - Images Folder to Quarto Blog Post with R
Programming
Automation

A step-by-step guide to generating Quarto blog posts with a folder of images using R. Learn how to automate markdown creation, structure metadata, and display images…

Feb 10, 2025

Learning Grammar as an Adult
Self Help
Writing

Learning grammar as an adult can be fun and refreshing. I treat it like math; it’s just a bunch of rules. I jump into a few grammar rules—like split infinitives, passive…

Oct 19, 2024
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