6 days agoReflections on Two Years as an iOS Engineer: A Message to My Younger SelfAs I mark the completion of my two-year journey as a professional iOS Engineer at a fast-paced startup, I can’t help but reflect on the valuable insights and experiences that have shaped my growth. …Software Engineering5 min readSoftware Engineering5 min read
Apr 14Securing OpenAI Text Completion API Requests with Firebase Cloud Functions as a ProxyIn this tutorial, I’d like to show you how you can deploy a Firebase Cloud function that queries the OpenAI ChatGPT API and returns the payload acting as a proxy API for your client apps. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you will learn how to implement a…OpenAI7 min readOpenAI7 min read
Jan 21API Call times optimization in a data rich iOS app.Introduction and Problem statement Recently, I was assigned a JIRA task to optimize the time taken for a series of API calls in a client-facing application. The app utilizes a Content Management System (CMS) to drive data and fetch it using GraphQL. Additionally, multiple REST APIs are used to fetch product data that is…Swiftlang6 min readSwiftlang6 min read
Oct 24, 2022Shorten Apple Media Links with PythonIn this tutorial, I’d like to share how you can write a python script to use the hidden Apple Media Tools API to shorten Apple Media Links such as apps, podcasts, and more using a simple python script. …Apple Media Links3 min readApple Media Links3 min read
Published inDev Genius·Jun 16, 2022DocumentScannerViewController: Discussion and TutorialAt WWDC ’22, the Vision team at Apple introduced a new feature that makes scanning for live data a breeze. This feature takes the form of a DocumentScannerViewController. In this tutorial/walk-through, we’ll go through the problems this new controller tries to solve, its features, and its limitations. …Swift8 min readSwift8 min read
Published inBetter Programming·Jun 12, 2022How to Use UICalendarView in iOS 16A UICalendarView Tutorial — At WWDC ’22, Apple announced new controls to UIKit. In this tutorial, we will dive into one of the most useful and versatile component- UICalendarView. What is UICalendarView The inline date-picker component of UIDatePicker is now available as a separate component. A calendar view is used to show users specific dates along with…Swift5 min readSwift5 min read
Jun 10, 2022Using SwiftUI with UIKit in 2022At WWDC 22, Apple introduced many new ways to integrate SwiftUI views within an existing UIKit app. Now, SwiftUI integrates seamlessly into existing UIKit apps. In this article, we will go through some existing approaches that were available and some new ways to acheive this interoperability in iOS 16. UIHostingController UIHostingController…Swiftui6 min readSwiftui6 min read
Feb 13, 2022Safer and cleaner UserDefaults and AppStorageIf you’ve ever written code for an iOS or macOS application you’d have, for sure, encountered User Defaults. Still, for the sake of the structure of the article, here’s a textbook definition of what UserDefaults is: UserDefaults: An interface to the user’s defaults database, where you store key-value pairs persistently…IOS4 min readIOS4 min read
Feb 13, 2022Credit Cards 101In 2020, my bank approved my request for a credit card. …Credit Card9 min readCredit Card9 min read
Jun 9, 2021Building a music recognization app in SwiftUI with ShazamKitAt WWDC 2021, Apple, among other things, released the iOS 15 SDK. This SDK contains a new API to communicate between your apps and Shazam’s vast database of song samples. In this tutorial, we’ll build a music recognization app in SwiftUI that will use the microphone of the iOS or…Shazam Kit7 min readShazam Kit7 min read
