For work, I was recently asked to evaluate a few different 3rd party libraries. After a few days of research, I ultimately rejected all of them. When asked why, I wrote up a document about all the things I look for when I’m evaluating whether or not to implement a library. A coworker of mine then encouraged me to type it up for this blog. There are plenty of reasons why you may want to use a 3rd party library to implement a piece of work. ... Read More

tl;dr “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” ~John Woods I’m a stickler for clean code. So much so, I’ve read books about the importance of it. Books like “Clean Code” talk about the importance of consistency and clarity. I eat all of that up. I thrive on it. I love having high standards. Our code is our art – we should work hard to make it as impressive as possible. ... Read More

For a long time I’ve wanted to have a blog. As I furthered my career as a Software Engineer, I wanted that blog to be a developer blog. Now that I’ve decided to focus my career on iOS development, I think it’s finally time to start the blog. This blog will be a mix of projects, code, tutorials for problems I’ve solved, and general rants about life. This is my first post. ... Read More