LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org
Software engineering manager, ice hockey winger, bike commuter. watchOS System Experience. She/her. Unlikely to respond to DMs; might reply to public @s. Please file Feedback, and post the number!
Joined Nov 2022
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Today's uncovered #SwiftUI gem: ShareLink. Perfectly renders a control view for sharing using the OS-specific share functionality.
(Also, Text views interpret Markdown?! That's so cool!)
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/sharelink#
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We're watching a small group of billionaires decide that society itself is an expendable luxury in the pursuit of more wealth.
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People worry a lot about losing knowledge — about "burned-down libraries".
Comparatively few people seem to worry about what happens if you take a billion books full of auto-generated, often-untrue junk text and *add* them all to the library.
In theory, nothing is lost. In reality, everything is lost, because nothing useful can now be found.
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California drivers take note: You are now required by law to change lanes when you pass a bicyclist, if you can.
The same “omnibike” bill that made that change to the law also stops enforcement of bike-license laws, which is good because “some jurisdictions have used [bike-license laws] as an excuse to harass youth and BIPOC bike riders.”
https://www.calbike.org/governor-signs-omnibike-bill-ab-1909/
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@paolamata @schwa @lorihc On top of what the others said: the EPM is the interface between engineering and everything else. They have a good knowledge of what can, or not, be done, and it what timeframes. They shield the engineering teams from absurd requests. They ask clarification of requirements before engineers get stuck in the ambiguities. They make sure what product management is asking is realistic. In essence: getting the answers to the questions they know will need to be asked.
@paolamata @schwa Engineering Project Managers. They partner with Engineering Managers to plan, schedule, and deliver features. The best EPMs (imho) are very technical, develop great networks, have a problem-solving mindset, can think of what’s likely to go wrong and make a plan for it, and know how to use all the tools at their disposal to break through blocking issues.
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things invented by black people:
- videogame cartridges
- bash shell
- crop rotation
- transgender
- GPS
- Stop Lights
- the Lingo scripting language in Macromedia Director
- IBM PC
- VoIP
- Mailboxes
- Lawn sprinklers
- ISA bus
- Supercomputers
- the rendering software used in Terminator 2
- Chemotherapy
- Spectrographs and Spectrometers
- nuclear reactors for power generation
- dustpans
- ironing boards
- light bulbs and telephones - Lewis Latimer (in collaboration with edison and bell)
@paolamata I’ll go further and mention that one of my engineering manager colleagues has done tours as an engineer, an EPM, a Screener/Integrator, and an engineer again before becoming a manager. Lots of ways to apply your skills and acquire new ones!
@paolamata A lot of the EPMs at Apple have CS degrees or are former engineers.
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Want to work on the Apple Messages platform (Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI) with some of my friends? Check out this job listing! https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200384148/software-engineer-messages-platform (Silicon Valley position, no remote)
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I’m not sure about the look of the Apple Watch Ultra, but the big extra side button is definitely helpful.
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"The institution of American policing lies outside of any meaningful democratic control. … Indeed, anything resembling a root-and-branch transformation of American policing will only ever occur after the public is able to exercise real control over the institution itself.”
– @jbouie, with a 🎯 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/opinion/tyre-nichols-police-accountability-democracy.html
@twostraws This playlist was originally called Moody II and fit on a single CD (in 2001), but I tweaked it over the years once iTunes and iPods were a thing. It’s the playlist I put on loop when I want to write code (or now just concentrate). https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/moody-xi/pl.u-7y7tBM6Yd
@rod @icecubesapp@mastodon.cloud Same for me.
@icecubesapp@mastodon.cloud @rod Yes, I’m saying it did not occur to me there would be two, and when I swiped to delete one the app crashed. I expect only one notification now that I have only one version of me.
@rod @icecubesapp@mastodon.cloud Hm, you’re right—I showed up twice in Settings. Deleting the second instance crashed the app, but maybe now I’ll only get one notification each time. Thanks!
@rod @icecubesapp@mastodon.cloud how can you be signed in twice?
@daveanderson Maybe! I’m kinda hoping there are enough of us here to look up the numbers and help route them to the right teams, tho it’s possible Mastodon requires a tag or a boost to be effective. I meant “post” in the broadest sense tho—on Mastodon, in Apple Developer Forums, in podcast episode notes, in blog posts. If you’ve filed Feedback, tell us the number. (And thank you to those who have!)
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With all the layoffs happening, it’s probably a good time to mention we are hiring 2 iOS engineers at Dropbox. Tell your friends.
Looking for IC3 and IC4. Send me an email with your resume and I’ll refer you: jboulter@dropbox.com
Software engineering manager, ice hockey winger, bike commuter. watchOS System Experience. She/her. Unlikely to respond to DMs; might reply to public @s. Please file Feedback, and post the number!
Joined Nov 2022
