Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Swift Finally Matches Objective-C in One Major Way

  WWDC 2019 has brought us a lot of Swift. It’s perhaps the first time Apple has stopped trying to convince us all to give the language a try, and started showing us what it can do. Now, the langua…
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  WWDC 2019: Xcode 11 is a Lot More Powerful With a Lot More Swift

  Xcode 11 launched in beta this week alongside the macOS 10.15 Catalina beta build. Xcode looks a bit fresher now, and it also conforms to some unique Swift cues. Apple focused on tools for versio…
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  WWDC 2019: SwiftUI, Apple’s Stab at Low-Code App Creation, is Pretty Neat

  One of Apple's latest announcements at WWDC 2019 is a big one for developers: With Xcode 11 (currently in beta, and available to download via Apple's developer portal) comes SwiftUI, a declarativ…
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  WWDC 2019: What Apple iOS, macOS Cross-Platform Apps Mean for You

  After a full year of hand-wringing and anticipation, Apple finally gave developers the tools to make cross-platform iOS and macOS apps. Developers can now create apps with (mostly) the same binar…
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  Burnout is Now an Official Medical Condition

  Burnout is real, and it now has its own distinction with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a legitimate medical syndrome. The term ‘burnout’ has long been used to express everything from fat…
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  These Brutal Tech Recruiter Rejection Email Templates Are Just the Best

  Tech recruiters are a thirsty bunch, and most are just trying to do their job the best way they know how... nonetheless, some represent companies you’d just rather not work for. So what do you do…
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  WWDC 2019: Here’s What Apple Could Announce

  Apple is in an interesting position with WWDC 2019, the latest iteration of its annual developer conference. We almost certainly won’t see any new hardware unveiled (it updated the MacBook Pro li…
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  Weekend Roundup: Web Apps, Weird Computers, Wild Leaks, and a ‘WTF’

  Finally, the weekend! It was a busy week of web apps, futuristic computers, pre-WWDC leaks, and a ‘WTF’ moment in tech we think everyone should know about. Okay, let’s get right to it! Web Apps J…
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  Three Things Apple (Probably) Won't Announce at WWDC 2019

  WWDC 2019 is next week, and there’s a massive amount of buzz surrounding Apple's potential announcements. Between the slow leaks about what’s next for iOS and developer hand-wringing about cross-…
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  5 Tips for When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Apply for a Job

  We’ve all been there: you apply for a job, and never hear back. It shakes your confidence, and makes you wonder why you wasted time crafting a snappy cover letter and résumé. Sometimes, you never…