Claude is like the rubber duck but you can get a response back that will almost always be helpful. It might not be the right answer but I have yet to find a case where it doesn’t put me on the right track to the answer I need. And sometimes I even ask Claude to implement something for me, say, a method for checking if a point is inside a wedge.

Is AI going to make us all irrelevant? Hardly. It’s going to make some of us really good at what we do. Potentially more productive too. Don’t buy into the hype. Take the scientific approach. Test the waters. See what it can do and where the edges start to fray. I am very satisfied with Claude Code. Your mileage may vary. Find one that works for you.

Lots of things going on lately, chief among them is I started a new job. Really happy I did and you can hit up my LinkedIn profile if you’re curious where I went, whether I’m happy about the move, or if we’re hiring. (here’s a hint: I’m very happy about I love the new gig)

I’ll make the first one brief. I’m not really sure what I’ll cover in these posts yet. I could cover some technical bits (like how I’m ramping up at work – doing bug fixes by first creating end-to-end tests that confirm the bug, and implementing the fix!) or I could talk about some social agenda bits that are going on around the Pacific North West (you should consider supporting Hope Link). I could talk about hobbies I don’t have enough time to do such as painting, brewing, … or guitar. Or I might even cover a video game or two (the new Pokemon for Switch is just great btw).

I’ll leave it here for now. The exercise is to just get posts going.

Time to relax and play some video games!

A few things I’ve found interesting about my new gig and tools of the trade…

XCode is really horrible. It has not learned any common user experience patterns. It feels like I’m using Blender to make crayon drawings. The biggest nuisance for me is finding references to objects. It’s not all that simple in Obj-C, I get that, but for the love of all things sane…

I really like how Apple has streamlined their certificates and signing. I did this 3 years ago and it was an undeniable mess back then. Now it’s as simple as clicking Fix Issues and waiting for a build to reach my device (assuming you’ve got a developer account setup).

I’m thoroughly enjoying working in a code base with a motivated and passionate group of people that want to ship features and improvements often.

iOS programming requires a lot more thorough testing than I’ve been giving it. I’ve seen no fewer than 3 new bugs created by me in the last few changes I’ve made. I’ll be hunkering down a bit on my speed of changes to ensure they have all the proper intent without the nasty side-effects.

That’s all for now – it’s been a busy two weeks of getting up-to-speed with the new company, new team, and relearning iOS development.