I’m still here! I’m just a bad blogger. I’ve started writing posts no less than a half-dozen times this year, only to talk myself out of publishing. Just to get something on up before the year ends, here are a few updates.
First, I’m currently looking for gainful employment. If you know anyone who would be interested in hiring an incredibly knowledgable and impossibly charming software architect/engineer, please send them my way 😀
On side projects, well it was another year of Den eating up most all my extra energy. The good news is that I’m finally feeling like I know what I’m doing when it comes to Apple development, especially SwiftUI. The app has improved by leaps and bounds this year and I’ve recently made a pivot to a promotion and marketing phase. There isn’t any bad news per se, just that I’ve fully come to the realization that Den is not going to be a quick or easy endeavor. I expect to be working on it for years to come. With that in mind I’m moving writing about it to the app website. In summary, the app is in a good spot and I’ve got a backlog of features to add that’s backed by user feedback. I will be working on it at a slower pace going forward so there is more room for other projects.
Not to be forgotten, Auto Reload got a nice little update in September. A wonderful GitHub Issue lead to adding an toggle button that virtually eliminated all support requests. I’ve learned so much from this silly app that it’s almost maddening. I’ve never solved 99% of complaints by adding a single button on any other project. It’s the kind of thing that makes me think, “What other magic buttons out there have I missed?”
My resolution for the new year is to write more often. Even if I have to resort to food pics, yuck, there will be more going on here. Stay tuned, more posts are in the pipeline.