Hello! I’m Eugene, a mobile app developer in Minnesota. I love all things Swift, and I also work with Java, Kotlin, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript. I sometimes go by Eugeniu, my Romanian name.
Developers of native iOS apps tend to spend a lot of time in Xcode . From version control to robust debugging tools, Xcode has pretty much everything. Still, there are many third-party tools out there that can further enhance your development workflow. This is a list of my favorites! macOS CodeRunner ($15, also on Setapp ) — Hands down one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. CodeRunner let’s you…
This chart displays the masses of all MacBook releases from 2006 to 2021, measured in grams . (1000 grams ≈ 2.2 pounds) Changelog 2019-11-20 — Original post. 2020-05-10 — Added early 2020 13” MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. 2021-12-22 — Added late 2020 13” MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, added late 2021 14” and 16” MacBook Pros.
Today I’m excited to announce Swiftly , the one-stop quick reference spot for Swift developers! The culmination of 8 months of work, Swiftly has Swift 5.1 guides covering: the basics: variables , optionals , closures , if statements and so on, basic types such as Ints and collection types such as arrays , structs and classes , and their properties and methods , operators such as plus and minus ,…
Find the corresponding event invite in your calendar app and accept it. Go to the event in your calendar. Go to the notes section of the event. It should look something like this: -::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- Please do not edit this section of the description. This event has a Google Hangouts video call. Join:…
The following is a list of free tools I recommend for protecting your privacy online from advertisers, your ISP, social media companies, and others. For a broader discussion on privacy, check out my 2016 talk at Open Twin Cities. Email Note-taking Messaging Operating systems Web browsing Browser extensions File sharing Authentication More Email TutaNota : A privacy-conscious email provider based…
I wrote a blog post for Software for Good. Check it out here: 7 Steps Apple Could Take to Protect Privacy
This past week I built iOS Ref , a quick reference website for iOS and Swift developers! It has the following: Convenient device resolution tables A beautiful and concise Swift 4 cheatsheet iOS compatibility tables A hex code to UIColor converter A Swift 4 closures quick reference page I created iOS Ref because I got tired of searching for the same information over and over again. Plus, in the iOS…
I recently went through the process of publishing a sticker pack for the first time to the iMessages App Store . I submitted a sticker pack called Antisocial Alison , designed by my sister Adriana . Along the way, we made some interesting observations. Almost no one knows what a sticker pack is When Apple announced iOS 10 in June 2016, the new iMessages App Store was highly touted, being the third…
Following the shocking incident on United Airlines flight UA3411, where Doctor David Dao was forcibly and violently removed from his seat, I started a petition calling for the resignation of United CEO Oscar Munoz. So far, 90,000 people have signed the petition, demonstrating the degree of frustration and anger people have with Munoz. Our petition has been mentioned on BBC News, CNBC, the…
I recently had the opportunity to talk about online and mobile security at Open Twin Cities in Minneapolis. Thank you to the wonderful organizers of Open Twin Cities for inviting me. The recorded presentation, along with the awesome questions people had, can be watched below. I’m sure I didn’t get everything quite right, so if you have any comments or questions, reach me at @EugeneBelinski .