# learn create (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover learn create. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Greenland Looks Bigger Than Africa on a Mercator Map](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/map2maps-v2) _2026-08-03 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Mercator maps make Greenland look close to the size of Africa, although Africa is roughly fourteen times larger. Map2Maps lets you select a country or draw a shape and compare it across up to four map projections. ## [How I Make App Store Screenshots Without a Design Tool](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/appframer) _2026-07-30 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ A free browser-based tool for generating App Store screenshots: device mockups at the required resolutions, captions, backgrounds, translation into 18 languages, and ZIP export. No account or screenshot upload required. ## [Designing a Simple Currency Conversion Calculator](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/valuta) _2026-07-26 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Valuta is an iPhone currency converter with a calculator keypad built in, so you can convert a price and then split it, add tax, or multiply it without switching apps. It saves recent rates for offline reference, stores favorite currency pairs locally, and has a one-time purchase with no account. ## [I Built One Place for Movies, Books, and Games](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/yore) _2026-07-22 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Yore is a local-first iPhone app that replaces half a dozen single-purpose trackers with one library, log, and diary for movies, TV, anime, books, manga, games, music, podcasts, board games, and comics, with metadata pulled from public, no-key sources. ## [A Browser Tank Game Inspired by Battle City](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/battle-tanks) _2026-07-18 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Battle Tanks is a free browser-based, top-down tank arena shooter built with Three.js and WebGPU: classic Battle City energy (drive a tank, blast bricks, defend a base) layered with a modern roguelite power-up ladder, boss fights, and local co-op. No download, no install. ## [How I Balanced a City Builder with Run Exports](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/arcology) _2026-07-14 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ ARCOLOGY is a free browser-based cyberpunk city builder made with Three.js, where you grow a neon district into a profit machine while keeping three rival factions in balance. The economy was tuned by exporting every run as JSON and iterating on the data instead of guessing. ## [Remembering Which Coffee Shop (and Order) Was Actually Good](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/provato) _2026-05-27 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Provato is a local-first iPhone app for tracking restaurants and cafes you tried or want to try, with notes, ratings, photos, locations, history, and wishlist items. It is built for the specific problem of forgetting which coffee shop was worth returning to. ## [Why I moved this blog from Vercel to Cloudflare Workers](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/vercel-to-cloudflare-workers) _2026-04-22 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Why I moved this Next.js blog off Vercel to Cloudflare Workers: the April 2026 security incident, the pricing math, and the technical steps of swapping in OpenNext and replacing the unmaintained Contentlayer with Velite. ## [Agentic Coding in Xcode with Gemini CLI](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2026/agentic-coding-xcode-geminicli/) _2026-02-11 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to use Gemini CLI for agentic coding in Xcode 26.3 via the MCP bridge. This post covers setup, configuration, and a practical example of building an emoji physics playground. ## [I Built Baby Book Tracker for Our Reading Routine](https://montalesi.dev/blog/article/baby-book-tracker) _2026-02-10 · Alberto Montalesi · Montalesi.dev_ Baby Book Tracker is a simple, local-first iOS app for logging reading sessions with your baby, tracking progress toward goals like 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, and sharing the routine with caregivers. No account is required, and full access is a one-time unlock rather than a subscription. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O8nx5j48WQ3w) _2026-02-09 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Turn Your Photos Into Miniature Magic with Nano Banana](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2025/gemini-nano-banana-ios/) _2025-09-12 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to use Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Generation) and Firebase AI Logic to add powerful text-to-image and image-to-image generation capabilities to your iOS applications with just a few lines of Swift code. ## [Reverse-Engineering Xcode's Coding Intelligence prompt](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2025/reveng-xcode-coding-intelligence/) _2025-06-21 · Peter Friese_ Ever wondered how Xcode's Coding Intelligence prompt works? In this blog post, we'll take a deep dive into the prompt's inner workings and explore how it helps developers write code more efficiently. ## [Get Paid While You Sleep 🤑 😴](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/get-paid-while-you-sleep) _2025-06-09 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ A step-by-step guide to a working SwiftUI sample app with consumable products using StoreKit 2 and the new Apple's StoreKit views. ## [Testing Remote Push Notifications with iOS Simulators 🔔](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/testing-push-notifications-ios-simulators) _2025-05-12 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ This article covers 3 different approaches to quickly test and send iOS remote push notifications in a SwiftUI or UIKit app using the simulator. ## [Extracting structured data from PDFs using Gemini 2.0 and Genkit](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2025/gemini-genkit-pdf-structured-data/) _2025-02-16 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to use Gemini 2.0 and Genkit for Node.js to efficiently extract structured data from PDFs ## [Understanding SwiftUI Preferences](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2025/swiftui-preferences-swift6/) _2025-02-03 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to use SwiftUI Preferences to establish efficient parent-child view communication. This comprehensive guide explains what Preferences are, how they differ from other state management approaches, and demonstrates practical implementation with a form validation example. Includes Swift 6 compatibility tips and best practices for modern iOS development. ## [Making Widgets Interactive using App Intents 🕹](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/interactive-widgets-using-app-intents) _2025-01-24 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ Learn how to add interactive widgets in a SwiftUI app using App Intents. ## [Creating a reusable action menu component in SwiftUI](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2025/swiftui-action-menu/) _2025-01-20 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to create a reusable SwiftUI action menu from scratch. This tutorial shows how to transform a basic sheet-based menu into a polished, reusable component using view builders, custom modifiers, and SwiftUI styles. Includes complete code examples and best practices. ## [Bringing App Intents to your SwiftUI App 🍭](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/bringing-app-intents-to-your-swiftui-app) _2025-01-10 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ Learn how you can leverage App Intents to seamless integrate system experiences like Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts into your app. ## [Creating custom SF Symbols using the SF Symbols app](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2025/custom-sf-symbols/) _2025-01-09 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to create custom SF Symbols without any design skills, using the SF Symbols app. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dAmYQF96swOF) _2025-01-08 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Measuring the Effectiveness of Test Suites](https://thebenforce.com/post/measuring-the-effectiveness-of-test-suites-beyond-code-coverage-metrics/) _2024-12-17 · The Ben Force_ Boost test suite effectiveness beyond code coverage. Learn key metrics like mutation score & flaky test analysis for robust testing & better code quality. ## [Refactoring my SwiftUI Navigation Layer to follow the Coordinator Pattern 🔀](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/swiftui-refactor-navigation-layer-using-coordinator-pattern) _2024-11-17 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ Discover how I extended my initial navigation layer to support more than just push navigation, scaling it into a Coordinator-based system that allows for nesting and layered navigation flows. ## [Pulumi vs. Terraform](https://thebenforce.com/post/pulumi-vs-terraform-choosing-the-best-infrastructure-as-code-solution/) _2024-11-12 · The Ben Force_ This comparison highlights the strengths of Pulumi and Terraform and how each can address different infrastructure and configuration management needs. ## [SwiftUI Navigation using the Router Pattern 🚌](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/swiftui-navigation-router-pattern) _2024-11-09 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ Learn how to create a scalable router navigator to manage your SwiftUI app's navigation. ## [Improve your app's UX with SwiftUI's task view modifier](https://peterfriese.dev/blog/2024/delay-task-modifier/) _2024-10-18 · Peter Friese_ Learn how to implement a DelayTaskViewModifier ## [Remove the background from images using a Swift CLI tool ✂️](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/image-background-remover-cli) _2024-09-24 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ Removing image backgrounds has always been a challenge for me, either due to a lack of photoshop skills or the poor results from free online tools. ## [Generate preview images for blog articles with SwiftUI and GitHub Actions 🖼](https://www.tiagohenriques.dev/blog/generate-issue-preview-images-with-swiftui-and-github-actions) _2024-09-19 · th.tk@hotmail.com (Tiago Henriques) · Tiago Henriques' Blog_ Learn how you can create a Swift CLI tool that generates preview images for blog articles using SwiftUI and GitHub Actions.