Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Xcode 12 from Mac App Store: disc space requirements

Posted on 09/17/2020 by Sorin Dolha

I’ve just tried to update Xcode 11.6 to 12.0. Usually (until previous versions), such an operation required ~25 GB of free space on disc. Nah, I’ve just confirmed by trial and error: version 12 requires ~40 GB instead. dd-dev-zero-ed*, of … Continue reading →

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Medium

Posted on 12/10/2018 by Sorin Dolha

As you probably guessed, yes, I’m (partially) moving to Medium. (Thanks Paul for the suggestion.) Don’t worry, I will still post some work here, but – from now on – I’ll write the stories that I consider to be the most interesting only there. Why? … Continue reading →

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Ramping up

Posted on 11/05/2018 by Sorin Dolha

When you ramp up a new project, would you rather:  assume everything is black box until details are needed or dig down, trying to understand and learn as much as possible already? In my opinion, the best answer would depend on … Continue reading →

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Programming is…

Posted on 10/30/2018 by Sorin Dolha

… hard because: to be (or become) a programmer, you don’t only need to know how to solve complex problems yourself, but you also need to be able to unleash your creativity and: split such resolutions into lower and lower (and recursively … Continue reading →

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Around me

Posted on 06/02/2018 by Sorin Dolha

Software development for Android and iOS increases. New projects appear, old projects continue and flourish. More than ever before. Enterprises (I’ve saw a couple of them in this situation) are this way “forced” to go from PC-only approach for employees … Continue reading →

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How to git stash from a devenv that doesn’t have it integrated

Posted on 04/17/2018 by Sorin Dolha

Git stash enables you to switch from one branch to another without committing changes. Still, not all environments (including Visual Studio up to 2017, at least) have it integrated. Of course, if you’re a standard dev, the command line is your … Continue reading →

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PWAs: are we dreaming?

Posted on 02/25/2018 by Sorin Dolha

TL;DR: PWAs are nice, but won’t become a unique development technology to converge to, due to performance and UX issues that are very hard to solve completely at OS level. I read more and more on the Web nowadays about PWAs. That is, progressive Web apps. Actually, in … Continue reading →

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Computers return

Posted on 12/18/2017 by Sorin Dolha

In the recent years we’ve all seen that the computer market was going down badly, while the smartphones increased tremendously. But checking GlobalStats’ OS market shares today I found a big surprise (is it a Christmas present?): both Windows and macOS … Continue reading →

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P2P+cloud

Posted on 11/10/2017 by Sorin Dolha

A few days ago I was thinking that it’s really a pity that I cannot find a good iOS shopping list app in my language. Good means simple, allowing me to manage multiple named lists with check-completable items, with autocompletion … Continue reading →

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Next wave?

Posted on 11/10/2017 by Sorin Dolha

First and second steps At first there were desktop computers: either at home or at the office (later also on the go with notebooks), desktop apps present complex information in 2D (or projected 3D) graphical format on a large screen, … Continue reading →

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