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My Phone Replaced a Brass Plug
iOSCoreMLOpenCVYOLOv8Notch
I wanted to cook venison from scratch, which meant learning to shoot, which meant keeping track of my progress, which meant porting a 2012 OpenCV paper and training a state-of-the-art computer vision model, which meant the dinner took a bit longer than expected.
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My Phone Replaced a Brass Plug

I wanted to cook venison from scratch, which meant learning to shoot, which meant keeping track of my progress, which meant porting a 2012 OpenCV paper and training a state-of-the-art computer vision model, which meant the dinner took a bit longer than expected.

Tags: iOS, CoreML, OpenCV, YOLOv8, Notch

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The Whole App is a Blob
iOSUXlanguagestamagotchi
I tried to prepare for life in French-speaking Canada by turning language drills into a Tamagotchi. It worked, as long as you don't ask me whether my coffee is for here or to go.
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The Whole App is a Blob

I tried to prepare for life in French-speaking Canada by turning language drills into a Tamagotchi. It worked, as long as you don't ask me whether my coffee is for here or to go.

Tags: iOS, UX, languages, tamagotchi

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Apple's Problem with Bodies
iOSApp Storeprivacyproduct design
I shipped a wellbeing journal and discovered the App Store still isn't sure whether the human body is health, lifestyle, or sin.
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Apple's Problem with Bodies

I shipped a wellbeing journal and discovered the App Store still isn't sure whether the human body is health, lifestyle, or sin.

Tags: iOS, App Store, privacy, product design

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You can't cURL a Border
state machinesiOStraveltimezonesconspiracy theories
Country borders don't return JSON, they return judgment. So I built a state machine for travel when governments won't expose your state.
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You can't cURL a Border

Country borders don't return JSON, they return judgment. So I built a state machine for travel when governments won't expose your state.

Tags: state machines, iOS, travel, timezones, conspiracy theories

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Designing Software for Things that Rot
FermentationiOSHome Assistantdecision treesHACCP
How a £150 eBay fridge and a decision tree taught me to stop asking internet strangers if my salami would kill me - and why building for rot is nothing like building happy-path apps.
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Designing Software for Things that Rot

How a £150 eBay fridge and a decision tree taught me to stop asking internet strangers if my salami would kill me - and why building for rot is nothing like building happy-path apps.

Tags: Fermentation, iOS, Home Assistant, decision trees, HACCP

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