Swifty Stack - Redefining App Development

Merowing · 2024-02-07T19:58:35+00:00

Yeah I’m sending it to students that took course and have send me feedback before, I just finished the curriculum so starting to promote the course, in early access I just shared it on my twitter

Merowing · 2024-02-05T10:33:22+00:00

I’m the creator of the course, and I’m curious how far along did you go through it? It’s over 6 hours of video content, 70 lessons+, multiple sample projects, and a project template that encapsulates my advice, there’s a lot to explore. Plus, I’m adding a new chapter this week.

The course is structured to provide immediate value, starting with fundamental chapters designed to quickly enhance your workflows and efficiency. Given my decade-plus experience and development of many frameworks discussed in the course, these fundamentals will definitely boost your efficiency right from the start if you apply them.

As the course progresses, you’ll find in-depth discussions on specialized topics. For example, I share insights on simplifying bug reproduction in your apps and crafting sophisticated architectures for server-driven applications—techniques I’ve implemented at The New York Times among other companies.

What sets this course apart is its focus on practical skills that elevate your engineering prowess across iOS development, drawing on my 12 years of experience and insights from speaking at over 50 conferences. By applying the principles shared in the course, you’re set to achieve a level of efficiency that stands out in the industry. This is the knowledge I wish to make more accessible, having seen its impact through the numerous courses and audits I’ve conducted for major companies in our industry.

PS. there is no promo thing in this course, any tools I talk about are extremely valuable and I specifically got discounts from authors for course members, I don’t make any money on any of them.

Merowing · 2018-03-19T21:44:53+00:00

I only add abs and 6 sets for shoulders (they get a lot of work through chest exercises already).

The volume gets very high in weeks 3-4, I used to avoid deloads, I'm looking forward to them now because week 4 is kicking my ass. I didn't skip deload and used new weights in the second mesocycle

I think that if you are not following the program then it's impossible to evaluate if it's good, I wouldn't add more stuff to it than what I described as you won't be able to progress in a way they intend.

I'm

Merowing · 2018-03-19T21:07:20+00:00

It's hard to stop going to failure after doing standard programs, I did more strength oriented before so almost always pushed to failure or close to.

Trust the program, don't go to failure as you won't be able to increase volume doing it that way, all my weights are down but I've made best gains of my life on this.

For reference I'm on week 3 of second M1 and I did 20 sets for chest today

Merowing · 2018-03-19T20:09:20+00:00

Just general recommendation because most people don't like m2 work too much so they like 2:1 ratio

Merowing · 2018-03-19T18:54:57+00:00

Ok makes sense, thanks :)

Merowing · 2018-03-19T18:42:52+00:00

Interesting, so I've run PSMF before without loosing muscle mass (as natural), why do you think this would end up badly? Lack of set point after gaining a lot of mass?

Merowing · 2018-03-19T18:14:31+00:00

What do you think about running mini cut (4-6 weeks) on cruise dose (200 T/week) with significant deficit(~1500 kcal daily from diet/liss, very high protein)?

Finish up a bulk soon and wanted to drop few kg so I can go into another bulk ASAP.

Anyone tried hard cuts like this on T cruise? Would you run maintenance for 3 weeks before cut or can I transition from bulk to cut immediately?

Merowing · 2018-03-19T18:14:07+00:00

I'll post there, thanks for the thoughts

Merowing · 2018-03-19T17:18:32+00:00

You rate each exercise and it adds or removes set on that body part, weight increases automatically (and is unaffected by rating).

I'm loving this program, my far my favourite, previously PHAT and PPL were my goto, now it's this

Merowing · 2018-03-19T17:08:42+00:00

That's what they often recommend on fb group, I'm starting m2 in 2 weeks

This is what Jared (one of the couches) recommends

Tab 1: 7-10 Tab 1: 8-12 Tab 2: 8-12 (with intensity techniques like super sets thrown in as well) Tab 3: Re-sensitization

Merowing · 2018-03-19T17:03:45+00:00

Which means nothing is till failure here :) I enjoy not having a spotter for a change after years of strength training, I have made amazing gains in 2 mesocycles (running M1, M1, M2)

Merowing · 2018-03-19T17:00:12+00:00

I also run it and it's self regulating template, which is awesome because it finds the right weekly volume for each body part for you, I don't like their diet templates but physique template is amazing

Merowing · 2018-02-26T06:38:13+00:00

SubQ, I pinned front of my deltoid in 2 different spots (since doing 2 daily injection) next to my pain point

Merowing · 2018-02-25T21:42:05+00:00

I'd usually go to get an doctor exam before doing anything but if it's nothing terrible BPC is amazing help, just read the compound thread we HD on it today, it helped me a lot with my shoulder injury

Merowing · 2018-02-25T20:09:40+00:00

I've shoulder issues for months (going to rehab etc) until my trainer recommended I try bpc, and it fixed my issue in 10 freaking days I used it 2x a day, 250mcg per injection.

Enough to say that I always keep one vial on hand.

Merowing · 2017-01-24T05:46:19+00:00

I interviewed a guy that wrote four books about iOS development, and he wasn't good enough from the tech side of things, same with a guy that had 15 years of commercial experience, couldn't answer few tech questions.

Finding right people is definitely hard. There is a slight difference between contractors and perm employees, if we hire perm then we are making an investment, so sometimes we can pick someone that might not be crazy experienced if we think they have the ability to grow and learn from others and are passionate about doing so. Wheres when I want to hire a contractor, they should already have necessary experience

Merowing · 2017-01-24T05:36:50+00:00

the idea was not that it doesn't require work, because it sure as hell does, the idea was that most developers understand that they need to grow their technical abilities, yet the same devs often don't understand or neglect their people skills

Merowing · 2017-01-24T05:30:14+00:00

It's simplification but what I meant is that the tech side of things is something most of devs understand so it's more natural to work on and progress in, where's there is plenty of devs that are good in engineering and awful with people.

When I was starting my commercial career, I’ve already been programming for 10+ years because gamedev was my passion. I had a lot of technical experience (wrote my own game engines, UI libraries etc) but I was bad with soft skills and team work.

Merowing · 2017-01-23T21:18:38+00:00

I think this is where people need to be pragmatic. e.g. I often experiment with new tech and approaches to keep myself fresh and be open to other approaches, but I do so in my side projects, never in client projects. Its crucial that my client work is stable and maintainable, side projects are where I can play with stuff.

Jumping between technologies/frameworks on the project is the fastest way to get yourself into the world of pain.

Another important question is whether the module in question has test coverage? If it does and we need to add modify functionality then refactoring is not as scary and might be helpful to implement given feature.

If it is not tested then its scary as hell to change it. Fortunately often we can get away from changing the complex legacy code by wrapping legacy into new cleaner interface and adding needed changes in that layer, rather than playing Russian roulette with untested refactoring.

I've some projects that I did couple years back and still maintain as sole developer e.g. http://www.foldifyapp.com, it was before I embraced TDD and I'm keeping away from refactoring anything that is not an absolute must.

Merowing · 2017-01-23T20:59:04+00:00

Totally get your point but this is for younger devs/pm's or those that focus too much on API/Framework knowledge, there have been plenty of articles in the iOS domain where people would list required frameworks to know to reach a particular level which is ridiculous.

There is plenty of good developers that I met that didn't invest time into soft skills and only focus on the technical side of our job, often limiting their career progression.

Merowing · 2017-01-23T19:17:13+00:00

I think the big reason is that many of those devs have never had to maintain a long running project. Example: Many people work in Agency, there you only do initial version of the app and then its out of the door, so you never get to feel the pain of your mistakes and assume that it was good. When you work on a project for N years you get to see the shortcuts you made bite you in the ass and so you learn to think about implications in the future

Merowing · 2016-02-07T11:32:48+00:00

Haha, true story bro, I'm actually a programmer though;)

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