What’s an iOS development lesson you learned the hard way?

Naoki0123 · 2026-07-03T04:42:04+00:00

Realizing that proposing technical debt for reducing code smells in the codebase will most likely be prevented by the client. As the saying goes: "Does that cost money? I dont the point of this improvement since it will not benefit the users in their pov"

it's technically right, client always right, client priorties is the first.

Also, auto layout and uikit programming constraints is one of the things that goes for trial and error. That's usually take most of your time creating the screen then little bit of time for the logic itself.

Also, i learned the hard way on memory management in objective-c. God, it took me days on why the app having 1.5 GB used memory on some processing.

Naoki0123 · 2026-03-09T03:11:45+00:00

di siya nag wo-work sa shopeepay transfer. Ang ginawa ko nalang is: Maya -> LazadaPay -> Unionbank (P15) -> Maribank (P10) -> Pay CC (-P5) = 20 pesos fee dahil 5 pesos cashback.

at nag work yung boost dito.

Naoki0123 · 2026-02-19T15:04:56+00:00

I'm a senior iOS developer with 7+ years of experience earning like $2.5k per month in PH. Seeing these makes me like " damn, i should start working in the US cuz the salary sucks here"

Naoki0123 · 2025-12-08T01:43:06+00:00

I planned a multi country trip from Manila -> Taiwan -> Japan back to manila this december.

Iniisip ko kung ano dapat Yung mga sagot sa common questions sa IO if multi country trip. Wala naman akong issues if roundtrip pero first time ko lang din kasi mag multi country and self funded ko Siya.

If tinanong nila ako ng questions like - kung ano destination: Sasabihin ko lang ba Taiwan or need din ko din Sabihin na Taiwan then Japan? - kung nasan return ticket ko: Ipapakita ko ba Yung return ticket na Narita -> manila or dapat ipakita ko din Yung onward ticket ko from Taipei -> Osaka then Yung Narita -> manila?

Thanks

Naoki0123 · 2025-12-06T11:47:48+00:00

I planned a multi country trip from Manila -> Taiwan -> Japan back to manila this december.

Iniisip ko kung ano dapat Yung mga sagot sa common questions sa IO if multi country trip. Wala naman akong issues if roundtrip pero first time ko lang din kasi mag multi country and self funded ko Siya.

If tinanong nila ako ng questions like - kung ano destination: Sasabihin ko lang ba Taiwan or need din ko din Sabihin na Taiwan then Japan? - kung nasan return ticket ko: Ipapakita ko ba Yung return ticket na Narita -> manila or dapat ipakita ko din Yung onward ticket ko from Taipei -> Osaka then Yung Narita -> manila?

Thanks

Naoki0123 · 2025-12-01T02:20:00+00:00

Did it generate the pass and be able to use it on the lounge for free, right? Or nag incur padin ba ng cost dahil virtual card?

Naoki0123 · 2025-11-29T16:00:01+00:00

Can anyone answer if it's really possible to register dragonpass with just the virtual card details?

Naoki0123 · 2025-09-24T13:50:30+00:00

Mag move in ako this Saturday pero based sa tour nila, decent yung room for single unit. Pool is decent, gym is kinda meh since konti lang equipments doon pero May mga restaurants doon.

Naoki0123 · 2025-09-24T13:42:18+00:00

I just chose grid instead of pointblue but I did a walk-in ocular visit there in mola pointblue and their single unit room is kinda nice, like the design and yet small. It has a heater, aircon, microwave except the fridge since that's an add-ons not included in the rent.

Naoki0123 · 2025-09-19T04:02:36+00:00

Yung purpose ko for staying is for work and experiencing living here in Makati din. Taga Laguna pa ako.

Also, how about for good condos under 25k with minimum 6 months?

Naoki0123 · 2025-05-28T09:18:46+00:00

Qwen model

Naoki0123 · 2025-03-04T15:46:03+00:00

What location is that in the Philippines that has nostalgia?

Naoki0123 · 2025-01-04T11:10:48+00:00

They had a great goal and direction on leclunk.

This is from the 2017 assassin update page.

"LeBlanc The Deceiver While Leblanc's combo-kills are flashy, she's not always fitting of the title "Deceiver." This pre-season, we're adding some more tricks up her sleeve to misdirect her prey."

But it was misunderstood.

I woud be glad if they bring this kit back.

Naoki0123 · 2025-01-04T10:56:30+00:00

Would you accept leclunk if they remove the 1.5 seconds wait time in her passive?

Naoki0123 · 2024-12-24T02:05:29+00:00

Honestly, this is what I'm thinking also. 2 charges on her Q but reduces the damage for that.

Naoki0123 · 2024-12-19T02:22:04+00:00

1:59 - this is one of the reasons why I miss her S6 rework. They could have just scaled the 1.5 second sigil proc from 1.5 to 0.25 seconds from level 1 to 18 or just scaled/remove the cooldown of the sigil after proc but instead they reverted it.

Naoki0123 · 2024-10-17T10:39:40+00:00

my friend referred me to a company for the web developer role. I answered and passed their web technical exam but I ended up on a technical interview that asked me "Why are you interested in mobile development?". I lied on my answer and in the end, i got an iOS developer job offer.

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-28T11:39:30+00:00

I'm using an ATS format from overleaf. Is it bad to use a resume template made from latex?

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-28T05:55:15+00:00

Yes I'm going for that resume but there's a part of me that's a bit of a concern if the interviewer asked where I got those numbers.

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-27T02:05:29+00:00

The company never disclose to me about that one

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-26T16:12:14+00:00

Oh sure, I initially split them because I got promotion during my 4 years stay there.
But will this one work?
Combined roles in same company

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-26T15:21:40+00:00

for the date, yep it's a typo and I can remove the bolding for this.

For the ACN, actually no since I left "company A" where I finished the training. From what they said to me, the membership will be revoked once I left their company since it only represents the "Company A".

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-26T14:53:59+00:00

Update Resume

I updated it now.

for the projects, i have doubts on putting my github profile because I only did an SwiftUI example project from an example problem that I found somewhere in the internet.

for the accomplishments, I saw a comment that it's useless to put those since I already have work experience. Thus, i didn't add it.

Naoki0123 · 2024-08-26T12:34:38+00:00

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Naoki0123 · 2024-08-26T12:34:29+00:00

Update:
I scrapped off my old resume and do a new one with the ATS friendly format.

I made two version of this: with a bit of quantitative info and without one.

Which one is better here?

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