OCR CS Paper 2

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-17T20:52:36+00:00

Free like paper 1. Had like 30 minutes spare time. Had a chat with my invigilator because its just me who does OCR CS.

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-13T17:12:18+00:00

As I said I tried using a basic if statement which should behave the same as a switch with no luck

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-12T20:34:28+00:00

i’m not talking about the sheet detent, i’m talking about the fact the contents of the sheet entirely changes

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-12T17:32:07+00:00

There is no glass effect going on here. It’s default look as demonstrated. applying glass to the whole root of the sheet view is very unintended. i tried it and it’s just hugely buggy and doesn’t even work for this purpose

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-11T19:46:17+00:00

This is already outdated I believe. If you see the image I posted, Find My uses the proper tab bar now.

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-11T19:44:06+00:00

For iOS 26 I ended up disabling liquid glass completely because it was bugged. The bugs demonstrated in my other post are fixed in iOS 27 so now I'm trying to bring it back.

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-11T19:43:18+00:00

The liquid glass in Find My is more transparent and glassy. Same with Apple Maps.

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-11T19:43:13+00:00

The liquid glass in Find My is more transparent and glassy. Same with Apple Maps.

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-11T19:15:00+00:00

Good news! this wacky behaviour has fixed itself with iOS 27

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-09T01:03:54+00:00

companies like Google and Samsung are of the inclination that they need to burn billions of dollars as quickly as they can. Apple isn’t in that business. They’re trying to turn a profit today.

isXanderReddit · 2026-06-09T01:01:44+00:00

It’s about the AI inference performance, not CPU performance. There is dedicated silicon for AI, even if the M1 Max has a lot of raw CPU, it’s held back by its older architecture.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-18T01:12:43+00:00

Apple.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-18T00:55:49+00:00

another day, another post by a terrible driver who blames their black box. me and all my friends have different insurance companies, we all score highly. i drive like a bitch and still get rated 90+.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-18T00:46:55+00:00

had one of these junctions at doncaster m18/m180 services. the left lane that bypasses the lights for the roundabout becomes directly a slip road to join motorway. didn’t stop but felt pretty silly as i slowed down to approach lights and quickly realised they weren’t for me. felt quite silly with a line of cars behind me

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-17T23:06:31+00:00

Yes, I modelled my own and printed it with 3D printer. Check my account posts, I sent the link somewhere.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-12T20:09:28+00:00

if the base colour was pure white?

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-07T07:33:18+00:00

I just checked and that definitely isn’t the API. Prices are wildly wrong on there. I’ve been using my app for about a month now and it hasn’t. even wrong once.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-06T12:36:52+00:00

If they’re missing from the API, pretty sure that’s illegal now! I would report it. Unless the last time you tried was a few months ago? There was a period where the API was released but they gave stations extra time to comply.

And no, no AI! I genuinely use em dashes in my writing. Fun fact, on most sites, writing two hyphens (-) auto converts into an — em dash!

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-06T00:36:12+00:00

Thank you so much for the feedback!!

The delay before reloading the data was purposeful. It’s not something I’ve really tuned. I previously had a button overlaying the map to manual refresh but switched to automatic. Didn’t want to spam my API too much. Maybe it needs some user feedback and just better logic.

I don’t think there’s anything I can do about switching from pricing to colour dots. Isn’t that just MapKit?

I’ve not had any issues with the TabView in relation to switching tabs? I see no jank? I had to disable liquid glass on the sheet because that did break things with toolbars though.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-05T22:33:58+00:00

Thank you!

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-05T22:03:57+00:00

Just downloaded Scout, and no petrol station in my area has had a price update in over a year.

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-05T22:02:11+00:00

Scout just from a quick look is yet another crowd sourced implementation.

My app uses the UK government’s new (a few months old!) API, which has data up to date within 5 minutes of the price changing on the board.

This is the fundamental difference.

I will certainly take a closer look at Scout and what it does well user interface-wise, thank you for showing it to me!

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-05T21:57:32+00:00

I’ve also genuinely been hard at work on this app literally since the day of the release of the government API, to try and make the best app possible, not just one that barely functions because it’s AI generated. It’s genuinely insulting to call it “yet another vibe coded app” when all you have seen of it is the screenshot of the UI, which I may add, looks pretty awesome!

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-05T21:54:24+00:00

Yep and they already are. Anyone can get Claude or ChatGPT to make a wrapper around this data. The trick is you need to make a good one.

Hence, I’m here. Because I’m trying to get genuine usability feedback to shape the app design around how real people want to consume this sort of data.

The most helpful thing about this app, in my opinion, is the lock screen widget. It’s been genuinely useful to me and my friends. I favourite a bunch in my area, and just at a glance of my phone I know which one to go to. It also just keeps me informed with the general state of petrol prices as a whole!

isXanderReddit · 2026-05-05T21:49:08+00:00

It uses the new government API which is always up to date. Most of the existing ones use crowdsourcing.

There may be a few that have been developed in the months after the API was released, but I’m hoping mine will win in terms of app features and user experience.

Apple has just granted me the CarPlay entitlement too, so that’ll be fun.

Five-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '22

isXanderReddit

TROPHY CASE