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robb.is
SwiftUI and iOS shenanigans @ Linear.app • I put the UI in Ennui • today your love, tomorrow the world • previously: SwiftUI, Google Research, UIKit. https://robb.is
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If you're trying to like, *really* center Text in #SwiftUI, use a TextRenderer to disable subpixel quantization:

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

This app is even uglier now that I know a Tapbots one is coming.

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Who called it Kokain auf der Bundestagstoilette and not Diet Coke?

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

New avatar transition should be complete ✅

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Today, I'm releasing AtRandom – a #SwiftUI property wrapper that adds stable randomness to your views! Use it to spice up animations, transitions, and UI elements—without the hassle of @State. Also supports custom seeding for consistency! 📌 github.com/robb/AtRandom/

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Pro tip from an Ex-Googler: When you join a new company, change the linter rules for a couple kLOC of artificial impact.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

shoutout to this decade+ old browser-based project made by the incredible @robb.is www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Bh...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

I've published a new #SwiftUI Package to automatically visualize touches during Screen Recording, Screen Mirroring and when using the iOS Simulator: github.com/robb/visuali...

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Happy to announce that today is my first day at Linear, where I'll be working on the Linear Mobile app with @gavin.social, @jorilallo.com and many other fine people 💫

submitted 86 days ago • 9 comments

If you create a 9-slice from a rounded rectangle you created on iOS, you need to take into account that the distance from the corner to the first axis-aligned control point is about 152.866% of the radius. I found this value through some empirical computer science in a quick #SwiftUI preview.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Huge news: following a decades-long public campaign, the International Recommended Maximum Line Length for Programming has been increased from 80 characters to 120 characters

submitted 88 days ago • 14 comments

I consider this a successful upgrade to the empty data state of a subsection of a subsection of my app. All twelve people who will ever notice this will surely appreciate the time that went into it. #BuildInPublic

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

Frustratingly a job I was really excited about has fallen through at the last minute due to a lawyer screwing up. So, I'm still looking for a new role. I'd really love to find something in the music industry, but open to anything!

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

What idiot called it SwiftUI rather than Springs and Structs?

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

a late #genuary—"gradients only" working on an open source pigment mixing library, based on Kubelka-Munk theory. left: before KM mixing right: after KM mixing

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

As a bit of personal news, I will be leaving the SwiftUI team at the end of the month. My departure definitely came sooner than I expected but I'm excited to share what's next, stay tuned.

submitted 113 days ago • 6 comments

These Zelda games are getting out of hand

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

In classic horror tradition, @qntm.org writes about forbidden grimoires that corrupt every mind foolish enough to touch them. Books that ought to be banished to the vaults beneath the plateau of Leng qntm.org/clean

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

ADA contender

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

Hey a thing I made is top on hackewnews

submitted 123 days ago • 2 comments

I shit you not, the single best thing anyone has ever done for my health was a friend writing me a Shortcut which homes me out of apps unless I've drunk enough water at that point in the day (as evaluated via my Health logging, which I do via Water Llama).💧

submitted 126 days ago • 1 comment

Using #SwiftUI’s UIGestureRecognizerRepresentable and Anchor Preferences, you can build a ButtonStyle that is triggered by a long-press in a parent view in addition to regular taps. This enables building custom menus like this that allow triggering an action with a single long press.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

Best gamepad clamp thingy for iPhone 16 Pro?

submitted 137 days ago • 2 comments