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Forbidden iOS 👹

7 more things Apple doesn't want you to know

Sep 16 • Jacob Bartlett

Advanced Agentic Engineering

Techniques developed while running several parallel agents every day

Sep 2 • Jacob Bartlett

The Hardest Problems in Mobile Engineering.

10 reasons why your life sucks

Aug 11 • Jacob Bartlett

My Top 3 Design “Kisses” I Like to Add to Every App

Several somewhat sexy unrequited design flourishes

Jul 22 • Jacob Bartlett

UIKit for scroll performance!? Real engineers use Metal.

Actually hitting 120fps on a Photos app clone

Jun 23 • Jacob Bartlett

My Secret Plot to Kill SwiftUI

A playbook for returning to normalcy

Jun 1 • Jacob Bartlett

Reliable Data Uploading on iOS

4 levels of confidence: simplicity, resilience, continuity, and durability

May 20 • Jacob Bartlett

The 3 Levels of Swift Concurrency

The tiers of Swift 6.2 approachable concurrency

May 6 • Jacob Bartlett

My agentic engineering workflow at an AI unicorn 🦄

Shipping fast at the cutting edge

Apr 21 • Jacob Bartlett

Oh sh*t, I have an "iOS coding" interview and don't know what to practice

A handy survival guide: drill, baby, drill!

Mar 31 • Jacob Bartlett

The SwiftUI Design System War: Composition vs Progressive Disclosure

My most controversial high-conviction opinion

Mar 17 • Jacob Bartlett

iOS System Design interviews in 2026

Practical prep advice based on three real-world interviews

Mar 3 • Jacob Bartlett

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