Writing
Part of my life’s work is dedicated on how to become a good coder and independent software developer.
My approach is holistic: to be successful, it’s not enough to know how to code. That’s why I write about the life of an independent software developer, not just the day-to-day work.
- Introduction to my most important articles.
- Wiki with important concepts.
- All About TextKit: I deal with text, and here’s a collection of everything I figured out so far.
- Ultimate FastSpring Guide for Selling macOS Apps: I sell my macOS apps in my own store. Resources and tips to get you started.
Latest Blog Posts
Open Office Hours (Daylight Saving Time): Tuesdays, 18:30 CEST (That’s 1 Hour Late)
Every Tuesday is Open Office day: hop on a (video) chat and ask question or just hang out. During DST, it’ll be 1 hour later than before.
Working with Process Pipe and Its 64KiB Limit
Piping data from your Swift program to another program, or receiving large amounts of data from standard input, can be prone to errors, freezing your program. Here is how to do it safely.
NSPopover in NSTextView With Links Is Broken: Accessibility Hierarchy Slowdown
Showing a popover relative to a text view will compute the accessibility hierarchy 3 times per clickable link in the text view; that can get slow real quick.
Books
Make Money Outside the Mac App Store
Own your products and know your customers: sell outside the Mac App Store. In a few hours, you'll have in-app purchases, a trial mode, and piracy protection all set. The book includes fully functional sample projects and code ready to be copied into your app.
- 2nd edition: expanded to twice the features and details!
- PDF, EPUB, and Kindle download
- Lifetime updates
Exploring Mac App Development Strategies
Learn how to create an application from scratch or refactor existing code to keep your code maintainable: clean up Core Data and AppKit dependencies from the rest of your app.
- 4th, expanded edition
- PDF, EPUB, and Kindle download
- Lifetime updates