February 23, 2017

Consequences of Ineffective Communication in iOS Teams

February 23, 2017/ Mike Apostolakis

In the software industry, it’s not uncommon to encounter the following behavior in teams: developers are excited and productive at the beginning of a new project or building a new feature, but as the development progresses and time goes on, their enthusiasm decreases.

I believe one of the reasons behind this change is the ineffective communication between team members. As software developers, we sometimes fail to understand the needs of our peers, and at the same time, we fail to effectively communicate our own needs. Let me illustrate this with a story.

February 23, 2017

Fearless and Productive Use of 3rd-Party iOS Frameworks

February 23, 2017/ Caio Zullo

When I began my professional career, I worked in a company where using third-party frameworks wasn’t allowed.

We had to write all our features from scratch, building them in such a way that they could be reused in additional projects as our own internal frameworks...

January 24, 2017

Providing Value as an iOS Developer

January 24, 2017/ Caio Zullo

In my last blog post, I explained why independent deployment is not achievable in systems where you don’t have control over the release process, like Apple’s App Store. However, that principle extends to independent development, open/closed systems, modular design, and more that can maximize your team productivity, allow you to focus on interesting problems to solve, and cash you that full bonus at the end of the year.

It extends to being a valuable developer that can generate huge profit...

January 13, 2017

Swift, Uncle Bob, and The Dark Path

January 13, 2017/ Caio Zullo

This week Robert C. Martin, aka, Uncle Bob published a blog post that made a lot of people mad.

Chris Eidhof wrote a nice response with his point of view on the subject, in which I believe they agree more than they disagree on the matter.

Some other responses weren’t that nice. I understand they felt hurt in a personal level and that’s why I tend not to get into those discussions however I feel like I could be part of this one since I see that both sides have very good points and I’m sure there’s much to learn there...