An Introduction to WeatherKit and Alternative Weather Service APIs for iOS Developers
Nowadays weather APIs are used in a wide range of applications from travel sites that help people plan their daily outdoor activities to distribution logistics where severe weather warnings can help companies plan for supply problems. Many mobile develope...
SQL wildcard operators and how to escape them
One of the most powerful features of SQL (Structured Query Language) is its ability to search and retrieve data from databases using wildcard operators. A wildcard character in SQL is used to replace a single or set of characters in any string, which can ...
How to set up Firebase dSYM upload for an iOS project with multiple environments (Xcode 14)
If you ever used Firebase Crashlytics for an iOS app's crash reports, chances are you also encountered the “missing dSYM files” warning in the Firebase console. The crash reports are basically useless without these files. The Firebase Crashlytics document...
Handling bounced emails by SES with Rails (ActiveMailer)
If you are thinking of implementing a mailing system for your application, you would surely need to find a way to know if the sent emails are successfully delivered or not. With AWS SES (Simple Email Service), it is possible to set up bounce webhook notif...
Best practices for doing code reviews
In my early career, when I was asked for the first time by one of my seniors to review his code, I was honored but confused at the same time. What could a junior developer have anything to say about his senior’s years of experience writing code? What I di...
iOS: Automating the upload of DSYM files to Firebase using Fastlane & Bitrise
What was the issue? Crash reporting is something that's hugely important for all our apps. It allows us to easily find issues within our apps and can give us helpful advice on where to fix them. For our crash reporting, we use Firebase Crashlytics. For th...
