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Issue 229
Jul 23, 2024

This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:
  • The reality of Swift 6
  • UX Writing in Apps
  • Fast AI Revolution advice
Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!

THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST
A friend of mine contacted me with a memory consumption issue, so I decided to help out. This turned out to be a perfect real-world use case to share in an article. While loading images from disk may not always be necessary, memory consumption issues are something you will likely encounter at some point. The techniques described in this article will be helpful to you.

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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY
In the world of SwiftUI, building infinite scrolling pages is challenging. It becomes even more difficult when creating a four-direction scrolling page. Fatbobman successfully solved this challenge and open-sourced his solution.
While most of the responses to Swift 6 have been positive, there’s also a realistic side of the required refactors. Alex speaks from experience and shares how he passed through several conversions.
Building apps is so much more than coding and designing. UX writing is an essential part, covered in a WWDC session and now summarized in this article.
A concise overview of different use cases and code examples for when working with SF Symbols in SwiftUI. This article covers all different symbol variants, sizes, and color combinations.
Did you know about this new macro available in Xcode 16? I would argue it’s almost a must to implement to better debug instances in Xcode’s variable inspector and crash logs.

SWIFT EVOLUTION
An overview of last week's Swift Proposal state changes. Make sure to check them out when they're in review, as it's your opportunity to influence the direction of Swift's future.
There have been no changes this week.

UPCOMING CONFERENCE
Tickets are now available for Swift Connection (f.k.a. FrenchKit). This year, it returns to an exceptional venue in the heart of Paris, featuring renowned speakers from the community, including John Sundell, Ellen Shapiro, Chris Eidhof, Leah Vogel, Rob Napier, and more. I’ll be there in person as a sponsor, so I’d love to see you there!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK
This week's question is from Mohit:

What advice would you give to someone who is new to iOS, say with 3-4 years of experience, especially in this fast AI revolution?

Mohit is completely right that the AI revolution is moving fast. New products pop up everywhere, and it feels like every existing product has to mention AI at least somewhere to still make a difference.

Whether you’re an experienced developer or not, the AI revolution can be intimidating. Will you be able to keep up? Will AI replace our jobs? 

While it’s difficult for me to predict the future (unfortunately), I know one thing for sure: AI might not replace our jobs, but developers who know how to leverage AI will definitely win over those who don’t.

Don’t feel like you need to keep up with AI constantly or know everything. However, do try to familiarize yourself with popular tools like ChatGPT and Copilot while coding. I’ve been solving many coding problems with AI already and can conclude that it drastically improves my productivity.

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