Use beginBackgroundTask the Right Way
Working with background tasks has always been one of the more challenging parts of iOS development. Today, we’ll dive into UIApplication.beginBackgroundTask,...
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SpotShare, Part 2: Architecture and AI Workflow
How I architected and built SpotShare with AI—covering MVVM vs MV, dependency inversion with Swift Dependencies, testing, and practical prompting.
SpotShare, Part 1: Idea and Design
How I approached the idea, research, and early design workflow for SpotShare — with a practical, AI‑assisted process that saves time without losing originali...
Introducing SpotShare: Discover and Share Your Favorite Places
SpotShare is a simple, privacy‑friendly way to save, organize, and share great places with friends and the community.
Flutter State Management: GetX, Bloc, and Riverpod
Since I started building Flutter apps in 2020, I’ve always appreciated how easy Flutter makes UI development. But when it comes to state management, it’s a w...
CocoaPods Is Stepping Back — Time to Adapt
If you’ve been in the iOS dev game for a while, you’ve probably relied on CocoaPods for managing dependencies. It’s been a solid tool for years, but things a...
2024
SwiftUI Tips: Synchronizing Dimensions Between Two SwiftUI Views
Getting multiple views to perfectly match in size in SwiftUI might seem simple at first, but it can quickly turn into a head-scratcher. Let’s break it down w...
SwiftUI and Identity: A Practical Guide to Better View Management
This week, we’re diving into the world of SwiftUI to make it less of a mystery. SwiftUI is a declarative framework, which means it figures out how to make th...
Dependency Injection with UIKit: A Practical Guide
This week, let’s explore dependency injection - a concept many engineers with a few years of experience likely use regularly, especially when working with de...
SwiftUI Basics: VStack, HStack, ZStack, and Spacer
SwiftUI is Apple’s innovative declarative framework for building user interfaces, designed to simplify the process of creating views across all Apple platfor...
Boost Your iOS Workflow: Hot Reloading with Inject for UIKit & SwiftUI
Since Apple introduced preview capabilities in SwiftUI, developers have enjoyed a more interactive workflow, seeing UI changes in real-time without running t...
Unlocking the Power of Cursor in iOS Development
In recent years, AI has become a big deal in tech, changing the way we work day-to-day. For engineers, it’s now almost essential to use AI tools to stay prod...
About me
My name is Nhat Doan, a mobile architect based in Vietnam. My journey in mobile development began over 10 years ago, though I initially started as a full-sta...