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  1. jacobp100
    iOS used to do this using the Cassowary constraint solver pre-SwiftUI. It’s the worst thing to work with. So much code turning on and off constraints, dynamically adding constraints when you have new views. And that’s before you get into conflicts
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    This might actually happen indirectly. Kagi’s new browser uses WebKit. macOS only now, but eventually it’ll come to windows
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    I do a few apps that get about this, but the one most interesting to the audience here is a scientific calculator for iOS, iPadOS and macOS

    https://jacobdoescode.com/technicalc

    One time payment, no subscriptions or IAPs

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    This basically makes a rust server to do the routing, then uses the Boa JS engine to evaluate the JS to handle the route

    With this approach, you might be able to do some multithreading to improve the throughput

    However, each request is almost guaranteed to be slower because V8 will be faster than Boa

    You could also achieve this by spinning up multiple NodeJS instances and putting an nginx server in front to do load balancing - which is pretty standard practice

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    The reactors will also be cast in the UK by Sheffield Forgemasters
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    Every update slows your phone down temporarily, because there’s background processing that goes on for a while after. That’s always been the case
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    Upgraded my 12 mini. Performance is fine. Battery life is as it always was
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    Net migration is expected to be 200k in 2026
  10. jacobp100
    The festival part is wrong - you can earn £1,000 from self employment without paying tax on it
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    I do iOS dev as a side-hobby too (https://jacobdoescode.com/)

    People are right it isn’t anywhere near a salary, but I have fun and it has opened job opportunities too

    For marketing, I found /r/Apple very receptive to self promotion posts - just make sure you meet the criteria. You can also do a discount period and advertise on /r/AppHookup. Last Black Friday I reduced a $2 to 29c (lowest allowed price) and made just shy of $500, and it boosted my place in the store search

    Best of luck!

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    This is the correct answer. They even expose JavaScript Core to apps
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    Yes the VM discussed is similar to JVM
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    It literally does come out cheaper. It’s referred to as the LCOE - you can look at the data yourself
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    In the timeframe of the duration of the installation. (Total cost for the whole project + total costs for fuels & maintainance) / (kW generated * lifetime of the project)
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    Solar + batteries is still cheaper than nuclear
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    Solar is much cheaper than nuclear. Italian new builds need to add solar panels.

    Nuclear isn’t a bad option too. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

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    The article is definitely wrong on the DSL being able to be replaced by some function call. You need to be able to do conditional rendering in a convenient way. The way SwiftUI’s DSL works means a lot of dynamic equality checks for updates can be statically resolved.

    Also in terms of magic values, Apple’s UI doesn’t have a fixed set of spacing values they choose from. They’ll have padding of 14px and 15px all over the place. It’s not practical to expect a developer to get them all right. And of course, this behaviour is easily disabled just by providing explicit values.

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    The EU makes the machines that make the chips

    Also in Taiwan these machines are fitted with bombs that will detonate if they’re invaded

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