Harshil Shah

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I make apps and stuff

Working on @harshilsnewapp

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2024-08-29 13:36:48

My Apple Watch stopped logging my VO2 Max about a month ago. Anyone else seen this? Dunno what I need to do to get it working again

2024-08-28 15:28:07

SwiftUI PSA: Make custom ButtonStyles rather than adding it in all the label. On iOS they’re almost interchangeable, but it’s not so on visionOS and macOS

2024-08-27 13:14:04

Is there some way to hot swap SwiftUI transitions? I want to change the transition for a view’s removal, but it seems like it gets locked in when it’s inserted

2024-08-26 15:58:52

Halfway into building one of these and I was like, I swear I've written this before
And it turns out I have. Feels so good to steal your own older code
https://mastodon.social/@harshil/113023501968547428

2024-08-24 07:50:14

Yeah this is not gonna end well https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24225972/ai-photo-era-what-is-reality-google-pixel-9

2024-08-19 15:50:17

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@npub1jv5…e22d Happy birthday dude! Have a great day!

2024-08-19 12:10:47

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@npub1sdu…w074 Agree. I think one panel that’s just bold text, no screenshot, and also stands out in terms of colour, might be worth trying

2024-08-19 12:02:55

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@npub1sdu…w074 I wonder if a 3 panel thing might work better, or maybe just a very stylistic first panel
For the most part I think people only ever see one at a time (App Store page) or 3 (App Store search)

2024-08-15 15:15:55

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@npub1tuz…y7d3 Feels like a blessing in disguise to me that it just doesn’t work at all with SPM

2024-08-10 01:42:13

There’s a guy at the gym wearing a t-shirt with Sigmund Freud’s face on it, and it reads MILF HUNTER

2024-08-07 04:38:07

It’s also illegal for people to not send me money, fwiw
https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/112917810323221931

2024-07-29 06:15:45

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@npub1p9k…865w iA Writer is the most Apple-y thing out there. I just use VS Code nowadays though. No native previews but I just have a terminal building my whole blog, so I can preview it exactly how it'll look

2024-07-18 13:04:15

I still don't know whether to pursue this, and I have a ton of other work coming up over the next couple months, but at least it's compiling now
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/807/631/332/366/721/original/4d40f2ae28f3823a.png

2024-07-14 15:14:25

Looking into the Controls API on iOS 18. Since it’s using App Intents as the base, can you do more complex interactions there, or only just Buttons and Toggles they mention in the docs?

2024-07-11 15:15:12

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@npub1sdu…w074 For a second I almost thought “are we up to that already?”

2024-07-11 15:11:29

My kingdom for the empty calendar widget having shorter text, or even just disappearing altogether
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/768/495/499/192/050/original/386a3b18aebd6aff.png

2024-07-11 13:06:02

Updated my website to be more beige and use serifs too. Just felt like it was time for a change
https://harshil.net

2024-07-10 14:51:55

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@npub1sdu…w074 I think that’s just meant to be a stand in for “generate whatever the hell your preferences are”?

2024-07-09 15:56:50

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@npub1tuz…y7d3 It genuinely means a lot to me that my opinion means anything to you ❤️

2024-07-07 15:22:47

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@npub1cmg…rzd2 You’re good to go when the Continue button shows up! Tap it and you’re in!

2024-07-04 13:16:55

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@npub1p9k…865w Very curious about what you used for the translations! Also looking to add support for a bunch more languages here
Also, did you also localise the screenshots? Was that automated too?

2024-07-02 15:45:55

📆 Mark your calendars folks, Peak is coming to an Apple Watch near you, on July 7!
If any press folks who write about apps would like to give it an early try, please reach out!
https://mastodon.social/@harshil/112700398786210654

2024-06-28 14:25:14

I used git bisect for the first time today and holy shit this is a game changer. Can't believe I've been avoiding it so far

2024-06-20 16:08:34

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@npub1rky…0xq2 Sure, I get that it might not be a priority, but I’m still gonna call it a bug, thank you very much

2024-06-20 15:51:47

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@npub1rky…0xq2 I’d definitely call it unexpected behaviour even if you’d rather not label it a bug. The Notes app for instance will paste both items

2024-06-20 14:57:32

@npub1rky…0xq2 Little bug report: If my clipboard has a link and an image, and I paste it in the composer in Ivory, only the image is pasted

2024-06-20 01:57:51

The German bi pride kits look just so fucking good
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/646/466/252/927/525/original/a0023a005e668e8b.png

2024-06-18 12:20:18

Not seeing any posts about it here so I gotta say:
Dark Matter is very good

2024-06-18 08:10:02

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@npub1sdu…w074 Same!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/636/605/129/707/458/original/6cc98dddf63f4a35.png

2024-06-16 12:56:38

Product idea: Hide my email, but for iMessage
Basically a publicly shareable way to start a conversation without sharing your phone number or email

2024-06-14 14:49:44

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@npub1sdu…w074 What’d they say tho?!

2024-06-14 14:26:02

Kinda surprised that between the translation framework, Apple Intelligence, and string catalogs, they haven’t added any automation for localisation in Xcode 16
Even just a first pass with warnings and for native speakers to review would be incredible

2024-06-01 15:17:27

I came across a little clip from The Thick of It somewhere and now I have to rewatch the whole show
It’s not for everyone but if you like that kind of humour, you’re gonna love it

2024-05-27 02:38:50

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@npub1sy6…5dxr I got it last week but on my M2! Looks like someone flipped a feature flag in Cupertino

2024-05-21 13:14:07

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@npub1tuz…y7d3 Everyone's trying to be Breaking Bad! But the human brain can only tolerate so much of it

2024-05-20 01:21:44

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@npub1p9k…865w I’m still confused about why it’s being initialised twice, that’s bizarre

2024-05-08 07:46:54

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@npub1sdu…w074 Could always bring back the wedge!

2024-05-07 14:34:04

Procreate remains a fucked up name for an app

2024-05-07 14:17:27

I’m very curious about how well nano textured glass works with a touch screen

2024-05-03 01:48:53

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@npub1sdu…w074 Mine is “when it’s hot”, which unfortunately means that like 10 months of the year are summer here

2024-05-02 17:42:53

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@npub1sdu…w074 If it just went one step further and said “Summertime” that would be correct in both ways

2024-04-30 13:25:57

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@npub1sdu…w074 Congratulations!!

2024-04-26 13:10:57

You’re laughing? Oceans are now battlefields and you’re laughing?

2024-04-25 14:03:24

I’ve been testing Ketchup for a while now and it is really well made! Also goes together really well with Delta now!
https://mastodon.social/@BenRiceM/112332217934897288

2024-04-21 14:16:06

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@npub1sdu…w074 Like if you have foregroundStyle(.red, .blue), and then deeper in the tree you have foregroundStyle(.secondary), that’s plucking out the blue value there

2024-04-21 14:12:48

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@npub1sdu…w074 Hmm, what happens if you just remove the modifier? My understanding is all the hierarchical styles just proxy the existing style, and primary should do nothing at all

2024-04-20 14:13:00

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@npub1src…fms4 Ooh I hadn’t heard of them, will check it out!

2024-04-19 01:28:59

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@npub1u24…32pl So sorry for your loss Paul

2024-04-09 14:57:40

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@npub1p9k…865w Absolutely. I feel like they need to iron out so many edge cases where currently you just need to dig through to the base UIKit or AppKit component

2024-04-06 13:26:26

It’s a really narrow niche but are there people or blogs or even just individual posts that go into the business side of indie development? Looking for case studies, essentially
Feels like there’s a lot of “How I built X” content around design and code decisions but not much around monetisation etc.

2024-04-05 17:00:38

With the new app I’m trying to be more thoughtful about business model stuff from the get go and don’t wanna just slap it in at the end, and man this shit is hard

2024-04-05 14:38:28

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@npub1p9k…865w You only need State once, for the view that actually owns the model. Just a standard var elsewhere

2024-04-04 16:02:16

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@npub1src…fms4 I moved to Cloudflare. Gonna also move my websites there when I have some time to kill

2024-04-03 15:21:36

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@npub1p9k…865w Yeah that happens with all React type sites for me. Especially was an issue with Twitter dot com

2024-04-01 09:55:05

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@npub1sdu…w074 If only. The only noticeable change I've found so far is my t-shirts are all a size too big

2024-03-30 15:21:41

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@npub1sdu…w074 Have you considered an exorcism?

2024-03-30 14:40:16

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@npub1sdu…w074 I also got logged out in the middle of writing release notes today. Can’t remember the last time I had a mid-session log out on any website

2024-03-28 16:21:55

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@npub1p9k…865w I’m not entirely sure tbh? Binding was somewhat simple to understand because it’s was just a wrapper for two closures, I’m not sure how Bindable works

2024-03-28 16:14:03

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@npub1p9k…865w I guess parlor isn’t Bindable, $parlor is, and so that’s why you don’t get a binding with the regular if let there

2024-03-28 16:10:40

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@npub1p9k…865w I’m also not 100% clear on Bindable tbh, but my understanding is you need a Bindable thing for the ice cream in order to derive the binding for the name from it

2024-03-28 15:04:47

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@npub1p9k…865w Does $parlor.iceCream work?

2024-03-28 14:21:47

I’m building apps for the Apple Watch for the first time. Does anyone have any recommended bits of writing, sessions, technical articles, etc. specific to the platform?

2024-03-19 15:46:22

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@npub1sdu…w074 And it's not even gonna crack the top 10 temps for the summer

2024-03-06 15:52:21

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@npub1l8q…f4up I generally only edit the middle icon and copy and tweak it for the other two for this reason. Much easier to ensure the number and order of points doesn’t change that way

2024-03-01 12:36:37

Chilled weekend to all of you

2024-02-22 11:15:59

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@npub1jv5…e22d Congrats, and well deserved!!

2024-02-20 15:23:00

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@npub1p9k…865w Would you recommend it for someone who isn’t a big camera guy? I’ve only ever had my iPhone, never a proper camera, and haven’t really gotten much into photography but I want to

2024-01-19 14:17:12

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@npub1p9k…865w I feel like most people got 21W? So did I, and I’ve got a big head

2024-01-19 13:01:36

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@npub1p9k…865w I know right? It's 6:30 pm here, I'm up so late past my bedtime

2024-01-11 11:12:05

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@npub1sdu…w074 Oh no, get well soon!

2024-01-11 10:24:08

For more design oriented people than me: Any thoughts on how I can make this little strip of info less “busy”?
I like the density, but the overlapping colours and shadows can feel a bit much sometimes
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/736/825/013/175/553/original/c5e77fdfec75077c.png

2024-01-08 14:32:33

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@npub1p9k…865w How expensive are a pair of glasses there? Most I’ve ever paid here is like $30

2023-12-28 03:10:47

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@npub1jv5…e22d Welcome to India!

2023-12-22 16:36:38

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@npub1u24…32pl Happy birthday Paul!! Hope you have a great one!

2023-12-17 11:38:17

If you’ve been enjoying Peak, I’d really appreciate if you could leave a review on the App Store! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peak/id6443923491
I’m also collecting some testimonials so if you’d like to submit one, please private mention me with a reply to this post!

2023-12-16 17:34:45

Watched Game Night today and it's just a fun, delightful little movie https://letterboxd.com/film/game-night/

2023-12-12 06:52:50

Swipe to switch between watch faces is back! https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/apple-releases-watchos-10-2-for-apple-watch-heres-everything-new/

2023-12-08 13:40:47

Chilled weekend to all of you

2023-12-07 17:57:31

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@npub1jv5…e22d Thanks Shihab!

2023-12-07 17:56:03

Peak got a nice write up in Lifehacker! https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-watch-fitness-year-in-review

2023-12-04 11:59:21

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@npub1sdu…w074 That is wild. I’ve never even seen it cross just a couple seconds here

2023-12-04 05:16:53

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There's no way to do this afaik. Since iOS 11-ish UINavigationBar became just way more inflexible. Best thing you could do I guess is adding the search field directly to your scroll view, and effectively moving it offscreen using frame(height:0) and offset

2023-11-30 16:44:22

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@npub1u24…32pl Just disabled both that and source control, here's hoping those can help, fingers crossed

2023-11-30 16:33:07

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@npub1sdu…w074 It's actually been way better than 14 for me throughout the betas! I have no idea why it's suddenly deteriorated so much. Editing any nontrivial SwiftUI file is an exercise in pain

2023-11-30 16:31:24

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I would kill for a "turn off all typechecking" button because this is genuinely untenable. The worst is when it finally catches up, and then I type or delete exactly one (1) character and whoop it's fucking beachballing again

2023-11-30 16:28:09

I can't explain why because there hasn't been a new release for a while, but Xcode has gotten significantly worse for me in the last few weeks
Any time I try to refactor some code and temporarily have mismatched braces, missing variables, etc., it beachballs and freezes the whole window, and this happens multiple times a day now

2023-11-30 04:52:15

The most baffling SwiftUI 1.0 design decision that still lives on: Why the hell does the scale transition have an argument called scale? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/anytransition/scale(scale:anchor:)

2023-11-28 07:55:37

Missed this earlier but SwiftUI now has a UnitCurve type! https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/unitcurve

2023-11-27 13:15:07

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@npub1sdu…w074 grid’s where all the fun is at these days!

2023-11-16 15:04:28

I’ve been testing Freckle for a while and it’s just a delightful little app to make custom wallpapers! Go check it out! https://mastodon.social/@BenRiceM/111420821442727302

2023-11-10 04:45:42

Whoa new App Store design
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/384/431/012/963/132/original/6ec9dba57c77296e.png

2023-11-06 12:02:10

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@npub1sdu…w074 Congratulations!!

2023-11-02 00:39:17

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@npub1u24…32pl Was it backported then? Cause I did find a couple instances in my codebase where I’m using if # available to use it

2023-11-01 17:11:08

Pretty sure this wasn't the case in early betas, but looks like the new bouncy, smooth, and snappy spring animations in iOS 17 have been backported all the way to iOS 13, neat! https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/animation/bouncy

2023-10-26 11:01:55

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@npub1u24…32pl Congratulations, and well deserved!

2023-10-26 10:51:32

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@npub1sdu…w074 MacBook Pros only do that when they’re very depressed

2023-10-18 16:38:12

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@npub1p9k…865w This looks really cool!

2023-10-18 10:43:44

My kingdom for:
typealias DateComponents = [Calendar.Component: Int]

2023-10-16 17:27:46

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@npub1p9k…865w Full color + no background is used for standby

2023-10-16 17:13:12

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@npub1p9k…865w Do the rendering modes change? On 16 those were all only multicolor, now they’re vibrant and accented in StandBy