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Getting Started with LevelDB

Getting Started with LevelDB

LevelDB local database theory, querying and C++ bindings explained with detailed examples for iOS Objective-C and a quick overview for scripting.

2013

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Touchgram

Purrticles and a Belated BuildInPublic

A product design (hurried) story

Sep 13, 2024

Screenshot of the XCode Particle Editor settings showing a complex dialog with many controls

Sep 13, 2024

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Touchgram

How Apple broke apps on old phones

Blindsided by Bitcode. Another Apple bug tale, this one almost un-testable, and a bit of a lesson on privacy.

Feb 1, 2022

Four phones representing different OS versions, with crosses and ticks to indicate only iOS15 OK.

Feb 1, 2022

I'm a writer and software developer.

A fair comparison takes into account the other presentation modes available for digital data. Yes, I scribble on paper sometimes. I'd love…

Dec 29, 2024

Dec 29, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

A spooky win in the braces war

One of the weirdest coincidences ever proving I was right.

Nov 21, 2024

Nov 21, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

A Reassuring Murmur

How a debugging “comment” became a user feature

Nov 20, 2024

A Reassuring Murmur

Nov 20, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

Boxing up Best Practices

Sysadmin Snippets — a tale of tapes and tangled good intentions.

Nov 19, 2024

9-track backup tape

Nov 19, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

Sysadmin Snippets — Cable Tales 1

Tangles and a kind of debugging

Nov 13, 2024

Picture of DB25 serial cable, black with connectors at each end with 25 pins in two rows

Nov 13, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

Sysadmin snippets — Intro

Experiences from when I was not just a developer

Nov 13, 2024

Sysadmin snippets — Intro

Nov 13, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

Scientists and Sticky Notes

My useful analogy for XML data, and how it breaks.

Nov 13, 2024

Scientists and Sticky Notes

Nov 13, 2024

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Sopwith Software Tales

Homework helper vs lecturer

Back around 1988 I was mostly working as a VAX mainframe sysadmin, at Griffin Coal Mining.

Nov 9, 2024

Grids showing memory layouts as intended by lecturer versus the reality of the HP compiler inserting an alignment byte.

Nov 9, 2024

Andy Dent

Andy Dent

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Touchgram interactive messaging Founder looking for art, sound & advertising partners. GrandDad. Developer, designer & Martial artist 40+yrs. Australian born UK

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