I still, after all these years, have a very sour taste in my mouth regarding the Apple developer tax. I actually think it’s disgusting to charge developers for enriching their. read more…
Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) – the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even familiar technologies at the start of a new job or. read more…
I recently had to implement a localised search mechanism on an API. Maths and Trigonometry aren’t my strengths it has to be said. So I started looking online for pointers. read more…
So this turned into a complete nightmare for a while. TeamCity Mac Agent Push Installation I started by trying to get TeamCity to do a push install of a new. read more…
There’s no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the other day and I found myself advocating not abstracting in. read more…
Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls and potential issues with many solutions. What works in your. read more…
I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass through the SSL certificate chaining process when calling from mobile. read more…
There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. I’ve also contributed a new v4 sample project which provides. read more…
I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to setup but if you take that effort hit upfront it. read more…
This is silly message really. If you’re getting this error (or something similar) but you also know that you’re running the latest version of the iOS build host: Build server. read more…
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I. read more…
I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the company I co-founded. I was amazed to find out. read more…
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to. read more…
Apple Developer Tax
I still, after all these years, have a very sour taste in my mouth regarding the Apple developer tax. I actually think it’s disgusting to charge developers for enriching their. read more…
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Technofog
Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) – the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even familiar technologies at the start of a new job or. read more…
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.NET Geographic Searches
I recently had to implement a localised search mechanism on an API. Maths and Trigonometry aren’t my strengths it has to be said. So I started looking online for pointers. read more…
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Xamarin iOS TeamCity Build
So this turned into a complete nightmare for a while. TeamCity Mac Agent Push Installation I started by trying to get TeamCity to do a push install of a new. read more…
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Abstracting APIs – Abstract Potentially Insane?
There’s no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the other day and I found myself advocating not abstracting in. read more…
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View Model Value Change Tracking in MvvmCross & Xamarin
Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls and potential issues with many solutions. What works in your. read more…
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Whitelist SSL Certificates in .NET for Xamarin / MvvmCross Apps
I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass through the SSL certificate chaining process when calling from mobile. read more…
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MvvmCross Beta5 & SidePanel Navigation Sample
There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. I’ve also contributed a new v4 sample project which provides. read more…
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Xamarin Android Automated CI Publishing Using MSBuild & JetBrains TeamCity
I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to setup but if you take that effort hit upfront it. read more…
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Xamarin iOS Build Server is Too Old
This is silly message really. If you’re getting this error (or something similar) but you also know that you’re running the latest version of the iOS build host: Build server. read more…
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Learning MvvmCross
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I. read more…
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The Apple Developer Clique
I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the company I co-founded. I was amazed to find out. read more…
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PCL Profile 259 in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7, Xamarin, MvvmCross & ReSharper 7.1
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to. read more…
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