Mar 16, 2021The HomePod is dead. Long live the HomePod.Re-examining great design and technology end-of-life support. This post originally appeared on lucasmcgartland.com Like a radioactive isotope, we’ve reached the HomePod’s first half-life. Apple’s announcement to discontinue the original HomePod hardware yesterday was jolting, but not surprising for many HomePod owners. This was a moment expected from the beginning. Launched in 2018, the original HomePod smart speaker had limitations that…Homepod8 min readHomepod8 min read
Published inExposition·Apr 30, 2018Recreating Beats Music with React Native and Expo SnackBeats Music, we hardly knew ye. A music streaming service ahead of its time, Beats Music was unceremoniously replaced by Apple Music after Apple acquired Beats in 2014. …React Native4 min readReact Native4 min read
Published inWe’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Apr 13, 2018How to manage file uploads in GraphQL mutations using Apollo/GrapheneGraphQL is an amazing way to query and manipulate data. You describe your data, ask for what you want, and get predictable results. The problem is, GraphQL only handles serializable data out of the box—there’s no way to upload files directly as part of your mutations. But what if there…GraphQL4 min readGraphQL4 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Apr 4, 2018How to Set Up Multi-Camera Streaming to Facebook Live With Free SoftwareNote: This guide assumes you’re living in the walled garden of Apple and are using macOS and iOS devices, but the principles are the same for Windows and Linux. If you’re like my amazing friend Sarah Kassel and hosting your own Facebook Live comedy show — sometimes a single smartphone…Live Streaming4 min readLive Streaming4 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Feb 22, 2018Building Cross-Platform Applications with a Universal Component LibraryHow to write an iOS, Android, and web app simultaneously while managing a design system (and throwing in some virtual reality fun for good measure). — Imagine this: You’re an engineer at a small startup. You’re in charge of both designing and developing the front-end user interface for your product. And your product relies on being available to everyone on every device as part of its value prop. How are you supposed to build a platform…React Native9 min readReact Native9 min read
Dec 21, 2017Refreshing Token Based Authentication With Apollo Client 2.0If you use GraphQL, you’ve probably heard of Apollo Client. Apollo is fantastic for React projects because it can be incrementally adopted, has a great community, and great documentation. However, with the release of Apollo Client 2.0, there were some breaking changes, including the method of extending the interface to…Apollo Client3 min readApollo Client3 min read
Dec 21, 2017Using Apollo Client 2.0 with Redux in Wix React Native NavigationIn previous versions of Apollo, a Redux store could be used as the caching layer for Apollo Client. However, this no longer works with Apollo Client 2.0 as Redux support was dropped as to remove the dependency for developers who didn’t want to have to use it. …GraphQL2 min readGraphQL2 min read
Nov 16, 2015Computer science, meet exercise: How I built a push-up pedometer at a three day hackathonOne of my favorite features of my phone is that it automatically measures my steps without me ever having to open an app. Recently though, I’ve been wanting a metric for measuring upper body activity and performance that can be automatically counted like pedometers can for steps. I use a…Algorithms7 min readAlgorithms7 min read
