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nthState

94 karma · joined January 23, 2014

Developer/Inventor http://www.chrisdavis.com
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nthState··on Xcode Design Review Toolkit
I made an Xcode plugin to draw all accessibility and style data for your views. You can use this to compare to designs or see where accessibility is missing.
nthState··on ARKit Testing with RobotKit
Hi, I made a Swift Package to control a Robot during my XCUITests.

I attached my ARKit App to the robot so that I can reproduce movements during my integration tests, video after the jump.

Swift Package: https://github.com/nthstate/robotkit Sample App: https://github.com/nthstate/robotkitsample

nthState··on An NFC movie library for my kids
I'd buy this
nthState··on GitHub Actions could be so much better
Most of my problems would vanish if there was an official way to run workflows locally, something like:

shell: run_workflow name=MyJob in=MyWorkflow.yml params={}

nthState··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2021)
Location: United Kingdom, London

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Swift, Objective-C, Python, AWS

Portfolio/Résumé: http://www.chrisdavis.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdavis83/

Email: contact@chrisdavis.com

Hi, I'm Chris, I make tools such as https://www.haptrix.com, http://www.phonique.com, http://www.vectorflow.io. I also make Augmented Reality Apps like: https://www.climbdesigner.com

nthState··on Show HN: RealityKitDebugger, an Xcode QuickLook Debugger
Hi, I've been using RealityKit for a while now, and whilst it's great, I've found myself wanting for more Debugging features, I've created this small Swift Package with the aim to help visually debug Transforms, Vector and Materials from within Xcode
nthState··on Hacker Things, Products for Hackers
There are so many great things on that site, thanks for posting!
nthState··on Show HN: Augmented Reality Route Setting for Climbing
Hi,

I've made an AR Route Setting app for iOS called Climb Designer, I've been working on it during lockdown whilst I can't go to the climbing gym.

The app has lots of holds/volumes & walls that you can place/stack anywhere.

You can change the color/texture/size of every item, and if you make a mistake, it supports undo/redo.

Using RealityKit Collaborative Sessions you can let a friend help you design a climb together.

Phones with Lidar scanners mean I can map your environment better, and even create a 3D model.

If you visit https://www.climbdesigner.com on your iOS device, tap a route, it will load in AR using Apple's QuickLook Technology

It's free on the AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/climb-designer/id985956922

Thanks for reading!

nthState··on Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using macOS?
You can hover/long press on the green traffic light item to tile your screen.
nthState··on Creating haptic feedback in iOS 13
I wrote an app to visually create Core Haptics, videos here: www.haptrix.com, I found working with the API to slow to experiment with.
nthState··on Ask HN: Resources to learn Metal iOS
I picked up this book by Janie Clayton, it's pretty good: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Programming-Guide-Tutorial-Re...
nthState··on [dead]
This is intended down-time.
nthState··on Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch (2017)
This was really great! Thanks :-)
nthState··on Russian Peasant Multiplication
oh, I always thought it was called Napier's Bones, oh well.
nthState··on Russian Peasant Multiplication
I struggled and still do with multiplication taught in School. As a child my dad showed me "Napier's Bones". I haven't looked back since, it may be slower, more drawing, but for me it works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier%27s_bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZLpqTyZMM4

nthState··on Show HN: Phonique – GUI Editor for AVAudioEngine
Hi,

I'm Chris, I've been working on Phonique on and off for a few years, multiple re-writes, different wrappers and I've just re-wrote the app for AVAdudioEngine, it exports Swift Code.

Any questions, please let me know!

nthState··on Goodbye Mac App Store
It would be interesting to do a study of what features developers require no-sandbox for, then maybe Apple could address those specific areas.

Most of the apps I make use the sandbox with no problem.

nthState··on Show HN: First startup – A matching game based on your interests and location
I clicked chat now and it said login with Facebook...that's when I decided to nope out. It also feels like it has conflicting purpose: to make new friends, and for dating. I understand these aren't mutually exclusive.

Anyway, just my $0.02

nthState··on Fluid Paint
At first I was "meh", then I saw the texture and was "wow" - amazing stuff
nthState··on Introducing Lottie: Airbnb's tool for adding animations to native apps
I wonder how this will affect Marcus Eckert’s Squall. Squall, a paid plug-in vs a free library. I find it annoying when things like this happens, an independent developer works on something for ages and tries to make some money, then a large company releases something pretty much the same for free.

Note: I'm not taking anything away from either product, both are super amazing.

gah/ just my $0.02

nthState··on Ask HN: How do you get and stay motivated?
I'm not sure if the person who posted this on Reddit is the original author, but it does make you think about motivation differently https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/3h76yq/text_d...
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Hi, Things like, traffic to your site, conversion rate? Thanks!
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
I've been interested in making a hardware device too, is it a custom PCB? - Did you prototype with Arduino?
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Your IndieHackers article was ace! Thanks
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Hi, do you have any public stats?
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Hi, Have you got any public stats? - Thanks!
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Hi, I'm guesstimating 25'000 paying users? - Do you have a writeup on your marketing?
nthState··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Please tell me you have a write up of your history/journey somewhere?. You get a +1 from me!
nthState··on Ask HN: How do I gauge the value of stock options that I have been offered?
@chillydawg, Based on the options they have been offered (200 * 1300 = 260,000), What reasonable amount of money do you think they should ask for on-top of their salary, if they forego the options?
nthState··on Make Sticker App – Create iOS Sticker Apps Online
Hi,

I've created an online web-service www.makestickerapp.com - You can upload an icon, and a bunch of images and it will generate a complete Xcode project.

If you have a animated sequence of images, it even puts them in the project if you have a good naming convention.

I'd like honest opinions on it please.

Thanks

Chris

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