Today, I wanted to connect an USB drive to my Raspberry Pi and it did not work as easy as expected to access it’s data. As a side note, it is a Raspberry Pi completely set up via terminal so … Read the rest
Quickly unpack xip files
Ever wondered why unpacking a new Xcode release takes soooo long? I don’t know either. Probably a lot of time is spent on validating signatures or other things. Anyway, sometimes you just want to quickly unpack it.
Here comes unxip
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You might have heard of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) as someone interested in accessibility in any kind of digital products. For me as a German iOS developer the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (or BFSG in … Read the rest
Draw line graphs in SwiftUI
Graphs are an essential tool for visualizing data, and with SwiftUI, it’s easy to create custom and interactive graphs (Spoiler: we won’t add any interactivity during this arcticle). You can use them in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps. In … Read the rest
Lately, I also jumped onto the ChatGPT train and wanted to give it a try for the use in Swift development for the iOS platform. Here are my experiences so far using it for around 1 or two months now.… Read the rest
Fix LLDB issues in Xcode
Did you ever encounter some strange issues when dealing with broken LLDB in Xcode leaving print()
as your final idea? Welcome to broken Xcode tooling.
TLDR; or answer the title’s question:
Actually, I have no idea how to really fix … Read the rest
In fall 2022 I finally felt comfortable to take the examination for becoming a “Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies” (CPACC) by the “International Association of Accessibility Professionals” (IAAP). And in November I got an email that I passed it! … Read the rest
You should finalize your day with a building project. At least I like to do that. Often you need more than a day to finish some larger task. Also, if you are getting headaches, it’s totally fine to stop coding … Read the rest
European Accessibility Act in short
This article is not complete in any way. I am also not a lawyer. I try to add updates whenever something happens though 🙂
In the US, creators of inaccessible digital products can already be sued because of the Americans … Read the rest
This is a frequently updated list of links regarding accessibility I found worth saving. It’s currently focused on mobile (especially iOS development) as this is my main area right now.
Last update: 5th July 2023
Guidelines & Standards
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