No words.

Any Go developers out there that are looking for an impactful project to work on? Would consider independent contractors. But need at least 3 years experience. Apply here or DM me. bignerdranch.applytojob.com/apply/abSt9lwm…

Prescient.

We have another opening for a Mac developer to join us in the Editor team at Sketch: sketch.com/careers/mac-de… From the ad: "The Editor team offers the juiciest, thickest layer cake of user-visible functionality to work on in the Sketch Mac app." 😃 Feel free to DM any questions

Look, every time a giant space rock has catastrophically slammed into the Earth so far it has worked out great for me. Creation of the Moon, eradication of giant reptilian predators. I don't know what everyone is so worried about.

Just finished up Counterpart. Spy thriller with a sci-fi twist. J.K Simmons does an amazing job! Related: Looking for new series recommendations.

Giving S1E1 of The Expanse a shot.

I’ve played Wordle (the real one) and it’s fun. But the biggest missed opportunity there, IMO, is that they didn’t put a link to the website in that tweet we all keep seeing. 🤷‍♂️ (And no I’m not going to start tweeting Wordle scores :)

Ukrainian (Apple developer) colleagues, you and your families are welcome to join us in Bulgaria or Armenia and also find shelter. The same invitation is also for the Russians, who are ashamed or terrified by their dictator. DM me, and please retweet.

I just posted a smallish programming job on Upwork. If you are (or know) a desktop Qt/C++ programmer, please hit me up. I’d still prefer to hire through my network than hire blindly on Upwork.

Weekend get away to Canyon Lake. Just about an hour from our house.

Fired up the smoker today. Eight hour cook for some nice pulled pork.

Are you looking for a company that is remote first and filled with kind folks? We are hiring for full time roles and can also consider individual sub contractors. Our urgent needs are in iOS, Android, Go and Java. Bonus points if you are interested in working on courses. DM me.

My wife, Michelle, almost stepped on this guy in the garden this morning. Didn't have anything in the foreground for scale but I'd say coiled up like this he's about 8" in diameter. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.

400 lbs of organic chicken feed. They’re a hungry bunch.

I have a new post up on the Big Nerd Ranch blog. Swift Regex Deep Dive: bignerdranch.com/blog/swift-reg…

If you're old enough, you will recognize this sounds and appreciate the spectrogram of a dial up modem handshake. The full video's caption reports a verbal translation/breakdown of the process [Full video, Scotty H: buff.ly/3zVFdom]

My apprenticeship is coming to an end and I’m looking for my next iOS developer position. Any leads and RTs would be greatly appreciated!