I was not expecting much from “The Last of Us” from HBO, after so many poor adaptations of video-games, what could one look forward to? Well, I’m glad to say I was wrong. The first two episodes have been so fun to watch. If you enjoyed the game, do check them out. Faithful to the …
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And just like that, MarsManaged has reached Beta!
After 18 months of work… …I’m excited to announce that MarsManaged has reached a major milestone, it’s now in Beta. In the following weeks I’ll be opening up more testing seats, can’t wait for your candid feedback -and bug reports-! Until then, here’s a sneak peak of the latest version of the app. CARD’s section: …
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Easily linking any AppKit or UIKit class with SwiftUI
After spending an embarrassing amount of hours trying to get TextField to do what I needed on macOS I decided to try NSViewRepresentable + NSTextField. I was fully prepared to spend the night on this… Yet I got it done in 30m 😮 Lesson learned! Going forward, when a SwiftUI object is not mature enough …
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Here’s to 2023!
As Eisenhower said “Plans are worthless, but planning is indispensable”, so… In no particular order, my plan for 2023 is to: 1. Ship MarsManaged for macOS sometime before June, add iOS versions before EOY 2. Complete two more AI courses & tackle several problems that interest me where ML can make a significant difference 3. …
Restoring macOS window after close – SwiftUI WindowsGroup
Typical behavior for macOS apps is that the apps will preserve their size and position when closed (Command + W) or quit (Command + Q) by the user. When using SwiftUI & WindowsGroup that’s not the case though: although it works as designed when quitting, it forgets position and size when closing the window …
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So… I have a Mastodon account now
I don’t know if it will stick or not, but was seeing enough of my friends migrating there that it was a no brainer for me to create an account. So far, its been quite fun I must say. And I kind of find the federated approach interesting. Anyway, you can find me @ mastodon.social/@MarcMasVi …
Writing these lines from San Diego!
Some personal news to share, my wife and I have relocated to San Diego! We’re still in temporary housing, but I do expect to be fully settled starting January. Until then, I’ll be posting less as there’s a lot of things we’re handling ATM. So far, loving it here – here’s a pic from yesterday, …
Todd Howard Interview w. Lex
Really enjoyed Lex interview w. Todd Howard. If you enjoy Elder Scrolls, Fallout or Game Development it’s worth every minute. Marc
Have an M1/M2 Mac? Use Diffusion Bee locally
If you’d like to try Stable Diffusion, the latest AI image generator, and have a Mac with an M1/M2 chip you can download it and run it locally (no technical expertise required) Features include: Full data privacy – nothing is sent to the cloud Clean and easy to use UI One click installer No dependencies …
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MarsManaged onboarding – Unleashing a new golden age for humanity!
‘Creating a future for Mars!’ ‘Unleashing a new golden age for humanity!’ This weekend I’ve been working on onboarding CARDs for MarsManaged. What’s that I hear you ask? Let me explain… When the user first opens the app these onboarding CARDs show how to use it in a subtle way, allowing users to become familiar quickly …
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