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Bart Jacobs

@_bartjacobs

I'm a freelancer by day and a indie hacker by night. I write about Apple and Swift development on Cocoacasts.

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"Learn the Four Swift Patterns I Swear By" bit.ly/swift-patterns


I use @claudeai Code in @cursor_ai. I need to sign in again every day. Is that expected or a bug? This has never happened with @OpenAI's Codex.


It rarely happens that a tool is a multiplier for my productivity, but @WisprFlow really is. I'm hooked! wisprflow.ai/r?BART147 (affiliate link)


I know Etsy isn’t all sunshine and roses, but it's so nice to see so much creativity in one place.


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Meditation isn’t just what happens on the cushion. Presence is how you show up in daily life.


I'm not sure what all the fuss was about. I like iOS 26.


Agree or disagree? ASO is worth researching when validating an app idea, but it shouldn’t be your primary distribution channel. It can bring results, but with today’s crowded market and Apple’s unpredictable algorithm, relying on it is too risky.


Despite being on Anthropic's Max plan, Claude Opus reaches its limit (too) fast using Claude Code. 🤔


My vibe coding loop: - Scope the feature with ChatGPT - Turn the chat into a PRD - Commit the PRD to the repo as Markdown - Ask Claude Code to convert the PRD into a Markdown task list - Work the list


What I love about Swift and programming in general is that it's a never-ending creative challenge. Even after 15 years of building software, I learn something new every day. AI hasn't replaced that for me. It's accelerated it. Don't see AI as a threat. See it as a multiplier.


TIL that AWS charges $0.40 per secret stored in AWS Secrets Manager. 😵‍💫


I'm most productive when I work/build in blocks of 45 minutes. It's sometimes tempting to keep going when you're in the zone, but a break has its benefits. More often than not, those breaks are the source of solutions and creativity. Try it out.


I've been building apps for Apple's platforms for over 15 years, and I still love it as much as ever. 😍


Time-boxing turns procrastination into progress. Set a timer. Start. You'll be shocked how much you can do in 25 minutes.


You're not tired. You're just addicted to easy!


If you want to launch an MVP fast, then don't spend time reinventing the wheel. For a recent project, I leveraged @vercel , @pinecone , @triggerdotdev , and @AssemblyAI . It works like a charm.


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Developers reviewing the code generated by AI before accepting all the changes.


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