https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/ started in code. got pulled into the creator economy. tried ai scaffolding. came back to human writing. en https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/pastport-what-safari-remembers/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/pastport-what-safari-remembers/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Your iPhone Left an Airbnb I got up and was switching between Airbnbs, already annoyed at the Airbnb app sending me back and forth to Safari and Google Maps. Safari even warned me: “You are leavi... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/ten-years-of-doing-stuff/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/ten-years-of-doing-stuff/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT First published in February 2024. Expanded and updated for this blog. I picked engineering because my family wanted me to. I wanted to make films, play cricket professionally, compete in chess and... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/constraint-stack-for-ai-work/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/constraint-stack-for-ai-work/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:30:00 GMT If constraints are the moat, we need a repeatable way to define them. Here is the template I now use before handing work to an AI system. The Constraint Stack 1. Goal What exactly shou... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/The-Tool-That-Wins-Is-The-One-With-The-Best-Constraints/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/The-Tool-That-Wins-Is-The-One-With-The-Best-Constraints/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT "Constraints breed creativity" is design school gospel. Eames said it. Stravinsky said it. Every product blog has said it. I'm not here to repeat that. I'm here to point out something sharper: in th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/good-code-isnt-dying/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/good-code-isnt-dying/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT amit prasad wrote about the silent death of good code(https://amit.prasad.me/blog/rip-good-code). his thesis: agents make you productive, but output is "acceptable, not excellent." craftsmanship is... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/what-most-people-miss-about-ai-code-quality/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/what-most-people-miss-about-ai-code-quality/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:00:00 GMT a thread on HN(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46916586) about writing quality code with AI hit 200 points today. 145 comments. i read all of them. the article has 12 reasonable principles. th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/claude-code-agent-teams-what-changes/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/claude-code-agent-teams-what-changes/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT two days ago i submitted a PR to MCP Agent Mail(https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/mcpagentmail/pull/77) adding agent heartbeat presence, lifecycle management, and soft-block messaging. the pro... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/facebooks-agents-still-run-apple-keeps-wiping-their-memory/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/facebooks-agents-still-run-apple-keeps-wiping-their-memory/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT In 2020 I wrote that Apple's iOS 14 privacy popup would crush the deep links used for ad tracking. Facebook warned of 50% revenue drops. Advertisers panicked. Four years later, we have the receipts —... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/shadowbook-f1-control-room/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/shadowbook-f1-control-room/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Spec-driven workflows break in slow, expensive ways. The spec starts clean, then accretes edge cases, caveats, and context files. The code moves, the spec moves, and the two stop moving together. You... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/I-Built-A-Tool-That-Became-Obsolete-In-Four-Days/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/I-Built-A-Tool-That-Became-Obsolete-In-Four-Days/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT my M4 Mac was eating battery faster than a cryptocurrency miner at a free electricity convention. terminal kept freezing. fans spinning for no visible reason. activity monitor showed runaway CPU from... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Pacman-Mode-Multi-Agent/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Pacman-Mode-Multi-Agent/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT Part 1(/skill-drift): skill drift. Part 2(/spec-drift): spec drift. Part 3(/snap-streaks): volatility tracking. Part 4: coordination without a server. The Problem (One Paragraph) Mult... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Snap-Your-Spec-Streaks/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Snap-Your-Spec-Streaks/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Specs change. Sometimes too much. A spec that changes five times in a week while three engineers build against it creates chaos. Work drifts. Reviews fail. Rework multiplies. This is Stability Dr... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Where-Did-I-Leave-That-Spec/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Where-Did-I-Leave-That-Spec/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Monday morning. Coffee. Terminal open. And the question that haunts every fast-moving codebase: What was I working on? I have 76 specs. 127 beads (tasks). Skills scattered across two agents. Code... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Skill-Drift/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Skill-Drift/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Specs drift from code. That was the vibe-clock problem(https://chughgpt.substack.com/p/the-vibe-clock-drift-problem)—you update the spec at 3am, but the code keeps building the old version. Now th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Growing-Up-With-A-Pansexual-Brother/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Growing-Up-With-A-Pansexual-Brother/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 04:04:49 GMT !My younger brother and me, framed sometime around 2001.(/photographs/anupam-vidit-childhood-pic.png) My younger brother and me, framed sometime around 2001. In 2022, on Pride Day, my (29)... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Satire-On-Loyal-Employee-and-CEO/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Satire-On-Loyal-Employee-and-CEO/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:04:49 GMT !Illustration generated using Midjourney(/assets/illustrations/startup-humor-ceo-dilemma.png) You probably know who I am! I’m your next-door neighbor colleague. Spiderman? Nah, just a humble 9–5 w... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Views-On-Apple-Journal-App/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Views-On-Apple-Journal-App/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 04:04:49 GMT Upon the announcement of Apple’s Journal app at WWDC 23, I found myself torn. Given the comparable functionality available within the Shortcuts app for mood tracking journals(https://hachyderm.io/@... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Moving-On-From-BP/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Moving-On-From-BP/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 04:04:49 GMT In my announcement post on Medium(https://betterprogramming.pub/better-programming-has-a-new-editor-4f4ee04fa899){:target="blank"}{:rel="noopener noreferrer"}, I shared the news about stepping dow... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/AI-dentity-Crisis/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/AI-dentity-Crisis/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 04:04:49 GMT !An illustration of a young girl on her knees embracing a standing robot as they both extend their arms in a hug, depicting an emotional connection between human and technology. by DALL-E(/assets/s... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/New-in-iOS-15--Vision-Person-Segmentation-5c031a2f3822/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/New-in-iOS-15--Vision-Person-Segmentation-5c031a2f3822/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:17:29 GMT Vision is Apple’s framework that provides out-of-the-box solutions for complex computer vision challenges. It also abstracts the Core ML request by handling the pre-processing of images during classi... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/With-iOS-15--Apple-Gives-Us-Strong-Reasons-to-Ditch-Google-Services/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/With-iOS-15--Apple-Gives-Us-Strong-Reasons-to-Ditch-Google-Services/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:09:20 GMT You don’t need Google Workspace on your iPhone and iPad anymore — Apple offers 10 better alternatives ------ !Illustration by me(/assets/screenshots/ios-15-google-alternatives-header-image-b... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Is-Killing-Email-Read-Receipts-With-a-Single-Popup/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Is-Killing-Email-Read-Receipts-With-a-Single-Popup/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:45:11 GMT The new Mail Privacy Protection feature ensures that email marketers can no longer track your activity !Screenshot by me(/assets/screenshots/apple-mail-privacy-protection-screenshot.png) A... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Google-Joins-Apple-to-Cancel-Facebook-s-Trillion-Dollar-Empire-Dream/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Google-Joins-Apple-to-Cancel-Facebook-s-Trillion-Dollar-Empire-Dream/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 04:58:18 GMT Android 12 makes interest-based advertising obsolete to set off an irreversible collapse in Facebook’s ad ecosystem Facebook has a market evaluation of over 930 billion dollars today. Tha... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Swipeless-Tinder-Using-iOS-14-Vision-Hand-Pose-Estimation/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Swipeless-Tinder-Using-iOS-14-Vision-Hand-Pose-Estimation/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:20:05 GMT Let’s use the power of computer vision to detect hand gestures in iOS ----- The introduction of iOS 14 brought in a slew of enhancements and interesting new features in Apple’s computer vision... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Not-Apple-Google-and-Facebook-Are-Killing-the-Free-Internet/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Not-Apple-Google-and-Facebook-Are-Killing-the-Free-Internet/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 18:43:55 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0POqaDMkcjzZSW54x.jpg) Recently, Facebook doubled down on... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Facebook-Hypocrisy-on-Apple-iOS14-Privacy-Feature/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Facebook-Hypocrisy-on-Apple-iOS14-Privacy-Feature/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:49:23 GMT During WWDC 2020, Apple had announced a new iOS 14 privacy-based feature that sent chills down the spine of advertisement agencies. Specifically, there’s a new `AppTrackingTransparency(https://dev... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Moves-Two-Steps-Closer-To-Mixed-Reality-81734b524509/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Moves-Two-Steps-Closer-To-Mixed-Reality-81734b524509/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:41:01 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1dyYsj2q5NvqUnQA9v3tfA.jpeg) Now that the euphoria and... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Google-s-Doomed-Apps-Suddenly-Woke-Up-From-Their-Graves/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Google-s-Doomed-Apps-Suddenly-Woke-Up-From-Their-Graves/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:55:12 GMT Listen to their sad tales !Image(/assets/screenshots/unsplash-image-for-google-doomed-apps-post-altered-by-me.png) Google has a knack for releasing a lot of new products every year in hopes... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/From-Swift-Import-Python/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/From-Swift-Import-Python/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 22:30:23 GMT Build a macOS app to run Python scripts from your SwiftUI codebases Python for long has established itself as the undisputed leader of data science. But as the size of data continues to increas... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Advancements-in-Artificial-Intelligence-in-iOS-14-c1602f5d4951/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Advancements-in-Artificial-Intelligence-in-iOS-14-c1602f5d4951/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:47:59 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1AygpNv6gzFLTVHxJD5vNA.jpeg) Apple has recently been pu... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Caught-Apps-Spying-Keystrokes-on-Millions-of-Devices-c150a3136f3c/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Caught-Apps-Spying-Keystrokes-on-Millions-of-Devices-c150a3136f3c/ Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:30:42 GMT The new iOS 14 privacy feature informs you when an app accesses your data from the copy-paste clipboard The fact that Apple keeps pushing the envelope every year with regards to user priv... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Anomaly-Detection-in-iOS---Compute-Image-Differences-Using-Core-Image-in-SwiftUI-7753b8d61e82/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Anomaly-Detection-in-iOS---Compute-Image-Differences-Using-Core-Image-in-SwiftUI-7753b8d61e82/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:57:58 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0sWguIXyOnGZ1P59.jpg) Human eyes are very receptive to... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/How-Facebook-s-SDK-Can-Bring-Apple-s-iOS-Ecosystem-Down-Without-a-Single-Line-of-Code/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/How-Facebook-s-SDK-Can-Bring-Apple-s-iOS-Ecosystem-Down-Without-a-Single-Line-of-Code/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:37:46 GMT Facebook’s SDK is not only a privacy threat but can also cause catastrophes One fine morning, I opened my favorite music streaming app, Spotify, on an iOS device and it crashed. It could have... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Is-Killing-a-Billion-Dollar-Ad-Industry-With-One-Popup-2f83d182837f/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Apple-Is-Killing-a-Billion-Dollar-Ad-Industry-With-One-Popup-2f83d182837f/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:37:15 GMT The new iOS 14 privacy feature spells trouble for advertisement agencies and promises to end an era of personalized ads !Header Image(/assets/screenshots/unsplash-image-apple-killing-ad-indus... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Vision-Contour-Request-Coin-Detection-in-iOS/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Vision-Contour-Request-Coin-Detection-in-iOS/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:21:32 GMT Apple boosts its computer vision ambitions with a bunch of new Vision requests Apple’s WWDC 2020 (digital-only) event kickstarted with a bang. There were a lot of new surprises from the world o... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Netflix-Was-Your-Girlfriend-c54d704646a9/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Netflix-Was-Your-Girlfriend-c54d704646a9/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:04:24 GMT She might be a little clingy but would surely be great with kids Most of us today are closer to Netflix than people in real life. And as we find ourselves sheltered in place, our relations... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Build-a-SwiftUI-Core-ML-Emoji-Hunt-Game-for-iOS/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Build-a-SwiftUI-Core-ML-Emoji-Hunt-Game-for-iOS/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:42:03 GMT Let’s create a fun machine-learning iOS camera app that lets you search for things in your house that are similar to emojis The advent of machine learning on mobile has opened doors for a bunc... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/My-Predictions-for-WWDC-2020-fb727a4b45e6/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/My-Predictions-for-WWDC-2020-fb727a4b45e6/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:14:29 GMT WWDC 2020 is almost here, and it’s Apple’s first online-only developer event given the current health situation. We’ll surely miss the applause from a live audience, and it’ll be interesting to see h... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/How-to-Modify-States-During-View-Updates-in-SwiftUI-923bf7cea44f/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/How-to-Modify-States-During-View-Updates-in-SwiftUI-923bf7cea44f/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:47:59 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0NTi5gorXl8eUIKxV.jpg) Introduced at WWDC 2019, SwiftUI h... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Social-Media-Stories-Had-A-War-Of-Words-265c6eaee185/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Social-Media-Stories-Had-A-War-Of-Words-265c6eaee185/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:15:59 GMT You’d be confused whose the winner as they’d all self-disappear The Snapchat-like stories feature has become an integral part of every social media app today. All of them have introduced their... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/7-SwiftUI-Tips---Little-Known-Features-c7840d8eb01b/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/7-SwiftUI-Tips---Little-Known-Features-c7840d8eb01b/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:09:04 GMT SwiftUI has changed the way we build user interfaces in our iOS applications. The declarative state-driven framework is concise and easy on the eyes primarily due to function builders that power the... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/6-Swifty-Ways-of-Writing-Code-f260286a0dbb/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/6-Swifty-Ways-of-Writing-Code-f260286a0dbb/ Mon, 25 May 2020 14:50:03 GMT Use Maps to Safely Unwrap Optionals Typically, we use the `if let` or `guard let` syntax to safely unwrap optionals in Swift. While that’s all fine, sometimes you wish there was a way without th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Video-Conferencing-Apps-Pitched-Themselves-to-Customers-4417bd4ee19c/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Video-Conferencing-Apps-Pitched-Themselves-to-Customers-4417bd4ee19c/ Thu, 21 May 2020 15:15:34 GMT You have to decide which is the best fit for the job Video conferencing apps are on the rise as people seek the easiest way to communicate for work and personal reasons. As the demand continues... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Trump-was-a-Programmer/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Trump-was-a-Programmer/ Mon, 04 May 2020 18:19:50 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/06SNTCQUCgGZe5P.jpg) A lot of programmers love making... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Exploring-Core-Image--Apple-s-First-Computer-Vision-Framework-160f4a589413/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Exploring-Core-Image--Apple-s-First-Computer-Vision-Framework-160f4a589413/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:47:15 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0kb4xMY5du9pffoo.jpg) Over the years, Apple has release... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Don-t-Use-Boolean-Arguments--Use-Enums/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Don-t-Use-Boolean-Arguments--Use-Enums/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:42:00 GMT A case for avoiding flag values in your code Booleans are the first data type any programmer learns. And why not? They’re the simplest of the lot with only two states: a `true` and a `fals... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Apps-Were-People-You-Knew-107d97eaea9/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Apps-Were-People-You-Knew-107d97eaea9/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:58:12 GMT Fact: You’d probably hate most of them Most of us feel a strong bond with our apps these days. It’s no mystery why. Every app has its own personality we love. Or hate. They’re so unique th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Programming-Languages-Had-Honest-Slogans/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/If-Programming-Languages-Had-Honest-Slogans/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:26:55 GMT Software engineering is one field where experiences can vary. Some relish programming while others can find it frustrating. Building software can stress anyone out, no doubt about that. In order to... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/What-if-brand-slogans-were-brutally-honest/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/What-if-brand-slogans-were-brutally-honest/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 05:05:58 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0fK06h0Xur8FkPoK1.jpg) Brand slogans in many ways are min... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/The-New-iPhone-SE-is-a-Flagship-Killer/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/The-New-iPhone-SE-is-a-Flagship-Killer/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:20:48 GMT 'Despite a dated design, it’s Apple’s best budget phone in a while' After months of speculation, Apple has finally unveiled the much-awaited successor to its 2016’s iPhone SE. The long-rumored... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Introspect-Accessing-UIKit-Components-Under-SwiftUI-Views/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Introspect-Accessing-UIKit-Components-Under-SwiftUI-Views/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 04:14:42 GMT SwiftUI was the talk of the town during WWDC 2019. Despite the limited set of tools, it created a euphoria due to the ease with which you can build user interfaces. Gladly, a lot of the SwiftUI compo... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/See-How-Writing-Is-Like-a-Great-Game-of-Chess-9dadd0d83ef9/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/See-How-Writing-Is-Like-a-Great-Game-of-Chess-9dadd0d83ef9/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 06:01:00 GMT WRITING TIPS !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0ez2dRppxAgB5be.jpg) I started pla... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Coronavirus-Visualisation-on-Maps-with-SwiftUI-and-Combine-on-iOS-c3f6e04c2634/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Coronavirus-Visualisation-on-Maps-with-SwiftUI-and-Combine-on-iOS-c3f6e04c2634/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:45:06 GMT COVID-19 !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1rlD4nuhiJnByKRL5jaQ.jpeg) > For rol... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Developers-Should-Play-Video-Games/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Developers-Should-Play-Video-Games/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 22:36:36 GMT Video games are often thought of as time-wasters but they can benefit developers in many ways !Unsplash Image(/assets/img/07JQ0Jrt08tY8UUWQ.jpg) Video games are often thought of as a sour... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Sentiment-Analysis-on-iOS-Using-Swift--Natural-Language--and-Combine--Hacker-News-Top-Stories-d1b8d8f4f798/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Sentiment-Analysis-on-iOS-Using-Swift--Natural-Language--and-Combine--Hacker-News-Top-Stories-d1b8d8f4f798/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:26:01 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1J4d5sOjVozBE6pq8Df5vgA.jpeg) Powering applications with... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Scanning-Credit-Cards-with-Computer-Vision-on-iOS/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Scanning-Credit-Cards-with-Computer-Vision-on-iOS/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:16:28 GMT Leverage Vision’s Rectangle Detection and Text Recogniser to detect credit and other business cards in a live camera feed Photography has been Apple’s central focus since the inception of the... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Winks-and-Head-Turns---Build-a-Tinder-Swipe-iOS-App-Using-ML-Kit-s-Face-Detection-API-da40d1e2cb86/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Winks-and-Head-Turns---Build-a-Tinder-Swipe-iOS-App-Using-ML-Kit-s-Face-Detection-API-da40d1e2cb86/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:53:19 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0vlPWJD3pv2pR80Kx.jpg) With 3D Motion Sense technology al... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Valuable-Life-Lessons-That-Video-Games-Taught-Me/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Valuable-Life-Lessons-That-Video-Games-Taught-Me/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:51:01 GMT I still remember the first game I ever played. The 3-year-old me was tucked into a chair. Observing the monitor in front. A fat monitor that would transport me into a world far far away. I was asked... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/How-to-Change-Your-App-s-Icon-in-SwiftUI-1f2ff3c44344/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/How-to-Change-Your-App-s-Icon-in-SwiftUI-1f2ff3c44344/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:04:07 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1UHqqq8Ulm7qDoBnYXr6W6w.jpeg) The ability to change your... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Detect-and-Handle-Collision-Events-in-a-RealityKit-Scene-Across-Different-Entities-d64b6e10421f/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Detect-and-Handle-Collision-Events-in-a-RealityKit-Scene-Across-Different-Entities-d64b6e10421f/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:14:25 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1yjgAKumpQwyoivPVCYM1A.png) This is the second part of... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Pull-to-Refresh-in-SwiftUI-ios13/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Pull-to-Refresh-in-SwiftUI-ios13/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:58:07 GMT Leverage the `UIViewRepresentable` and `UIHostingController` to embed the refresh controls in your SwiftUI views Update: As of iOS 15, we now have a `refreshable` modifier that can be attached... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/The-Strong--The-Weak--and-the-Unowned-Self-in-Swift-1795d8e7b990/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/The-Strong--The-Weak--and-the-Unowned-Self-in-Swift-1795d8e7b990/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:22:41 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0kL15QEznTdkomlzC.jpg) A long time ago, in a land far awa... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Ugly-Truths-About-Working-From-Home/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Ugly-Truths-About-Working-From-Home/ Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:23 GMT Anything that’s too good has a hidden cost. Repercussions, rather. Working from home has been a dream for many people for a while now. It still is a very desirable option for some. Offer any i... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Advancements-in-Apple-s-Vision-Framework--2019-Year-in-Review-4c9d3ad5b138/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Advancements-in-Apple-s-Vision-Framework--2019-Year-in-Review-4c9d3ad5b138/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:59:15 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/15Y6sYDIcFRxDWBU1JjtMw.jpeg) In 2019 Apple introduced s... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Computer-Vision-in-iOS--Determine-the-Best-Facial-Expression-in-Live-Photos-452a2eaf6512/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Computer-Vision-in-iOS--Determine-the-Best-Facial-Expression-in-Live-Photos-452a2eaf6512/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:49:44 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0uVA9MWl781wzyvVQ.jpg) Apple brought in a lot of exciting... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Gestures/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Gestures/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:14:10 GMT Swipe like you do in Tinder, create a GestureState property wrapper, and more ----- !Header Image(/assets/screenshots/swiftui-gestures-header-image-screenshot.png) Gesture recognition is r... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/NSFW-Image-Classifier-Using-Create-ML--Core-ML--and-Vision-in-a-SwiftUI-App/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/NSFW-Image-Classifier-Using-Create-ML--Core-ML--and-Vision-in-a-SwiftUI-App/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:13:27 GMT Let's blur out SwiftUI images with sensitive content ----- With the advent of machine learning on devices, the opportunities that are emerging to make smartphones smarter than ever are endles... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Navigation-Links-and-the-Common-Pitfalls-Faced/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Navigation-Links-and-the-Common-Pitfalls-Faced/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:26:55 GMT Currently, it’s not lazy and that could be dangerous ------------------ Every application requires navigation unless, of course, you’ve made a killer app that’s doing great with a single view... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Build-a-SwiftUI-App-to-Compose-Smart-Replies-in-Foreign-Languages-Using-Firebase-MLKit-b6a2ba25f144/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Build-a-SwiftUI-App-to-Compose-Smart-Replies-in-Foreign-Languages-Using-Firebase-MLKit-b6a2ba25f144/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:55:32 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0kohyltaWMty7hS5V.jpg) Firebase ML Kit(https://firebase... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Build-a-Core-ML-Movie-Recommender-SwiftUI-App-Using-Create-ML-e8a748d01ba3/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Build-a-Core-ML-Movie-Recommender-SwiftUI-App-Using-Create-ML-e8a748d01ba3/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:56:44 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0nPNxtHRC5H0MWxsP.jpg) Recommender systems are essential... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Applying-Diffable-Data-Sources-70ce65b368e4/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Applying-Diffable-Data-Sources-70ce65b368e4/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 01:22:52 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0aUiCUNjlvpJY05oF.jpg) Declarative programming was wholeh... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/MLDataTable--The-Panda-For-iOS-Developers-251aa9a09eb1/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/MLDataTable--The-Panda-For-iOS-Developers-251aa9a09eb1/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:50:50 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0D45txEqR7zbOYXN7.jpg) Data processing, handling, cleanin... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Exploring-Use-Cases-of-Core-ML-Tools-9fbc0fde72e7/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Exploring-Use-Cases-of-Core-ML-Tools-9fbc0fde72e7/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:04:45 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/07vnYpILSk4MraEXB.jpg) Apple’s Core ML is a powerful mach... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Cropping-Areas-Of-Interest-Using-Vision-in-iOS-e83b5e53440b/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Cropping-Areas-Of-Interest-Using-Vision-in-iOS-e83b5e53440b/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:03:12 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1EKboKCRYOwceqb4FgB7yyw.png) Apple introduced plenty of n... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Compositional-Layouts-in-CollectionView-90a574b410b8/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Compositional-Layouts-in-CollectionView-90a574b410b8/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:57:51 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0VZumXGZSfiKMX9KX.jpg) The advancements Apple brought in... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Multiselection-Gestures-in-TableView-and-CollectionView-619d515eef16/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Multiselection-Gestures-in-TableView-and-CollectionView-619d515eef16/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 07:34:16 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1I8ChgT4jW68Wg2HjDGf8KQ.jpeg) WWDC 2019 introduced some i... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Edit-PDFs--Images--and-Videos-Using-Quick-Look-in-iOS-13-ad2131080587/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Edit-PDFs--Images--and-Videos-Using-Quick-Look-in-iOS-13-ad2131080587/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:33:53 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/14PAyvGEdkoz9Tl22EbRaFg.png) One of the lesser-known gems... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Sound-Classification-on-iOS-Using-Core-ML-3-and-Create-ML-fc73ca20aff5/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Sound-Classification-on-iOS-Using-Core-ML-3-and-Create-ML-fc73ca20aff5/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:06:01 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0oPLA12jzwZEcDahh.jpg) During WWDC 2019, Create ML got i... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Exploring-MapKit-on-iOS-13-1a7a1439e3b6/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Exploring-MapKit-on-iOS-13-1a7a1439e3b6/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:26:09 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1I0idAmCrZlJyMvdRMuA1Hg.jpeg) Maps have been a constant i... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Classify-Movie-Reviews-With-Natural-Language-Framework--Core-ML--and-SwiftUI-12dfe2fc3308/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Classify-Movie-Reviews-With-Natural-Language-Framework--Core-ML--and-SwiftUI-12dfe2fc3308/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:39:20 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0Uy8EENZtQamveCkW.jpg) Apple showed some good progress in... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Combine-SwiftUI-With-Alamofire-abb4cd4a0aca/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Combine-SwiftUI-With-Alamofire-abb4cd4a0aca/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:22:46 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/17SYBgrbNOfbD45I3NRxeKA.jpeg) Alongside SwiftUI, Apple in... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/5-Lesser-Known-Features-of-WKWebView/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/5-Lesser-Known-Features-of-WKWebView/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:27:31 GMT Recently, I worked on a freelance project (Aged Care Decisions) where I was asked to build a PoC set of white-label apps that uses web views throughout. Below are the things I discovered while imple... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Bar-Charts/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Bar-Charts/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 06:00:20 GMT !Header Image(/assets/screenshots/swiftui-bar-charts-final-output.png) SwiftUI is the talk of the town. The declarative UI pattern is here to stay and building cool and awesome UIs is easier than... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/PyTorch-Mobile--Image-Classification-on-iOS-c822a36ecfa9/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/PyTorch-Mobile--Image-Classification-on-iOS-c822a36ecfa9/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:55:44 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1rcDmQER45lyxG69nF3XUNQ.jpeg) PyTorch is one of the most... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Alerts--Pickers--and-Gradients-29b9ee5ff8f3/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/SwiftUI-Alerts--Pickers--and-Gradients-29b9ee5ff8f3/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 10:10:28 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/12PYOFLRfFEmKcfTxItyXg.png) SwiftUI(https://developer... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Handling-iOS-13-Bluetooth-Permissions-26c6a8cbb816/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Handling-iOS-13-Bluetooth-Permissions-26c6a8cbb816/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:57:40 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0N2dJOe6hNHnckBw.jpg) Core Bluetooth framework is an ab... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Implementing-Multiple-Window-Support-in-iPadOS-5b9a3ceeac6f/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Implementing-Multiple-Window-Support-in-iPadOS-5b9a3ceeac6f/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:26:45 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/16ziGpv89dW2jLWE9jiumOg.png) iPadOS 13 was launched durin... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-Vision-And-Highlighting-Text-With-Core-ML-aaca104e9427/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-Vision-And-Highlighting-Text-With-Core-ML-aaca104e9427/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:35:54 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/0EWkB5qe2iaDmriso.jpg) Vision and Core ML frameworks were... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Using-PencilKit-in-iOS13/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Using-PencilKit-in-iOS13/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:20:57 GMT WWDC 2019 introduced another interesting framework, PencilKit. It’s now available on iOS 13. PencilKit allows an easy integration of the drawing canvas view and toolkit in applications. The goal of... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Context-Menus-and-SF-Symbols-a03b032fe330/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Context-Menus-and-SF-Symbols-a03b032fe330/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:33:18 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/1RJuTP54uHtRZ7JHkuIyCA.png) Context menus were one of t... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Core-ML-3-Model-Retraining-On-Device/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/Core-ML-3-Model-Retraining-On-Device/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:55:46 GMT Long story short: It's me, a Core ML model, and I'm intentionally trained to detect a few cats as dogs and vice versa. Let's see if I can be re-trained on device to detect the images correctly. Th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Checklist-For-Developers/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-13-Checklist-For-Developers/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:55:20 GMT A checklist to refer to when shipping your next app for iOS 13 iOS 13(https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-13/features/) has finally been rolled out to the public, closely followed by 13.1. I’m su... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-Vision-Text-Document-Scanner-effc0b7f4635/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/iOS-Vision-Text-Document-Scanner-effc0b7f4635/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:16:33 GMT !(/Users/anupamchugh/Downloads/medium-export-a4b48d5fe977f1f289836fecb566e574d085c11debefe6da1b475ac0c8622324/posts/md1703150257140/img/15337r916cJYl2eebzNWfCA.jpeg) Now that iOS 13 is here, th... https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/a-nightmare-with-shared-preferences-and-stringset/ https://anupamchugh.github.io/posts/a-nightmare-with-shared-preferences-and-stringset/ Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT A Nightmare with SharedPreferences and StringSet I love using SharedPreferences to cache data in various parts of my Android applications. Little did I know that storing values in a Set of Strings...