Productivity on miqu.me

Three months with XVim

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:19:24 +0000

‘Know your key shortcuts’ is the mantra of the productive programmer. I’ve chosen to try using the same keybindings everywhere, investing time and learning Vim. And using xvim in Xcode. In this article I’m going to try to explain why I did this, and I’ll share my experience of the process.

Jumping into existing codebases

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:55:18 +0000

I’ve recently changed workplace - we’re hiring! - and I’ve jumped into an existing codebase. This is a good time to review what I like to do when I start to work on a project in these circumstances.

Code injection: Continued

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:33:30 +0000

I’ve recently done a short talk @Badoo about code injection. Summarized and gave a demo of my previous blog post.

Check it out if you are interested. Feedback on the talk is more than welcome, contact me

iOS Code Injection

Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:21:36 +0000

Write code, compile, wait, navigate to screen in application. Fix problem, recompile wait. Oh it was not fixed, start again… Does it sound familiar? For compiled languages there seems to be no workaround this bottleneck. Even though this is true, there are situations where we can reduce the waiting time, increasing our productivity and happiness. Enter code injection.

Continuously improving with your tools

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:17:49 +0100

Have you ever setup your tools in half an hour? In my opinion, the key to improving your tools is gradually evolving what you use, and how you use them. Here’s what I think about it.