💡 Kotlin devs: ever had `?.let` mysteriously fail to compile? I dug into a subtle Kotlin mistake I commonly see in pull requests, explain the issue and how best to fix it. 📝 New post: Kotlin Gotchas: Why Your ?.let Sometimes Fails to Compile 🔗 paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/11... #Kotlin

We often reach for interfaces or base classes when we see duplicated code. But what if you can’t change the types? You can still make the algorithm generic - just teach it how to read and build data. 📝 Generic Algorithms Without Constraints 🔗 paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/11... #swift #kotlin

🧹 DYSNI — Do Ya Still Need It? We deleted >800 lines of old Objective-C by asking one simple question: Do Ya Still Need It? Simpler code. Less confusion. More clarity. 👉 paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/10... #CleanCode #Refactoring #DYSNI #Swift #ObjC

New post: Git Rebase Tips and Tricks Habits and commands that make rebasing smoother - from keeping merge bubbles to verifying results and fixing mistakes. paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/10... #git #rebase #devtools #programming

Great DX isn’t always a slick UI - sometimes it’s a horrible popup that saves you hours. I built a pop up that yells when local OAuth tokens expire and I love it. paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/10... #DevExperience #Kotlin

Default arguments in Swift and Kotlin can make code cleaner - but at what cost? I explore how overusing them can weaken compiler checks, obscure intent, and blur boundaries between layers. Sometimes, being explicit is better. paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/10... #Swift #Kotlin

The only Xcode refactoring tool I actually use? Explaining regex - no sketchy web tools required. paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/09...

I wrote a post on turning CI logs into actions The general idea is to wrap your existing build scripts with a tool that can parse the logs for specific JSON payloads and then perform actions like comment on GitHub PRs, ping slack channels etc. paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/09... #swift

I wrote a post on self hosting a Vapor app on a Raspberry Pi paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/08... #swift #vapor

I wrote a post on a crafty little retain cycle in Swift, finding it and breaking it paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/06... #swift

I wrote a post on my experience of using Kotlin Symbol Processing in various ways over multiple years. I cover how I like to structure my code and give example use cases for how we utilise KSP in our projects. paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/06... #kotlin #ksp

Here's a post on making sure your SwiftTesting parameterised tests show up in the test navigator with nice names using `CustomTestStringConvertible` paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/03... #swifttesting #swift

I wrote a post on "Building Complex Things" talking about virtualising macOS machines for iOS CI paul-samuels.com/blog/2025/03... #iOS #macOS