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iOS and Android
Concurrency, lifecycle and authentication issues in Swift and Kotlin.
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Programming & code notes
My Swift, Kotlin and backend code examples, with the decisions, failure cases and limits described alongside the implementation.
Try this / Practical field guide
How to verify a programming tutorial
A checklist for evaluating code samples, including the linked ZombieMutex references.
- Record runtime, language, dependencies and exact setup prerequisites.
- Reproduce the initial failure before applying the fix.
- Run a positive case, malformed input and a relevant boundary or retry case.
- Identify anything omitted, including authorization or production hardening.
- Publish commands and resulting output only after actually executing them.
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Backend APIs
Retries, idempotency, authorization and request contracts.
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Testing
Positive paths, malformed input, boundary cases and regression checks.
Hands-on resources & related guides
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No personal programming & code notes stories have been published in this collection yet. This section automatically fills with my own approved posts, notes, recipes, or build logs as I add them.
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Photos & visual notes
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Original photos only, with descriptive captions
Stories behind the images
Details and context, not stock or invented travel photos
Photo entries appear automatically after original pictures and captions are approved and added to the Life notebook.
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Code samples
I wrote these small examples and experiments around controlled inputs. They are separate from private customer work and are not physical hardware demonstrations. Open any sample for its checks, source references, and limitations.
TypeScript / Tested teaching helper
Calculate a bounded retry delay
export function retryDelayMs(attempt: number, capMs = 8000): number {
const safeAttempt = Number.isFinite(attempt) ? Math.max(0, Math.min(12, Math.floor(attempt))) : 0;
const safeCap = Number.isFinite(capMs) ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(capMs)) : 8000;
return Math.min(safeCap, 250 * 2 ** safeAttempt);
}Cap exponential retry delays and let the caller enforce a total deadline.
TypeScript / Tested teaching helper
Separate identity from resource authorization
interface Decision { authenticated: boolean; authorized: boolean; integrityOk: boolean }
export function canMutateResource(input: Decision): boolean {
return input.authenticated && input.authorized && input.integrityOk;
}A client or attestation verdict cannot grant access to someone else's object.
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