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@beinformed.app

Informed is a civic and political data app for iOS to help you track upcoming elections, members of Congress, campaign finance, and much more. Public beta available now: testflight.apple.com/join/zKBtrsC5 Website: beinformed.app

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The next part of my 3-part series is up on the @beinformed.app blog! I walk through how I construct URLs for my app in a scalable, flexible way. beinformed.app/blog/url-con...

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Managing URL construction for APIs in Swift

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Here's the first post from my 3-part series. Hopefully, it's useful/helpful to people 😅 and let me know if you have any feedback, questions, etc.

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Creating a generic network manager in Swift

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Today, I'm expanding the number of beta testers for @beinformed.app! If you're willing to test out an app to help you find your representatives, browse upcoming elections, track campaign finance, and more, sign up here: testflight.apple.com/join/zKBtrsC5

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Over on the beinformed.app/blog, I'm going to have a series of three posts coming up that walk through (1) building a generic networking function, (2) constructing URLs with a service class and endpoint protocol, and (3) creating a data model and SwiftUI chart to build the view below.

Two screenshots of a chart built using Swift and SwiftUI. The chart is titled "Political ideology in Congress, 1948-2025" and uses DW-NOMINATE data to show growing political polarization in the U.S. in recent decades.

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted or given an update on @beinformed.app, but I wanted to cover a few things as we move into April. First, there’s a new feature in the app to help you search through the app’s local data to more quickly navigate and find information.

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Informed @beinformed.app · 22/03/2025

If you're a beta user, check out the new search feature in version 0.85!

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I've been considering adding support for TipKit to @beinformed.app, but I'm not sure users actually need help with feature discovery. If you're beta testing the app, are there any hidden or hard-to-find features you think users would benefit being directed to?

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

BETA UPDATE: I uploaded my build to TestFlight yesterday and got internal testing set up. For external testing, the app needs to go through app review. After that, I'll invite people who signed up for the beta via email. If all goes well, I'll invite via a public link...

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Quick update on @beinformed.app: it's looking like the beta should be ready for early February. There will be some bugs (hopefully no app-crashing ones) and a lot of visual inconsistencies. Some of the UI I'm happy with, some of it is kind of ugly (sorry). I have no idea how long the beta test...

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Informed @beinformed.app · 02/01/2025

In the past few days since launching the beinformed.app site, 22 people have signed up to be notified about the beta when it launches. Thanks!

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Informed iOS beta coming early 2025

Read about the upcoming beta.

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Alex Lenkei @alexlenkei.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

The site for my app is now up and you can sign up to be notified when the TestFlight is live: betterinformed.app

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Informed - Civic data for everyone

A civic data app for iOS

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