Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 24/09/2026Wow, so we have been in the same place at the same time. …Why didn't you say hi??? 😜 110
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 23/09/2026In my talk at try! Swift Tokyo, I explained how to make Swift mock objects. Unless we're careful, they can lead to fragile tests. Let's make them flexible. qualitycoding.org/try-swift-mock-ob…qualitycoding.orgSwift Mock Objects: How to Avoid Fragile Tests | Quality Codingtry! Swift Tokyo: How to make Swift mock objects. Unless we're careful, they can lead to fragile tests. Let's make them flexible. 131
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 16/09/2026How can you increase confidence in your test code? Who tests the tests? Here are the techniques I depend on to enable bold refactoring of tests. qualitycoding.org/who-tests-the-tes…qualitycoding.orgWho Tests the Tests? How to Increase Confidence in Your Tests | Quality CodingHow can you increase confidence in your test code? Who tests the tests? Here are the techniques I depend on to enable bold refactoring of tests. 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 09/09/2026When refactoring in small steps, sometimes you have to make a mess in order to clean a mess. Download the code and walk through these refactoring steps. qualitycoding.org/refactoring-clean…qualitycoding.orgRefactoring: How Do You Clear Up a Mess, Safely? | Quality CodingWhen refactoring in small steps, sometimes you have to make a mess to clear up a mess. Download the code and walk through these refactoring steps. 010
Reposted by Jon ReidDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One of the weirder trends in Big Tech’s AI obsession is the idea that expertise is becoming less valuable. Imagine two arguments: 1. AI enables radiologists to review more scans. 2. AI enables anyone to be a radiologist. “Everyone is a builder” increasingly sounds like Big Tech embraced #2. 1610913
Reposted by Jon ReidThe Pragmatic Bookshelf ✅ @pragprog.com · 04/09/2026pragprog.com/titles/jrleg... 001
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 03/09/2026A faithful new rendition of the music of my youth, back when 20-minute pieces were the thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUo5...youtube.comThe Watch plays Genesis - Supper's Ready (Live From The White Studio)YouTube video by The Watch 010
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 03/09/2026"My Big 5 takeaways from iOS Unit Testing by Example" book review by Dan Smith medium.com/kinandcartacreated/my-bi…medium.com 101
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 02/09/2026When you're starting TDD, the hardest part is knowing where to begin. What should the first test be? What even counts as a "first step"? qualitycoding.org/tdd-where-do-you-…qualitycoding.orgTDD: Where Do You Even Begin? | Quality CodingWhen you're starting TDD, the hardest part is knowing where to begin. What should the first test be? What even counts as a “first step”? 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 30/08/2026Enter /insights into Claude! The report it generated for me lists: - What's working - What's hindering you - Quick wins to try - Ambitious workflows 000
Reposted by Jon ReidAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What a circus. 🤡 37279322200
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 26/08/2026Speed up your Swift development with custom Xcode key bindings for automated refactoring. Learn which shortcuts I use, why they matter, and how to stay in flow. qualitycoding.org/xcode-key-binding…qualitycoding.orgXcode Key Bindings to Make Refactoring Less PainfulSpeed up your Swift development with custom Xcode key bindings for automated refactoring. Learn which shortcuts I use, why they matter, and how to stay in flow. 010
Reposted by Jon ReidMark Levison @mlevison.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A hospital at 100% bed capacity can't absorb demand, faster triage barely helps. Same trap when people are kept maximally busy: no slack means no ability to adapt or innovate. "No resource idle" is the biggest generator of waste, Eli Goldratt. 042
Reposted by Jon ReidDavid Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If you take nothing else from this piece, treasure: "Up shit creek in a barbed wire canoe" "Not here to fuck spiders" "Belted from arsehole to breakfast" 67322
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 22/08/2026"Your GitHub Copilot access has been renewed" …Thanks? (For something I haven't used in a year.) 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 19/08/2026In TDD we're creating the test code and the production code in parallel. The 3 Laws of TDD come to our rescue, freeing us to focus on one thing at a time. qualitycoding.org/3-laws-tddqualitycoding.orgThe 3 Laws of TDD: Focus on One Thing at a Time | Quality CodingIn TDD we create tests and the production code in parallel. The 3 Laws of TDD free us to focus on one thing at a time. 010
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 17/08/2026Then there's this 35-minute piece where he plays everything (and this was back in 1975). Album as a whole is fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4W...youtube.comTodd Rundgren A Treatise on Cosmic Fire HQYouTube video by Southern Rocker 010
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 14/08/2026After all these years… the climax of the Utopia Theme still sends electricity through my body. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYWR...youtube.comUtopia ThemeYouTube video by Todd Rundgren - Topic 120
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 12/08/2026How can we bypass the normal SwiftUI app launch sequence during testing? We've done this for app delegates, so let's also do it for SwiftUI apps. qualitycoding.org/bypass-swiftui-ap…qualitycoding.orgHow to Bypass SwiftUI App Launch During Unit TestingHow can we bypass the normal SwiftUI app launch sequence during testing? We've done this for app delegates, so let's also do it for SwiftUI apps. 121
Reposted by Jon ReidNeil Taylor (digidol) @digidol.bsky.social · 10/08/2026LLM coding assistants can free up brain cycles to concentrate on your customer's problems instead of the minutiae of code. But how do we get the best out of them? @iamleeg.bsky.social discusses "Patterns of AI-augmented software engineering" at iOSDevUK in Sept www.iosdevuk.com 233
Reposted by Jon ReidNakedPastor @nakedpastor.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Someone shared that they were shown my #Jesus Eraser cartoon in church and asked what it said to them. A little five year old guy shot his hand up and said “he’s rubbing out the lines and letting the love in”. I just loved that. 06814
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 08/08/2026Want to refactor your SwiftUI views without worrying you'll break something? Here's the first test that makes that possible. qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-…qualitycoding.orgSwiftUI TDD: Fake It Till You Make It (Part 2)Write your first failing test for a SwiftUI view with ViewInspector, then fake it till you make it — the red-green-refactor cycle in action. 010
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 05/08/2026I have expertise in TDD for UIKit code. What will it look like for modern Swift and SwiftUI? The start of a new series. qualitycoding.org/tdd-swiftui-lets-… 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 03/08/2026In TDD, you sometimes write code that looks obviously wrong on purpose — like hard-coding "0" instead of real logic. It feels uncomfortable. That discomfort is actually the point. Here's why. qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-… 020
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 02/08/2026Why I Hard-Coded "0" Into My SwiftUI View on Purpose qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-… #SwiftUIqualitycoding.orgSwiftUI TDD: Fake It Till You Make It (Part 2)Write your first failing test for a SwiftUI view with ViewInspector, then fake it till you make it — the red-green-refactor cycle in action. 021
Reposted by Jon ReidBeth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 30/07/2026OpenAI: “an internal evaluation which prompts models to pursue advanced exploitation using complex attack paths” Translation: “We told it to hack, and it hacked!” Calling the computer “rogue” for doing exactly what you told it to is silly. 55214
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 29/07/2026⏱️ Follow these steps to achieve faster #Xcode test feedback, dropping from 47s to 1.6s. Enhance your workflow. Essential for TDD. qualitycoding.org/optimize-xcode-fo…qualitycoding.orgHow to Optimize Your Xcode Project for Fast Test FeedbackLearn how to overcome Xcode's slow test feedback and enhance your TDD workflow. Follow our steps to achieve faster test feedback, dropping from 47s to 1.6s. 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 24/07/2026How did you know I was working on my app press kit just today?? 000
Reposted by Jon ReidJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Okay then. Folks have been asking, and it seems a shame to waste 3 1/2 years of legwork, so I'm scheduling one Code Craft & AI workshop. Tues Sept 1st - 18:45 - 21:00 BST £99 + VAT Plus you get a copy of my book-in-progress, The AI-Ready Software Developer www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...tickettailor.comRegister – Code Craft & AI – ZoomCode Craft & AI – Zoom, Tue 1 Sep 2026 - Tuesday Sept 1st 18:45 BST £99 + UK VAT Large-scale studies by the DevOps Research & Assessment group, CircleCI, Faros and others show an undeniable pictu... 067
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 22/07/2026What's one of the first things you need in a new Xcode project? A gitignore file to keep out unwanted files. Here's how to generate the gitignore you need. qualitycoding.org/generate-xcode-gi…qualitycoding.orgHow to Generate a Useful Xcode Gitignore to Avoid Noise in Git | Quality CodingWhat’s one of the first things you need in a new Xcode project? A gitignore file to keep out unwanted files. Here's how to generate the gitignore you need. 011
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 22/07/2026It didn't start this way, but my wife & I became an XP team. I showed her stuff, and she gave me so much feedback, I realized she's way stronger at seeing the customer perspective than I. She became more than my product director. In #ExtremeProgramming terms, she's my On-site Customer. 010
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 20/07/2026Hi Margaret! I have no plans at the moment for an Android version. But if there's enough demand… 😅 100
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 20/07/2026Other apps hand you preset categories (and some prevent you from deleting those preset entries). Me, I don't presume to know your needs — my starting categories are just examples. 100
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 20/07/2026I'm building the trip preparation checklist app _I want_ for myself. Note I say "preparation checklist" not "packing list" because hey, I have more to do than pack. With completely customizable "categories" (Flying, Driving, etc.), I bet people will use it in ways I never thought of. #BuildInPublic 260
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 18/07/2026Want to refactor your SwiftUI views without worrying you'll break something? Here's the first test that makes that possible. qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-…qualitycoding.orgSwiftUI TDD: Fake It Till You Make It (Part 2)Write your first failing test for a SwiftUI view with ViewInspector, then fake it till you make it — the red-green-refactor cycle in action. 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 17/07/2026In TDD, you sometimes write code that looks obviously wrong on purpose — like hard-coding "0" instead of real logic. It feels uncomfortable. That discomfort is actually the point. Here's why. qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-… 030
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 15/07/2026Why I Hard-Coded "0" Into My SwiftUI View on Purpose qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-…qualitycoding.orgSwiftUI TDD: Fake It Till You Make It (Part 2)Write your first failing test for a SwiftUI view with ViewInspector, then fake it till you make it — the red-green-refactor cycle in action. 121
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 14/07/2026SwiftUI TDD: Fake It Till You Make It (Part 2) qualitycoding.org/swiftui-tdd-fake-…qualitycoding.orgSwiftUI TDD: Fake It Till You Make It (Part 2)Write your first failing test for a SwiftUI view with ViewInspector, then fake it till you make it — the red-green-refactor cycle in action. 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 12/07/2026New in TestableView: An easy way to unit test how Environment changes your SwiftUI views. github.com/jonreid/TestableViewgithub.comGitHub - jonreid/TestableView: To hide ViewInspector boilerplate for SwiftUI unit testsTo hide ViewInspector boilerplate for SwiftUI unit tests - jonreid/TestableView 010
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 11/07/2026Have you ever written a custom test assertion in Swift Testing and watched the failure point to the helper function instead of your actual test? qualitycoding.org/swift-testing-cus…qualitycoding.orgHow to Make Custom Test Assertions in Swift TestingStop chasing test failures through helper functions. Here's how to write custom Swift Testing assertions that report errors exactly where they belong. 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 08/07/2026Discover how Swift 6's MainActor isolation impacts XCTest, with tips on handling concurrency warnings for view controller testing. qualitycoding.org/xctest-mainactorqualitycoding.orgXCTest Meets @MainActor: How to Fix Strict Concurrency WarningsDiscover how Swift 6's @MainActor isolation impacts XCTest, with tips on handling concurrency warnings for view controller testing. 021
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 07/07/2026Swift Testing's failure messages look "funny". But that's not the real problem. The real problem is when they show up in the wrong place entirely. qualitycoding.org/swift-testing-cus… #SwiftLang 000
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 06/07/2026I pulled out my copy of Elegant Objects by Yegor Bugayenko www.yegor256.com/elegant-obje..., found the rule I was looking for, and continued with this prompt:yegor256.comElegant Objects'Elegant Objects' is a book about object-oriented programming from an idealistic and a bit futuristic point of view. 100
Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 06/07/2026Ahh, naming. Claude started with TipsController because hey, consider how many Controller classes it's seen. It can do better — if you know better. I called out "controller" so it went with TipsBootstrapper. But again I had that nagging thought: we can do better still. 110