Why does SwiftLee exist? How did it start?
Last week, I joined a
Q&A session organized by Devpass. I've had quite a few interviews lately, and an often asked question is why I started SwiftLee and how it became what it is today.
The fun fact is: I'm using SwiftLee primarily as my knowledge base, and up until today, it's still my way of keeping myself up to date with the latest technologies.
As an engineer, it's key to stay up to date and learn about new techniques like async/await and SwiftUI. Sooner or later, you'll have to work with code touching these frameworks. For me, the best way of learning comes down to writing down my learnings in SwiftLee articles. It's a win-win that I can teach you my learnings along this journey while also building up my knowledge base.
Another reason I write is that it helps me remember stuff. You might recognize the story of creating a cheat sheet at school and ending up not using it at all since you've remembered what you wrote down on the cheatsheet. The same happens to me when writing articles!
Of course, this is just how it works for me, but I hope I've encouraged some of you to start writing more articles, even if they're small! I often link to short articles in this newsletter since I believe they can be valuable.
Lastly:
Join can still join this month's SwiftLee Giveaway and win one of the five Sourcery Pro licenses.
Good luck, and enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!
