The iOS Weekly Brief – Issue #45

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The iOS Weekly Brief – Issue #44

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Working with AI agents made one thing obvious: writing code is getting cheaper, but responsibility hasn’t moved.

The real skill now isn't writing code, it's reading, reviewing, and judging it. That's why AI works better for senior engineers: they can tell good code from code that just looks good.

When an incident happens, do not stop at the surface-level cause. Ask “Why?” repeatedly until you get to the real root of the problem.

The key is to focus on processes, not people, and treat every incident as a chance to improve the system.

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The iOS Weekly Brief – Issue #43

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Snapshot tests = best ROI for your time. Already have SwiftUI Previews? Add one line → instant verification of UI, layout & presenter logic. Won't replace E2E tests, but the ease of adoption makes the value-to-effort ratio unbeatable.

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The iOS Weekly Brief – Issue #42

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The biggest issue with vibe coding is that it breaks the learning loop. If you don't read or understand the code and just accept AI output, you stop learning and lose system intuition.

I prefer keeping the engineer in the loop, with AI as an assistant, not the author.

AI made multitasking a real skill again.

We delegate routine work to AI, but it still needs time to think. Instead of waiting, use that gap for reviews, planning, or quick tasks. The win is not doing less, it is overlapping your work with the AI’s thinking time.

The iOS Weekly Brief – Issue #41

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AI is becoming a powerful onboarding tool. Instead of reading weeks of docs, you can point an agent at your codebase and docs and ask onboarding-style questions: architecture, internal abbreviations, feature history, and design decisions. Less reading, more context-driven learning.

One underrated skill in engineering is maintaining a strong relationship with your product manager. When you trust each other, decisions get faster, context is clearer, and you spend less time reworking things that miss the real goal.

Behind the scenes of the newsletter: Each week, I intentionally pick just three Must-Read articles, following a simple 80/20 rule. I believe that around 80% of the practical value comes from these three pieces, even though they represent only a small fraction of what I actually read.

The iOS Weekly Brief – Issue #40

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