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Meta has confirmed a layoff of 10,000 people!
You have likely seen recent updates this week from the top companies making layoffs, such as Twitter, Meta and Google. It's hard not to when we're pushed with these announcements through the media and through social media.
Layoffs are brutal for everyone, for the company has to make the tough decision for the people being laid off given they're thrown into a world of uncertainty but also hard on those left to pick up the pieces daily.
I know layoffs happen, and it's likely something we should become familiar with, but I still cannot understand how the process of doing so (mostly in the US) is at all humane. How is it acceptable to disconnect people from systems, and that is how they know about being laid off? It feels outrageous.
This is for sure when I appreciate the rules and foundations we have in the EU and the UK.
I want to end this newsletter writeup by saying. Don't allow the media to control how we feel right now. Yes, for sure the tech landscape has changed recently, but I know it will bounce back to more sustainable levels.
Have a great week ahead!
🥳 What's New
iOS Design Patterns: MVVM
This is one of my most popular articles on the website, I made some updates! I hope you enjoy it.
🔥 Community News
63% improvement on Bitrise build time for iOS by Kelvin Tan
I love small articles like this, especially when it's celebrating quick wins. It's surprising how efficiencies like this can significantly impact developer workflows.
How Does Swift Concurrency Prevents Thread Explosions? by Lee Seng
I found this one a fascinating read, digging deep inside Threads and Thread Explosions. It's definitely one to read through with lots of interesting bits of information.
My favorite 12 side projects in 2022 by Marin Todorov
I have known Marin for quite a few years since I joined the RW.com team. Marin, is super talented but one thing I love is how Marin will create these small tools that solve real-world problems. Like for example, when searching a website for the careers page, he created a tool for that!
Unrestricted View Replication - Bryce Pauken
Haha! I am not sure how often you would need to replicate View's like this, but perhaps you will one day! Nevertheless, I found this really interesting technique to replicating views.
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