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Andrew Fletcher
Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the copy [cp] command.  This came about due to 'upgrading' the server from Centos 6 to 7.  Once I had migrated a domain, I ran the following command yes | cp -rf 'stg/core' 'tmpdir'To my surprise, the first run of this command took over 38 minutes to complete.  Crap!  Yes a simple cp -a command is a very painful and slow process.  Read more about the pain and times under Centos 7 in this...
Andrew Fletcher
The migrate process saves the status of each running migration in the...
Andrew Fletcher
Wanting to create a new repository on GitHub, add in a few of the available...
Andrew Fletcher
Images For some time, when looking for images online for your app or site I have...
Andrew Fletcher
The purple warning notification of annoyance recently came my way!  I...
Andrew Fletcher
I'm currently working on a project that requires login, register, forget password functionality in SwiftUI.  As I'm developing the code, I came across a great resource for validating an email address with Regex: http://emailregex.com/ In the end, I leveraged the worked produced on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25471114/how-to-validate-an-e-mail-address-in-swift The code used: extension String { var isValidEmail: Bool { let name =...
Andrew Fletcher
iOS localization on the fly If you have added languages to your app......
Andrew Fletcher
Adding an image via RESTUI can be done in a snap... once you know how!  I...
Andrew Fletcher
Updating Realm and RealmSwift from 5.5.x to 10.0.0 brought in the following...
Andrew Fletcher
After creating a new view with a @Binding string as follows struct EditRival:...
Andrew Fletcher
What to do when you want to filter a Realm object, using NSPredicate in SwiftUI or in Swift.   Applying the filter to a simple condition in one line let exists = realm.objects(ExampleObj.self).filter(NSPredicate(format: "uid = %ld", uid))Creating a variable predicate that will be injected as a condition let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "uid = %ld AND nid = %ld",uid,nid) let exists = realm.objects(ExampleObj.self).filter(predicate)Finally, managing the predicate as an array by...
Andrew Fletcher
Today while in Terminal, I ran a regular script pod update.  However, this...
Andrew Fletcher
I'm going to take you on a journey about adding a gradient tint to a...
Andrew Fletcher
Creating a new SwiftUI project is a quick process.  There are already...
Andrew Fletcher
How to apply a gradient tint over a background image? Set the background...