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Re:Pele – Mermaid diagrams as themeable SVG on Saturday October 17, 2026 @01:58PM (#50133359)
Does the official Mermaid library still require a full or headless browser environment in order to lay out the SVG? If so, Pele is great news for embedding Mermaid rendering in other places.
Re:Remember for iOS on Monday July 08, 2024 @05:04PM (#40909681)
This is interesting because it demonstrates that Racket can be used for an iOS app.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2024) on Friday February 02, 2024 @06:22AM (#39227455)
Location: Southern California

Remote: Yes, occasional on-site meetings in California

Technologies:

  - 8 years Swift on iOS, tvOS. SwiftUI, UIKit

  - Past: Java, back-end and Swing. JVM bytecode instrumentation, transpiling

  - Casual: Typescript, Haxe, Python, Racket, Prolog, CLIPS

  - Currently hacking on Swift wrappers for CLIPS rules and SQLite virtual tables

Resume: https://github.com/nickmain/nickmain.github.io/blob/primary/...

Email: [email protected]

> Developers who adopt the new business terms at any time will not be able to switch back to Apple’s existing business terms for their EU apps.

This seems like an understated gotcha.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2024) on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @07:52PM (#38849324)
Location: Southern California, US

Remote: Yes, Occasional in-person in California OK

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, iOS, Haxe, Typescript, Java, CLIPS rules

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/nickmain/nickmain.github.io/blob/primary/...

Email: [email protected]

I've been developing in Swift on iOS/macOS/tvOS since it launched and I switched from back-end Java. Currently deep into SwiftUI and exploring DSL/API design with ResultBuilders.

Building tools and bridging technologies are my passion.

Anyone want to leverage Omnigraffle as a programming tool? Reverse engineering the file format and writing plugins are a current project.

Yes, being allergic to mosquito bites, I haven't been able to be in my yard for more than 5 minutes for the last 2 or 3 years.
Where I live in Southern California outdoor cats are socially discouraged because they often end up as coyote food.

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