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While preparing for my new life and business in a new place, which is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, since November 2020, I used a lot of time to learn new things. Since 2015, when I started working on iOS app development, I’ve focused on iOS/Swift things and haven’t spent much time learning outside of the iOS/Swift world. This was a strategic choice and I learned a lot by exploring Swift. However, I felt the time has come to learn outside of iOS/Swift, to have broader and deeper knowledge about software development. ...

It’s been about 10 months since I moved to Prague. I’m not sure how I could summarize my days because so many new things have happened and so many feelings have come in and gone by since I moved here. Sometimes it’s difficult to recall what I was doing and feeling and my memory is sometimes confusing, however, I’d like to write things down so that I will be able to recall these feelings in the future. Even though this is a very personal summary, I wish this gives you some insights into a relocation experience. ...

I attended UIKonf for the first time. I went there from Tokyo by 12-hour flight, but it was worth spending much time for me😄 (This is the same post as the one I wrote on Medium.) Photos Social event (I chose Kayaking) & Kickoff party on Sunday Radialsystem V was a great place✨ ...

I’m an iOS app developer in Tokyo. Let me show you my current development environment, which I’ve considered a lot😄 (This is the same post as the one I wrote on Medium.) Pictures Office Home Hardwares MacBook Pro 13-inch 2017 Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic mouse Using Better Touch Tool to use side button as “back”. Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboard 4000 / Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop Rain Design mStand Laptop Stand Smartphone stand which I bought at CanDo Elecom dimp gel EX Hand rest This reduced my wrist pain a lot😁 iPhone 8 plus & iPad mini 4 Terminal Iterm2 zsh prezto: zsh configuration framework I’m using prezto default theme. homebrew Development Tools AppCode: IDE by JetBrain. Very good for code refactoring and maintenance. Xcode Atom Using this to fix merge conflicts. Source Tree: Git GUI client Dash for macOS: API documentation browser Reveal: UI debugging tool Paw: API client tool. So beautiful✨ Charles: Web debugging tool Others Calendar Analog Clock⏰ I prefer analog clocks to digital ones. Chocolates🍫 & Candies🍬 Speakers & Earphones to work comfortably😎 Reference Productive tools for iOS app development by Yusuke Kita ...