suraj

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Comment · 2 years ago
Take a look at https://github.com/apple/swift-testing It is under active development as Swift first replacement for xctest. For CI service, Xcode cloud does support running tests on mac and iOS hardware. https://developer.apple.com/xcode-cloud/
Comment · 3 years ago
It means `makeBatchOfToast()` is available from toasterOS1.0. So if you are running toasterOS0.5 you are out of luck. If you are targeting toasterOS1.0, `@backDeployed` will ensure that the function that is copied to your binary is used. For toasterOS2.0 and above, the function provided by the linked framework will be used.
Comment · 5 years ago
Well kite could be written as keit to match the pronunciation :)

For most non-native speakers, the backtracking of silent `e` is more confusing. It does not help in case of `sake` vs `saké` where most people do not add the acute mark and use context for disambiguation.

Comment · 6 years ago
Location: Sydney, Australia Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: After Covid Technologies: Backend, Embedded, Golang, C/C++, Python, Swift, C#, Java, AWS, GCP, Terraform Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/surajbarkale/ Email: [email protected]

Notes: I am a generalist engineer who is looking for next challenge to expand my knowledge. I have worked across various domains and I am flexible with technology. My recent projects are DolbyON app and dolby.io website.

Comment · 7 years ago
It is possible to use Swift on audio thread. You have to be careful not to use any reference counted (i.e. class) objects. If you do need to perform allocations (e.g. creating CMSampleBuffer instances), use a custom allocator.
Comment · 7 years ago
If you want to call rust from Swift, it should be easy. I work with C libraries and it easy to interface with module maps. However, with objective C the interoperability is trivial. As long as you pay attention to retain cycles, you can hold reference and call objc methods directly. That said, please make sure your framework can be imported into Swift properly. As most of the users will be using Swift.
Comment · 8 years ago
When I was a rookie programmer 12 years ago, I was assigned a task to optimise a routine. It took current vehicle speed as input, performed integration and calculated total distance traveled. I made a mistake that was let through code review and was caught by an automated test. My calculations were off by 1% which accumulated to a larger amount in 10 minutes. After that incident we never had another bug for 5 years in that module. Does this make the tests invalid? Our does this improve confidence in our code?
Comment · 8 years ago
I can't speak for Telugu however, [Devanagari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari) is very similar and used throughout northern India. Each vowel and consonant is considered as a separate entity. Each consonant has a pure form and a combined form with every consonant. There are also combinations of two or more consonants that can also be combined with each vowel!

For learning, you just learn the sounds separately for each vowel and consonant. So you can read & pronounce anything written in Devanagari script but not understand it if its a different language :)

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I haven't used Flynn, however I am using terraform. Main purpose is to completely automate AWS configuration so we can bring up entire site in CI. This makes it really easy to have staging and production deployed from CI.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Adhar relies on biometric data. Iris & fingerprint scanning is done when you get your Adhar card.

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