Portfolio, apps, writing, and notes by Hoye Lam.https://hoyelam.com/https://hoyelam.com/he-who-can-contribute-and-does-not-does-not-deserve-anything/https://hoyelam.com/he-who-can-contribute-and-does-not-does-not-deserve-anything/They have functioning limbs and minds good enough to work in even considered lower level jobs, but refuse to do so. The cockroaches, insects, parasites who doSat, 10 May 2025 17:24:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/doubts/https://hoyelam.com/doubts/I know I've worked hard to get where I am. From low IQ scores, to struggling to learn to read, to social failures, I've worked very hard to put these thingsMon, 24 Mar 2025 20:20:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/xpensemap-and-craftcaption-updates-2/https://hoyelam.com/xpensemap-and-craftcaption-updates-2/For Xpensemap and CraftCaption there are new updates available. Here are the recent changes. Xpensemap version 2.0.2 improvements: Added: Analysis currency listWed, 12 Mar 2025 19:31:28 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/new-app-craftcaption-2/https://hoyelam.com/new-app-craftcaption-2/Introducing CraftCaption, don't think about social media captions and hashtags anymore. Just provide one or more photos and CraftCaption automatically gives youFri, 07 Mar 2025 20:15:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/xpensemap-ios-version-2-0-1/https://hoyelam.com/xpensemap-ios-version-2-0-1/A fresh update for Xpensemap is here—the app that lets you effortlessly scan and organize both paper and digital receipts and invoices right on your phone! ThisThu, 27 Feb 2025 19:20:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/esportsfort-ios-version-1-9-7/https://hoyelam.com/esportsfort-ios-version-1-9-7/I’ve jumped back into working on Esportsfort and just rolled out a fresh update—version 1.9.7! This release comes with a handful of upgrades and fixes: New:Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:08:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/too-early-for-earth-too-late-for-space-in-time-for-the-stepping-stones/https://hoyelam.com/too-early-for-earth-too-late-for-space-in-time-for-the-stepping-stones/There was this meme I remember. That you were born too early to explore the Earth and too late to explore space, but just in time to browse memes. I think itSun, 13 Oct 2024 19:21:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/how-to-perform-image-classification-on-ios/https://hoyelam.com/how-to-perform-image-classification-on-ios/Let’s say we want to build an app or feature that imports a photo and then classifies what the image is. For example, if we import an image of a dog, the appThu, 15 Sep 2022 17:42:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/swiftui-weather-hourly-forecast-example/https://hoyelam.com/swiftui-weather-hourly-forecast-example/Let’s see how can we build this component of Apple’s weather app in SwiftUI. First, what do we need to display within the view? The headline of the forecastSun, 11 Sep 2022 13:01:31 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/how-to-start-with-a-microapps-architecture-on-ios/https://hoyelam.com/how-to-start-with-a-microapps-architecture-on-ios/Every software application architecture pattern has its pros and cons. Today, we are going to look into how to start creating a microapps architecture for yourSun, 04 Sep 2022 17:34:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/how-to-display-the-users-current-location-on-ios/https://hoyelam.com/how-to-display-the-users-current-location-on-ios/You may want to display the user’s current location for some apps. For example, navigation apps, discover local area apps, AR apps, or a feature to log currentWed, 31 Aug 2022 18:05:47 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/how-to-tweet-within-your-ios-app-without-using-the-twitter-sdk/https://hoyelam.com/how-to-tweet-within-your-ios-app-without-using-the-twitter-sdk/Sometimes you want to give your customers to ability to share the content of your app. But, you don’t want to necessarily spend the time to integrate a wholeSat, 27 Aug 2022 15:55:47 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/how-to-let-ios-speak-to-you/https://hoyelam.com/how-to-let-ios-speak-to-you/On iOS (iPadOS as well) can convert any text into speech. This results in letting your mobile app speak to your customers with voice and sound. ExtremelyFri, 26 Aug 2022 21:31:37 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/daily-series-on-break-daily-260/https://hoyelam.com/daily-series-on-break-daily-260/I’m putting the daily series on a break again. Since late 2020, I’ve tried to write daily as much as possible. 260 blogs were published during this period withWed, 16 Mar 2022 20:52:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/health-work-daily-259/https://hoyelam.com/health-work-daily-259/Throughout the years, I’ve made this observation in several companies. That is that people tend to keep working even if they are sick. It’s even the case whenTue, 15 Mar 2022 20:16:37 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/rereading-books-daily-258/https://hoyelam.com/rereading-books-daily-258/I don’t believe that many people can read something and immediately understand the meaning behind it. Usually, you have to reread it again and again or evenSun, 13 Mar 2022 20:44:38 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/physical-notebooks-daily-257/https://hoyelam.com/physical-notebooks-daily-257/I’ve tried many times to write notes on my iPad. Even borrowed the Apple Pencil from people for a week or two. But writing notes on that never seemed real,Sat, 12 Mar 2022 21:22:29 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/minimal-effort-daily-256/https://hoyelam.com/minimal-effort-daily-256/From an entrepreneur's perspective, I understand the minimal effort strategy. What’s the biggest impact we can achieve, with minimal effort. Similar to sellingWed, 09 Mar 2022 19:27:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-urge-to-learn-something-new-daily-255/https://hoyelam.com/the-urge-to-learn-something-new-daily-255/If friends tell you to stick to your lane at all times, they aren’t your friends. Now I’m not talking about in a work environment. If you get hired to do aTue, 08 Mar 2022 19:12:26 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/working-from-lisbon-daily-254/https://hoyelam.com/working-from-lisbon-daily-254/For the past week, I’ve been in Lisbon. I’ve been exploring the city and working from there. Compared to last year, I’ve been managing this way better than inSat, 05 Mar 2022 21:41:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/some-need-to-be-micromanaged-daily-253/https://hoyelam.com/some-need-to-be-micromanaged-daily-253/A new discovery that I’ve found is that some need to be guided on what to do. Many say that they don’t want to be micromanaged. Don’t tell me what to do. Don’tThu, 03 Mar 2022 20:44:18 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/never-tell-somebody-how-to-live-daily-252/https://hoyelam.com/never-tell-somebody-how-to-live-daily-252/The past few years have taught me a lot about how society works. From ‘verified’ organizations telling others how to act and behave to virtue signallersWed, 02 Mar 2022 21:19:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/birthday-wishes-daily-251/https://hoyelam.com/birthday-wishes-daily-251/It’s my birthday today and I know usually people wish things for themselves. I don’t do that. I wish for a strong and peaceful world. I wish for my family to beMon, 28 Feb 2022 22:33:39 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/war-250/https://hoyelam.com/war-250/War is here. You better prepare for the worst. Both mentally and physically. This war between Ukraine and Russia could end just between them. But you shouldSun, 27 Feb 2022 20:38:01 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/planning-is-arrogant-daily-247/https://hoyelam.com/planning-is-arrogant-daily-247/You should have a roadmap on what you want to achieve in life. Basically have destinations and goals in your life that eventually you want to reach. Whether youWed, 23 Feb 2022 20:55:15 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/when-war-is-close-the-fakes-reveal-themselves-daily-246/https://hoyelam.com/when-war-is-close-the-fakes-reveal-themselves-daily-246/I find it immensely disgusting that people, celebrities, streamers, and many who DON’T have ANY knowledge comment on the Russian and Ukraine conflict. Are theyTue, 22 Feb 2022 21:51:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/we-are-built-for-creativity-daily-247/https://hoyelam.com/we-are-built-for-creativity-daily-247/Humans are inherently built to be creative. Your previous generations were always creative. For example: Hunting animals for food is creative in the way toFri, 18 Feb 2022 22:57:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/loads-want-you-to-fail-daily-246/https://hoyelam.com/loads-want-you-to-fail-daily-246/I’ve seen many examples where people desire others to fail in their endeavors. I’m not talking about unethical doings that the grifters do. I’m talking aboutThu, 17 Feb 2022 20:16:20 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/god-is-real-daily-245/https://hoyelam.com/god-is-real-daily-245/God is real to me. God is the entity that watches over me. That judges me for every action and inaction I take.Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:43:11 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/valentines-day-daily-244/https://hoyelam.com/valentines-day-daily-244/I rarely like to talk about my relationship and I think that’s for the better. You need to keep loads of things private only to your small group of people.Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:53:32 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/challenge-yourself-daily-243/https://hoyelam.com/challenge-yourself-daily-243/Since the start of 2022, I’ve been challenging myself on all fronts. Building multiple projects, negotiating better circumstances, and training for a physicalSun, 13 Feb 2022 20:20:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/truely-nice-people-daily-242/https://hoyelam.com/truely-nice-people-daily-242/I truly believe the nicest people are the ones who have struggled the most. Real struggle. What do I mean by ‘Nice’? I’m not talking about the people who haveWed, 09 Feb 2022 21:08:56 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/already-replaced-the-project-daily-241/https://hoyelam.com/already-replaced-the-project-daily-241/Within a day, I’ve found a new project to work on. How did I do this? By reflecting again what drives me. Maybe this time I hit the mark. I know that I’m aMon, 07 Feb 2022 20:52:44 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/stopping-another-project-daily-240/https://hoyelam.com/stopping-another-project-daily-240/For the past two months, I’ve been working on a project called Mobloc. This was both a web- and app tool to manage localizations for mobile development. AfterSun, 06 Feb 2022 19:02:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/what-tribes-mold-you-daily-239/https://hoyelam.com/what-tribes-mold-you-daily-239/Sometimes I still wonder if I’m in the tribes that truly want the best for me and themselves. They say you become a combination of the five people you hang outThu, 03 Feb 2022 20:59:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/reading-is-overrated-compared-to-action-daily-238/https://hoyelam.com/reading-is-overrated-compared-to-action-daily-238/I’ve been reading books less and less throughout the last four years. I go through random books, read what I want, switch to another book when I want, completeTue, 01 Feb 2022 19:26:59 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/async-await-in-swift/https://hoyelam.com/async-await-in-swift/So Async await is a new concurrency feature that has arrived for a while now, but since recently can be used for iOS 15.0 and lower. But what does Async AwaitMon, 31 Jan 2022 19:28:52 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/engineers-output-must-be-measured-daily-237/https://hoyelam.com/engineers-output-must-be-measured-daily-237/I don’t understand why people care so much about wording certain topics. But the low-level IQ engineers keep pushing back on the idea that they are a resource.Sun, 30 Jan 2022 21:00:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/deadlines-are-necessary-daily-236/https://hoyelam.com/deadlines-are-necessary-daily-236/Deadlines have real power. Once a deadline comes closer and closer, we work harder than usual. From the moment you got homework in your high school. Every timeFri, 28 Jan 2022 22:43:30 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-raising-money-fool-daily-235/https://hoyelam.com/the-raising-money-fool-daily-235/There are many lies in tech or at least misconceptions. The biggest misconception is the reason why many startups fail in my opinion. That misconception thatWed, 26 Jan 2022 20:46:49 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/stupid-woke-games-in-esports-daily-234/https://hoyelam.com/stupid-woke-games-in-esports-daily-234/There has been big news in the industry that I follow quite often which is competitive gaming or esports. The news is that MTG’s ESL has been sold to SavyTue, 25 Jan 2022 18:26:48 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/usp-is-unnecessary-daily-233/https://hoyelam.com/usp-is-unnecessary-daily-233/Never understood why people get de-motivated just because their idea is not unique. I never believed that just because a similar or even identical productSun, 23 Jan 2022 20:21:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/let-artist-paint-daily-232/https://hoyelam.com/let-artist-paint-daily-232/We all know the story where the artist paints the most beautiful painting the world has ever seen. Then people come to ‘manage’ this amazing talent, and forSat, 22 Jan 2022 22:14:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/soldier-mentality-daily-231/https://hoyelam.com/soldier-mentality-daily-231/I’m far from a military soldier. I respect everyone that fought for their country or beliefs. Even if the countries are corrupt or have beliefs that someFri, 21 Jan 2022 22:30:58 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/a-big-weakness-daily-230/https://hoyelam.com/a-big-weakness-daily-230/One of my biggest weaknesses holds me back more often than not. It moves me at a slower rate. It makes me often stagnant in my career. That’s the weakness ofWed, 19 Jan 2022 19:18:48 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/2022-projects-set-daily-229/https://hoyelam.com/2022-projects-set-daily-229/Starting today, my projects have been set for 2022 regarding indie-hacking and other business on the side. These in total three projects that are also verySun, 16 Jan 2022 18:01:36 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/power-of-anonymity-daily-228/https://hoyelam.com/power-of-anonymity-daily-228/I believe anonymity is a power. Not to the point where you hide behind an anime avatar or Reddit-generated username. But the point where most people don’t knowSat, 15 Jan 2022 17:12:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/scrum-is-garbage-daily-227/https://hoyelam.com/scrum-is-garbage-daily-227/The more and more I see the SCRUM method being used at different companies, the more I believe is utter garbage. There is never consistency behind it. Each teamThu, 13 Jan 2022 21:55:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/time-in-bed-is-not-asleep-daily-226/https://hoyelam.com/time-in-bed-is-not-asleep-daily-226/The past few days, I haven’t been sleeping well again. The reason is the ‘sudden’ sleeping schedule changes that happened. When I was on holiday, I slept fromTue, 11 Jan 2022 21:32:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/back-to-work-daily-225/https://hoyelam.com/back-to-work-daily-225/I’m coming back from a three-week holiday where I almost did nothing work-related. I’ve been relaxing, reading, watching TV shows, video gaming, and only workedMon, 10 Jan 2022 20:39:33 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/taking-a-break-from-daily-updates-daily-224/https://hoyelam.com/taking-a-break-from-daily-updates-daily-224/I’m going to take a break from the daily articles about my thoughts and life till next year. December for me is going to be about recharging and planning theSun, 12 Dec 2021 16:46:36 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/github-actions-to-build-and-test-ios-project-using-fastlane/https://hoyelam.com/github-actions-to-build-and-test-ios-project-using-fastlane/Here is a template you can use to automatically set up GitHub actions in your iOS-based project. yaml name: "Build and Test"Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:06:55 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/conflict-is-necessary-daily-223/https://hoyelam.com/conflict-is-necessary-daily-223/p.p1 \{margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.1px; font: 15.0px '.AppleSystemUIFont'; color: #1f2225\} span.s1 \{font-family: '.SFNS-Regular';Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:51:24 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/craft-my-new-writing-tool-daily-221/https://hoyelam.com/craft-my-new-writing-tool-daily-221/I’m using a new piece of writing software to write 90% of my notes now. It’s Craft.do and so far it’s been great. I was using Bear before this to write myWed, 08 Dec 2021 20:48:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/comfort-is-earned-not-deserved-daily-221/https://hoyelam.com/comfort-is-earned-not-deserved-daily-221/This may the first generation in all of history that think comfort is deserved and not earned. All the crying about ‘deserving’ a better paycheck, an affordableMon, 06 Dec 2021 20:41:14 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/finding-authenticity-daily-220/https://hoyelam.com/finding-authenticity-daily-220/I know that to live a fulfilling life, you should live as authentic as possible. No lies to yourself. Understand that life can be messy. Understand that to growSun, 05 Dec 2021 20:17:11 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/investments-down-so-what/https://hoyelam.com/investments-down-so-what/Both the stock and crypto market went down heavily. A big part of my wealth is invested in both markets. Also, a big part of my earnings comes from both ofSat, 04 Dec 2021 21:37:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/tiktok-is-the-future-daily-218/https://hoyelam.com/tiktok-is-the-future-daily-218/Both positive and negative social media is here to stay. For a long time. I thought Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter were addictive. You haven’t seen TikTokFri, 03 Dec 2021 20:29:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/love-to-pay-for-research-daily-217/https://hoyelam.com/love-to-pay-for-research-daily-217/I love to pay for knowledge. I just paid for a spreadsheet that contains all the information I needed to progress my personal goals. Or at least set up for it.Thu, 02 Dec 2021 18:45:45 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/starting-to-plan-my-2022-daily-216/https://hoyelam.com/starting-to-plan-my-2022-daily-216/Since today, I’m starting to plan my 2022. December is for me mostly a rest month. I’ve developed many applications in 2021 which most of them failed or neverWed, 01 Dec 2021 17:42:15 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-bag-vs-values-daily-215/https://hoyelam.com/the-bag-vs-values-daily-215/I’ve been leaning more towards getting the bag than usual. I pride myself on having a set of values that I truly uphold every day. Don’t work with grifters.Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:44:52 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/quitting-a-project-daily-214/https://hoyelam.com/quitting-a-project-daily-214/In a previous daily blog post, I’ve said that I was working on a new (unannounced) project with a few partners. We did loads of research even contacted ourMon, 29 Nov 2021 20:13:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/stop-celebrating-incompetence-daily-213/https://hoyelam.com/stop-celebrating-incompetence-daily-213/I dislike very much people celebrating their incompetence. Yes, there is imposter syndrome and also gatekeeping in many industries. Software engineering is oneThu, 25 Nov 2021 19:15:33 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/in-house-or-outsource-daily-212/https://hoyelam.com/in-house-or-outsource-daily-212/I believe most tasks can be outsourced to third parties. The best examples are freelancers and agencies. But when do you what to outsource or keep it in-house?Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:46:37 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/web-3-0-is-the-future-but-wont-be-soo-daily-211/https://hoyelam.com/web-3-0-is-the-future-but-wont-be-soo-daily-211/I’ve been reading a bit about Web 3.0. In short, it will resolve issues that we currently have in Web 2.0 which are privacy, security, investments,Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:48:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/back-from-slovenia-daily-210/https://hoyelam.com/back-from-slovenia-daily-210/I’m back from Slovenia and that’s also why I wasn’t writing daily for the last few days. How was it? Well, the trip itself was very exhausting and fun. The tripMon, 22 Nov 2021 20:20:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/received-my-oura-ring-3rd-gen-daily-209/https://hoyelam.com/received-my-oura-ring-3rd-gen-daily-209/I’m one of the first people that received the Oura Ring 3rd generation. I actually ordered the 2nd generation back in September, but they didn’t have stockWed, 17 Nov 2021 20:04:23 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/playing-battlefield-2042-validating-new-project-daily-208/https://hoyelam.com/playing-battlefield-2042-validating-new-project-daily-208/Missed a few days of writing cause was too busy during the evenings more than before. Also, last weekend, I was playing the new game Battlefield 2042. The gameTue, 16 Nov 2021 20:28:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/burnout-creeping-in-daily-207/https://hoyelam.com/burnout-creeping-in-daily-207/I’m feeling the pressure and symptoms of burnout again after a body collapse caused due to it nine months ago. Now, while my body is not collapsing (yet), I’mThu, 11 Nov 2021 21:08:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/never-accept-criticism-from-nobodies-daily-206/https://hoyelam.com/never-accept-criticism-from-nobodies-daily-206/We all have those friends, acquaintances, and social media followers that give you what they either call feedback or criticism. No matter what you do, theyWed, 10 Nov 2021 20:45:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/wanting-to-build-a-product-for-esports-daily-205/https://hoyelam.com/wanting-to-build-a-product-for-esports-daily-205/Today, I was thinking about if I could build something for an esports audience. I created an esports calendar iOS app a few years and it did have some users,Tue, 09 Nov 2021 21:10:01 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/stockholm-and-csgo-major-daily-204/https://hoyelam.com/stockholm-and-csgo-major-daily-204/I haven’t been writing for the last few days cause I was abroad. Specifically, I was in Stockholm and really enjoyed the city. I was there to do two thingsMon, 08 Nov 2021 19:35:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/have-to-provide-more-free-value-daily-203/https://hoyelam.com/have-to-provide-more-free-value-daily-203/I’ve been thinking about credibility. Can people believe what I’m saying? Am I good enough to even provide value? Who am I to my audience? I’ve realized that myWed, 03 Nov 2021 19:50:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-launch-of-somnox-2-daily-202/https://hoyelam.com/the-launch-of-somnox-2-daily-202/Today was a big day for a company I’m working with. Somnox has released their second generation of their Somnox Sleep Robots and I know that a lot of effort wasTue, 02 Nov 2021 20:23:35 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/passed-200-daily-blog-posts-daily-201/https://hoyelam.com/passed-200-daily-blog-posts-daily-201/With the article of yesterday, I’ve written 200 times on single day that resulted in a public blog post. What did positive things did I notice for me by keepingSun, 31 Oct 2021 21:01:15 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/initial-impressions-macbook-pro-14-inch-m1x-max-daily-200/https://hoyelam.com/initial-impressions-macbook-pro-14-inch-m1x-max-daily-200/I received my new MacBook Pro 14-inch yesterday. It has the M1 Max CPU. 64GB Memory and 1TB SDD. Basically, everything is maxed-out except the SSD hard drive.Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:02:36 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/people-dont-make-use-of-trial-periods-daily-199/https://hoyelam.com/people-dont-make-use-of-trial-periods-daily-199/I see so many people have an opinion about a product that they never even tried before. Even though there is a FREE trial period, they already made up theirThu, 28 Oct 2021 19:47:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/dumb-useless-tech-stacks-daily-198/https://hoyelam.com/dumb-useless-tech-stacks-daily-198/If you give a shit about tech stacks, you are a bad developer. 80% of all the tech stacks are useless unless you truly need the highest performance andWed, 27 Oct 2021 19:12:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/youtube-premium-underrated-daily-197/https://hoyelam.com/youtube-premium-underrated-daily-197/I’m currently on a trial subscription using YouTube premium. I truly underestimated the value of it before and regret that I didn’t get it sooner. I know thatTue, 26 Oct 2021 19:30:18 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-numbers-after-two-weeks-daily-196/https://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-numbers-after-two-weeks-daily-196/Thinkdrop 2 has been released for two weeks already. Here are some numbers to give you a detail about Thinkdrop and its progress. ⬇️ 288 Downloads 🏆 4 FeaturesMon, 25 Oct 2021 20:47:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/travelling-impacts-your-sleep-daily-195/https://hoyelam.com/travelling-impacts-your-sleep-daily-195/I’ve been traveling the last few days and will be going to additional cities. The one thing that has severely impacted my health is my sleep quality. Usually,Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:27:22 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/separate-politics-and-career-daily-194/https://hoyelam.com/separate-politics-and-career-daily-194/If you can, never and I mean never involve politics in your career. I believe that we are at a tipping point where you have to be a compatible human being asWed, 20 Oct 2021 20:15:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/exploring-the-city-of-valencia-daily-193/https://hoyelam.com/exploring-the-city-of-valencia-daily-193/For the last two-three days, I’ve been in Valencia. Eating paella almost every day, and walking 20.000+ steps a day. From visiting markets to museums to theTue, 19 Oct 2021 21:10:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/realizing-im-walking-so-little-daily-192/https://hoyelam.com/realizing-im-walking-so-little-daily-192/I’m in another city and have been almost walking the whole day. I’ve almost reached 30.000 steps today and am now realizing how little I actually walk every daySun, 17 Oct 2021 19:45:20 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/travelling-for-a-few-days-daily-191/https://hoyelam.com/travelling-for-a-few-days-daily-191/I will be traveling for a few days in the upcoming week which means my daily-ish blog may become for this even more daily-ish. I’m going to Spain and one moreSat, 16 Oct 2021 19:38:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/i-love-investments-daily-190/https://hoyelam.com/i-love-investments-daily-190/I’m in a fortunate position where almost all my luxury expenses are paid by my investments. From my new car this year, to travel, to new tech equipment. Don’tThu, 14 Oct 2021 18:08:47 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/league-of-legends-worlds-2021-daily-189/https://hoyelam.com/league-of-legends-worlds-2021-daily-189/So the League of Legends worlds championship main stage has started. I admit that I’m more distracted than usual these days. Especially when the CS:GO majorTue, 12 Oct 2021 19:30:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/downies-daily-188/https://hoyelam.com/downies-daily-188/I’m having one of those days again where I’m feeling like a failure. Those days that you feel like you aren’t good enough. That you are not the best person youSun, 10 Oct 2021 18:46:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/getting-my-first-thinkdrop-2-subscribers-daily-187/https://hoyelam.com/getting-my-first-thinkdrop-2-subscribers-daily-187/Great news! Thinkdrop 2 is featured on AppAdvice. You can find the article here. While I already had a few subscribers before the article, it boosted theFri, 08 Oct 2021 19:35:12 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/nothing-wrong-with-9-5-daily-186/https://hoyelam.com/nothing-wrong-with-9-5-daily-186/In today’s world, it is bad for some people’s perspective to work 9-5. Some would even call them being a wageslave and spending their majority of their timeThu, 07 Oct 2021 18:55:22 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-initial-launch-day-daily-185/https://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-initial-launch-day-daily-185/I’ve launched Thinkdrop 2 yesterday and is available now for all iOS, iPadOS, and M1 devices. I haven’t got any concrete data yet on how many units have beenTue, 05 Oct 2021 17:33:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/why-i-build-thinkdrop-2/https://hoyelam.com/why-i-build-thinkdrop-2/Ever had a thought and forgot about it later? Think Drop 2 aims to help you with that. Two years ago I build ‎Think Drop. An app that is solely focussed onMon, 04 Oct 2021 15:18:58 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/gradually-improving-my-health-but-not-fast-enough-daily-184/https://hoyelam.com/gradually-improving-my-health-but-not-fast-enough-daily-184/Beginning this year, I was close to being obese. I can blame it on COVID19 and all the lockdowns, but it all came down to me. I didn’t exercise often enough andSun, 03 Oct 2021 17:48:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/you-dont-need-an-unique-idea-daily-183/https://hoyelam.com/you-dont-need-an-unique-idea-daily-183/I’ve always disliked the sentiment that you need a ‘unique’ idea to succeed. That somehow you will have an idea that the 7.5 billion other people on earthFri, 01 Oct 2021 19:29:28 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/channel-the-power-of-music-daily-182/https://hoyelam.com/channel-the-power-of-music-daily-182/First of all, I want to say that music is indeed very subjective. Some like electronic music during work, some like heavy metal for some reason. But we can allThu, 30 Sep 2021 19:19:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-is-ready-to-go-daily-181/https://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-is-ready-to-go-daily-181/Thinkdrop 2 is basically ready to go. I’m still testing for the last few days just to be sure, I haven’t missed any crucial thing. But my initial reactions areWed, 29 Sep 2021 18:23:32 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-9-0-massive-performance-improvements-daily-180/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-9-0-massive-performance-improvements-daily-180/I’ve made some big improvements for Growrilla. Besides loads of animation issues that were heavily present on iOS 15, I’ve rewritten the whole database accessTue, 28 Sep 2021 19:04:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/iphone-13-pro-initial-reactions-daily-179/https://hoyelam.com/iphone-13-pro-initial-reactions-daily-179/I’ve finally done it and bought a new phone. After almost four years of using the iPhone X, I’ve switched to the iPhone 13 Pro. And it is indeed an immenseSun, 26 Sep 2021 20:10:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/ios-updates-with-too-many-apps/https://hoyelam.com/ios-updates-with-too-many-apps/I haven’t had the chance yet to really look into iOS 15.0, besides working on Thinkdrop 2. But sadly, it has brought many bugs for my apps like Growrilla andFri, 24 Sep 2021 21:49:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/travel-plans-disrupted-getting-tired-of-the-pandemic-daily-177/https://hoyelam.com/travel-plans-disrupted-getting-tired-of-the-pandemic-daily-177/I hate all these travel restrictions around the world. I’ve been fucked by sudden travel restrictions changes of my destination for the second time this year.Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:49:28 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/a-loyal-fool-daily-176/https://hoyelam.com/a-loyal-fool-daily-176/Sometimes I meet someone again after a while and basically catch up with them. We trade ‘war stories’ together and have a good time usually. Sometimes they doWed, 22 Sep 2021 20:07:26 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/devleads-is-now-free-daily-175/https://hoyelam.com/devleads-is-now-free-daily-175/I’ve made DevLeads free. This decision was mainly cause I don’t want to maintain it anymore nor did it paying subscribers at all. So as a gift for the new weekSun, 19 Sep 2021 18:12:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/family-first-daily-174/https://hoyelam.com/family-first-daily-174/During this week, I was talking with a friend and I gained much a lot of respect for him. Without naming him, he basically told me that he is under a lot ofSat, 18 Sep 2021 19:59:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-best-exercise-set-daily-173/https://hoyelam.com/the-best-exercise-set-daily-173/Usually, I go four times to the gym minimal. I choose between a cardio or strength training day. A cardio day is usually cardio exercises like running,Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:03:04 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thoughts-apple-event-september-2021-daily-172/https://hoyelam.com/thoughts-apple-event-september-2021-daily-172/Just finished seeing the Apple event, and looked at the new things in the Apple Store. The first thought is that it was an alright event. But an alright eventTue, 14 Sep 2021 19:27:20 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/dont-exist-live-daily-171/https://hoyelam.com/dont-exist-live-daily-171/I was one of the stupid and selfish people that sought the path of least resistance. Why? cause it was easy. All I had to do was get good grades in high schoolMon, 13 Sep 2021 16:55:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-website-online-daily-170/https://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-website-online-daily-170/Gonna keep it short today, cause it's Sunday. Today I've worked on Thinkdrop 2 again. The app is pretty much down like 90%, but until iOS 15 is out, I won'tSun, 12 Sep 2021 18:00:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/not-disciplined-enough-daily-169/https://hoyelam.com/not-disciplined-enough-daily-169/Work every day on the same thing for a year. Doesn't matter how long. Whether it is 10 minutes of meditation, 30- minutes walk, one hour on a project, 15Sat, 11 Sep 2021 21:39:56 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/google-provided-knowledge-but-made-us-dumb-daily-168/https://hoyelam.com/google-provided-knowledge-but-made-us-dumb-daily-168/You would be a fool to disagree that the search engine is the greatest product ever created since the Internet. The Internet search engine made it possible toFri, 10 Sep 2021 19:34:44 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-is-coming-daily-167/https://hoyelam.com/thinkdrop-2-is-coming-daily-167/Thinkdrop 2 is coming. pic.twitter.com/Y9Fn0hqFv4 — Hoye Lam (@hoyelam) September 9, 2021 Thinkdrop 2 is coming.Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:14:15 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/do-what-you-truly-want-daily-166/https://hoyelam.com/do-what-you-truly-want-daily-166/It always sounds cliché, but it is true. If you want to do great work, you can only do it if you truly want it as well. You can't do that if you keep thinkingTue, 07 Sep 2021 19:34:28 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/everybody-loves-shortcuts-daily-165/https://hoyelam.com/everybody-loves-shortcuts-daily-165/From the pandemic, I realized that the majority only want shortcuts. Instead of taking care of your health and building up your immune system to fight offMon, 06 Sep 2021 19:56:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/recovered-from-food-poisoning-daily-164/https://hoyelam.com/recovered-from-food-poisoning-daily-164/Since last Friday, I've been recovered from my food poisoning. God bless. The last two weeks were probably the worse weeks I've had in a long time. Every one orSun, 05 Sep 2021 20:22:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/china-restricting-video-gaming-daily-163/https://hoyelam.com/china-restricting-video-gaming-daily-163/China is now banning video gaming for minors below 18 years old. They can now only play three hours each week and even a certain times. Now the implementationSat, 04 Sep 2021 21:28:14 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/covid19-is-political-daily-162/https://hoyelam.com/covid19-is-political-daily-162/Today, (or yesterday) Joe Rogan released a video that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19. He also proceeded to tell that he took vitamins and supplements toThu, 02 Sep 2021 21:05:23 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-best-teams-are-individualistic-daily-161/https://hoyelam.com/the-best-teams-are-individualistic-daily-161/I truly believe that the best teams consist of members who are very individualistic. What I mean about that is that they care about their craft only. They getWed, 01 Sep 2021 20:55:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/boundaries-daily-160/https://hoyelam.com/boundaries-daily-160/A man can only achieve so many things in their lifetime. The curse however is that we want it all. From success to innovation to a loving family to an empire toTue, 31 Aug 2021 20:47:01 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/vanity-metrics-daily-159/https://hoyelam.com/vanity-metrics-daily-159/We all know a friend or acquaintance that do this. They brag about how many times they've done something specific. In all honesty, I'm unconsciously doing theMon, 30 Aug 2021 20:46:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/start-with-the-first-task-on-your-todo-list-daily-158/https://hoyelam.com/start-with-the-first-task-on-your-todo-list-daily-158/Since today I'm recovering from food poisoning. Luckily, I can be more physically active and don't have to be in the toilet every hour. I realized in theThu, 26 Aug 2021 19:45:36 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/still-food-poisoned-but-recovering-daily-157/https://hoyelam.com/still-food-poisoned-but-recovering-daily-157/I've been recovering, well slowly. This is honestly one of the worst food poisoning experiences I've ever had. Usually it takes me one or two days to fullyTue, 24 Aug 2021 19:43:43 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/food-poisoned-daily-156/https://hoyelam.com/food-poisoned-daily-156/Man, I hate these occurrences. Went out to eat at some 'fancy' restaurant in Rotterdam. The food was okay-ish but definitely not the quality you expect for theFri, 20 Aug 2021 19:35:29 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/discovering-the-man-i-want-to-be-daily-155/https://hoyelam.com/discovering-the-man-i-want-to-be-daily-155/Lately, I haven't been reading a lot. If I do, I read a chapter then go to another book the next day. Probably something I should pick up again. But yesterday,Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:10:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/customers-are-not-always-right-daily-154/https://hoyelam.com/customers-are-not-always-right-daily-154/Sometimes I truly think that customers don't know what they want. We all know the famous lines. Customer is always right Customer knows what they wantWed, 18 Aug 2021 18:58:55 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/cheap-items-worth-trying-to-improve-your-life-daily-153/https://hoyelam.com/cheap-items-worth-trying-to-improve-your-life-daily-153/Usually, I don't do these things. Lately, I've bought some things that were quite cheap, but improve life immensely. These are five recommendations on the topTue, 17 Aug 2021 19:18:22 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/missed-few-writing-days-daily-152/https://hoyelam.com/missed-few-writing-days-daily-152/I broke my daily writing streak for the past three days. Didn't even write in private as well. What happened? Did I stop it entirely? No. Last Friday, IMon, 16 Aug 2021 17:48:55 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/excited-for-league-of-legends-playoffs-daily-151/https://hoyelam.com/excited-for-league-of-legends-playoffs-daily-151/Starting today, playoffs have started around the world for the local League of Legends esports. I'm excited. I usually don't watch that many regular-seasonThu, 12 Aug 2021 19:26:47 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/i-should-spend-more-in-improving-myself-daily-150/https://hoyelam.com/i-should-spend-more-in-improving-myself-daily-150/In the last few years, I haven't spent really much on educating myself. I spend probably around 400 euros this year on most books and online courses. But ITue, 10 Aug 2021 20:14:24 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/meetings-are-designed-to-hide-incompetent-writing-and-reading-skills-daily-149/https://hoyelam.com/meetings-are-designed-to-hide-incompetent-writing-and-reading-skills-daily-149/I dislike (hate) meetings. The only meetings I like are the meetings that result in critical decisions. These meetings usually steer the entire ship to anMon, 09 Aug 2021 20:40:12 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weak-men-are-immoral-daily-148/https://hoyelam.com/weak-men-are-immoral-daily-148/I dislike weak men. How do you identify them? By seeing them complain about many subjects. Can't learn something new?Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:10:55 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/computer-science-degree-has-no-value-daily-147/https://hoyelam.com/computer-science-degree-has-no-value-daily-147/I've been graduated from university for around 3-4 years now. Not one job application and the offer did my computer science degree had ANY influence over it.Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:21:55 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/eleven-learnings-from-building-indie-apps-saas-so-far-daily-146/https://hoyelam.com/eleven-learnings-from-building-indie-apps-saas-so-far-daily-146/Over the years, I've built several indie apps on mostly mobile but also web since the release of DevLeads.app. While none of them has five-figure successes yet,Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:38:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/airpods-max-daily-145/https://hoyelam.com/airpods-max-daily-145/I bought the AirPods Max just to try it out. After an hour or two, I returned them. I think that they were too heavy for me. My head or neck was starting to getWed, 04 Aug 2021 15:09:59 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/fandoms-are-a-disease-daily-144/https://hoyelam.com/fandoms-are-a-disease-daily-144/You can always be a fan of something. Whether it is an artist, community figure, company, music group, (e)sports team, or whatever. There is nothing wrong withTue, 03 Aug 2021 15:37:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/you-are-in-a-cult-daily-143/https://hoyelam.com/you-are-in-a-cult-daily-143/When the majority of your life is dedicated to a company (besides your own), you are in a cult. So how does a cult work? Well, there are usually leaders thatMon, 02 Aug 2021 16:12:44 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/integrity-daily-142/https://hoyelam.com/integrity-daily-142/Most people don’t have integrity. They will choose shortcuts and be dishonest with themselves to gain short-term accelerated gain. We see this in many formsThu, 29 Jul 2021 20:34:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/hangout-with-people-that-wants-best-for-you-daily-141/https://hoyelam.com/hangout-with-people-that-wants-best-for-you-daily-141/I’ve been blessed to have been in many friend groups. From weed smokers to videogamers, to clubbers, to tech, to business people. But, I’ve noticed that notWed, 28 Jul 2021 15:14:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/abundance-daily-140/https://hoyelam.com/abundance-daily-140/At this age, there is too much to consume. Take one example like Netflix and you spend hundreds and even maybe thousands of hours consuming content. Or theTue, 27 Jul 2021 17:02:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/im-unworthy-yet-daily-139/https://hoyelam.com/im-unworthy-yet-daily-139/There are actually very few reasons to execute on my advice, tips, thoughts, or any other thing I’m talking about. Why? Cause I’m not the person I want to beSat, 24 Jul 2021 19:36:12 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/actvision-blizzards-hypocrisy-daily-138/https://hoyelam.com/actvision-blizzards-hypocrisy-daily-138/Today, a report came out by the California Department of Fair Employment and housing has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for discrimination. ForThu, 22 Jul 2021 17:28:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-biggest-lie-told-in-computer-science-university-daily-137/https://hoyelam.com/the-biggest-lie-told-in-computer-science-university-daily-137/In university (of applied sciences) for computer science, and even before that, I asked my teachers this question. Do software engineers only producing codeWed, 21 Jul 2021 20:22:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/being-truthful-daily-136/https://hoyelam.com/being-truthful-daily-136/Being true to yourself is a superpower. No need for lies, and no need to keep track of them. Human nature tends to lie to hide its uncomfortable truth. WhetherMon, 19 Jul 2021 17:25:20 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/witnessing-greatness-in-esports-daily-135/https://hoyelam.com/witnessing-greatness-in-esports-daily-135/Most individuals won’t achieve greatness. With greatness I mean literally the top 0.1% of their field. Whether it is business, programming, indie-hacking,Sun, 18 Jul 2021 19:07:23 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/choosing-where-to-live-day-134/https://hoyelam.com/choosing-where-to-live-day-134/The three biggest decisions in your life are to choose what you do, where to live, and who your friends are. Where to live has been something on my mind for theSat, 17 Jul 2021 20:48:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/employer-employee-boundaries-daily-133/https://hoyelam.com/employer-employee-boundaries-daily-133/When you work for a company, they own your work, not your life. https://t.co/rkMKOgpeWR — Hoye Lam (@hoyelam) July 16, 2021 There has been a document leakedFri, 16 Jul 2021 20:02:38 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/be-valueable-or-be-worthless-daily-132/https://hoyelam.com/be-valueable-or-be-worthless-daily-132/If you can’t provide value, you are worthless. You have no worth. The good thing is, is that it should be easy to create value.Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:46:26 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/bursts-of-focussed-work-daily-131/https://hoyelam.com/bursts-of-focussed-work-daily-131/The best work that I do, is usually done in small bursts of repetitive focus and energy. No human can focus eight hours or more straight. Even marathon athletesTue, 13 Jul 2021 20:24:12 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/anger-should-be-controlled-not-dismissed/https://hoyelam.com/anger-should-be-controlled-not-dismissed/Anger is usually an emotion that has a bad annotation in modern society. It is frequently related to chaos, where things usually happen that can be consideredMon, 12 Jul 2021 16:48:44 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/blog-update-11th-july-im-back/https://hoyelam.com/blog-update-11th-july-im-back/Hi to all who have been reading my blog. I haven’t written anything for my blog for the last two months. Mainly cause there was limited progress to share inSun, 11 Jul 2021 18:51:21 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-10/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-10/Due to all of this, I’m a bit lost. Should I work on another product even though it hasn’t been a year yet? Or should I even do other things like creating aSun, 09 May 2021 19:41:28 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-9/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-9/Indie In this week’s indie update is that I’ve released a new feature Growrilla. In Growrilla 1.7.0, (free and paid) users can now pin items on a certain day.Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:47:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-8/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-8/Growrilla upcoming new feature, content creation, migraines, esports tournaments Indie Sadly, I haven’t been working a lot on Devleads. I have some users thatMon, 12 Apr 2021 20:58:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-7/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-7/Indie Devleads is online now! Users can now start using the platform to search for developers. You can visit it on www.devleads.app. I haven’t done muchSun, 04 Apr 2021 19:45:54 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/why-the-five-day-workweek-should-be-seven/https://hoyelam.com/why-the-five-day-workweek-should-be-seven/The current five-workday week is broken and doesn’t reflect on the modern world. In a world where everything is connected and 24/7 available, the five-workdayWed, 31 Mar 2021 19:11:43 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-6/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-6/Indie This week’s progress of Devleads has been great. I’ve implemented much of the feedback I’ve received from various people. These are as followedSun, 28 Mar 2021 21:03:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-5/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-5/Indie For the past week, I’ve been developing Devleads. I worked on additional filters to find developers, a subscription integration system with Stripe, aSun, 21 Mar 2021 22:23:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-4/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-4/New side-product announcement! It’s not a mobile app. 😉 Indie For the last week, I’ve been using most of my free time to create a new software app. This willSun, 14 Mar 2021 21:44:51 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-3/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-3/Career So this has been my first week back into the daily working schedule. I had to pleasure of going immediately straight into fire cause there were manySun, 07 Mar 2021 19:46:30 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-2/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-2/A weird warm week, considering one-two weeks ago, it was freezing. I had to turn up the heater but last week, I see people even wearing short pants andSun, 28 Feb 2021 17:59:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-1/https://hoyelam.com/weekly-update-1/This is the first issue of my series weekly update where I give an update about my personal life, indie development, and career. Career To start off, I haveSun, 21 Feb 2021 21:09:31 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/blog-changes-to-weekly-blog/https://hoyelam.com/blog-changes-to-weekly-blog/I’ve given lots of thought to it, and my daily-ish blog will be changed to a weekly one. Since September, I’ve been writing daily on this blog laying myTue, 16 Feb 2021 19:33:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-6-0-released/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-6-0-released/Today, Growrilla version 1.6.0 is available. I thought it would be taking a bit longer, but I’ve been testing it myself for several days and the review by AppleMon, 15 Feb 2021 21:14:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/valentine-day/https://hoyelam.com/valentine-day/Happy Valentine Day to all of you. Love you all even though I may not know you personally. If you are reading this blog, that’s already big support to me. MySun, 14 Feb 2021 21:02:50 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-6-0-upcoming-major-update/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-6-0-upcoming-major-update/In the next version of Growrilla 1.6.0, a big new feature will be added. As teased before in previous blog posts, this is the new feature that will provide moreSat, 13 Feb 2021 20:48:58 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/happy-lunar-new-year/https://hoyelam.com/happy-lunar-new-year/I wish everybody to have good fortune in the year of the Ox. 🧧 Today, I made some images for the Growrilla social media channels Twitter and Instagram. BelowFri, 12 Feb 2021 20:33:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/believe-in-something/https://hoyelam.com/believe-in-something/I’m a believer in god. I strongly feel that you should believe in something. It doesn’t matter if it is religion, a sense of the sovereign individual, or duty.Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:22:44 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-week-reports-preview/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-week-reports-preview/Today I’ve been working on a new feature called Reports. This feature provides information for Growrilla users about how their week or year went for all countsWed, 10 Feb 2021 20:50:49 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/paving-the-next-chapter/https://hoyelam.com/paving-the-next-chapter/I’ve been applying for some companies that may be my next career-home. Currently, I’m in talks with two companies that I’m interested in. If those two bothTue, 09 Feb 2021 21:48:10 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/im-back/https://hoyelam.com/im-back/A week ago, I blogged that I was burned out/exhausted so I had to take some time off. During that time off, I mainly chilled, watched some movies, and playedMon, 08 Feb 2021 19:42:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/burned-by-stock-exchanges/https://hoyelam.com/burned-by-stock-exchanges/Yesterday, I wrote that I’ve been watching the stories about Wall Street with Reddit against the Hedge Funds or the rich. I didn’t expect in any way whatThu, 28 Jan 2021 21:09:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/wallstreet-stock-market/https://hoyelam.com/wallstreet-stock-market/Today, I’ve been distracted and pre-occupied with the ongoing trading war with subreddit /r/wallstreetbets and Wall Street bankers. Without explaining the wholeWed, 27 Jan 2021 21:18:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/share-sheet-uiactivityviewcontroller-within-swiftui/https://hoyelam.com/share-sheet-uiactivityviewcontroller-within-swiftui/With Growrilla 1.5.0 released, users can now share their progress more easily. Thus I also want to share how I did it. First, we have the make theTue, 26 Jan 2021 19:12:42 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-5-0-sharing-feature/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-5-0-sharing-feature/I’m a firm believer that you should share and celebrate your progress whether it is big or small. Four times in the gym last week? Share it. Published a newMon, 25 Jan 2021 20:10:01 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/new-headphones-sony-wh-1000xm4/https://hoyelam.com/new-headphones-sony-wh-1000xm4/I finally bought a new pair of headphones after many months of waiting for the AirPods Max. However, I didn’t buy those specifically. I really think the AirPodsSun, 24 Jan 2021 18:24:58 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-upcoming-sharing-feature/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-upcoming-sharing-feature/Today, I’ve been working on the possibility of sharing your counts. Similar to the Apple Watch Activity app where you can share your today’s progress ofSat, 23 Jan 2021 20:38:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/esports-matches-back-running-again/https://hoyelam.com/esports-matches-back-running-again/I love esports. It’s like watching football, NBA, UFC, or any other sport on TV. Now the esports season for most videogames has begun. In CS:GO the BlastFri, 22 Jan 2021 20:49:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/planning-on-a-rework-of-an-app/https://hoyelam.com/planning-on-a-rework-of-an-app/I’m planning to do a big overhaul of a specific mobile app that I have built before. Not sure if I have the time for it at the moment since I’m looking for aThu, 21 Jan 2021 18:55:45 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/annual-growrilla-subscription-pricing-changes/https://hoyelam.com/annual-growrilla-subscription-pricing-changes/Based on the reviews and feedback from users, the biggest complaint was regarding the pricing of Growrilla. When I’m reflecting on this, the previous pricing ofWed, 20 Jan 2021 19:57:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/a-good-night-of-sleep-is-the-source-of-a-good-day/https://hoyelam.com/a-good-night-of-sleep-is-the-source-of-a-good-day/Last night I didn’t sleep well at all. I was in bed for 8-9 hours but woke up many times. I kept dreaming about weird things like I was heavily on drugs. I wokeTue, 19 Jan 2021 19:24:39 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-new-card-1-4-0-and-pricing-changes-coming-up/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-new-card-1-4-0-and-pricing-changes-coming-up/Today, I’ve been developing a new card for Growrilla users. This is the ‘recent weeks’ card. It will display all the additions of the most recent (calendar)Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:49:39 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/summing-up-numeric-properties-of-objects-in-an-array-in-swift/https://hoyelam.com/summing-up-numeric-properties-of-objects-in-an-array-in-swift/You may want to sum up properties from an object. For example, you may retrieve log data from your analytics web server. A struct could be the following: swiftSun, 17 Jan 2021 21:55:33 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-small-improvements-sunday-day-129/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-small-improvements-sunday-day-129/Today, I’ve played some videogames and worked on Growrilla. Barring from satisfying my itch to play videogames, it is a good Sunday. I’ve improved multipleSun, 17 Jan 2021 19:52:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/learning-watchos-day-128/https://hoyelam.com/learning-watchos-day-128/Today, I’ve been learning watchOS development. Not necessarily to integrate with Growrilla yet, but just to explore some things. All I can say is that it hasSat, 16 Jan 2021 19:59:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/a-great-week-day-127/https://hoyelam.com/a-great-week-day-127/When it came to my full-time job, it was a great week. Most of the things worked out, there were loads of progress. Even from the dependencies that you can’tFri, 15 Jan 2021 21:37:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/asses-sprint-reflect-rest-day-126/https://hoyelam.com/asses-sprint-reflect-rest-day-126/Every day there should be a progression in your life. Even resting contributes to that cause you need to assess, sprint, reflect, and rest. Whatever you do,Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:12:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-2-0-release-the-invention-of-communication-day-125/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-1-2-0-release-the-invention-of-communication-day-125/Today, Growrilla 1.2.0 is released. This has the new feature where you can double-tap the count button add a count number higher than one. Make sure to updateWed, 13 Jan 2021 20:57:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/blog-theme-changes-day-124/https://hoyelam.com/blog-theme-changes-day-124/This blog now has a new theme! With some small adjustments to the Dawn template from Ghost, I’m making this theme the main theme for 2021. The only changes ITue, 12 Jan 2021 19:57:04 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-add-custom-amount-day-123/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-add-custom-amount-day-123/Today, I’ve been working on a new feature for Growrilla. This new feature allows Growrilla users to add up a custom amount of counts to an item/event. ThisMon, 11 Jan 2021 20:51:10 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/not-enough-day-122/https://hoyelam.com/not-enough-day-122/For the last three years, I’ve been feeling like I’ve done everything correctly when it comes to my finances. I rarely spend money at all besides the occasionalSun, 10 Jan 2021 21:22:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/twitter-decentralisation-fall-of-digital-rome-day-120/https://hoyelam.com/twitter-decentralisation-fall-of-digital-rome-day-120/Many things have happend today, mostly due to U.S. politics. But barring from that I’ve made more Marketing IG reels and Twitter for Growrilla. Follow eitherSat, 09 Jan 2021 20:45:35 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-fixes-talks-tired-evenings-day-120/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-fixes-talks-tired-evenings-day-120/Growrilla Fixes, Talks, Tired evenings | Day #120 Today, a new update has been released for Growrilla 1.1.0. As written before, this version has several newFri, 08 Jan 2021 19:07:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/making-growrilla-ad-videos-day-119/https://hoyelam.com/making-growrilla-ad-videos-day-119/Today, I’ve been working on some Marketing videos for Growrilla. (Also, ignoring U.S. politics but is hard since Social Media is filled with it) I learnedThu, 07 Jan 2021 21:12:37 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-report-21-days-after-launch-day-118/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-report-21-days-after-launch-day-118/As am trying to ‘build in public’ or at least try to be as transparent as possible, I will share some interesting statistics of Growrilla. After 21 days,Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:31:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-update-coming-1-1-0-day-117/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-update-coming-1-1-0-day-117/In the next update Growrilla and the first one of this year, two new features will be released. These are the: Notifications Reminder to count a specific eventTue, 05 Jan 2021 21:58:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/returning-to-work-growrilla-premium-notifications-day-116/https://hoyelam.com/returning-to-work-growrilla-premium-notifications-day-116/The first workday of 2021 and after a three-week holiday and a new feature coming for Growrilla. Today, it started out with reading many Slack and emailMon, 04 Jan 2021 19:36:16 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/forced-rest-day-day-115/https://hoyelam.com/forced-rest-day-day-115/So today wasn’t that great of a day. I had lots of TODOs planned for Growrilla and some things I need to sort out with my company. However, once I worked for anSun, 03 Jan 2021 20:37:16 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/friend-growrilla-twitter-job-opportunities-day-114/https://hoyelam.com/friend-growrilla-twitter-job-opportunities-day-114/Saw a friend that I haven’t seen for the last 7 months. New features for Growrilla. Twitter job post. Today I went to the family of a childhood friend. I giftedSat, 02 Jan 2021 21:21:56 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/happy-new-year-2021-day-113/https://hoyelam.com/happy-new-year-2021-day-113/For all my followers and readers, I wish you a great 2021. It was a great midnight, since I was hanging out with a few limited friends. Celebrating the NewFri, 01 Jan 2021 19:08:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/goals-2021-day-112/https://hoyelam.com/goals-2021-day-112/This will be a short post cause plans and goals usually don’t work out anyway. Nothing goes according to plan, but you do need to have a vision and goals toThu, 31 Dec 2020 18:12:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/merry-christmas-day-106/https://hoyelam.com/merry-christmas-day-106/Merry Christmas all! Hope you have it great in the last remaining days of 2020. Nothing much to write today. Growrilla hit a big milestone of 500+ installs. AFri, 25 Dec 2020 21:11:34 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/supermarkt-bad-father-example-day-105/https://hoyelam.com/supermarkt-bad-father-example-day-105/Me and girlfriend went to the supermarket today to do groceries for a Christmas dinner. We picked up some things we needed and went to the queue for theThu, 24 Dec 2020 18:53:10 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/change-in-satisfaction-day-104/https://hoyelam.com/change-in-satisfaction-day-104/I’ve announced that in the last days of this year, I will be busy relaxing and reflecting on my 2020. So today, after creating some Growrilla graphics, I wasWed, 23 Dec 2020 21:31:13 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/this-year-last-growrilla-update-updated-presskit-day-103/https://hoyelam.com/this-year-last-growrilla-update-updated-presskit-day-103/Today, I’ve been working on the last Growrilla update this year which is mainly the daily reminder notifications system. As yesterdays post, this allows theTue, 22 Dec 2020 20:52:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-stats-daily-notifications-system-one-star-review-sadly-day-102/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-stats-daily-notifications-system-one-star-review-sadly-day-102/The installs and traction of Growrilla have been cooling down a lot. Current statistics are as follows: 400+ InstallsMon, 21 Dec 2020 19:37:49 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/rest-days-day-101/https://hoyelam.com/rest-days-day-101/Today is a Sunday. For most, this is intended a rest day. For me, I try to rest as well. But the duty for me to work is high.Sun, 20 Dec 2020 19:29:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/premium-bug-iculture-custom-sort-day-100/https://hoyelam.com/premium-bug-iculture-custom-sort-day-100/Not the best start of the day. I found out that there is an embarrassing bug within Growrilla for Premium users. This bug doesn’t automatically un-blurs theSat, 19 Dec 2020 19:46:25 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/first-two-growrilla-premium-users-day-99/https://hoyelam.com/first-two-growrilla-premium-users-day-99/Count anything and everything with the gorgeous Growrilla app by @hoyelam https://t.co/0hX16Y3lRA — iMore (@iMore) December 18, 2020 I woke up today with aFri, 18 Dec 2020 20:43:18 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/productive-day-during-holiday-day-98/https://hoyelam.com/productive-day-during-holiday-day-98/Today, I’ve worked on several things while having my holidays. I don’t mind necessarily cause I like it, but am afraid of burnout. At least that is what otherThu, 17 Dec 2020 20:58:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/an-ios-developer-perspective-on-the-macbook-pro-13-inch-m1-2020/https://hoyelam.com/an-ios-developer-perspective-on-the-macbook-pro-13-inch-m1-2020/My thoughts on the performance, display, keyboard, IO, and more on the MacBook Pro 13-inch M1 2020 Before starting my thoughts about MBP13-Inch M1, I like toThu, 17 Dec 2020 17:42:22 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/launch-day-growrilla-day-97/https://hoyelam.com/launch-day-growrilla-day-97/Today, I’ve launched Growrilla. The app to count anything and everything is now available on the App Store for iOS and iPadOS. 🎉Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:58:43 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/apple-m1-macbook-pro-initial-thoughts-day-96/https://hoyelam.com/apple-m1-macbook-pro-initial-thoughts-day-96/Lucky me, just around an hour ago, I received my new 13-inch MacBook Pro M1. Like a kid, I immediately unpacked it, and here are my initial thoughts about it.Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:27:49 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/dutch-lockdown-2-0-day-95/https://hoyelam.com/dutch-lockdown-2-0-day-95/Welp, our PM has announced that we will be going into a hard-lockdown starting tomorrow. I don’t agree with calling it a ‘hard-lockdown’ cause many thingsMon, 14 Dec 2020 19:26:35 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/try-your-hardest-or-be-average-day-94/https://hoyelam.com/try-your-hardest-or-be-average-day-94/For a man to thrive they need a goal. Particularly a vision in which they stand behind it. In history, these were the men who believed in an ideal. They stickedSun, 13 Dec 2020 21:48:11 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/three-weeks-time-off-full-time-job-day-93/https://hoyelam.com/three-weeks-time-off-full-time-job-day-93/I’ve got a three week holiday from my full-time work starting today. I’m excited. I haven’t had a long vacation since one and a half years ago.Sat, 12 Dec 2020 19:55:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/new-technology-needs-to-time-grow-organically-day-92/https://hoyelam.com/new-technology-needs-to-time-grow-organically-day-92/Early technology usually needs to adapt to the market and grow organically. You can at most accelerate it but can't force it. The majority of the newFri, 11 Dec 2020 20:06:10 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/build-or-not-to-build-day-91/https://hoyelam.com/build-or-not-to-build-day-91/There is always a fight that I have in myself. This is whether to use a third-party tool or build it completely myself. The best examples are when I’mThu, 10 Dec 2020 22:24:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/airpods-max-thoughts-day-90/https://hoyelam.com/airpods-max-thoughts-day-90/A new Apple product has been announced out of the blue. Now the AirPods Max is released. I think they are beautifully designed. They look very clean and highWed, 09 Dec 2020 19:34:06 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-widgets-support-day-89/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-widgets-support-day-89/Growrilla is going to support widgets on launch day. It will be available starting with a small and medium widget. A large widget will be coming later nextTue, 08 Dec 2020 19:27:59 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/talent-is-rare-day-88/https://hoyelam.com/talent-is-rare-day-88/Most people don’t understand that real talent is rare. I’m not talking about people that work hard and/or smart. I’m not talking about people who lucked out andMon, 07 Dec 2020 17:02:30 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-day-87/https://hoyelam.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-day-87/Today, I’ve been playing the new Assassins Creed Valhalla on PC the whole day. I haven’t done this in a long time where like 60%-80% of my day is spent on videoSun, 06 Dec 2020 21:55:33 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-additional-count-card-day-86/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-additional-count-card-day-86/Growrilla has been the only thing on my mind lately. The beta-test is going well, apart from one crash that I’m not sure how happened. Today, I’ve added a newSat, 05 Dec 2020 20:58:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/bugs-identified-during-beta-testing-day-85/https://hoyelam.com/bugs-identified-during-beta-testing-day-85/I always appreciate beta-testers and think it is very important. Even though if it just a few beta testers that can count on two hands, it is very valuable.Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:42:36 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-beta-testing-available-day-84/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-beta-testing-available-day-84/Growrilla is now available for beta-testing. Here is the link: Join the Growrilla beta - TestFlight - AppleThu, 03 Dec 2020 20:18:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/skills-and-knowledge-i-lack-day-82/https://hoyelam.com/skills-and-knowledge-i-lack-day-82/I’m confident in the skills I have. If you ask me to build a mobile or web application, I’m confident that I can build anything given enough time. But there areWed, 02 Dec 2020 19:44:59 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-website-online-day-82/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-website-online-day-82/Like my other mobile apps, Growrilla’s website has been built is online right now. The websites act as a fast landing page and overview of what the mobile appTue, 01 Dec 2020 20:58:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/excited-for-the-holidays-day-81/https://hoyelam.com/excited-for-the-holidays-day-81/This year had its up and downs. According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2020 is the year of Rat and I’m my sign is the same. (You can deduct my age now with thisMon, 30 Nov 2020 19:37:38 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-year-chart-day-80/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-year-chart-day-80/80th daily writing streak. Can't believe I'm still keeping this up. Growrilla is on its way to being open for beta-testing soon. Somewhere this upcoming week, ISun, 29 Nov 2020 20:36:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/i-love-myself-day-79/https://hoyelam.com/i-love-myself-day-79/One of my favorite songs of all time is Kendrick Lamar’s single ‘I’. The vibe of this song is amazing and really makes you feel like there is nothing wrong withSat, 28 Nov 2020 18:33:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/black-friday-craze-day-78/https://hoyelam.com/black-friday-craze-day-78/With Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals coming up. Remember that you ain't saving money. You are spending less. $350 to $250?Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:11:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-subscriptions-day-77/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-subscriptions-day-77/Yes, yes, yes. I’m aiming to have subscriptions for Growrilla. The app to count everything in your life. With Growrilla premium, you are going to have access toThu, 26 Nov 2020 21:06:59 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/lead-by-example-day-76/https://hoyelam.com/lead-by-example-day-76/You can’t save anybody. They have to save themselves. It's much easier to influence others, by your own example rather than to force them. Nobody will listen toWed, 25 Nov 2020 19:14:16 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/losing-focus-and-productivity-day-75/https://hoyelam.com/losing-focus-and-productivity-day-75/My mind for the last two days hasn’t been performing well. I’ve implemented things and written documents twice for no reason. Just cause I forgot I made themTue, 24 Nov 2020 21:08:25 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-new-icons-day-74/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-new-icons-day-74/I’m also returning my Apple Magic Keyboard with a numeric keypad. I don’t like the amount of space it takes on my desk. So bye keyboard! Today, I’ve beenMon, 23 Nov 2020 20:43:03 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/macbook-pro-13-inch-m1-day-73/https://hoyelam.com/macbook-pro-13-inch-m1-day-73/My posts from a few weeks ago and initial reactions on the Apple M1 device release were indicating that I was making a purchase on the Mac mini. After moreSun, 22 Nov 2020 21:48:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/today-day-72/https://hoyelam.com/today-day-72/Today, I slept well around 8 hours. Today, I ate steak as brunch. Today, I trained outside in a park.Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:41:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/music-is-so-interesting-day-71/https://hoyelam.com/music-is-so-interesting-day-71/I’ve been listening to ‘old’ songs that were released between 1990 and 2010. These songs now hit me very differently. I grew up with (English) artists likeFri, 20 Nov 2020 20:26:58 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/cloudkit-support-for-growrilla-progress-day-70/https://hoyelam.com/cloudkit-support-for-growrilla-progress-day-70/Today has been a hectic day. I was trying to buy a PS5 today, but haven’t been able to do so. Still trying cause I want to play on it during December. But I’veThu, 19 Nov 2020 19:29:12 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/you-dont-need-the-newest-tools-to-produce-day-69/https://hoyelam.com/you-dont-need-the-newest-tools-to-produce-day-69/I’m always surprised when people need the best tools to start producing. They always think that they need the gear first before producing. Some examples:Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:29:29 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/apple-m1-hype-day-68/https://hoyelam.com/apple-m1-hype-day-68/People have started receiving their Mac devices with their new M1 chips. Also, there are many reviewers who have had it for a week. The initial reviews areTue, 17 Nov 2020 19:36:42 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-67-rocky-balboa/https://hoyelam.com/day-67-rocky-balboa/Rocky Balboa is one of my favorite character and movie franchise. Today, I’ve watched the first movie again and it is amazing as always. Based on a true story,Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:24:43 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-66-working-on-icloud-growrilla/https://hoyelam.com/day-66-working-on-icloud-growrilla/Today I’ve been working on some fixes on Growrilla. These have mostly to do with displaying on the iPad devices. Like too wide components or not visible ones.Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:54:54 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-65-growrilla-progress-calendar-view/https://hoyelam.com/day-65-growrilla-progress-calendar-view/Today, I’ve worked on the calendar view of Growrilla. Within this view, you can see all the logs of a specific day. This view is to explore the logs of previousSat, 14 Nov 2020 21:41:01 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-64-first-impressions-of-macos-big-sur/https://hoyelam.com/day-64-first-impressions-of-macos-big-sur/Today in the morning I installed macOS Big Sur. Here are my initial impressions. I always like it when Apple redesigns their OS versions. It feels like I’mFri, 13 Nov 2020 19:01:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-62-updating-home-ui-for-growrilla/https://hoyelam.com/day-62-updating-home-ui-for-growrilla/I’ve worked a bit on Growrilla today. There are some UI changes on the home-view of Growrilla. Firstly, the cards are removed from the home view. They make itThu, 12 Nov 2020 18:11:51 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-62-software-tools-i-recommend/https://hoyelam.com/day-62-software-tools-i-recommend/Here is a collection of products and services I use regularly and am grateful for. I recommended these software tools as well cause it makes my work and lifeWed, 11 Nov 2020 19:30:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-61-apple-event-november-thoughts/https://hoyelam.com/day-61-apple-event-november-thoughts/I wrote yesterday that I was excited about today’s event and wanted to write about it tomorrow. But since I’m just done anyway, I’m going to write about itTue, 10 Nov 2020 19:54:24 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-60-excited-for-tomorrow-apple-event/https://hoyelam.com/day-60-excited-for-tomorrow-apple-event/This is my 60th blogpost and writing streak. I’ve never thought I would be writing for 60 days straight. But here I am. Yesterday, I was sick as well (bigMon, 09 Nov 2020 19:32:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-59-sick-day/https://hoyelam.com/day-59-sick-day/Today was one of the worst days of my health. Slept terribly due to excessive sugar intake yesterday cause it was my brother’s birthday. (I’m not good withSun, 08 Nov 2020 19:27:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-58-highest-streak-for-growrilla/https://hoyelam.com/day-58-highest-streak-for-growrilla/I’ve announced that I’m working on Growrilla and will be releasing it this year. Today, I’ve been working on how to calculate the highest streak of the numberSat, 07 Nov 2020 18:45:11 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/day-57-grateful-for-swift-content-creators/https://hoyelam.com/day-57-grateful-for-swift-content-creators/Honestly, from all the software development fields, the Swift community is the best one. There are so many prominent members in the community that provideFri, 06 Nov 2020 21:32:50 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/what-drives-me/https://hoyelam.com/what-drives-me/I recently received a question on what drives me in general. Why do I wake up in the morning? Why do I do what I do?Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:24:07 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/rewriting-software-is-normal/https://hoyelam.com/rewriting-software-is-normal/Most developers do not write software that is going to last decades. Eventually, every code needs to be rewritten. It doesn’t matter what the reasons could be.Wed, 04 Nov 2020 18:54:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/growrilla-count-literally-anything-you-want-wip/https://hoyelam.com/growrilla-count-literally-anything-you-want-wip/A few weeks ago, I posted that I am working on a new project. This is Growrilla. What problem does this mobile app solve?Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:41:21 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/covid19-test-results/https://hoyelam.com/covid19-test-results/Woke up today from a good seven-hour sleep. Had some weird dreams as well, but none of that matter. I immediately checked up if I got the results of my COVID19Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:37:29 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/getting-covid19-tested/https://hoyelam.com/getting-covid19-tested/Today I got tested for COVID19. It was a completely new experience for me. One of the first times where for health reasons a cotton swab (q-tip) went deep intoSun, 01 Nov 2020 17:35:28 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/in-self-quarantine-been-in-contact-with-infected/https://hoyelam.com/in-self-quarantine-been-in-contact-with-infected/Sadly, I got the news that two of my friends were positive. What’s worse is that I hung out with both of them last week. We didn’t regularly hang out in theSat, 31 Oct 2020 17:37:32 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/are-you-a-publisher-or-subscriber/https://hoyelam.com/are-you-a-publisher-or-subscriber/I believe that people have two modes. This being a publisher or subscriber. When you are a publisher, you are the one creating things. It could be writing aFri, 30 Oct 2020 16:46:48 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/body-regression-october/https://hoyelam.com/body-regression-october/I’ve been ignoring and regressing my body again. For the past three-four weeks, I’ve been losing muscle and gaining fat. Due to the big daily COVID19 increasesThu, 29 Oct 2020 18:23:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/nintendo-switch-ring-fit-adventures/https://hoyelam.com/nintendo-switch-ring-fit-adventures/I recently bought a Nintendo Switch game called Ring Fit adventures. It is a game where you train at home with the Nintendo Switch and some additional equipmentWed, 28 Oct 2020 18:37:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/you-are-responsible-for-third-party-dependencies/https://hoyelam.com/you-are-responsible-for-third-party-dependencies/If your software app relies on a third-party software/service. Always, test them frequently. Validate that the output from the dependencies is accurate. YouTue, 27 Oct 2020 18:49:32 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/you-are-unmotivated-cause-you-work-on-the-wrong-things/https://hoyelam.com/you-are-unmotivated-cause-you-work-on-the-wrong-things/Everybody has days where they feel unmotivated. Days where you don’t feel like working. Days where you don’t feel like talking to colleagues.Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:48:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/one-week-holiday-review/https://hoyelam.com/one-week-holiday-review/For the last seven days, I had a holiday week from my main job (software lead and iOS Dev at Somnox). It was a nice week. Celebrated a good friend’s birthday.Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:51:57 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/upset-at-being-bad-get-good/https://hoyelam.com/upset-at-being-bad-get-good/There are so many skills and professions in the world. Even new ones being randomly discovered by creative people every day. It is not feasible to learn themSat, 24 Oct 2020 15:54:55 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/semi-finals-lol-worlds-thoughts/https://hoyelam.com/semi-finals-lol-worlds-thoughts/Tomorrow the semi-finals of worlds are starting. G2 vs DWG and TES vs SUN. First of all, in the quarter-finals, I predicted G2, DWG, TES, and JDG to get out.Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:23:38 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/airplane-mode-is-a-life-hack/https://hoyelam.com/airplane-mode-is-a-life-hack/They should rebrand 'Airplane mode' to 'Offline mode'. Maybe then it will become normal to be disconnected. — Hoye Lam | 林浩意 (@hoyelam) October 22, 2020 TheseThu, 22 Oct 2020 17:17:10 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/video-gaming-during-time-off/https://hoyelam.com/video-gaming-during-time-off/I have been taking some time off work and tried video-gaming again. For me, video-gaming is a double-edged sword. Either it puts me in a relaxed state throughWed, 21 Oct 2020 19:42:47 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/being-nice/https://hoyelam.com/being-nice/I would say that in general I'm a nice guy. (Immediately sound egotistical as hell) I smile to everybody including strangers when making eye-contact or havingTue, 20 Oct 2020 17:52:42 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/distractions-are-not-always-distractions/https://hoyelam.com/distractions-are-not-always-distractions/Somedays you are distracted from your work. I’m not talking about unplanned events, like children crying, construction workers, or the internet not working. I’mMon, 19 Oct 2020 20:02:04 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/build-things/https://hoyelam.com/build-things/All the people that I admire or respect have put their time into building things. Whether it is products, software, network, relationships, and or family theySun, 18 Oct 2020 18:03:26 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/taking-time-off/https://hoyelam.com/taking-time-off/Taking time off is important. It resets your mind and work completely. Similar to when you take a walk after you were stuck with a problem. The time off makesSat, 17 Oct 2020 18:29:23 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/deciding-not-to-buy-the-iphone-12/https://hoyelam.com/deciding-not-to-buy-the-iphone-12/For my initial thoughts of the Apple October 2020 events, I wrote that I was interested in buying either the iPhone 12 Pro or Pro Max. But after some thoughtsFri, 16 Oct 2020 15:46:30 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thoughts-bracket-stage-lol-worlds-2020/https://hoyelam.com/thoughts-bracket-stage-lol-worlds-2020/Today DWG and DRX played one of the quarterfinals and DWG won with 3-0. These are my still my thoughts for the bracket stage. First of all, I don’t like theThu, 15 Oct 2020 15:28:38 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thoughts-apple-2020-october-event/https://hoyelam.com/thoughts-apple-2020-october-event/In Apple’s 2020 October Event two five new products were announced. HomePod Mini iPhone 12Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:45:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/stay-in-your-lane-unless-it-effects-you/https://hoyelam.com/stay-in-your-lane-unless-it-effects-you/The most important for any team and organization to work is trust. Trust that your colleagues deliver competent work cause that is the reason that is hired. ButTue, 13 Oct 2020 20:15:27 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/kowa-now-available-on-macos/https://hoyelam.com/kowa-now-available-on-macos/Kowa is now available on the macOS and is available for purchase of $3.99 (or €4.49). Kowa will be still free on iPad on iOS, but to support the continuousMon, 12 Oct 2020 17:33:56 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/am-i-an-average-developer/https://hoyelam.com/am-i-an-average-developer/I honestly think that I am an average developer. If you would have asked me very specific details about software development, I’m sure I would say somethingSun, 11 Oct 2020 16:43:05 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/learn-the-basics-first/https://hoyelam.com/learn-the-basics-first/There is a wrong belief that you can get far fast without basic understanding. People like to think they are outliers while in reality there are not. This isSat, 10 Oct 2020 17:35:09 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/define-your-ethics-find-your-tribe/https://hoyelam.com/define-your-ethics-find-your-tribe/The first thing to figure out in life is what your values are. — Hoye Lam | 林浩意 (@hoyelam) October 4, 2020 As I tweeted out is that finding out what your valuesFri, 09 Oct 2020 18:01:15 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/kowa-macos-coming-soon/https://hoyelam.com/kowa-macos-coming-soon/For the past few weeks, I found time to work on Kowa again. Soon a macOS version will be available to the public. I’ve been using Kowa more often on the MacThu, 08 Oct 2020 18:24:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/what-i-want-from-the-apple-october-event/https://hoyelam.com/what-i-want-from-the-apple-october-event/I’m looking forward to Apple’s October event. I’m in the market for a new phone and do think iPhones are the best. Of course, I’m biased as hell since I’m anWed, 07 Oct 2020 18:59:17 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/lol-worlds-2020-week-1-group-stage-thoughts/https://hoyelam.com/lol-worlds-2020-week-1-group-stage-thoughts/So the first 32 games of the LoL worlds have happened and these are my thoughts about it. Based on my previous post on my initial thoughts of the group draw, itTue, 06 Oct 2020 18:23:54 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/cut-the-bullshit/https://hoyelam.com/cut-the-bullshit/Lots of people like to think that they’re in their best environment. Everything is great. Every place is good vibes, all colleagues are great, all the work theyMon, 05 Oct 2020 18:28:49 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/companies-should-only-focus-on-winning/https://hoyelam.com/companies-should-only-focus-on-winning/Coinbase is a mission focused company There have been a lot of difficult events in the world this year: a global pandemic, shelter in place, social unrest,Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:38:47 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/writers-block/https://hoyelam.com/writers-block/Everybody experiences writer’s block to some degree. Whether you are writing a column, blog post, page, chapter, or even software code, sometimes you just can’tSat, 03 Oct 2020 18:56:50 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/injuries-suck/https://hoyelam.com/injuries-suck/Last week, I wrote about exercising back to normal. Since COVID19 has regressed my body. I’m trying to go back to my body and fitness before the end of thisFri, 02 Oct 2020 18:54:33 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/moon-festival-2020/https://hoyelam.com/moon-festival-2020/中秋節快樂! Happy autumn moon festival! 🥮 pic.twitter.com/M8DBnWHvDqThu, 01 Oct 2020 14:52:08 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/rare-angry-moment/https://hoyelam.com/rare-angry-moment/Today has been a weird day. Woke up and went to the gym as usual. Even received some good news that had a positive impact on my day. Then something happened. IWed, 30 Sep 2020 17:25:10 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/how-to-get-better-feedback/https://hoyelam.com/how-to-get-better-feedback/Good working people always hunger for feedback. They desire to improve their current skills or even learn new ones. Based on feedback or tips they can improveTue, 29 Sep 2020 18:32:23 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/notes-to-notion-to-noto-to-bear-notes/https://hoyelam.com/notes-to-notion-to-noto-to-bear-notes/I’ve been trying to find the best note-taking app for myself in the last two years. The Apple Notes app is the default for everybody, but if you need somethingMon, 28 Sep 2020 17:19:14 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/streak-of-bad-nights/https://hoyelam.com/streak-of-bad-nights/For the last few days, I’ve been sleeping pretty badly. There are some factors that are outside of my control that resulted in this. For example, the weatherSun, 27 Sep 2020 18:39:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/losing-inner-peace/https://hoyelam.com/losing-inner-peace/The internet has created many possibilities. From people that found their loved ones to exploring a new passion. Or from meeting new people from other countriesSat, 26 Sep 2020 15:48:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/think-before-you-speak/https://hoyelam.com/think-before-you-speak/This is a rule that I try to apply to myself every day. I had a bad habit of answering immediately when somebody asks a question. The silence between the answerFri, 25 Sep 2020 17:30:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/exercising-back-to-normal/https://hoyelam.com/exercising-back-to-normal/My body has been declining in terms of fitness since COVID19. I'm definitely going to get back to my normal body state by the end of this year! 😤 — Hoye Lam |Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:04:02 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/unproductive-days/https://hoyelam.com/unproductive-days/You always have them. Days where you felt unproductive, not motivated, or low energy. Sometimes you can't even control it. Bad news came up, a plan that didn'tWed, 23 Sep 2020 16:37:45 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/ownership-is-important/https://hoyelam.com/ownership-is-important/When you own it. Let's think of when you own a new car. Would you take care of it? Probably yes, you wouldn't recklessly drive (if you don't have the skills)Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:45:33 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/software-builder-or-writer/https://hoyelam.com/software-builder-or-writer/You either quit programming or live long enough to see yourself becoming a documentation writer 😬 — Hoye Lam | 林浩意 (@hoyelam) August 21, 2020 My role hasMon, 21 Sep 2020 15:18:45 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/writing-streak-9/https://hoyelam.com/writing-streak-9/I started writing every day since September 11th. The goal was to improve my writing and putting my thoughts down on paper. Since then, I have written nineSun, 20 Sep 2020 17:43:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/video-gaming-in-moderation/https://hoyelam.com/video-gaming-in-moderation/The debate on if video-gaming is a waste of time has been going on for forever. When I was a kid I played loads of videogames. After school or helping mySat, 19 Sep 2020 17:24:50 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/working-on-a-new-project/https://hoyelam.com/working-on-a-new-project/At the beginning of 2020, I promised myself that I will release two new mobile applications. The first one has already been released as Kowa. The second one isFri, 18 Sep 2020 19:25:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/my-watch-face-setup/https://hoyelam.com/my-watch-face-setup/This is my watch face build on the ideas of quick information and opening the apps I use 99% of my time. I'm using the Infograph watch face. The reason forThu, 17 Sep 2020 16:02:46 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/apple-2020-september-event/https://hoyelam.com/apple-2020-september-event/Initial thoughts for the #AppleEvent \- May step over to Apple Watch Series 6 from 4 \- iPad upgrades are nice but still happy with my iPad Pro 2018 (120Hz)Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:51:19 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/thoughts-lol-worlds-draw-2020/https://hoyelam.com/thoughts-lol-worlds-draw-2020/My first esports blog post. Yay 😬! I saw the group draw and have some thoughts about it. Of course, I'm by no means an expert in League of Legends, justTue, 15 Sep 2020 17:01:51 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/the-job-interview-question/https://hoyelam.com/the-job-interview-question/The interview process for hiring software employees is very dynamic. There are various components depending on the company. There could be getting-to-knowMon, 14 Sep 2020 17:49:40 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/suck-at-writing-write/https://hoyelam.com/suck-at-writing-write/Since the launch of Kowa, I have realized several things in my life. Some of them I may write about later, but this article is about writing. I would say that ISun, 13 Sep 2020 18:40:41 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/start-free-earn-later/https://hoyelam.com/start-free-earn-later/Want to start with a new path? Maybe in software development, UI design, UX research, sales, marketing, or whatever? There is only one way to get good at it:Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:31:22 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/software-is-never-finished/https://hoyelam.com/software-is-never-finished/The only way software is truly finished, is when customers stay the same forever. Spoiler, this is impossible. Once humans get accustomed to something they wantFri, 11 Sep 2020 18:26:53 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/remote-working-from-home-tips/https://hoyelam.com/remote-working-from-home-tips/The quarantine has forced many employees to work remotely or from home.For some, it may be even better than before. For some, it may be worse. Whatever whichSun, 30 Aug 2020 16:51:43 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/why-learning-the-basics-of-programming-is-important/https://hoyelam.com/why-learning-the-basics-of-programming-is-important/Programming or coding is a skill that is very important in every industry now. If you do not know how to code anything, you will be looked down upon. But shouldSun, 16 Aug 2020 16:34:44 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/improving-ergonomics-and-my-wrists/https://hoyelam.com/improving-ergonomics-and-my-wrists/It's 2020, and people still have bad posture. Probably even worse cause of the lockdowns across the world. It is easy to lay down or sit laid back on your chairSun, 02 Aug 2020 17:56:11 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/its-time-to-fix-wishlists-use-kowa/https://hoyelam.com/its-time-to-fix-wishlists-use-kowa/Wishlists are barely used. As a frequent web-shopper, I barely use the wishlist feature at all. Webshops like Coolblue, Amazon, bol.com, and more has thisTue, 28 Jul 2020 15:55:06 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/why-i-built-think-drop/https://hoyelam.com/why-i-built-think-drop/One week ago, I released a new iOS application called Think Drop. The main features are simple. Drop your thoughts into an app without the need of sharing it toSun, 28 Jul 2019 22:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/an-ios-developer-perspective-on-the-macbook-pro-15-inch-2018/https://hoyelam.com/an-ios-developer-perspective-on-the-macbook-pro-15-inch-2018/Before diving in on what I think of the MacBook Pro, I think that some background information is required about my personal laptop usage. So, I am primarilySat, 12 Jan 2019 23:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/your-phone-is-not-a-curse/https://hoyelam.com/your-phone-is-not-a-curse/There has been a lot talk about the downsides of phone usage. In particular, social media consumption. Somehow using your smartphone for long hour sessions isTue, 18 Dec 2018 23:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/esports-calendar-ios-new-design-auto-notification-system/https://hoyelam.com/esports-calendar-ios-new-design-auto-notification-system/As a biased user of my own app, there were a lot of flaws in the Esports Calendar iOS app. The last UI and UX design had two downsides and also missed anFri, 10 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/creating-a-circle-ci-app-client-oncircleci/https://hoyelam.com/creating-a-circle-ci-app-client-oncircleci/OnCircleCI provides a simple iOS mobile application to keep track of your Circle CI build statuses. As most of you know, there are limited mobile applicationsThu, 19 Jul 2018 22:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/esports-calendar-ios-added-csgo-support/https://hoyelam.com/esports-calendar-ios-added-csgo-support/Last week, I released the esports calendar application in the app store. A calendar showing upcoming esports matches from various videogames. These videogamesFri, 11 May 2018 22:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/esports-calendar-ios-release-a-free-time-project/https://hoyelam.com/esports-calendar-ios-release-a-free-time-project/It has been some time, I wrote a post on Medium. A lot has happened since then. I graduated, went on a little holiday and found a full-time software engineeringSat, 05 May 2018 22:00:00 GMThttps://hoyelam.com/still-no-clue/https://hoyelam.com/still-no-clue/These are the last stages of my student life. I will be graduating this year and I still don’t have a clue what I want. The major I chose is computer science. IWed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT