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As I was investigating potential solutions for storing store secret files in our git repos securely, I recently looked into how some little known features of git, namely filters and diff drivers, work. While most git users will rarely need to know about t

hi there . In this blog post, we explore the build performance difference between modularized vs. monolithic architectures, using Pocket Casts Android as an example1. Designed by rawpixel.com / Freepik TLDR; We compared build performance between Pocket Ca

As you all may already know, one of the cool new things introduced in WWDC 2022 was Swift Charts, a framework to create charts with SwiftUI. To learn more about the Swift Charts' potential, let's go on a thrilling adventure to replace the chart in WooComm

@MainActor was introduced introduced in Swift 5.5 by SE-0316 as a way to tell the compiler that certain code should always be run on the main thread. However, we have seen some cases where functions annotated with @MainActor were still being called on a b

When working in a software development team, reviewing pull requests (PRs) is part of our everyday work. It is best practice to keep PRs small and concise, just so we can avoid missing potential issues and spending too much time understanding code changes

Some context Recently we have been working on migrating our CI infrastructure from CircleCI to Buildkite. As a result, we are manipulating and creating a lot of YAML config files across our various apps, libraries, and tools. Given that we have many simil

When WordPress began rolling out the powerful new Gutenberg editor for building web pages (and, soon, entire websites), we were excited to bring that power to our users on mobile. Why React Native We know firsthand how hard it is to make a great editor. W

How following simple conventions can remove the need for unscheduled synchronous meetings to release new versions of your apps. The Automattic Apps Division has team members distributed across 22 timezones. When it comes to shipping new versions of our ap

Great features take time to build. We release a new version of the WordPress for iOS app every two weeks. But sometimes a feature takes more than two weeks to develop. In those cases, we use feature flagging to gate in-progress features so we can continue

When I make pull requests for user interface changes, I include screenshots so everyone else involved in the product can see what I see. It's especially helpful for designers to quickly compare their mockups with the final result. Folks have asked me if I