Rudrank's Dispatch: Restarting Again.

Similar to August 2023, January 2024 was a month of sickness. I barely exercised; the only workout that closed my rings was walking around Singapore.

I started off February on a good note. I have been doing Elliptical every day from 10-15 minutes and plan to take it to 30 minutes progressively. If you have an Apple Watch and want an exercise accountability partner, let me know on Twitter @rudrankriyam, and we can start an activity challenge!

Articles

I wrote a lot this week. A lot. Both in my journal and the blog. Here are three articles from me!

Exploring Conferences: Tips for the Debut

Discover the thrills and lessons of conference speaking, from tackling Murphy’s Law to engaging with supportive audiences, and tips for delivering impactful lightning talks.

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Exploring SwiftUI: Executing a Task Only Once

Implement onFirstTask in SwiftUI for async actions to run only once using ViewModifier, ensuring efficient and streamlined execution in your views.

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Exploring visionOS: TabView

Explore the unique design of TabView in visionOS with SwiftUI, featuring “ornaments” that offer a fresh approach to app controls and information, enhancing user experience.

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Also, I loved reading this post by Drew, If you’ve created a visionOS app with a volume, you probably did it wrong. While the situation is improving in the latest visionOS 1.1 beta, the workaround is still needed as of now for all the cases.

If you’ve created a visionOS app with a volume, you probably did it wrong

How to fix unexpected volume content clipping when the user changes the Window Zoom setting in visionOS 1.0.

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Another fascinating thing I found was this tweet by Ammaar, to use Luma AI's text-to-3D and place objects in Vision Pro! 🤩

Sponsor

A shoutout to RevenueCat for sponsoring the website and this newsletter! I have been an unofficial advocate since 2020, using it for personal and client apps. 

Their latest feature, Paywalls, helps you add paywalls in one line of code. I already used it at work, making it much quicker to iterate, edit, remotely configure and test your app's paywalls!

Quote of the Week

I bought a new book on the recommendation of Swapnanil. It is called Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential. I know—another self-help kind of book. The quote goes like this:

If you’re someone who’s worried you won’t succeed, you’ve already failed.

I was taken aback by the harshness of this statement. I still cannot resonate with those words. Maybe because I always worry about failure. I overthink and try to prepare for every worst-case scenario to minimise the risk of failure and the pain associated with it. Am I limiting my potential for success?

What do you think about this quote? Do you agree or disagree? I would love to hear your thoughts.

Conclusion

I have some interesting few weeks ahead of me, and I cannot wait to share about it in the next two newsletters! Stay tuned!