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Breathe

A Meditation on Zen and the Art of Software Development. Most of the time spent programming is time spent failing. As soon as we succeed, we move on the the next bug, challenge, feature,… And if we back up a moment, how much of our time spent programming is spent programming. What is it we should focus on and how can we be there for each other?

About the presenter

Daniel is the author of more than a dozen books including the best selling books The Curious Case of the Async Cafe, A SwiftUI Kickstart, A Swift Kickstart, A Bread Baking Kickstart, and Dear Elena. Daniel presents iOS, SwiftUI, and Swift training and consults through his company Dim Sum Thinking. He has written apps for the iPhone and the iPad since the SDKs first appeared and has written programs for the Mac all the way back to System 7. When he’s not coding or talking about coding for the Mac, the iPhone, and the iPad he’s probably cooking, baking bread, or hanging out with friends.