JD
@greentea.bsky.social
SWE/MLE by day, iOS dev in my free time. Trying to journal my progress on my side projects!
Local vs world coordinates continue to get the best of me… but I finally fixed the train whistle!! And a new water texture, still need to play around with the opacity. #iosdev #spatialcomputing #realitykit
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Local vs world coordinates continue to get the best of me… but I finally fixed the train whistle!! And a new water texture, still need to play around with the opacity. #iosdev #spatialcomputing #realitykit
I finally found the source of my Tokyo drift bug!!!! I was just setting the rotation transformation, when I need to be multiplying it by the Entity’s existing rotation 😮💨 this is like the third time I’ve had this bug 😅 lesson learned for sure this time #buildinpublic #buginpublic #iosdev #ar
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I finally found the source of my Tokyo drift bug!!!! I was just setting the rotation transformation, when I need to be multiplying it by the Entity’s existing rotation 😮💨 this is like the third time I’ve had this bug 😅 lesson learned for sure this time #buildinpublic #buginpublic #iosdev #ar
I think I’ll need to provide a preview another way, either with just a screenshot or a small video or something. But it was fun to provide a preview that showed the entity rotating in real time! Like this, but times like, 20 LOL #ios #augmentedreality
July 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I think I’ll need to provide a preview another way, either with just a screenshot or a small video or something. But it was fun to provide a preview that showed the entity rotating in real time! Like this, but times like, 20 LOL #ios #augmentedreality
Adding animations and haptics to the terrain editing screen of my model train app, and accidentally created a very addicting fidget toy lol #iosdev #buildinpublic
July 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Adding animations and haptics to the terrain editing screen of my model train app, and accidentally created a very addicting fidget toy lol #iosdev #buildinpublic
Learned the hard way that I accidentally placed the ParticleEmitterComponent on the wrong axis of this mesh 😭😅 #iosdev #realitykit #spatialcomputing
July 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Learned the hard way that I accidentally placed the ParticleEmitterComponent on the wrong axis of this mesh 😭😅 #iosdev #realitykit #spatialcomputing
Working on a new tile selection screen for the terrain editing workflow. SwiftUI makes me appreciate the seamless design in the apps I use everyday! I think I might be overusing the RealityView component, since it seems to be impacting performance. Might need to do more profiling tomorrow. #iosdev
July 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Working on a new tile selection screen for the terrain editing workflow. SwiftUI makes me appreciate the seamless design in the apps I use everyday! I think I might be overusing the RealityView component, since it seems to be impacting performance. Might need to do more profiling tomorrow. #iosdev
Added some more terrain tile types for my model train app, so please enjoy this bluesky themed map #iosdev #swiftlang #ar
July 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Added some more terrain tile types for my model train app, so please enjoy this bluesky themed map #iosdev #swiftlang #ar
Playing around with texture resources in RealityKit and accidentally made a Windows 95 aesthetic for my iOS app… kinda don’t hate it lol #iosdev #buginpublic
July 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Playing around with texture resources in RealityKit and accidentally made a Windows 95 aesthetic for my iOS app… kinda don’t hate it lol #iosdev #buginpublic
The tools aren’t even consistent, e.g loading my 3D USDZ model in Xcode (left) vs. Preview (right)
July 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The tools aren’t even consistent, e.g loading my 3D USDZ model in Xcode (left) vs. Preview (right)
Um… Xcode are you feeling OK
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Um… Xcode are you feeling OK
Finally got custom tracks for my model train app done! Along with letting the user pick which level to place their track on, means one thing… it’s tunnel time 😎. Now that the bones of the functionality are present, might need to start working some much needed stylization 😅 #iosdev #AR #realitykit
June 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Finally got custom tracks for my model train app done! Along with letting the user pick which level to place their track on, means one thing… it’s tunnel time 😎. Now that the bones of the functionality are present, might need to start working some much needed stylization 😅 #iosdev #AR #realitykit
Horrifying things happening in the AI programming sphere. 100k line app, built entirely by AI. ~4K LOC per PR! There’s a way to use AI to assist in programming but this is not it. (The app being built is a bill splitting app similar to Splitwise).
June 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Horrifying things happening in the AI programming sphere. 100k line app, built entirely by AI. ~4K LOC per PR! There’s a way to use AI to assist in programming but this is not it. (The app being built is a bill splitting app similar to Splitwise).
Finally figured out why my camera input was getting blocked in my ARView!! Now I can actually see my model train maps in my space. RealityView and ARView absolutely do not play nice 😅. Feel like I’ve been working this bug for awhile with not much to show, until today. #buildinpublic #iosdev #ar
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Finally figured out why my camera input was getting blocked in my ARView!! Now I can actually see my model train maps in my space. RealityView and ARView absolutely do not play nice 😅. Feel like I’ve been working this bug for awhile with not much to show, until today. #buildinpublic #iosdev #ar
#BuildingInPublic almost forgot my update for today! Didn’t have a ton of time for my #iOS augmented reality app today, so I just made some small UI changes - new tile types for terrain editing and a level tracker. I WILL SHIP.
June 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#BuildingInPublic almost forgot my update for today! Didn’t have a ton of time for my #iOS augmented reality app today, so I just made some small UI changes - new tile types for terrain editing and a level tracker. I WILL SHIP.
#BuildingInPublic today - working on the animations of the train Entity using #RealityKit. It was actually pretty tricky to get continuous animations like this in iOS, a lot of the #SpatialComputing framework seems to be aimed more toward VisionOS (understandably). Sadly don’t have an AVP though!
June 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#BuildingInPublic today - working on the animations of the train Entity using #RealityKit. It was actually pretty tricky to get continuous animations like this in iOS, a lot of the #SpatialComputing framework seems to be aimed more toward VisionOS (understandably). Sadly don’t have an AVP though!
We’re like a couple years away from having no living people who have been to the moon
June 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We’re like a couple years away from having no living people who have been to the moon
more work on my model train app for iOS. Started making a simple terrain editing workflow, where you can make your own maps and then render them in AR. I am not a designer at all LOL. I promise I will clean things up! #SwiftUI #SpatialComputing #BuildInPublic #RealityKit #iOS
June 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
more work on my model train app for iOS. Started making a simple terrain editing workflow, where you can make your own maps and then render them in AR. I am not a designer at all LOL. I promise I will clean things up! #SwiftUI #SpatialComputing #BuildInPublic #RealityKit #iOS
Weekend update for my AR model train app! Rendering the selected map in the users environment was my main goal for today. Using #ARKit plane detection (shows up in blue), then allowing a user to select with a double tap (turns green, then renders the map). #RealityKit ray tracing is awesome!!
June 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Weekend update for my AR model train app! Rendering the selected map in the users environment was my main goal for today. Using #ARKit plane detection (shows up in blue), then allowing a user to select with a double tap (turns green, then renders the map). #RealityKit ray tracing is awesome!!
Map selection screen for my #iOS augmented reality train app. Very much proof of concept at the moment, all the maps are collections of RealityKit entities, because I want to provide a workflow for users to make their own, and render them in their own space. #buildinpublic #realitykit #swiftui
June 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Map selection screen for my #iOS augmented reality train app. Very much proof of concept at the moment, all the maps are collections of RealityKit entities, because I want to provide a workflow for users to make their own, and render them in their own space. #buildinpublic #realitykit #swiftui
found the worlds most tender Goodreads bio today
April 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
found the worlds most tender Goodreads bio today
