This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:

• 30% discount on iOS Courses
• Working at startups vs. large companies
• What is @preconcurrency actually doing?

Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!

THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST

Security-scoped bookmarks for URL access

Security-scoped bookmarks are essential in macOS development when you want access to a user-selected directory in a sandboxed environment. A bug in macOS Sequoia has kept me and other developers busy for the past week, so I decided to bring you all up-to-date in this week's article.

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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY

iOS Dev Courses 30% Off

Sean Allen has just updated his courses for iOS 18, offering a 30% discount to celebrate. His content covers SwiftUI, Charts, HealthKit, and even includes an updated portfolio project course featuring Swift 6 and Swift Testing. If you’re looking to level up your skills, this is the perfect time to dive in! For transparency: I’m both an affiliate and a good friend of Sean — we help each other grow.

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SWIFT EVOLUTION

An overview of last week's Swift Proposal state changes. Check them out when they're in review, as it's your opportunity to influence the direction of Swift's future.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

As developers, we continuously need to improve. There are new APIs to learn and new challenges to face. How do we stay motivated?

It all starts with passion. If you’re working on an exciting project, passion will follow. Passion results in motivation, and motivation results in energy to learn and grow.

The real challenges surface when you’re working on a less exciting project. You might need to refactor an old codebase or work on an app for a digital agency that just doesn’t excite you.

Altogether, I’d argue it’s essential to work on your environment. Whenever I found myself in a situation of less exciting work, I tried to see if I could make that clear to my manager or, worst case, see if I needed to consider a new job.

Now, I know this is quite extreme, so I want to mention that it’s not always possible to escape our challenges. Therefore, it’s also good to push through in difficult times and make yourself aware that better times will follow! You know you’ll be working on an exciting feature again after the refactor. Right? If not, then it’s becoming a real problem.

In my experience, asking, “Can I work on this feature next?” is okay to create refreshing opportunities. You’ll regain your passion, motivation, and energy to learn and become a better developer.

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