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I am Ishan Sharma, iOS & Backend Engineer. I write about programming, productivity and games.
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Easy Metrics

February 12, 2025 · 4 min · Ishan Sharma
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IndieWeb Carnival: Small Web is Frictionless

January 27, 2025 · 4 min · Ishan Sharma
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Steam Deck, 1 Year Later.

January 8, 2025 · 4 min · Ishan Sharma
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Smile 2

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · Ishan Sharma

WP Engine Drama

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · Ishan Sharma
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Pop Song Novel

January 21, 2024 · 4 min · Ishan Sharma
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Steam Deck OLED: Wi-Fi, Streaming, Games

December 9, 2023 · 4 min · Ishan Sharma

Quick Tip: Faster YouTube Downloads with yt-dlp

YouTube downloads using yt-dlp are faster if you play the video you’re downloading in browser.

July 9, 2023 · 1 min · Ishan Sharma

Finding an Apartment in Vancouver

September 21, 2022 · 3 min · Ishan Sharma

Fix for App Intents Not Working on Xcode 14 Beta

Xcode 14’s First Beta has a bug that may cause App Intents to work. Fortunately a quick fix is listed in release notes.

June 11, 2022 · 1 min · Ishan Sharma