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

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Steam Deck, 1 Year Later.

Smile 2

WP Engine Drama

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Pop Song Novel

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Steam Deck OLED: Wi-Fi, Streaming, Games

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.

Finding an Apartment in Vancouver

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.

GitHub Commits Not Triggering New Amplify Builds? Check Your Webhooks!

Some of my recent commits generated webhook payload that was missing commits and head_commit keys. That caused AWS Amplify to not publish new changes.

Screen Time: Another Feature That Apple Forgot

Apple has a habit of releasing software and features and then neglecting them. Screen Time is one such feature that suffers from several bugs. I share my frustrations with the feature in this post.