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Third party dependencies

Thu, 12 May 2022 • 00:53:54

Shoutout to Jason Zurita for his article https://jasonzurita.com/the-hidden-cost-of-dependencies/

What are third party dependencies?
1. Explain the distinction between:
  1. 1st party, for iOS devs, anything in the iOS SDK.
  2. 2nd party dependencies, stuff integration from service provider you rely on. (You could call this a subset of 3rd party dependencies you really can not do without.)
  3. 3rd party, stuff you integrate because it saves your time or it is convenient
Risks with 3rd party code
1. Complexity (thank you Jason)
  1. Managing versions
  2. Try updating a dependency in a Node’js codebase.
  3. Build times, more code == more waiting
  4. 3rd party code problems are often now your problems
    1. OSS frameworks only have a guarantee until the door
  5. 3rd party code often intertwines deeply with your implementation if you are not very careful
    1. REALM or other data serialization libs are a great example
2. Security
  1. You choose to adopt all this third party code including all its warts, problems, issues and hidden problems.
    1. Enterprises often require a 100 percent review of any third party code. There is a reason big corps at some point try and loose as many dependencies.
3. Third party dependant developer syndrome (this is a fun one)
  1. Not invented here syndrome should also be avoided though
How to find third party dependencies
1. CocoaPods index.
2. Swift Package Index, mention we sponsor them. Only mention this once briefly
  1. We also sponsor Tuist
3. Github and Google search
Licensing an the app store
1. GPL is “difficult”
2. An Apache or MIT type license is reasonable
  1. If you are unsure, read up a bit on licenses. https://opensource.org/licenses
How to choose to adopt a dependency
1. Just link it won’t do
2. Review the dependency and project health on Github.
  1. What quality checks does the project have in place?
  2. How does the support by the dev(s) look to you?
  3. Would you pay for this feature set if it wasn’t available for free?
    1. If yes, WHY ARE YOU NOT SPONSORING THIS PROJECT?
How to deal with dependencies in the long run?
1. Often you have to adopt the whole dependency as a whole at some point.
  1. Openly: Publish pull requests, maybe even become a maintainer.
  2. Privately: Take the source, snip out anything you do not need. Make it your own... But always respect the original license terms.
  3. Say goodbye

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Alexei and me at the Enginears podcast

Thu, 12 May 2022 • 00:41:52

Hear my totally business voice. Alexei and me representing the Stream team. I really liked how it turned out. It is a bit of an oddball episode compared to my regular ones. But I think a lot of fun nonetheless.

https://enginears.io/podcast/

Stream are the #1 chat API for custom messaging apps and started off building activity feeds and slowly started introducing chat messaging API’s which feeds large-volumes of their traffic. Jeroen and Alexei took us on a journey to understand some of the challenges around latency, scalability and mobile performance.

A great discussion which feeds into end-to-end challenges of the platform and why they are critical to one another, especially in an API first product.

We discuss vertical v horizontal scaling through different API/chat activities.
Building 3 SDK’s for mobile and importance of CX.

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Mark Moeykens, aka Big Mountain Studios

Thu, 12 May 2022 • 01:03:17

Mark created Big Mountain Studios with a reason. A lifestyle business. At some point he discovered his lifestyle and his business didn't match anymore. So he decided to change up a few things in his business. You will also learn a lot about what motivates Mark and how/why he started Big Mountain Studios.

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As discussed in the episode, this year Mark moved all his paying subscribers over to the service of Coding with Chris.

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It feels good being able to travel again

Mon, 02 May 2022 • 00:11:08

It is amazing to get back to in person events again. Totally worth all the hassle of arranging hotels, travel and family life at home. Also a big shout out to Mikaela Caron and her YouTube channel.

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