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By day I herd cats and build high-productivity tools for developers. By night I play with code.

timsneath / libxml-old.txt

Last active November 6, 2025 19:11

	# 1) Prereqs
	sudo apt update
	sudo apt install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev git

	# 2) Fetch the last series that still provides SONAME .2
	mkdir -p ~/opt/src && cd ~/opt/src
	git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2.git
	cd libxml2
	git checkout v2.12.7

timsneath / hello-win32.swift

Created March 3, 2024 00:46

Simple example of calling classic Windows APIs from Swift

	import WinSDK

	// Call a simple Win32 function and pass in strings
	MessageBoxA(nil, "Hello from Swift running on Windows", "Swift Message Box", UINT(MB_OK))

	// Call a Win32 function that passes a variable by pointer
	var memorySizeInBytes: LONGLONG = 0
	GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory(&memorySizeInBytes)
	print("System has \(memorySizeInBytes / 1024 / 1024)GB of RAM installed.");

timsneath / dragcard.swift

Created October 17, 2023 04:46

Small sample of a draggable card object in SwiftUI

	// Adapted from Hacking with SwiftUI, credit to Paul Hudson (@twostraws).
	// https://www.hackingwithswift.com/books/ios-swiftui/animating-gestures

	import SwiftUI

	struct ContentView: View {
	@State private var dragAmount = CGSize.zero

	var body: some View {
	RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)

timsneath / reverseSort.swift

Created September 29, 2023 19:28

Sorting in reverse, using an idiomatic Swift approach.

	/// Let's sort this array in reverse alphabetical order. Credit to @JoaquinAlori at @tryolabs for the idea.
	let names = ["Mavericks", "Yosemite", "El Capitan", "Sierra", "High Sierra",
	"Mojave", "Catalina", "Big Sur", "Monterey", "Ventura", "Sonoma"]
	var reversedNames : [String]

	/// ✅ Sort method returns true when the first element should be ordered before the second.
	func backward(_ a: String, _ b: String) -> Bool {
	return a > b
	}
	reversedNames = names.sorted(by: backward)

timsneath / ContentView.swift

Created September 22, 2023 23:59

Replace the default `ContentView` struct with this...

	struct ContentView: View {
	@State private var switchSetting = true
	@State private var stepperValue = 11
	@State private var dateValue = Date.now

	var body: some View {
	NavigationView {
	Form {
	Section {
	Toggle("On or off: you choose", isOn: $switchSetting)

timsneath / main.dart

Last active March 11, 2023 23:08

num-ranges

	class Range<T extends num> {
	final T from;
	final T to;

	num get magnitude => to - from;

	Range(this.from, this.to);

	factory Range.fromList(List<T> list) {
	assert(list.length == 2);

timsneath / records-patterns.dart

Last active February 7, 2023 00:05

	// A simple example of records and patterns

	(double x, double y) getLocation(String name) {
	if (name == 'Nairobi') {
	return (1.2921, 36.8219);
	}
	else {
	return (0, 0);
	}
	}

timsneath / animal.dart

Created June 3, 2022 01:29

timsneath / grayzone.dart

Created January 11, 2022 20:43

	import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

	void main() => runApp(const MyApp());

	class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
	const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

	static const String _title = 'Flutter Code Sample';

	@override

timsneath / analyzer.log

Created October 29, 2021 03:07

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