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Revive an outdated Package with a new and fresh LookPhoto by Sonja Langford on UnsplashYeah, it happens. Time flies. “Tempus Fugit” as the cool people used to say. It could be a new grey hair or wrinkle when facing the merciless mirror,...

Get notified reactively when the user changes the face expression with WinkIn my previous stories Warhol and Warhol II I talked about how we can easily detect the user face features and render our desired overlay on top of them thanks to...

Ensure Abstraction in your iOS Application Codebase when using CombineHide your Implementation Details to make your Code cleaner and saferPhoto by Daria Nepriakhina on UnsplashOur iOS Team at WELT got recently very good news, we could set...

Create your own website without taking a sweatToday I’ll cover a different topic than usual. In fact, i am not going to mention the word Swift (oops, just did) or iOS in the whole article. On this occasion I will talk about a personal...

Bear this in mind before creating or adding a 3rd Party Library to your projectSo many things we do not need!We as developers are usually advised to search in the Open Source Community before adding new functionality. The odds are that...

Or how to avoid Merging Nightmares and Long Compilation TimesMore and more we see how the iOS community strives for more modularized architectures. And it is obviously not just a fad. The benefits are clearly evident, the most immediate...

Warhol II: Compose your Overlay on Top of the Detected Face Hassle-Free on iOSAdd your Filter Overlay without having to deal with coordinates in WarholSome time ago I talked about Warhol, a library of my own that detects a Face from a...

A journey from Slash Commands to FastlaneIn WELT we rely heavily on our Continuous Integration implementation. We use it not only to compile the code and run unit tests to ensure a valid app status at any time, but also deliver our product...

Record your App Screen with Sound And Microphone in just two steps with WylerIn my previous post I talked about Warhol, an iOS library that makes easy the process of detecting a face and drawing on top within your app. As an alluring...

How to boost your productivity counting tomatoesIn a world with so many distractions, especially now that we mostly work from home because of Corona, getting shit done can be really ardous. If you are a Software Developer, it can be even...

Detect a face and draw on top in just one stepThe GenesisI love to draw. Specifically, I love to draw portraits. I find the singularity of our faces fascinating, how having so few parameters (eyes, nose, mouth, ears and a form) each of us...