smg

Almost 25 years ago before I went down the rabbit hole of backend programming - I did some windows app development. I want to get into macOS programming now (I have been using a mac for the past 5 years and want to get to a place where I can build some hobby apps - I don't need to make money - I just need the damn machine to do what I want it to) - but I am having difficulty figuring out the right resources.

I am not interested in API documentation or how-to recipes. I am looking for explanations that will help me build a conceptual understanding of macos UI development. What is the equivalent of the event loop under macos? Do events bubble up through the hierarchy? What is the right way to persist user configuration?

In the windows era there was a very famous book called "Programming Windows" by Charles Petzold. I am hoping that I can find similar book for macOS programming.

Please do point me to the resources that have helped you.

I am not interested in non-native frameworks like Electron or PyQt. If I am developing an app for myself I don't want to deal with daily irritation of working with a non native framework.

As the title says - I have one month where I am not employed. The new and previous jobs are well paid Bay Area tech jobs (living expenses are not going to be a concern). I am looking for advice on exciting new tech I should pick up during the month. I am a backend engineer. Should I learn crypto or should I go for ML/AI?

I was searching for the hn discussion around Zipkin, a google search lead me to

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4077645

However searching for zipkin on hacker news was showing 0 results at least as of Jun 8 9.50am PST.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=Zipkin

If you are around SF and taking the NLP class online, lets form a group that meets once a week (preferably on the weekend) to discuss the lectures and the assignments. My email is sudarshan AT acm dot org.

Most YC events are now live streamed on Justin.TV. I think this leads to extremely low quality video feeds and incomprehensible audio. (Please see the last year's video archive). Given that a large number of people who apply for the startup school are not selected to attend it I hope that there is some way that YC could provide a higher quality video feed.