Take the opportunities to learn something new! You know your work situation best, but if it’s between learning a new platform and getting let go because you only iOS and there is no iOS work… I can tell you the job market has been hard for SWE. Also, I didn’t realize until branching out to other languages and platforms how much the broader perspective would help me progress as an engineer. So many ideas and paradigms started to fall into place and “click.” The demand for native apps has been waning for years. It was glorious back in the days where every company wanted a native application where a website would have been the best option. That’s no longer the case. The demand for native just isn’t there. It makes sense for some contexts, but it’s often in a business’s best interest to have a robust website.
My personal advice is to look toward other platforms that seem interesting. Web will continue to be a great option - pick up full stack with node/react and go from there. See what you can learn to expand your understanding of engineering from broader perspectives.
Just my two cents.
Thank you! Let me tell you about swallowing my pride and typing in that one fateful command to initialize a ReactNative Web project alongside mobile and tvOS. 🤷♂️ It served a business purpose and ultimately lived up to the single code base promises.
Flutter was interesting - I did one project several years ago. I recently read the Google team behind it has been significantly trimmed. That would concern me.
I was once in your shoes. I decided to take the opportunity to learn something new that would serve me well.
I’m in management now, and one thing I’ve learned in that transition over the years is that your leadership is making some challenging decisions that balance budget, deliverables, and timelines. As others have mentioned, give them valid reasons why the team should add native Android over RN. (I would not look at any other options outside those two).
I’ve led enough native projects over my tenure to know that Native Android isn’t going to be all sunshine and daisies either. Granted, those projects weren’t using compose, so YMMV. Development was slower and buggier.
One final platform thought - in the end it’s software. I spent far too much time and energy dying on platform hills that really don’t matter in the end (I started with PHP decades ago 🙃). I really enjoy the Apple platform experience, but there is so much more out there. I’ve become a better engineer for having broadened scope and learned other platforms.
I also understand the fear that your existing app may go poof as soon as an RN version is ready - something truly disappointing. I don’t want to diminish your feelings. I felt the exact same way when I had to switch to web and React. I was a mobile-leaning generalist tech lead for an agency - mobile work was drying up, and it was learn React or find a new job. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I still longed for native iOS projects.
I have the bucket style and am also looking at the newer Ahrex/fishpond basket. I’m SoCal, so waders for just part of the year. After that it’s wet wading in the surf or occasional trout fishing in western waters.
I’ll check the fishpond out. Glad you like it!
Best way to go! Do you have enough room in it for gear, lunch, and maybe an extra layer/top? Are you using it with a stripping basket? The one thing about the hip pack I keep thinking about is the wader belt + stripping basket belt + pack/belt - just a lot around the belt line. 🤷♂️
Like you were, I’m debating the various pack types. One thing I don’t like about my standard Simms sling from two generations ago is that I can barely fit all my gear, much less snacks, small water, and maybe a lightweight windbreaker. Fine for shorter outings, otherwise I pack a daypack with plenty room to spare.
Curious - what did you end up selecting? … an how’s it working out?
Makes sense. I may take the first to talk sprouts as cuttings and start to bury the tubers deeper in pots as the rest of the eyes catch up. I imagine I’ll have to play favorites and thin them down at some point. Time to go back to YT videos for review
That makes sense. I had to cut away vast majority of tubers due to broken necks. Now that I see eyes popping up I might divide some of them, making sure to use the tricks of drying + cinnamon I’ve tread about to prevent disease.
So if I continue to let any of these grow and cover with soil as the buds turn to sprouts, and grow, the crown will develop higher up the stem? Did I read that correctly?
Followup from my "Are these duds?" post https://www.reddit.com/r/dahlias/comments/1b08pcr/did_i_get_duds_at_the_local_independent_nursery/
5 of the 6 clumps are growing eyes, but I'm concerned some are a bit close together (but maybe that's ok). I didn't divide them a few weeks ago after cleaning up because I couldn't identify eyes. Now that they are, I'm considering it. I'm also planning on propagating cuttings if these are healthy (ie no gall).
What do you think - are we in the clear from disease?
Use Numbers - the spreadsheet sheet app that comes with Apple products. You can filter, group, or whatever you need.
I use it for keeping track of fly tying materials
I’m on the hunt for a new setup - debating if I keep to a 7wt or go up to an 8. One thing I don’t like about my 7 is that it struggles a bit when loading the Rio OBS + dumbbell weighted flies. While that is fine for corbina, it’s a bit tougher where a bit more distance is required, especially on long, flat beaches.
Tell me more about your 8wt. If given the choice would you make that your only surf rod, not considering steelhead, salmon, etc you mentioned?
Makes sense - use the redundancy!
I'll have to search a bit. While I live in an ag area, most crops are focused on grocery store greens and fruits, though I think there are a couple of flower fields for cuttings. We're in a pretty mild zone - 10a - but it also doesn't get too hot out here - usually in the 70s in the summer, handful of weeks in the 80s, and only a few days over 90. It's great for a long growing season, but believe it or not, even tomatoes and peppers have a hard enough time getting the heat they tend to like.
That video was helpful, thank you! Makes perfect sense, as well. Now i'm definitely going to start everything in pots and transfer once things are sorted.
Just damp soil, right?
I think my challenge will be on some of those crowns where the tubers are wrapped around and intertwining.
Any harm in waiting for sprouting eyes before dividing? Right now I can't quite quite seem to identify eyes on some of the crowns - not like I see in photos and videos at least.
I love the variety that’s available. I’m just running out of space to grow things, so is have to be somewhat constrained in my selections. Most of the planting beds are under trees and/or on the north side of structures. Starting to eye pots and strategic placement
I believe it! Thankfully(?) I’m space constrained and dahlias will be competing with my veggie garden indulgences.
I was thinking of starting them in pots in fresh soil, so that will work. As I understand it, you don’t really know you have gall until you see multiple shoots coming through the same place, right?
I might go with independent growers next time around, whether this year or next. And for this year, expect a lower yield than I was initially anticipating through dividing and propagation
Some definitely look rough! Do any look diseased? Theres one definitely rotting tuber (black, slimy), and another one is rough like a peanut shell. Then the collars have thick woody rings, but I don’t know if that’s normal or not.
Do the smaller growers send divided tubers along, or how does that work? It’s usually “one dahlia” when you add to cart. I’ve been seeing a lot of them pop up in my feeds lately and have been thinking about it before I found these locally.
Thank you for sharing your experience - that’s really good to know! Digging up shouldn’t be a problem, as I’m looking at putting a few in pots, and converting part of a bed to flowers - mostly annuals - so I won’t be disturbing much by digging.
Yes - in a warmer climate - 10a.
I didn’t mean to imply there is no demand. It’s just not what it was when it seemed to peak mid 2010s. I’ve spent most of my 20+ year career in digital agencies in service of other companies. I’ve only recently moved over to a somewhat established B2C where the native app is the main conduit for content and services. I watched the demand for mobile applications come down from the frenzied high. It’s still visible, but not what it used to be when OP started. Markets shift and that’s OK, but it’s important to remain flexible.
Forced to switch from native to RN
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