Articles by Nikita Vasilev (@nsvasilev) on programming for Apple platforms (iOS, Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI), Algorithms, Architecturehttps://nsvasilev.com/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-4/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-4/Explore Structured Concurrency in Swift: Actors, @MainActor, @GlobalActor, understanding the Swift Concurrency runtime, and actor reentrancy.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:44:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-3/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-3/Explore Swift Continuations: the essential bridge between legacy callback-based APIs and modern async/await. Learn how to wrap completion handlers and delegates into clean, linear code with practical examples.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:36:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-2/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-2/Explore Structured Concurrency in Swift: parent/child relationship, automatic cancellation, task groups, and more.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:36:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-1/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/swift-concurrency-part-1/Explore how Task works, the differences between Task and Task.detached, task priorities — a complete guide to Swift’s modern approach to asynchronous programmingMon, 04 Aug 2025 10:36:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/trunk-based-development/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/trunk-based-development/Learn what trunk-based development (TBD) is and how it is applicable to iOS development.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:02:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/polynomial-hashes/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/polynomial-hashes/Explores the concept of hashing using polynomials, detailing its applications in string matching, data structures, and cryptography.Sun, 06 Apr 2025 18:38:23 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/thread-explosion/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/thread-explosion/Learn about thread explosion, how to manage it, and how modern Swift Concurrency addresses the issue.Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:02:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/facade-design-pattern/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/facade-design-pattern/Explores how the Facade pattern reduces the complexity of a set of classes by providing a simplified interface.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:51:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/adapter-design-pattern/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/adapter-design-pattern/Explores how the Adapter pattern focuses on bridging incompatible interfaces, allowing objects with different structures to work together seamlessly.Fri, 31 Jan 2025 07:14:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/proxy-design-pattern/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/proxy-design-pattern/Learn how the Proxy design pattern can simplify the project structure, improve code organization, and enhance functionality.Fri, 24 Jan 2025 07:42:23 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/strategy-design-pattern/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/strategy-design-pattern/Discover how the Strategy design pattern empowers flexible and interchangeable algorithm selection in your codebase, with practical examples and best practices for implementation.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:44:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/decorator-design-pattern/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/decorator-design-pattern/Explores how the Decorator pattern enhances object functionality dynamically without altering its structure, promoting flexible and reusable code.Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:50:52 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/how-the-uikit-layout-engine-work-under-the-hood/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/how-the-uikit-layout-engine-work-under-the-hood/Delve into the mechanics of the UIKit layout engine, exploring how it manages view hierarchies, constraints, and rendering to create responsive user interfaces in iOS apps.Sun, 03 Mar 2024 11:41:44 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/understanding-any-and-some-keywords/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/understanding-any-and-some-keywords/Learn how the any and some keywords enable flexible type handling and protocol usage in Swift, enhancing type safety and performance in your applications.Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:56:45 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/explore-method-dispatch/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/explore-method-dispatch/Discover how Swift determines method execution at runtime, enhancing your understanding of performance and code efficiency.Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:12:42 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/responder-chain-gesture-recognizers-hit-testing-main-event-loop/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/responder-chain-gesture-recognizers-hit-testing-main-event-loop/A deep dive into how iOS apps handle touch events through the responder chain, gesture recognizers, hit testing, and the main event loopMon, 25 Sep 2023 14:44:14 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/memory-management-with-swift-arc-strong-weak-and-unowned-explained/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/memory-management-with-swift-arc-strong-weak-and-unowned-explained/Memory Management With Swift: ARC, Strong, Weak, and Unowned ExplainedMon, 11 Sep 2023 14:42:23 GMThttps://nsvasilev.com/posts/algorithms-complexity-all-you-should-know-about-it/https://nsvasilev.com/posts/algorithms-complexity-all-you-should-know-about-it/Master the fundamentals of algorithm complexity, including time and space complexity, Big O notation, and how to analyze the efficiency of algorithmsWed, 05 Jul 2023 21:22:52 GMT