Daily Quote Fetcher Calm Consistency Through Background Design in iOS 26

New micro-app write-up: Daily Quote Fetcher.

A small iOS app used to explore background tasks, notification timing, and what happens when you stop fighting the system and design with it instead.

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Gemini could soon handle tasks in the background without holding your screen hostage Gemini may soon stop interrupting your workflow. Google is developing a change that lets the assistant continue handling requests in the background, allowing users to move between apps without losing...

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Do job silently We depend more and more on data and on its computation. Think for a moment about how often we use computation and data processing. This aspect can’t be not reflected in the modern apps, especially…

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Want fresh data without making users wait? A complete guide to iOS background tasks and the common pitfalls you'll encounter when implementing them.

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Implementing Background Tasks in ASP.NET Core using Hosted Services In ASP.NET Core, background tasks are long-running processes that run independently of user interactions. Whether you’re sending emails…

Learn how to implement background tasks in ASP.NET Core using hosted services! Enhance your app's performance and efficiency by decoupling long-running processes. #ASPNETCore #BackgroundTasks

Mastering Background Tasks in Quarkus: From Simple Schedulers to Resilient Job Execution. Build reliable, scalable background processes in Java using Quarkus.
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new on medium:

The Trick Was Me Thinking I Wasn’t Being Tricked

a personal essay about overworking, self-deception, and the myth of “just one more task”

if you’ve ever mistaken exhaustion for progress—this is for you

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Also, I decided to schedule only one reminder (of the given kind) into the future for each habit and scheduled background task that should schedule the next ones if needed every 30 minutes. I don’t know what the best practice is here, tbh.
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The problem with that is when the user doesn’t open the app for a day, I don’t have a way for scheduling the next reminder. I could use a background task for that, but there is no guarantee it’ll be run - thanks 🍎.
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