Nick Hart https://nickhart.com/blog Code, Bricks, and Craft Cocktails en-us nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://nickhart.com/blog/5-ways-ai-helped-me-handle-my-mothers-passing 5 Ways AI Helped Me Handle My Mother's Passing https://nickhart.com/blog/5-ways-ai-helped-me-handle-my-mothers-passing This article is not about Skynet and AI ending all life on Earth. I recently lost my mother, then my job. As an AI enthusiast I instinctively turned to AI to help me navigate these challenges. Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) AICodingPersonallivestreamPython https://nickhart.com/blog/automating-job-applications-with-markdown-from-60-minutes-to-20-minutes Automating Job Applications with Markdown: From 60 Minutes to 20 Minutes https://nickhart.com/blog/automating-job-applications-with-markdown-from-60-minutes-to-20-minutes How a Markdown-and-YAML-based workflow cut job application time from 60 minutes to 20. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) AICodingJobsautomationjob applicationMarkdownResumeVSCodeYAML https://nickhart.com/blog/markdown-writing-workflow Markdown Writing Workflow: How I Write 3x Faster https://nickhart.com/blog/markdown-writing-workflow How writing everything in Markdown first and converting it later lets me write 3x faster. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) CodingMarkdownResume https://nickhart.com/blog/the-15-minute-ios-project The 15-Minute iOS Project https://nickhart.com/blog/the-15-minute-ios-project For the past several months I’ve been building personal iOS apps to keep my skills current during my job search. I’d like to share a tool I’ve built that makes setting up a professional-grade iOS project take only minutes. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) CodingCICLIgitGitHubiOSswiftswiftformatSwiftLintworkflowxcbeautifyXcodexcodegen https://nickhart.com/blog/the-manager-who-never-stopped-coding-my-next-chapter The Manager Who Never Stopped Coding: My Next Chapter https://nickhart.com/blog/the-manager-who-never-stopped-coding-my-next-chapter Why I'm returning to hands-on engineering after years of managing engineering teams. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT nick@nickhart.com (Nick Hart) CodingJobsengineeringiOSjob applicationmanagementprogrammingswift