Xcode Color Themes
A small collection of my preferred dark color themes for Xcode, from June 2010. I used the teliaz theme as
Author: teliaz
Objective C – Basic Datatypes and NSLog
Debugging gets a lot easier when your log output is readable. NSLog uses C-style format specifiers, and since Objective-C is
NIBs or code? Why not both? Here’s nib2objc.
Updated September 2026: the nib2objc project is a 2010 relic — archived on GitHub, no longer maintained — but the
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Objective-C Categories as Stylesheets
It is very important that iPhone and iPad applications use visual styles in a coherent way. This helps users learn
Count Tables, Views and Stored Procedures in your Database
Back in 2010 I posted a few scripts to count your database’s tables, views and stored procedures. Good news: they
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Trace freed/deallocated instances of objects
Originally posted June 2010. This debugging procedure — zombies plus malloc stack history — saved me more than once in
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Windows 7 – GodMode
Originally posted May 2010, back when this trick was making the rounds as “GodMode” in Windows 7. Fifteen years on
SQL Server – Clear Log File
The 2010 recipe floating around (and the one I originally posted) for an out-of-control transaction log: switch the database from
SQL Server Performance Bible
Back in February 2010 I kept a running list of SQL Server performance tips. Fifteen-plus years later almost all of
Check for Database Constraints
Constraints are your data-integrity contract, but the contract only holds if it’s actually being enforced. A CHECK or FOREIGN KEY