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If there is one thing that I have learned in my career it's that network connectivity is not a binary state.  A network connection goes through many different transitions when setting up the connection, transmitting data, and closing down the connection.  In most cases, a client side mobile or desktop application can simply send the network request and if the client application is offline the request will immediately fail and the application can update the user accordingly (

The landscape of mobile connectivity has become highly complex over the last 10 years. Our modern society has been built around the need to always be up and connected.  And in most cases mobile connectivity works very seamlessly when driving, flying, transferring between cell towers, or even just going on a run - you stay connected.

TCPdump is one of my favorite network packet analysis tools in existence today.  In the past year I have enjoyed TCPdump so much that I have wanted to learn more about the project.  So, I thought a good place to start would be to get involved contributing on GitHub.  My contributions are not much, but they help me learn the ins and outs of the project and how to use some of the more advanced features as I come up in issues or pull requests.  During my time thus far I have noticed that a lot o

What’s new in Swift is a news feed that focuses on the latest articles, trends, and stories happening around the Swift ecosystem that I find interesting.  All of the topics selected in this article have been cherry picked from either Github, Swift.org, or found the Swift Forums over the last few weeks and can range from topics covered in iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, or in the Server Side community.