Day 2 of Building My iOS App in Swift: Dark Mode Issues

Today was all about getting started. I had a UI in mind so that’s what I started with implementing with placeholder data. Good thing about AI tools like ChatGPT is they give you some starting point however its strange how quickly GPT loses context across 2 screens within a new chat. Totally crazy. (It does not do this with text/writing/social media etc. type of chats, only coding.) Anyways, we’re still early in building Checklistd — the job-search-focused to-do app I’m learning to build in SwiftUI — but even in just a couple of days, I’ve realized something:...

April 23, 2025 · 4 min · Shivam Chhuneja

Day 1 of Building My First Proper iOS Swift App: The Idea, the Plan, the Stack

I’ve started building a proper iOS app. This is not going to be a resume only project. This one has a purpose. It’s called Checklistd — a to-do list app. Ewww…another to-do list app? Yuck. Hear me out, this is not just another random to-do list app. This one’s made for job seekers. If you’ve followed me on Instagram or YouTube, you know I talk a lot about careers, job searching, switching roles, and figuring stuff out....

April 21, 2025 · 5 min · Shivam Chhuneja