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WWDC 16
I was so excited to participate in such a big conference for the first time 💥
I was worried that I bought Soylent for no reason
But there was unlimited food, fruits, and drinks available outside the venue
As well as healthy lunch options.
Session
Sessions weren’t actually that important since they were recorded
Live demos often failed
For example, the iMessage sticker demo by a girl kept crashing
It took more than ten minutes to finally succeed, and the audience cheered
These parts were cut from the recorded sessions.
Swift 2.0, memory leaks explained with graphics, tabs vs spaces, Metal rendering engine, Storyboard
Lab
The labs were actually the most important part
You could go and ask Apple engineers the questions you didn’t know
Although my spoken English wasn’t great, I still bravely went to the relevant labs and asked some questions I had been doubtful about
I still remember a bit of gossip, why is there a line below the navigation bar
The engineer opened the source code (Obj-C) and took a look, then said it was designed that way 😓
There were other sharing sessions during the break
Home & Marvel Universe
The Bash
There was a bash on Thursday night at 7 PM
I had always avoided this kind of event before
Silicon Valley Season 1 Episode 1 depicted a scene like this
The concert was creating an atmosphere above
While the programmers were silent below
There wasn’t even sparse applause
But later, a classmate from the TL Friends group, whose name differed by only one letter, said
The effect was great, everyone followed the music and swayed, very high
Souvenirs
The queue was very long
But a girl from Hangzhou said she had to bring back a T-shirt
I had planned to wait until the last day when there were no more people to buy it
But there were only children’s sizes left…
Return Journey
At that time, China had already locked down, so I could still catch Pokemon here
Then I packed up and went to the airport
I helped a friend buy a Bose QuietComfort 25 at the duty-free shop
Returned the rental car, went through security
It was over
Translated by gpt-3.5-turbo