Dillon McElhinney
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Dillon Codes

Dillon McElhinney

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I'm Dillon and I like to code. I code for work, I code for fun, I read about code and I think about code. I share some of that code here and I do my best to share the lessons I learn along the way.

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On Imposter Syndrome

Aug 21, 20217 min read

A friend of mine was recently hired as a "senior" engineer. He's a sharp guy. He went through a bootcamp. He had worked at a company for a couple years as a junior, gaining experience and learning along the way. And now a new company was offering him...

On Imposter Syndrome

A Look At iOS Native Half Sheets

Jun 19, 20216 min read

One of the things that stood out to me from WWDC this year was the ability to have native half sheets. This has been a request from the designers at every job I have ever had and until now we have always had to roll our own. So I thought I would play...

A Look At iOS Native Half Sheets

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 6

Jun 6, 202113 min read

In this series of posts I am going to be building out the UI for Airbnb's "Explore" tab from scratch. This is an exercise in figuring out how to achieve the different layouts and effects you find in popular apps and I chose Airbnb because I thought i...

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 6

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 5

May 28, 20218 min read

In this series of posts I am going to be building out the UI for Airbnb's "Explore" tab from scratch. This is an exercise in figuring out how to achieve the different layouts and effects you find in popular apps and I chose Airbnb because I thought i...

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 5

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 4

May 24, 20218 min read

In this series of posts I am going to be building out the UI for Airbnb's "Explore" tab from scratch. This is an exercise in figuring out how to achieve the different layouts and effects you find in popular apps and I chose Airbnb because I thought i...

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 4

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 3

May 20, 20219 min read

In this series of posts I am going to be building out the UI for Airbnb's "Explore" tab from scratch. This is an exercise in figuring out how to achieve the different layouts and effects you find in popular apps and I chose Airbnb because I thought i...

Building Airbnb's UI From Scratch - Part 3