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DS Mitchell

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I am a New York-based developer, working on Apple platforms using Objective C, Swift, and C#/Xamarin, as well as the Ethereum blockchain using Solidity.

Since 2009, I have spent more than fourteen-thousand hours developing private libraries and apps for myself and for several well-known organizations, to the App Store and via Enterprise distribution, most who have some connection to my neighborhood of New York City. I've also created a successful NFT project that utilized ERC-721 and ERC-1155 smart contracts.

Recently, I've been sharing my knowledge with presentations at a local Meetup, and would like to contribute my skills to the larger community, which includes donating my own frameworks to Open Source.

Having sponsorship will afford me to make my private frameworks available, to expand on their work based on user/sponsor requests, and to contribute to other projects if there's a great-enough need.

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This first goal will allow me to transition from a contracted developer to an Open Source developer, primarily contributing via my own frameworks and example projects, to help solve difficult problems and demonstrate best practices on Apple platforms. Once achieved, I will raise the goal so that I may expand the number of ways I can contribute back, including other Open Source projects.

Featured work

  1. theappstudiollc/ASEnterprise

    An Objective C collection of useful functions for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS apps

    Objective-C
  2. theappstudiollc/Resolve

    A 2nd-generation Xcode project template with design patterns for developing apps on Apple-based platforms using Swift

    Swift
  3. theappstudiollc/CoreResolve

    A framework supporting the development of cross-Apple-platform apps using Swift

    Swift 2

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Saved you some headache: If my code in 'theappstudiollc' repositories have saved you or your team at least half a day of your time figuring out a problem, please continue supporting my development. This tier includes my humble thanks and acknowledgement via a project README or via social media

$1,000 a month

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Another set of eyes: If you need someone who can identify problems within a PR of code for an Apple platform, as well as offer suggestions, I will perform up to 3 reviews a month with this tier.

This tier also comes with up to 3 hours a month of my time in a conference call or online meeting, with an ideal meeting time ranging between 30 minutes and 2 hours.

If you wish to tweak the balance between the reviews and the meetings, we can discuss.

$2,500 a month

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The iPhone Doctor: Once a month I will make a virtual house call and solve a difficult bug/problem for you or your team. Before I begin each challenge I should be able to identify whether the problem is solvable and how long it may take. If I believe it is not solvable at this time I will document why. If I try and am still unable, I will not count that time.

This tier also includes up to 5 hours a month of my time in a conference call or online meeting to discuss anything Apple-related, with an ideal meeting time ranging somewhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours.

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Start up an app: I will bootstrap an app for you using the Resolve+CoreResolve template and maintain it for you. This tier requires that you have or will employ UI designers and UX specialists with dedicated time to work on the project as well (I can refer them if you need).

Before sponsoring via this tier please reach out and let's first discuss your needs.