Marcus Smith

Software Architect

Marcus Smith is a Myrtle Beach native who graduated from Furman University, and he is a Software Architect at Stable Kernel. Following college, he spent 3 years in Japan where he taught English and met his wife. He came to Stable Kernel after working for BMW as a software engineer and running his own software development company called Frozen Fire Studios, though he’s been programming since he was 11. Marcus enjoys traveling, learning new languages and taking walks.

Blog Articles

How To Decode Swift Types That Can’t Be Decoded

The Swift Codable protocols have made serializing / deserializing model objects significantly easier and more robust. One catch that I…

Deploying Full-Stack Dart Applications on Google Cloud Using Docker and Kubernetes

This blog post is going to cover a deployment process…

Understanding and Extending Swift 4’s Codable

The Codable protocols (Decodable and Encodable) were introduced to the Swift standard library with Swift 4. Apple introduces these protocols…

The Business Case for Good Software Architecture

In this post, I’ll explore the value and business case for good software architecture. If you've worked with a programmer, you know that we tend to take strong stands on seemingly…

How to Fade Out Content Using Gradients in iOS

Scroll views are a great way to get more content on a screen than can actually fit, especially for smaller devices. However, it can be difficult for users to tell that…

How to Keep Clean Style Code in Swift

Let's talk about how to keep a clean style code in Swift. You've just finished your new app, and you go to show it off to a friend, and they…

How To Prevent Memory Leaks In Swift Closures

A memory leak occurs in an iOS app when memory that is no longer in use is not properly cleared and continues taking up space. This can hurt app performance,…

When to Use Value Types and Reference Types in Swift

Let's talk about Value Types and Reference Types in Swift. Since Apple released Swift, there has been a lot of…