Ideas Worth Sharing

Big O Notation of your app
Modern devices are way more powerful for users to notice a difference between bubble sort and merge sort. Or not? Should everyone know how to implement Ukkonen's algorithm if they develop a weather app? What's the "Big O" of your average app and how to determine it?

iOS Security: Deep Dive II
The second part of a thorough introduction into iOS Security, from various pentesting techniques, to possible flaws to use-cases and tools.

iOS Security: Deep Dive I
Debunked the "iOS is secure by default" myth in 90 minutes. Walked through real pentesting techniques, tools, and war stories from the security trenches.

The Nomadic Approach to Teaching iOS Development
What teaching iOS at a Russian university taught me about learning. Turns out developers and nomads have more in common than you'd think — we both carry only what we need.

Independent watchOS: principles and practices
For a very long time, Apple Watch was considered to be a device for either people dealing with too many notifications. Today we will change it.

NLP in Swift
Folks tend to use Python or R for natural language process. Well, iOS developers probably shouldn't. Thanks to Apple, the NaturalLanguage.framework is a great tool for the majority of tasks. Let's see how we can lemmatize words, predict text and find answers all via NLP.

Big O notation of your average app
Modern devices are way more powerful for users to notice a difference between bubble sort and merge sort. Or not? Should everyone know how to implement Ukkonen's algorithm if they develop a weather app? What's the "Big O" of your average app and how to determine it?

iOS Security 101-ish
In this talk we will briefly cover all layers of iOS security architecture, delve into secrets of Secure Enclave and discuss the most common mistakes and vulnerabilities to prevent them from happening in the future, as well as have a sneak peek into penetration testing done right.

Debug like a Pro v2
Some LLDB and Instruments magic to help everyone debug like a real pro. Second edition!

Debug like a Pro
Some LLDB and Instruments magic to help everyone debug like a real pro.

Mobile Security Guide: How to start
An overview of various techniques of penetration testing as well as some theory on iOS security. Just because securing is harder than developing.

Safari Extensions: block content in 30 lines of code
Safari Extensions in all their beautifulness: from js-injections and html-changes on users’ phones to content blockers.

Augmented Reality in Swift
The most basic ideas of Augmented Reality development using Swift, and a summary of popular libraries for using markers and location-based tags.

The Energy Saving mode, iBeacon and MFI
An unusual usage of iBeacons, crafting custom trackers and energy saving while working with BLE.

Apple Pay: delve into the details
I hacked into Apple Pay and show you everything what is inside.

How to help a whole country with a small black box
A short talk for National Research University Higher School of Economics on my achievements and projects (including HackTrain 2.0 event and WaveRoll.io app).

Use them right: CareKit, ResearchKit, and HealthKit
Let’s have a look at this really powerful toolkit released by Apple during last three years to both make profit and make people’s lifes healthier and safer.

iMessage apps: from stickers to financial extensions in 30 minutes
Show the real power of iMessage apps (besides playing with funny stickers of course).

Freelance for mobile developers
Pros and cons of being a freelance mobile developer in Russia (and not only), from looking for a job to applying for an Estonian e-residency card.

UI/UX from developer’s perspective
A great product is not only about code, it is also about relieving users’ pain. Here is how a developer can identify usability problems and test your target audience.

UI Testing in Xcode
Inspired by Apple WWDC 2015, a fresh overview of UI Testing tools in Xcode as well as a quick demo.