Lorenzo45

The way I see it is it's all about experience. Now that you've experienced that week of trial and error you can complete a similar problem in 5 minutes, whereas someone inexperienced who doesn't have the knowledge you do will certainly take much longer. The people who are fast coders have just done more trial and error in the past and know how to deal with problems effectively.

They say the HIG that the black background is to create the illusion of a bezel-less display, which I guess it does pretty well. Not the best solution but it's not a problem for me.

A way to share ideas without having to worry about someone stealing it and not giving me credit.

As someone who is just starting to learn Java and ObjC, am I going down the wrong path? I'm sure this guy is exaggerating to a degree, but I'm not sure how much.