Episode 59: Premature Abstraction Is The Actual Root Of All Evil

// Episode 59 was originally recorded on Friday, December 3, 2021, and was released on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
// This episode was hosted by Dimitri Bouniol, with co-host Spencer Curtis.

Welcome to Code Completion, Episode 59! We are a group of iOS developers and educators hoping to share what we love most about development, Apple technology, and completing your code!

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⭐️ This Week's Topics

• Join the Code Completion Club at https://codecompletion.io/jointheclub!
• Indie App Spotlight, with a new app for you to check out:
  • Morpho by Jeremy and Casey

• Abstraction while coding
  • Ben Eater
  • Steve Mould’s Water Computer

• Mini Review Corner:
  • Legend of Zelda Game and Watch

🚧 #CompleteTheCode

This week's #CompleteTheCode:

How can you make all calls to `loadImage()` run concurrently, and return images in the same order?

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// How can you make all calls to loadImage() run concurrently,
//   and return images in the same order?
func loadImages(_ ids: [UUID]) async {
    var images: [Image] = []
    for id in ids {
        let image = await loadImage(id)
        images.append(image)
    }
    
    return images
}

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