by Sargon | Nov 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Why sargonsays was created “How do you preserve a dying language? Why even bother and what’s the point?”. These questions reverberate in my mind, incessantly ringing like a phone that no one is picking up. I speak an esoteric language, one that is on the brink of...
by Sargon Benjamin | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
This reflective piece journals my internal dialogue and motivations for creating sargonsays, the online English to Assyrian Dictionary. “How do you preserve a dying language? Why even bother and what’s the point?”. These questions reverberate in my mind, incessantly...
by Sargon Benjamin | Feb 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
I created a repo on github for a starter boilerplate framework to build off of when doing automated API testing.language: javatest framework: testnghttp client: Retrofit & OKHTTP by Squarelogging: logback / slf4jbuild & dependency management: mavenI’ll...
by Sargon Benjamin | Dec 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Goal: to create a modern high quality English to Assyrian dictionary, serving both Eastern and Western DialectsProduct: http://sargonsays.comMotivation:There are a couple Assyrian dictionaries that let you type in an English word and get the Assyrian equivalent....
by Sargon Benjamin | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
The time has come. For well over a couple months, I’ve been coding away a brand new version of the Assyrian App for iPhone. Users voiced their opinion about the original app, which has garnered near 50,000 downloads. And so we responded....
by Sargon Benjamin | Nov 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear Three20 Framework & Developers (Jeff Verkoeyen)Today marks the final day I’m using the Three20 iOS framework for one of our iPhone Apps (Assyrian)Despite the numerous warnings provided on your archived repo github page years ago against using Three20, I...
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