Tag: swift
inkwell
A native SwiftUI reader and writer for the Standard.site publishing ecosystem on AT Protocol.
Your Agent Deserves Logs
How structured logs helped Codex fix a year-old bug, and why logs are the key to unlocking autonomous workflows.
Inkwell — a native iOS AT Protocol client
Built an iOS client for AT Protocol with OAuth, standard.site interoperability, reader/writer flows, a subscription system, and a companion marketing website — all in one week.
GearCalc for Mac & iPad – Now Available on TestFlight
I'm excited to announce that GearCalc - a bicycle gear calculator for Mac and iPad - is now available for beta testing via Apple TestFlight. What is GearCalc? GearCalc takes the guesswork out of bicycle gearing. Whether you're speccing a new build, planning for a big climb, or just curious about how a chainring swap...
Azurite
A basic Bluesky client for macOS built with Swift — experimental and for fun.
Small Steps For Agent-Friendly Codebases
Updating an open source library taught me a valuable lesson for making your codebase agent-friendly — small steps can have a big payoff.
Empower Apps Podcast: Building Plinky as an Indie Developer
Leo Dion and I discuss building Plinky from scratch, the technical decisions behind using SwiftUI and Vapor, creating delightful user experiences, and the journey from working at Twitter to becoming an indie developer.
Monarch: Minimal, Manageable, Migrations 🦋
Introducing Monarch, a simple yet flexible migrations library for Swift that helps manage user data changes across app updates with minimal hassle.
Introducing Recap: What's Old Is What's New Again
Open sourcing Recap, a Swift library for creating beautiful What's New screens to highlight app updates and keep users informed about new features.
Indie App Spotlight - Plinky Feature
Plinky was featured in Indie App Spotlight Issue 20, where we discussed the app's origin story, design philosophy, technical implementation, and the journey of building a successful indie app.
Compile Swift Podcast: Being Featured on the App Store
Peter Witham and I discuss the incredible experience of having Plinky featured on the App Store, the journey of indie app development, and how doing good work creates opportunities.
Nathan Walker, Eduardo Speroni - NativeScript
Nathan Walker and Eduardo Speroni dive into NativeScript's ability to bridge JavaScript with native platform APIs for cross-platform mobile development.
Naman Goel - StyleX
Naman Goel, StyleX technical lead, breaks down Facebook's CSS-in-JS solution and why it outperforms other styling frameworks.
Add Support for Drag and Drop to SwiftUI-based macOS App
There are 2 types of drag and drop I'm interested in for SimplyDiskSweeper: Drag and drop folders onto the app icon in the Dock Drag and drop folders
Twitter Space: Making Data Storage Magical with Boutique
I joined the Github DevRel team to discuss building Boutique, my "magical" library for data persistence. We also dive into my journey from Twitter to indie development, and the harsher realities of open source maintainership.
Reflections On An Open Source Project
Personal reflections on building Boutique and Bodega open source projects, covering the ups and downs of creating something valuable for the Swift community.
Thomas Paul Mann - Raycast
Thomas Paul Mann, Raycast founder, reveals how they built the ultimate Mac command palette with custom React renderers and powerful plugins.
Model View Controller Store: Reinventing MVC for SwiftUI with Boutique
Introducing Boutique, a new architecture that reimagines MVC for SwiftUI by adding a Store layer to handle state management and data flow in a familiar, approachable way.
Creating Slick Color Palette APIs
Building maintainable, flexible color palette systems for iOS and macOS apps using asset catalogs, semantic naming, and SwiftUI integration.
Notes on listening to location changes in WKWebView
WKNavigationDelegate is useful for tracking when user navigates to a different URL with functions such as webView :,decidePolicyFor:,decisionHandler:
Putting the U in GraphQL
Learning how to make GraphQL requests from scratch without libraries like Apollo, exploring the fundamentals of GraphQL client-side implementation in Swift.
Empower Apps Podcast: Large Scale Teams
Leo Dion and I discuss scaling app development to thousands of people and millions of users at Twitter, communication, documentation, and the complexity of holding moral frameworks at a global level.
Context-Bound Types
Exploring API design patterns for balancing implementation exposure, using the example of creating view controllers with header views in four different approaches.
Overload NSLayoutConstraint.activate to Accept Arrays as Elements
Using anchors with Auto Layout is a big improvement over creating constraints using the class function in NSLayoutConstraint or Visual Format
Building Better Views (Part II), Next Steps
Continuing the ViewData architecture discussion, covering complex views, performance considerations, and practical implementation strategies.
Building Better Views (Part I)
Introducing ViewData, a declarative architecture pattern for transforming models into views that offers a maintainable alternative to MVVM for iOS development.
The Learn Swift Podcast: Episode 28
Join me on The Learn Swift Podcast where Steven Sherry and I discuss contracting, computing history, philosophy, Smalltalk, and even a little bit about Swift.