Swift OpenAPI Generator 1.0 Released
The Swift OpenAPI Generator has reached its stable 1.0 release, enabling type-safe code generation for HTTP client and server operations from OpenAPI 3.0 and 3.1 documents.
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Quiet 4.2 - new app icon and visionOS support
Learn what is new in Quiet 4.1
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Facts by Tom MacDonald feat. Ben Shapiro
I hope heaven has a window, you can watch your children grow; And hear your message echo from below
Music
Steve Jobs: 40 years of the Macintosh
There’s lots of video of the late Steve Jobs, primarily from his famous introductions of Apple products over the years, and his oft-quoted Stanford commencement address.
Gems
Changes from Apple for the European Union
Apple has outlined changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store to meet the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) requirements. These changes affect developers distributing apps in the 27 EU member countries, introducing new options while maintaining security and privacy.
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The Mac is 40 years old
On this day 40 years ago (24 January 1984) it all began, when Apple Inc. introduced the first Macintosh computer to the world. Back then, it was a groundbreaking moment, as the Macintosh was one of the first personal computers to feature a graphical user interface and a mouse.
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Writing HTML with HTMLKit in Swift
Continuing my exploration of HTMLKit, I find its potential quite promising. In this post, I delve deeper into leveraging its capabilities to seamlessly integrate HTML into Swift.
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Swift DSL for HTML
Continuing my exploration of HTMLKit, I find its potential quite promising. In this post, I delve deeper into leveraging its capabilities to seamlessly integrate HTML into Swift.
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Monthly update #0404 • December 2023
Monthly update 404 • December 2023 • 2023-12-01 - 2023-12-31
Monthly Updates
Making Quiet open source
A while ago I wrote about making Quiet open source. I've been getting quite a few emails from other indie app developers lately, who, like me, decided to make their apps open source but later wished they hadn't.
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Vapor URI Parsing Security Vulnerability
We've just released Vapor 4.90.0 which contains a fix for a security vulnerability in Vapor's URI parsing.
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Reflecting on the year 2023
Reflection on the year 2023, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Monthly update #0403 • November 2023
Monthly update 403 • November 2023 • 2023-11-01 - 2023-11-30
Monthly Updates
The Secret by Lee Child
The Secret, co-authored with Andrew Child, places Reacher on a 1992 task force hunting killers of scientists linked to a bioweapon project from the 1960s.
Books
On-Crash Backtraces in Swift
Swift 5.9 enhances debugging with an out-of-process crash handler that provides detailed backtraces, interactive inspection, and just-in-time debugging, improving on the limited crash messages of prior versions.
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Monthly update #0402 • October 2023
Monthly update 402 • October 2023 • 2023-10-01 - 2023-10-31
Monthly Updates
Introducing Packages on Swift.org
Swift.org now has a new top-level Packages page. This page helps users explore the Swift package ecosystem. It lists common categories such as server, networking, testing, and logging.
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Swift Everywhere: Using Interoperability to Build on Windows
Swift’s design emphasises seamless interoperability with other languages, particularly C and C++, by embedding clang to avoid the performance and boilerplate costs of traditional C-based Foreign Function Interfaces (FFI) like libffi.
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Vapor HTTP Error Handling Security Vulnerability
We've just released Vapor 4.84.2 which contains a fix for a security vulnerability in Vapor's error handling.
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Monthly update #0401 • September 2023
Monthly update 401 • September 2023 • 2023-09-01 - 2023-09-30
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Golda
Golda (2023), directed by Guy Nattiv, tells the story of Golda Meir during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Helen Mirren plays Meir with firm resolve and deep weariness. She leads Israel as armies attack.
Movies
Debugging Improvements in Swift 5.9
Swift 5.9 enhances debugging with three key improvements to the compiler and LLDB. The p and po commands now use the faster dwim-print command, avoiding persistent result variables and enabling po to print Swift objects from raw addresses.
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Swift 5.9 Released
Swift 5.9 introduces a powerful macro system for expressive libraries, parameter packs for flexible generic APIs, and ownership features like consume and noncopyable types to optimize low-level code performance.
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Monthly update #0400 • August 2023
Monthly update 400 • August 2023 • 2023-08-01 - 2023-08-31
Monthly Updates
SSWG 2023 Annual Update
The Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG) has released its 2023 annual update, reflecting on community progress and outlining priorities for the year.
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