SSWG 2021 Annual Update
The Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG) welcomed Adam Fowler, Fabian Fett, and Patrick Freed as new members on September 3, 2021, replacing Johannes Weiss after his three-year tenure.
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Monthly update #0383 • March 2022
Monthly update 383 • March 2022 • 2022-03-01 - 2022-03-31
Introducing Swift Async Algorithms
The Swift Async Algorithms package, introduces algorithms tailored for AsyncSequence in Swift 5.5, focusing on seamless async/await integration, time-based operations like debounce and throttle, and cross-platform, open-source development.
Swift.org Website is Now Open Source
The Swift.org website is now an open-source project, welcoming community contributions to enhance its role as a hub for all Swift users, not just contributors.
Swift 5.6 Released!
Swift 5.6 introduces type system enhancements like type placeholders and explicit existential types with the any keyword, improves pointer interactions with temporary buffers and relaxed diagnostics, and refines concurrency safety by suppressing Sendable diagnostics by default.
Monthly update #0382 • February 2022
Monthly update 382 • February 2022 • 2022-02-01 - 2022-02-28
The next steps for Vapor
Vapor, a popular Swift web framework, is planning its next major release, Vapor 5, which will fully embrace Swift Concurrency by eliminating EventLoopFutures and leveraging AsyncSequences, actors, and Sendable conformances for improved performance and safety.
Monthly update #0381 • January 2022
Monthly update 381 • January 2022 • 2022-01-01 - 2022-01-31
GPS
Global Positioning System is, without a doubt, one of the most useful inventions of the late 20th century. It made it significantly easier for ships, airplanes, cars, and hikers to figure out where they are with high degree of accuracy.
Monthly update #0380 • December 2021
Monthly update 380 • December 2021 • 2021-12-01 - 2021-12-31
Monthly update #0379 • November 2021
Monthly update 379 • November 2021 • 2021-11-01 - 2021-11-30
Better Off Dead by Lee Child
Better Off Dead, co-authored with Andrew Child, has Reacher searching for a missing twin in a desert town, clashing with a bomber plotting deadly attacks.
Monthly update #0378 • October 2021
Monthly update 378 • October 2021 • 2021-10-01 - 2021-10-31
Curves and Surfaces
From fonts to animated movies, curves and surfaces constitute fundamental building blocks of many geometrical designs.
Introducing Swift Distributed Actors
Apple announced Swift Distributed Actors, a new open-source package for server-side Swift that provides a complete cluster library for the experimental distributed actor language feature, released early to gather community feedback.
Swift-DocC is Now Open Source
Apple introduced Swift-DocC at WWDC21 as a new documentation compiler for Swift frameworks and packages, now released as open source with support for macOS and Linux.
Monthly update #0377 • September 2021
Monthly update 377 • September 2021 • 2021-09-01 - 2021-09-30
Sunsetting SecKey
Unfortunately the time has come to say goodbye to SecKey. It served us all for almost 4 years. In that time I enjoyed the feedback you have given and also the donations given as a sign of appreciation.
Swift 5.5 Released!
Swift 5.5 is a major release introducing powerful concurrency features like async/await, structured concurrency, and Actors, alongside other enhancements.
Monthly update #0376 • August 2021
Monthly update 376 • August 2021 • 2021-08-01 - 2021-08-31
Time for a Turning Point by Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk’s The College Scam: How America's Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America's Youth challenges the value of traditional college education, arguing it burdens students with debt while promoting progressive ideologies.
Monthly update #0375 • July 2021
Monthly update 375 • July 2021 • 2021-07-01 - 2021-07-31
Naval Architecture
When I first heard the term naval architecture I thought it was the artistic practice of designing beautiful boats. It turns out it’s a proper scientific discipline dedicated to the engineering of ships.
Monthly update #0374 • June 2021
Monthly update 374 • June 2021 • 2021-06-01 - 2021-06-30
I do not have a smartphone
I sold my iPhone and bought a basic Nokia phone for 35 euros. I also sold my smarthome devices, Apple Watch, and AirPods.