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.
Bethel Music's 2023 live album gathers spacious congregational worship around an invitation to draw near to God.
We've just released Vapor 4.84.2 which contains a fix for a security vulnerability in Vapor's error handling.
Martin Mans's 2017 release, a rich set of works for the king of instruments. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Monthly update 401 • September 2023 • 2023-09-01 - 2023-09-30
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.
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.
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.
Monthly update 400 • August 2023 • 2023-08-01 - 2023-08-31
Jan Mulder's 2017 release, wordless music for reflection. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
If you see noticeboard.state running on your Mac, here is what this system state sharing process does.
The Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG) has released its 2023 annual update, reflecting on community progress and outlining priorities for the year.
If you see ospredictiond running on your Mac, here is what this prediction process does.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is an American action thriller series. It aired on Amazon Prime Video from 31 August 2018 to 14 July 2023. Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland created it. John Krasinski plays Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst who gets pulled from his desk into dangerous field operations around the world.
The Blacklist is an American crime thriller series. It aired on NBC from 23 September 2013 to 13 July 2023. Jon Bokenkamp created it. James Spader plays Raymond 'Red' Reddington, a former government agent turned high-profile fugitive who surrenders himself to the FBI.
Monthly update 399 • July 2023 • 2023-07-01 - 2023-07-31
Social media shapes how we connect, share ideas, and learn from each other. Yet, too often, these platforms feel like walled gardens, controlled by companies that put profit before people. I believe decentralised services, like email or websites, are the answer.
Cousin S and I went to see the movie Oppenheimer in the Rembrandt Cinema here in Utrecht.
Elevation Worship's 2023 live album is bold, full-band praise that asks what God can still do in a life.
Apple announced Swift HTTP Types, a new open-source package providing shared, Swift-first currency types for HTTP operations, enhancing code sharing between clients and servers.
Monthly update 398 • June 2023 • 2023-06-01 - 2023-06-30
Creating 975 screenshots for the App Store is a daunting task if done manually. For my app, Quiet, I need screenshots for multiple devices and languages, and framing them nicely with labels adds even more work.
Ted Lasso is an American comedy drama series. It aired on Apple TV+ from 14 August 2020 to 31 May 2023. Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt developed it. Jason Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, an American college football coach hired to manage a professional football club in London despite knowing nothing about the sport.
If you see historicalaudiod running on your Mac, here is what this audio history process does.
Apple released Swift OpenAPI Generator, a set of open-source libraries that automate HTTP communication for clients and servers using the OpenAPI specification.