Monthly update #0387 • July 2022
Monthly update 387 • July 2022 • 2022-07-01 - 2022-07-31
Monthly Updates
Blog
Bemoediging by Martin Mans
Martin Mans's 2015 release, a rich set of works for the king of instruments. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Announcing the Documentation Workgroup
The Documentation Workgroup has been formed to enhance the Swift documentation experience, focusing on guiding tools like Swift-DocC and defining contribution processes for documentation tooling.
Development
Dockerfile makes adding optional Swift dependencies easier
When deploying Vapor apps in Docker, omitting libcurl4 and libxml2 can reduce the image size from 233 MB to 189 MB.
Development
Swift Extension for Visual Studio Code
The Swift Extension for Visual Studio Code offers a cross-platform development environment for Swift on macOS, Linux, and Windows, addressing the lack of a first-class IDE outside Apple’s ecosystem.
Development
Enable SQL Query Logging
Fluent drivers, such as FluentPostgreSQL, log generated SQL at the debug level by default, aligning with Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG) guidelines to keep logs non-intrusive.
Development
Swift language announcements from WWDC22
Swift 5.6 and 5.7 bring major updates to the type system, concurrency, and ecosystem, with 5.6 laying the groundwork and 5.7 introducing features like shorthand optional unwrapping, regex literals, and enhanced generics with primary associated types and existential type improvements.
Development
Monthly update #0386 • June 2022
Monthly update 386 • June 2022 • 2022-06-01 - 2022-06-30
Monthly Updates
Love Divine II by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2015 release, wordless music for reflection. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library follows Nora Seed, a woman overwhelmed by regret, who attempts suicide and finds herself in a magical library between life and death.
Books
Announcing the Language Workgroup
The Swift.org website is now open source, inviting community contributions to enhance its role as a central hub for all Swift users, supported by the new Swift Website Workgroup (SWWG) to guide its development.
Development
What is iomfb_fdr_loader?
If you see iomfb_fdr_loader running on your Mac, here is what this display data process does.
Mac
What is managedappdistributiond?
If you see managedappdistributiond running on your Mac, here is what this enterprise app distribution process does.
Mac
Vapor URLEncodedFormDecoder Security Vulnerability
We've just released Vapor 4.61.1 which contains a fix for a security vulnerability in Vapor's URLEncodedFormDecoder.
Development
Monthly update #0385 • May 2022
Monthly update 385 • May 2022 • 2022-05-01 - 2022-05-31
Monthly Updates
Pentecost
Each Pentecost I return to the core message. The Holy Spirit came to live in believers.
Christianity
Vapor FileMiddleware Security Vulnerability
We've just released Vapor 4.60.3 which contains a fix for a security vulnerability in Vapor's FileMiddleware.
Development
Ascension Day
Each Ascension Day I return to the core message. Jesus went up to heaven after his resurrection.
Christianity
Useful macOS defaults: Sidebar Lists
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.sidebarlists, controlling which items appear in the Finder sidebar.
Mac
What are ecosystemd and ecosystemanalyticsd?
If you see ecosystemd or ecosystemanalyticsd running on your Mac, here is what these device ecosystem processes do.
Mac
Adding a database table index
Fluent, a Swift ORM, lacks native support for adding database table indexes during creation or migration due to complexities across supported databases, but you can achieve this using SQLKit.
Development
Inspirato by Yanni
Yanni's 2014 release, grand and unhurried singing. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Killing Eve
Killing Eve is a British spy thriller series. It aired on BBC America from 8 April 2018 to 10 April 2022. Phoebe Waller-Bridge developed the first season, based on the novel series Villanelle by Luke Jennings. Sandra Oh plays Eve Polastri, a bored MI5 desk officer who becomes obsessed with tracking a skilled assassin.
TV Series
Mechanical Watch
In the world of modern portable devices, it may be hard to believe that merely a few decades ago the most convenient way to keep track of time was a mechanical watch.
Gems
Monthly update #0384 • April 2022
Monthly update 384 • April 2022 • 2022-04-01 - 2022-04-30
Monthly Updates