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Cameras and Lenses

Pictures have always been a meaningful part of the human experience. From the first cave drawings, to sketches and paintings, to modern photography, we’ve mastered the art of recording what we see.

Gems

Monthly update #0367 • November 2020

Monthly update 367 • November 2020 • 2020-11-01 - 2020-11-30

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The Sentinel by Lee Child

Co-authored with Andrew Child, The Sentinel sees Reacher save an IT manager from kidnappers in Tennessee, uncovering a ransomware plot threatening local elections.

Books

Apple Silicon Support

All my Mac apps have native support for Apple Silicon Macs. From the following versions Apple Silicon is supported...

Projects

Introducing SwiftNIO SSH

SwiftNIO SSH is a new open-source Swift package for the Swift Server ecosystem, providing a programmatic implementation of the SSHv2 protocol for building custom SSH clients and servers.

Development

Monthly update #0366 • October 2020

Monthly update 366 • October 2020 • 2020-10-01 - 2020-10-31

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Available?

Tired of checking everyday if a movie is available for purchase? No more… add the desired movie to Available? and it will send you a notification when a movie is available for purchase.

Projects

Introducing Swift Service Discovery

Swift Service Discovery is a new open-source package for the Swift Server ecosystem, providing a standard API for service discovery backends like DNS or key-value stores, without implementing the functionality itself.

Development

Talning

With Talning you will never miss an important day again. Like a birthday, wedding day, retirement day, sport event, vacation, and much more.

Projects

Announcing Swift Algorithms

Swift Algorithms is a new open-source package offering a suite of generic sequence and collection algorithms, such as chunking, combinations, permutations, and random sampling, designed to replace error-prone loops with clear, performant code.

Development

The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3] chronicles the later stages of the Gulag system, including hard labor prisons, exile, and the post-Stalin era.

Books

Monthly update #0365 • September 2020

Monthly update 365 • September 2020 • 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-30

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Introducing Swift Atomics

Swift Atomics is a new open-source package enabling low-level atomic operations in Swift, allowing systems programmers to build concurrent data structures safely.

Development

Swift System is Now Open Source

Swift System is a new open-source library for Apple platforms and Linux, providing idiomatic, type-safe interfaces to system calls and low-level types, replacing error-prone C interfaces like the open function.

Development

Introducing Swift on Windows

The Swift project now offers downloadable toolchain images for Windows, enabling developers to build and run Swift code on this platform.

Development

Swift 5.3 released!

Swift 5.3 enhances developer productivity with language refinements, better diagnostics, faster code completion, and improved build times.

Development

Monthly update #0364 • August 2020

Monthly update 364 • August 2020 • 2020-08-01 - 2020-08-31

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Introducing Swift Cluster Membership

Swift Cluster Membership is a new open-source Swift package for server applications, providing reusable, runtime agnostic implementations of cluster membership protocols for distributed systems like databases and key-value stores.

Development

The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2] delves into the heart of the Soviet labor camps, describing the brutal daily life, forced work, and psychological toll on prisoners.

Books

Monthly update #0363 • July 2020

Monthly update 363 • July 2020 • 2020-07-01 - 2020-07-31

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Introducing Swift Service Lifecycle

Swift Service Lifecycle is a new open-source Swift package designed to simplify and standardise the management of startup and shutdown sequences for server applications.

Development

Monthly update #0362 • June 2020

Monthly update 362 • June 2020 • 2020-06-01 - 2020-06-30

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Lights and Shadows

It’s hard to describe how paramount light is. Ultimately, it is the only thing we see. But just as important the presence of light is, so is its absence.

Gems

The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1] exposes the Soviet Union's vast prison camp system through a blend of personal stories, historical facts, and sharp analysis.

Books

Monthly update #0361 • May 2020

Monthly update 361 • May 2020 • 2020-05-01 - 2020-05-31

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