Monthly update #0359 • March 2020
Monthly update 359 • March 2020 • 2020-03-01 - 2020-03-31
Monthly Updates
2020
81 posts
I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did
It is not uncommon that I raise an accessibility or usability issue with a client’s design or implementation and am met with either “But Google does this,” or “But Apple does this.”
Development
Swift 5.3 Release Process
Swift 5.3 focuses on significant quality and performance improvements while expanding platform support to include Windows and additional Linux distributions.
Development
Swift 5.2 Released!
Swift 5.2 enhances the developer experience with improved compiler diagnostics, faster code completion, better debugging, and refined Swift Package Manager dependency handling.
Development
Useful macOS defaults: QuickTime Player
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX, controlling how QuickTime Player behaves.
Mac
What is IOAccelMemoryInfoCollector?
If you see IOAccelMemoryInfoCollector running on your Mac, here is what this GPU memory monitoring process does.
Mac
Ride Upon the Storm
Ride Upon the Storm is a Danish drama series. It aired on DR1 from 1 October 2017 to 2020. Adam Price created it. Lars Mikkelsen plays Johannes Krogh, the powerful patriarch of a family of Lutheran ministers in Denmark.
TV Series
What is musicd?
If you see musicd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple Music process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0358 • February 2020
Monthly update 358 • February 2020 • 2020-02-01 - 2020-02-29
Monthly Updates
Announcing ArgumentParser
The Swift ArgumentParser library simplifies parsing command-line arguments with a type-safe, declarative approach using Swift features like property wrappers and reflection.
Development
Standard Library Preview Package
Swift 5 introduces the Standard Library Preview package, an open-source tool bundling accepted Swift Evolution features not yet in official releases, starting with SE-0270 for subrange operations like subranges(where:) and moveSubranges(_:to:) on collections, plus the RangeSet type.
Development
What is endpointsecurityd?
If you see endpointsecurityd running on your Mac, here is what this security framework process does.
Mac
Gears
I’ve always been fascinated by mechanical gears. There is something captivating about the way their teeth come together to create a fluid, unified motion.
Gems
Library Evolution in Swift
Swift's library evolution support, enabled via BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION in Xcode or -enable-library-evolution in swiftc, allows framework authors to make additive API changes while maintaining binary compatibility, ensuring clients don't need recompilation.
Development
What is installcoordination_proxy?
If you see installcoordination_proxy running on your Mac, here is what this installation helper process does.
Mac
Introducing Swift Crypto
Swift Crypto is a new open-source Swift package that extends Apple CryptoKit's APIs to non-Apple platforms by using BoringSSL for cryptographic primitives, while deferring to CryptoKit on Apple systems for seamless cross-platform development.
Development
Monthly update #0357 • January 2020
Monthly update 357 • January 2020 • 2020-01-01 - 2020-01-31
Monthly Updates
Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot is an American thriller drama series. It aired on USA Network from 24 June 2015 to 22 December 2019. Sam Esmail created it. Rami Malek plays Elliot Alderson, a young cyber security engineer in New York who suffers from social anxiety and depression.
TV Series
What is retimerd?
If you see retimerd running on your Mac, here is what this Thunderbolt/USB-C signal process does.
Mac
Occupied
Occupied is a Norwegian political thriller series. It aired on TV 2 from 5 October 2015 to 12 December 2019. Jo Nesbø came up with the original idea. The show imagines a near future where Russia occupies Norway with the backing of the European Union after Norway stops producing oil and gas.
TV Series
The 5 AM Club by Robin Sharma
In “The 5 AM Club,” renowned leadership expert Robin Sharma elucidates the transformative potential of early morning wake-up and purposeful daily commencement.
Books
Norway Tromsø Day 08
Day 8 of the trip to Tromsø with my brother.
Trips
Norway Tromsø Day 07
Day 7 of the trip to Tromsø with my brother.
Trips
Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary is an American political drama series. It aired on CBS from 21 September 2014 to 8 December 2019. Barbara Hall created it. Téa Leoni plays Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst who becomes United States Secretary of State.
TV Series
Norway Tromsø Day 06
Day 6 of the trip to Tromsø with my brother.
Trips