2022

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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

Privacy Roundup #0190 • May 2022

May 2022 brought heavy regulatory weight, with a record Twitter fine, a Clearview facial recognition penalty and a new state privacy law, alongside spyware fallout, abortion clinic tracking and a wave of breaches.

Privacy

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

Eurobloat #0144 • April 2022

The month Brussels seized the internet, pooled the gas, scolded Hungary, and learned from its own court that perhaps endless border checks were a step too far.

Eurobloat

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

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

Privacy Roundup #0189 • April 2022

Mercenary spyware against Catalans, a wave of token and source code thefts, and fresh privacy laws in Connecticut, India and the EU defined the month.

Privacy

Monthly update #0384 • April 2022

Monthly update 384 • April 2022 • 2022-04-01 - 2022-04-30

Monthly Updates

Sunsetting Quiet

Unfortunately the time has come to say goodbye to Quiet. It served us all for almost 6 years. In that time I enjoyed the feedback you have given.

Projects

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022), directed by Simon Curtis, follows the Crawley family as they face two journeys at once. A film crew arrives to shoot a picture at Downton while Violet reveals she has inherited a villa in the south of France from a man no one has heard of.

Movies

Eurobloat #0143 • March 2022

The month Brussels answered a war on its doorstep by reaching for a charging-cable standard, a carbon tax of its very own and the power to redesign your mattress.

Eurobloat

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.

Development

Happy Easter

Each Easter I return to the core message. Death could not hold Jesus. He lives and intercedes for us.

Christianity

Good Friday

Each Good Friday I return to the core message. Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

Christianity

What is AppleQEMUGuestAgent?

If you see AppleQEMUGuestAgent running on your Mac, here is what this virtualisation process does.

Mac

What is triald?

If you see triald running on your Mac, here is what this feature flag process does.

Mac