Introducing Swift OpenAPI Generator
Apple released Swift OpenAPI Generator, a set of open-source libraries that automate HTTP communication for clients and servers using the OpenAPI specification.
Development
2023
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What is uvcassistantextension?
If you see cmio.uvcassistantextension running on your Mac, here is what this USB camera process does.
Mac
Update on privacy in Apple's ecosystem 2023
This year, I watched four sessions totalling 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I’m excited to share a summary to save you the time. Here’s what’s new in Apple’s privacy landscape for 2023, built around their four core privacy pillars.
Development
I am happy with TipKit
Over the years I became more convinced that onboarding flows were users are educated are not working. It is much better to educate people in context and when needed.
Development
On Device Machine Learning
I loved how during the WWDC Keynote and The State of Union not once the term AI was used. AI is an hype word and could mean a lot of things. Love how Apple keeps saying “On Device Machine Learning”.
Development
Monthly update #0397 • May 2023
Monthly update 397 • May 2023 • 2023-05-01 - 2023-05-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0202 • May 2023
May 2023 brought record European fines, a wave of mass breaches and fresh fights over surveillance, encryption and artificial intelligence.
Privacy
Using Upcoming Feature Flags
Swift 5.8 introduces a flexible mechanism to adopt upcoming features via the -enable-upcoming-feature compiler flag and the hasFeature() condition, allowing developers to incrementally prepare for Swift 6 while maintaining source compatibility.
Development
Pentecost
My adult view of Pentecost focuses on daily application. The Holy Spirit calls for obedience and surrender.
Christianity
Eurobloat #0156 • April 2023
The month Brussels own lawyers warned that scanning everyone's private messages might be illegal, signed off a new carbon tax on filling the tank, and went courting Tunisia for help with the borders it spent two decades insisting should stay open.
Eurobloat
Upcoming changes to Vapor with Sendable
The Vapor team is implementing Sendable annotations across its repositories, starting with a significant pull request, to enhance safety in Swift Concurrency, following a challenging but unsuccessful attempt to use actors for some internals.
Development
Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2017 release, an atmospheric film score of mood and motion. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Why not Flutter?
Flutter, Google’s cross-platform framework, promises fast development for Android and iOS apps, but it comes with notable limitations.
Development
Ascension Day
My adult view of Ascension Day focuses on daily application. The ascension of Christ calls for obedience and hope.
Christianity
Penny Update
The Vapor team announced a new update for Penny, their Discord bot, enhancing it to post Swift Evolution proposal updates in the #swift-evolution channel, with an option for users to follow these updates on their own servers.
Development
Personal Voice
Users can create a Personal Voice by reading along with a randomized set of text prompts to record 15 minutes of audio on iPhone or iPad.
Gems
Wedding of my brother
My brother and his now wife got married today.
Journal
Lauren Daigle by Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle's 2023 self-titled record is a warm, soulful pop album about being known, fully seen, and held.
Music
PostgresNIO Security Vulnerability
We released PostgresNIO 1.14.2 last week, which contains a security fix for a vulnerability in PostgresNIO's TLS support. This has been designated as CVE-2023-31136.
Development
Updating Vapor's Templates for Swift 5.8
The Vapor team has updated its project templates to support Swift 5.8, adopting a unified target with the @main syntax for application entry points, aligning with Swift’s modern features and enabling asynchronous setup functions.
Development
Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs
Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs In His Own Words, curated by the Steve Jobs Archive, gathers speeches, emails, interviews, and personal notes from Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who reshaped technology and culture.
Books
What is AppleCredentialManagerDaemon?
If you see AppleCredentialManagerDaemon running on your Mac, here is what this credentials process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0396 • April 2023
Monthly update 396 • April 2023 • 2023-04-01 - 2023-04-30
Monthly Updates
Krickenbecker Seen
Hiked 16.6 kilometres from Kaldenkirchen to Venlo.
Hiking
Privacy Roundup #0201 • April 2023
April 2023 paired heavy regulatory pressure on Big Tech and AI with a steady run of breach disclosures and fresh proof of commercial spyware and corporate surveillance.
Privacy