So many great new AAA macOS games right now: Control Ultimate Edition, Palworld, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Prince of Persia: Lost Crown, Frostpunk 2, Civilization VII, Lies of P, and Wuthering Waves, to name just a few! geekculture.co/apple-beefs-... #MacGaming

On the journey to make Xcode smaller: great to see recognition for the team's work on incremental updates! jagsworkshop.com/2025/02/xcod...

OK, here's a fun prompt -- paste this prompt into ChatGPT or your AI tool of choice. What does it know about you? How close is it?

Woah: appleinsider.com/articles/17/...

After a conversation with my son, it turns out that he has no problem with the idea of a talking groundhog who has impressive long-range meteorological skills. It's the part where "he can see his shadow" that overloads his suspension of disbelief.

Open sourcing Xcode's build engine -- introducing swift-build: www.swift.org/blog/the-nex...

This is how efficient Swift on the Server is - this is the smaller Fargate task size available for ECS on AWS - we're yet to break 2% utilisation!

Fun short talk surfaced by the YouTube algorithm on how the DOOM first-person game plays in a non-Euclidean geometry (π ≉ 3.14159): youtu.be/_ZSFRWJCUY4

It's not too late to learn how to bring SwiftUI to your app! Check out this event next month at the Apple Developer Center in Cupertino (or online), where we'll explore how to get started with SwiftUI: developer.apple.com/events/view/...

I want to take today as an opportunity to highlight @mikaelacaron.com! She's a superpower to all sorts of learners in the Swift world, and is constantly engaging in the community. Thanks Mikaela!

I didn't realize how much fun it'd be to create your own UI component and turn it into a library. #SwiftUI

My wife informs me that this is not, in fact, intended for use to help men pee without making a mess of the toilet.

Just watched the London fireworks on BBC -- they were completely wild! Hope they get a full replay for international viewing -- one of the best I've seen!

We just tried the new full self-driving update for the Tesla, and I’m in awe. Even my very skeptical wife admitted that it drove flawlessly on a challenging route, from reversing out of a space all the way home. It feels much less tentative and more predictable. Big improvement for a free update.

I very much like the Google style guide for Swift, which builds on the API design guidelines with some helpful examples of good practices informed by Google's own (considerable) Swift codebase. Check it out here: google.github.io/swift/

Perhaps this counts as a confession: I never have more than a few browser tabs open at any one time, and I close what I’m not actively using. Am I the only one who doesn’t have hundreds of tabs? What am I missing? Are you all more efficient than me?

As folk start to wind down for the break, sending you all seasonal wishes. Wear your ugly Christmas sweaters proudly! #MerrySwiftmas

Safari tip of the day: grab a screenshot of a scrolling page from Developer Tools by right-clicking the HTML node and choosing "Capture Screenshot". Great for sharing a proposed website change without deploying somewhere!

“That’s not just a rack, it’s a [cloud] region”: I’m delighted to report that the fire still burns strong in @charlesfitz.bsky.social

I do not need another Raspberry Pi. I do not need another Raspberry Pi. I do not need another Raspberry Pi. I do not need another Raspberry Pi. I do not need another Raspberry Pi. I do not need another Raspberry Pi. Ooooooooh! Another Raspberry Pi! 🥧 www.raspberrypi.com/products/ras...

I’m amazed how many of these apps are new to me. Exciting to see how much innovation there is in the app ecosystem. Apple platform developers are incredible.

Fun night last night! The legendary Branford Marsalis in Seattle, then the decorated gingerbread houses at the Sheraton. Guess which city this one is?!

Can’t think of a better crowd to mingle with. Come and join the fun and talk #SwiftUI!

I don’t know if it’s that I’m becoming a better programmer or that it’s easier to solve the #AdventOfCode challenges with #Swift, but it sure feels like I’m making fewer mistakes and getting things right from the first attempt. How are you all doing with it?

I'm going to share a few macOS Terminal tips I learned recently that others might find helpful. 1/ Ever find yourself with a long command and you just want to change one thing? Don't just hold down the left arrow button, instead Option+Click and the cursor will move to that location.

So happy to see that Minute Cryptic is now available as an iOS app! Obsessed with this game! 😊 apps.apple.com/us/app/minut...

For those of you following along with #AdventOfCode, you're probably groaning as you refresh your memory of regular expressions! Unless you're using #Swift, which has this lovely mini-DSL for expressing them. The two expressions below are equivalent, and Xcode can help you convert from the former.

How can you not love these wallpapers? And with color variants to match every ugly Christmas sweater you own...!

If you're looking for other Apple folk to follow who work on Swift-related tech, here are a few: @timtr.bsky.social @czechboy0.dev @sommerpanage.com @curtclifton.net @joshtidsbury.bsky.social @kto.so @timirahj.bsky.social @franzbusch.bsky.social @dougschaefer.bsky.social @parisinbmore.bsky.social

#Swift is full of helper methods that are really helpful for solving the kinds of problems you'll find in Advent of Code. Here are a few that might help you solve day 2 with a readable and efficient approach... #AdventOfCode

That’s… an unfortunate headline.

Fascinating list of books from @stevesi.bsky.social (former Windows chief): hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/224-books-...

OK, off we go with #AdventOfCode! Day 1 was a gentle start, as is usually the case. I like that #Swift has: distances.sort(by: >) // sorts an array in descending order versus the approach of #Java: Array.Sort(first, (a, b) => b.CompareTo(a)); Good chance to practice use of zip(a, b) too!

I'm surprised how many people see screenshots of my terminal settings and want something similar. I have five simple steps for anyone who wants to upgrade their default macOS terminal settings. In just a couple of minutes, you can have a clean setup with a useful git prompt and pleasant colors.

It's happening! ☃️☃️☃️ Advent of Code starts in just a few hours, and you can sign up to join our Swift leaderboard here: forums.swift.org/t/advent-of-.... Thanks as always to @was.tl for bringing the coding joy to the season -- if you participate, consider supporting him with a tip...

Having a blast going through the Build Your Own Text Editor tutorial again, this time using Swift. Aside from the inevitable hell of working with VT terminal sequences, it's a good warm-up for Advent of Code. viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/ki...

It amazes me how @iosdevalb.bsky.social keeps coming up with so many great tips, communicated so clearly. If you’re a SwiftUI developer, you owe it to yourself to follow them. Thank you for what you do, Enid!

I’m grateful today for the opportunities I’ve had to work with some amazing people over the years: across Windows, Visual Studio, Flutter/Dart and now at Apple. And I love that so many of you are here and you continue to encourage, teach, and challenge me. Thank you! 🦃

Today we tried to dispel the myth amongst engineers at work that Swift is just for Apple Platforms 🙂

swiftlang enthusiasts: last call for the #fosdem swift devroom call for proposals. dec 1 is the deadline! we want to see you in brussels! 🏎️ swiftlang.github.io/event-fosdem

Proud of myself for completing today’s 5K Turkey Trot 😅 Why do my daughters look like they didn’t even exert themselves?! 🌼

Apple Holiday Ad: Heartstrings Viewing tips: - There will be feels (bring tissues) 🥹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvnJ...

My recommendation for some Thanksgiving holiday pleasure is Minute Cryptic, which offers a cryptic crossword clue every day. This provides a gentle introduction to a really fun type of puzzle. There are hints available and a YouTube explanation. Our family is hooked! www.minutecryptic.com

It's fascinating to me how much legacy code gets carried forward to modern systems. For example, want to use this 1987 AT&T terminal as the front end to your Linux box or Mac mini? The terminal software in every modern POSIX system knows how to interface with it, and thousands of others.

I was going through the photos I've taken of Apple Park over the last year or so, and I think this one might be my favorite. Sunset is such a beautiful time of day to be on campus.

Gearing up for Advent of Code again this year -- just 100 hours until it starts! Using #Swift this year again, of course. And with Swift 6, Swift Testing, the rewritten Foundation framework, and solid support for VSCode and Windows/Linux, hoping it will be a blast. Who else is in? adventofcode.com

We've been experimenting with T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, since Xfinity has been down for the last 7 days (!) after a big windstorm. At its best, it's a perfect replacement, but the speed fluctuates wildly from 5Mbps to 300Mbps. Wondering if there's anything I can do to optimize it...

My first post on BlueSky. Let's hope I don't scruw it up.