Last month I was swept up in ForeFlight's massive layoffs. I wrote about my experiences with AI in software development, what I think this means for the future, and why I have concerns. https://charlie.fish/posts/2026/02/re-im-actually-excited-about-the-future-of-foreflight/

I think Moltbook is an AI Zoo. And that's giving Zoos a bad name. @emilymbender.bsky.social

N846AN (AA 7) BNE-bound 787-9 diverted to Gold Coast (OOL/YBCG), presumably because the two SYD-bound Qantas A380s had to divert to BNE. It's been on the ground 24 hrs, I wonder what happened to the pax, and when it's flying home. @flightradar24.com @jetcitystar.bsky.social

Finished Day 38 & iExpense Challenges of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/38. I figured out Challenges 1 & 2, but got stumped on #3. Fortunately, HWS+ helps.

🎉 I just finished Day 37 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/37. To understand Identifiable better, I goofed around a bit and looked at a List where SwiftUI won't be able to properly track each row.

🎉 I just finished Day 36 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/36.

#100DaysOfSwiftUI Day 35 Challenge complete! www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/35 I finally managed to built the Edutainment app, and feel somewhat good about the functionality. The UI will need an overhaul once I get a little further in the course.

Broke the streak. I took a month off, attended WWDC25, OneMoreThing, CommunityKit, Students, Swift & Stars, and heard @twostraws.bsky.social inspire folks at all 3 events! Built a workspace for #100DaysOfSwiftUI and reviewed the animation sections, Day 34 done www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/34

Saudi ATC having some busy days.

I haven't used SceneKit or RealityKit, but I noticed this deprecation notice today. #WWDC25

Ahmedabad's runway 23 is 11,499' long. That's a sizable runway for any international airport. It appears Air India 171 routinely back-taxied. On its last flight (on left) FR24 did not observe any back-taxiing, which is also the case with the flight on June 7th. Note: FR24 data could be incomplete.

James Dempsey introducing the new Apple Release calendar to address the issue of 26 coming out in 2025. #WWDC

Hacking with Swift IRL @ #WWDC25 #CommunityKit

The FAA has put up two TFRs in Los Angeles. They're from the surface to 400'. The one over I-405 is specifically marked a UAS-only TFR, presumably to stop the use of drones. The one over downtown bans all aircraft. These TFRs criminalize the use of any non-law enforcement drones.

What a fantastic event to accompany #WWDC25. These student projects were so inspiring, and I'm just amazed how talented all these 'kids' are. Also, great to catch up with Charlie, Kai and Malin.

This may be the first time Guess the Flag from #100DaysOfSwiftUI has run on the iOS 26 simulator. Notice the translucent alert dialog. (Not sure if it's a sim bug, but the alert text is flushed left for incorrect answers and centered for correct answers.)

These glass effects are pretty cool. I wonder what they'll feel like on a real device.

Hanging out at CommunityKit and downloading the new Xcode and iOS26 simulator. #WWDC25

Saw a preview of Matt’s knowhow in today’s OMT tutorial and I highly recommend his session!

@ One More Thing. Warren Moore taught us how to light up a cow! Metal is way more complex than I thought, but Warren's presentation was great. #OMTConf @omt-conf.bsky.social #WWDC25

Lewis Black brilliantly comments on the state of AI in colleges! (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9K0...)

Well this is depressing... (www.theguardian.com/environment/...)

Here's a furry story for AvTalk, breaking right after last week's recording. @flightradar24.com

Genuinely younger generations need to think so much more about how impossible it has become to navigate systems without a smartphone or with poor tech literacy. "respect your elders" includes that.

Tomorrow, I'm going to need to repeat this day. For tonight, however, I can't break my streak, and at the very least 'listened' to the videos from Day 33 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/33

Today, I reviewed animations: implicit, explicit, custom and animating bindings, during Day 32 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/32.

Earlier than ever, I've again signed up to go to Chicago for DDS4. deepdishswift.com @deepdishswift.com

AI Agents & Apple's App Intents. I've been wondering a lot about these technologies, especially as they're being positioned as "the future". Two similar technologies, RSS and Open APIs have failed for predictable reasons: transactions cost money. Thoughts?

🎉 I just finished Day 31 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/31 via @twostraws.bsky.social

I just finished Day 30 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/30, and for fun I tried to get ChatGPT to explain what part of the sample code did. It gave an accurate answer, but then provided an example that was so obviously wrong a kid could have found the 'hallucination'.

Now that I've finished Day 29 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/29, I'm wondering when Apple plans to release more swifty APIs for UITextChecker and NSSpellChecker. According to my online searches there's nothing new yet.

Josh is a modern Aristotle, Socrates, Kant, Locke, Hume, or Aquinas. His take on AI is so on point it ought to be required reading.

🎉 I just finished Day 27 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/27 via @twostraws.bsky.social

🎉 I just finished Day 26 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/26 and rewatched the excellent, and entertaining, Create ML for Everyone (www.youtube.com/watch?v=a905...).

Is this our future? (Courtesy Dylan Beattie's NDC London 2024 talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=By4G...)

🎉 Spent the last few days getting through Day 22 thru 25 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI and finishing the Rock, Paper, Scissors challenge at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/25 via @twostraws.bsky.social. The code's not pretty, but it's functional.

Finished Day 21 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/21 via @twostraws.bsky.social

🎉 I just finished Day 20 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/20 via @twostraws.bsky.social

Sergey Brin was asked about GoogleGlass today. He remembers, although I think Google would like to forget. Personally, I think they missed a huge opportunity by not creating an AI-generated skydive video with XR glasses.

In the past few days, I've completed Day 17 thru 19 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI, including a passable attempt at the first challenge. (www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/19)

Having restarted Paul's excellent course a few weeks ago, I figured since I've now completed Day 1 thru 16 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI, I'd pop up and make @State 'public'. (www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/16 via @twostraws.bsky.social)

Remember, you can’t trust AI (synthetic text extruding machines) because they can’t even get small details right. There was no captain’s emergency, it was the FO.

Phil Christman’s @philipchristman.bsky.social article touches on important points, but it’s his last paragraph that gives us a lot to think about. Does society want us to be efficient robots, and is therefore encouraging students to use LLMs to fit in.

Something I don’t understand about the $96b deal with Qatar Airways, Dreamliners are no more than $289m, and even 777-X are listed as $443m. 210 aircraft, even if they’re all 777s, would only be $93b. So, is Qatar just buying a ton of extra engines? Doesn’t sound like a good deal for them.

Epic! Was that the Colonel Bogey March in the outro, or something similar?

Sal Mercogliano (@mercoglianos.bsky.social) does a remarkable job discussing global shipping. It's looking like Trump-induced trade chaos is going to lead to layoffs in the US Trucking sector this Spring. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=33kf...)

Started playing around with @charliemchapman.com's Framous. It's pretty cool, and the YouTube tutorial is very well done. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rPY...) #iOSDev

Hellooo South Bay friends! @alexhanna.bsky.social and I have added a stop on book tour at SJSU on May 16th: events.sjsu.edu/event/a-conv... Info for all book events here: thecon.ai/events

I just read the “Welcome to the Era of Experience” paper in @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social voices. I think the authors are trying to troll MAIHT3K. (storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-med...)

Trump and the anti-DEI crowd don't know it, but the Smithsonian's been keeping Wonder Woman's jet on plane display for well over a decade.