David Beck :xcode:

Husband of Kristin, father of 3, pastor at Living Stones Sparks, iOS developer at DoorDash, addicted to DIY projects.

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2024-09-13 12:12:29

This worked for me too. https://mastodon.social/@caseyliss/113130155936509800 via @npub17pe…vcm6

2024-08-07 16:08:36

I have a feeling that we are moving towards a world where to be a developer you will have to use either dedicated hardware or more likely, a cloud instance (yes I know people already do this).
Every platform is tightening the security screws (Apple is just the most aggressive) and so far no one has proposed a solution to a developer friendly environment that is “safe” to use.
10 years from now I could see Xcode on iPad, but it’s a remote editor to Xcode cloud.

2024-08-07 16:03:44

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And yes, this is probably abused by some really bad actors and we don’t see that and yes lots of people just ignore or don’t understand warning lights. But they will ignore alerts like this too and either allow automatically or deny and then wonder why their software that they installed isn’t working.

2024-08-07 16:02:14

I finally actually read this article and it’s worse than I thought. Even if an app uses the very new ScreenCaptureKit.
This is so very dumb. Show me a warning in the status bar (which I think ScreenCaptureKit already does?) but get out of my way.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-screen-recording-privacy-prompt/

2024-08-07 03:01:20

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@npub1k3f…3td8 it’s kind of the new dispatchPrecondition(condition: .onQueue(.main)).
Just now the compiler is in on it.

2024-08-02 00:53:59

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@npub1h5l…f8dc my experience is that they are unreliable in different ways.

2024-08-01 02:21:29

This is a totally reasonable position to take, but this is one of the big reasons why I’ve come back to my half finished mastodon app. Seeing a conversation play out intermingled with the rest of your timeline just doesn’t seem right.
Threads actually does this pretty well by grouping posts together in the timeline. I’ve seen mastodon apps try to do that too but not as well.
https://tapbots.social/@ivory/112884075759699250

2024-07-31 17:21:25

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@npub1pf9…wpem I don’t think a map would work either because Swift doesn’t have a way to reason about the mapped closures either.

2024-07-31 15:56:24

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This issue is also why SwiftUI uses action types that implement `callAsFunction` so much instead of just plain closures (DismissAction, RefreshAction etc). That allows them to have a hidden identifier to make them Hashable.

2024-07-31 15:52:17

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@npub1gqn…0pj6 but I’m sure if I understood the storage better it would be possible.

2024-07-31 15:40:52

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React has this same problem, but at least in JS functions are equal if they are exactly the same reference. But Swift won't even let you try that.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/881/849/343/415/072/original/3203ef42b398e78a.png
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/881/855/675/996/274/original/5ec2a5c537220876.png

2024-07-31 15:33:20

I really wish Swift closures could be equatable and hashable. It would fix a lot of SwiftUI gotchas like this. https://hachyderm.io/@pointfreeco/112881702859884833

2024-07-30 15:49:29

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On a related note, here is a really annoying documentation situation: in iOS 17 MapKit replaced all of its init methods on the SwiftUI Map, deprecating the originals. So those don't show up in auto complete. But if you're targeting iOS 16, you can't use the new ones. It looks like there is no way to create a Map even though Map itself deploys to iOS 14.

2024-07-30 15:46:56

Creating a dedicated sample app to try new ideas is a great way to prototype an idea quickly without messing with your main project.
But I'm yet again reminded that you should set your deployment target to match, otherwise you'll be quit disappointed when you copy that code back into the main project 😔.

2024-07-21 21:49:08

I find myself looking into either paying quit a bit to repair my wife's car or looking at replacing it. Despite hours of recent @npub1cuf…6f4c car buying content, I'm surprised they never talk about auto start/stop. Seems almost impossible to get a recent model without it and I don't know if I could live with it.

2024-07-20 20:46:26

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And while I absolutely hate the fact that apps use your local network to finger print you, there are plenty of good reasons to use the local network.
And it's just a bad user experience to deny a scary alert like this and then have no idea why you can't login to Youtube on your TV with the app like it tells you to.

2024-07-20 20:45:10

I was a big fan of the local network alert when it was introduced, but I'm starting to think it's a bad idea. My wife (who is otherwise very technically savvy but not a programmer) still has no clue what this means a year later. Most people call internet "WiFi". They don't know what a "network" is if it's not a social one.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/820/763/932/008/150/original/7ca68ce4817f2f56.png

2024-07-20 00:35:01

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@npub12h0…e7sz and when that happens there’s zero feedback or notice. It’s not like it goes to a spam folder, it’s just blocked and discarded.

2024-07-20 00:33:46

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@npub12h0…e7sz yeah. I’m starting to regret using hide my email for everything. Especially after a few years it’s not uncommon for a site or company to start sending stuff from a different domain.

2024-07-19 20:43:31

This is the most SwiftUI thing I've discovered in a while: adding reorder support to a list is just a few lines of code, but if you want to move items between sections, you have to recreate the entire list in UIKit.
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/how-to-let-users-move-rows-in-a-list

2024-07-19 20:06:59

Dang @npub1p9k…865w’s keyboard is way better than I expected. How is this guy so good at everything.
Trying real hard not to get sucked into a new obsession now.
https://youtu.be/7UXsD7nSfDY

2024-07-19 16:12:07

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@npub1grd…km72 ‘nonisolated func stuff() async’ is guaranteed to run off main. But I don’t think there is an equivalent for sync code unless you tie it to an actor.

2024-07-17 20:38:32

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@npub18yr…6suw this is a MASSIVE improvement.

2024-07-17 15:36:52

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People complain about A13 in the studio display but I think Dell could at least upgrade from ATMega they have running their menu system.

2024-07-17 15:33:58

The Dell 6K seems like really great hardware but the software might drive me to return it.
- Can’t control brightness or volume without using the monitors menu.
- Dells monitor manager software cause my keyboard and mouse to lag by seconds.
- macOS wakes up and goes back to sleep constantly.
- Every time it wakes up I get this lovely 90s error block.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/802/555/911/845/369/original/820a93e7e833b404.jpeg

2024-07-17 14:28:59

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@npub12h0…e7sz I’ve long wanted union types in Swift. Seems like the core team is warming up to the idea. https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#union-types

2024-07-15 21:50:10

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@npub1k9m…tej5 I had the same reaction when I got my AirPods Pro Max last week. I decided to start using a magnet adapter with anything non-usbc from now on. https://amzn.to/3Y4mm89

2024-07-15 15:12:01

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Which leads me to wonder, what if you made a "naked robotic core" of a programming language with the basic premise of "everything is a macro".
classes? a macro that generates a reference pointer around a struct.
result builders? a macro that generates arrays.
codable? a macro that generates serialization code.

2024-07-15 15:07:46

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I always find it interesting to compare SwiftUI to React because they both run into the same challenges but often solve them in very different ways.
Take for instance the problem of representing child components. SwiftUI pushed result builders through to be a core language feature. React basically invented a new superset language that transpiled back to js (https://legacy.reactjs.org/docs/introducing-jsx.html).

2024-07-15 15:04:05

The recent interview with Chris Lattner has my mind spinning about interesting language designs.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/791/114/493/359/308/original/2531f66be2db53db.png

2024-07-15 05:58:56

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@npub1grd…km72 I have seen a couple woodworking channels pop up like that and in each case it was people that were already semi professional videographers.

2024-07-15 00:38:31

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@npub1l74…fjfv I only let my kids play Apple Arcade games because of this.

2024-07-14 23:52:16

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@npub1grd…km72 that is one of my all time favorite movies. I keep forcing family and friends to watch it but have yet to find someone who finds it as funny as I do.

2024-07-13 03:07:43

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@npub1ke3…9z7c can you debug from Xcode while mirroring?

2024-07-12 02:04:44

Climate change really sucks. The Reno area use to have hot summers, meaning in the 90s and like a couple of days that would hit 100 or 101. Now every July looks like this.
20 years ago I thought climate change was a big deal and was frustrated people weren’t doing more about it. But I admit I didn’t think the effects would be this noticeable this soon.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/771/057/289/360/549/original/9255c21dbbe65b80.png

2024-07-11 05:38:41

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@npub1k9m…tej5 😬 mine comes tomorrow. This doesn’t give me confidence in their refurb quality.

2024-07-10 01:51:47

I've been working through the failing compatibility tests on https://github.com/davbeck/swift-glob and this is so satisfying.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/759/685/488/626/496/original/4bd043c96f66190d.jpg

2024-07-08 03:22:31

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Well this pushed me over the edge. Dell 6K ordered.
https://tapbots.social/@paul/112746934006927700

2024-07-08 01:35:44

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@npub1gqn…0pj6 I thought it was ‘& Sendable’ but I think it’s changed release to release.

2024-07-07 01:02:16

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27" doesn't feel like it would be a big enough upgrade to justify the cost and drop the second monitor. The XDR is just too expensive. The Dell 6K is almost too expensive and ugly.
I've started to reconsider if retina really is a must have. That opens up the world of ultra wide curved monitors.

2024-07-07 00:58:56

I'm starting to seriously consider a new monitor. I've been using 2 UltraFine 4Ks since 2016 and they still work as good as they always have, but 21" is tight width wise with Xcode these days.

2024-07-07 00:48:31

When you think about it, there are a lot of cases where apps, especially on iPad, recreate a number pad. Are there any locale gotchas with doing that?
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112739681730243300

2024-07-04 23:01:17

I started rethinking my wallet recently. I’ve never been happy with any of the slim wallets I’ve tried.
I realized I only actually need 2 cards. I can usually use Apple Pay and in the rare cases I can’t, I can just use my family debit card and transfer later. My insurance card is on my phone. Same with my Costco card. That just leaves my driver’s license and family debit card.

2024-07-04 22:49:59

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@npub1gqn…0pj6 at least you know why it’s getting locked. I was told by support “sometimes the computers just do that”.

2024-07-03 02:05:48

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@npub1k4u…72ca Now let’s reverse SE-0060!
https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0060-defaulted-parameter-order.md

2024-07-02 00:54:37

Phone trees have got to be my biggest ADHD trigger. App tells me to call. Answering machine tells me to use the app. All of the options are things you could do in the app. Have to pay super close attention so you can guess what cryptic sequence of options will unlock the one thing you need.
If I end up getting looped to the beginning I completely lose it.

2024-06-26 16:53:01

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Every year that goes by brings more amazing technology that I've dreamed of since I was a kid.
But also every year brings more enshitification.

2024-06-26 16:51:28

I've tried several extensions that are suppose to get rid of cookie banners but none seem to work. Or at least none seem to work well enough that they aren't still constantly popping up.

2024-06-26 02:58:39

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@npub1dvn…gnxg or even worse, not reading because you don’t like your current book but not moving on to something else because I ain’t no quitter.

2024-06-25 16:30:35

Has anyone created a macro based Codable implementation? I’m kind of surprised this hasn’t been added to the standard library yet.

2024-06-22 21:24:52

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@npub19wj…8n03 every time I do this search (and I’ve even bought a couple expensive options) I come away just wishing I could keep everything digital instead.

2024-06-22 21:00:30

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I guess SwiftUI fixes this but a lot of apps are still using UIKit for navigation even if they are embracing SwiftUI.

2024-06-22 21:00:07

Since iOS 18 has a lot of “how did that take 18 releases”, I’ll throw an api quark that has driven me nuts since the first SDK: UIViewController.dismiss behaves differently based on the state of presentation. It dismisses self if it doesn’t have a presented VC, but if it does it dismisses that VC. And if it is *currently* dismissing a presented VC, presentedViewController will be non nil but it will dismiss self.
This api is bad and should be replaced. And it should have been 10 years ago.

2024-06-22 16:10:50

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@npub1grd…km72 sounds like you need a goat.

2024-06-22 00:37:15

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@npub1grd…km72 for what it’s worth I’ve had better luck embedding view controllers instead of views.

2024-06-21 17:48:32

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Or could you ship a compiler that only compiled to WASM and use the system frameworks to run it?

2024-06-21 17:47:22

I know Apple has really strict policies on just in time compiling, but does that extend to all compiling? Could you ship something like Arduino IDE to the App Store where the code is compiled on device but then run by uploading over a serial bus to a microcontroller?

2024-06-21 01:06:42

My 9 year old wants to learn to program Arduino boards and all of a sudden I'm wishing iPads had a macOS virtualization mode.

2024-06-20 01:03:50

My 9 year old son has developed a hyper-focus obsession on hobby electronics (thanks Mark Rober). That’s pretty dangerous because I’m also prone to hyper-focus obsessing over hobby electronics and unlike him, I have access to the bank account.

2024-06-19 05:19:30

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@npub1ke3…9z7c that seems like a bug. Different colors make sense when one folder is treated as code and another as an asset, but coloring a build folder like that is not just off putting, it’s misleading.

2024-06-18 22:07:21

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@npub1vyl…83hx that’s correct, except that 1Password doesn’t use that api on Mac. I’m not sure if it would work if they were.

2024-06-18 19:54:56

So when those tutorials all say not to power a servo directly from an ESP… I guess there’s a reason for that. Good thing I ordered 3.

2024-06-18 16:44:21

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@npub1grd…km72 that’s way better than what I do which is stay up until 1am thinking about what my video would be like if I ever made something.

2024-06-18 16:15:22

I miss OS X Tiger.

2024-06-17 18:08:05

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@npub12mr…dp68 bottom sheet of a user may need to do multiple operations on the same object.

2024-06-17 02:41:42

Passkeys are amazing and I love the idea of a password-less future (more for others than myself, but I'll take it too). However, I'm a little hesitant to lean on them because when my password manager (regardless of which one) fails to autofill a password, I can always copy and paste or even manually type it in. When passkeys go wrong, what's the backup?
For instance Safari apps don't support plugins. How do you use a passkey in that situation?

2024-06-15 17:28:28

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The new collection views in SwiftUI is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for. More access to the internals. More ability to recreate higher level views. More documentation on how it works. More of this please.

2024-06-15 17:07:16

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Xcode didn’t get a new source/text based project format but the new build able folders feature (where the project file just references a folder instead of every file specifically) is a big step in that direction and in some ways the most valuable step.

2024-06-13 17:49:05

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@npub1g06…hcn6 thank goodness. I have been tapping on tab bars with no response for far too long.

2024-06-13 16:20:45

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@npub18xp…kdgx wait does this mean a Core Data object could be made Observable?

2024-06-13 05:10:32

End of an era. I learned Obj-C from a big nerd ranch book back when there were like 3 options available. It’s quite possible that if it hadn’t been so well written my career would have gone in a completely different direction.

2024-06-12 19:27:37

Never has a post so quickly led to an Amazon purchase in my life.
From: @npub1zyd…ws3h
https://hachyderm.io/@rauhul/112598742127120548

2024-06-12 15:00:48

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The only way I could see myself justify buying a Vision Pro (and I do want to justify it 😆) would be if I could use it as my full time monitor.

2024-06-12 14:53:48

I’m not seeing a lot of discussion on this, and maybe it’s not new, but this sounds like it could be a big improvement to Mac mirroring? Having foveation performed on the Mac before sending the output to the headset should mean better quality overall in addition to the higher resolution.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/604/207/691/186/331/original/95c97c2be33ca864.png

2024-06-11 15:55:28

2025 interview question: "explain how this code generated by AI is subtly wrong."

2024-06-10 16:18:56

I should probably come up with a better read later strategy than opening tabs in mobile safari but… it’s the only system I’ve used where I actually regularly see what I’ve saved, which causes me to actually come back to them.

2024-06-08 15:12:10

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@npub1h5l…f8dc if I remember correctly it uses a named pasteboard to sync between apps.

2024-06-07 23:59:10

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@npub1gqn…0pj6 NotePlan is a more native version, but I still went back to notes. https://noteplan.co/

2024-06-07 10:47:56

I do not get the hate for 1Password 8. Outside of the Safari extension, the app works great and feels just as native as previous versions.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/06/1password-safari-mitch-cohen

2024-06-07 10:43:44

I love 1Password and I love Safari but my number 1 complaint about both (and the thing that has made me consider switching away from one or the other) is that about once a day the extension just stops working.
From: @npub1u2z…ryn2
https://mastodon.social/@mitchchn/112554228851109246

2024-06-06 19:35:06

Dark horse #WWDC24 prediction: a new Swift based Xcode project format, or support for app targets in Package.swift.

2024-06-06 03:51:50

I really wish this wasn’t possible on the Mac. I love the fact that deleting an app from iOS means it’s completely gone.
The macOS sandbox can be incredibly frustrating. The iOS app model is incredibly restrictive. But there hasn’t been any attempt to bridge that gap since the macOS sandbox was released in 2007.
https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/112565129215338754

2024-06-04 21:49:30

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I’m mostly talking about non-fiction here. Maybe it’s better in the fiction world. But there have been very few fiction books that have held my attention.

2024-06-04 21:47:58

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I hate that I’m absolutely part of this problem. My bookshelf is full of impulse purchases that I will never read.
But also, as I have started reading again, a lot of books are just bad. Other times they will have like 3 blog posts worth of gold content and the rest feels like the author was just trying to hit a minimum page count.

2024-06-04 21:36:58

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I’m sure that’s driven in large part by the fact that people are reading less and most book sales are to people who put them on their shelf and never actually read them.
But the more mediocre books that are published, the more peoples experience of reading is sub par, the less people are going to be interested in reading.

2024-06-04 21:35:55

These days book publishers only want books written by people who already have an audience so they can rely on them to market the book. Which means a YouTuber who is a mediocre writer is much more likely to get a book deal than an excellent author who is only dedicated to writing books.

2024-06-04 01:18:03

Dr Pepper is hands down the best soda, but Diet Dr Pepper is the only sugar free soda that doesn’t taste actively disgusting.
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/112554140122047822

2024-06-03 21:06:27

I looked all over for a way to do that and even filed a feedback asking Apple to add it.
From: @npub1p5l…tqn2
https://hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/112553342389417186

2024-06-03 05:21:24

It’s really hard for my brain to accept that Swift is 10 years old. I’ve been using Swift longer than I used ObjC, but it still feels like the new thing.
https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/112548426252639340

2024-06-03 00:12:11

I’m really curious what Apple thinks the future of computing looks like internally. Do they think the locked down model that iPads use is the future or a parallel approach for non pro users?

2024-06-02 21:53:11

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@npub1qm4…5aus I think modeling it as an AsyncSequence makes sense and is where the language is headed, but that does lock it into the concurrency world and I think a lot of companies are going to be avoiding that for a year or two.

2024-06-02 21:50:40

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@npub1qm4…5aus fyi I started the work of porting this to Swift if it helps as a starting point. I didn’t make any changes to the interface though. https://github.com/davbeck/SimpleHTML/blob/main/Sources/SimpleHTML/HTMLParser.swift

2024-05-29 21:12:39

I would pay so much for a tv with a half decent display and absolutely no smarts. Just listen for the CEC commands from the Apple TV to turn off and on and nothing else.
If only Apple made a TV to go with the Apple TV so I could watch Apple TV+ in the Apple TV app.

2024-05-27 04:06:31

So is there no way to customize the foreground color of text in a SwiftUI List cell without breaking highlighting?
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/511/076/347/148/325/original/552aeddc751e5ccd.png
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2024-05-26 23:30:54

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@npub180e…jrzc about once a year I get rejected because they just use some other random login (presumably provided by another app). At least they always include a screenshot so I can just say “use the login I gave you”.

2024-05-25 21:43:39

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@npub1hgr…ej70 I’ve tried duck duck go off and on over the years but always felt like it just wasn’t quit there for deep research.

2024-05-25 15:07:26

I hate so much about this, but I’ll start with the fact that I don’t (willingly) have any echo devices. My best guess is my eero routers snitched on me.
https://cdn.masto.host/tnkuco/media_attachments/files/112/502/347/846/204/822/original/cd0ce72244345832.jpeg

2024-05-25 05:15:02

The AI results in Google was what pushed me over to using Kagi instead. Google results have been getting worse and worse for a while, but I don’t need a giant banner at the top with random words I don’t trust blocking the actual results.
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/112499396623548615

2024-05-25 00:11:04

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@npub1src…fms4 what age would you recommend using this. My kids are 6 and 9 (and 3 but she doesn’t get any allowance yet).

2024-05-24 16:08:20

This is the time of year where all of my intrusive side project ideas get blocked by “well let’s see if something gets announced at wwdc that will make that easier”.
“What if I made my budgeting app client driven and synced over CloudKit?” Well better wait and see if SwiftData gets sharing support.
“I should write a blog about a better @State design.” But what if they completely redesign and fix all the issues next month?