Ryan Lintott
ryanlintott.bsky.social
Ryan Lintott
@ryanlintott.bsky.social
Indie/Freelance developer making the Old English Wordhord iOS app and various Swift Packages (mostly SwiftUI) like FrameUp, ShapeUp, and LookingGlassUI. He/him.

Wordhord App: bit.ly/WordhordApp
Swift Packages: thiswayup.dev
ryanlintott.com
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lēof-spell, n.n: a pleasant message. (LAY-off-SPELL / ˈleːɔf-ˌspɛl)
The US/Canada paperback DEORHORD is out today! (The UK edition is already out in the rest of the world.) See where to get it here: buff.ly/l4Lbsip
#OldEnglish #WOTD #TheDeorhord @princetonupress.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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And if you aren't in the US/Canada, you'll be happy to know you can ALREADY buy the paperback Deorhord from @profilebooks.bsky.social or wherever nerdy wordy books are sold. profilebooks.com/work/the-deo...
The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary - Profile Books
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August 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Sign (if you're in the UK) and spread (people outside the UK too) please please! This isn't just some change dot org stuff, if they get enough signatures MPs are legally forced to discuss it in Parliament.
July 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Playing around with liquid glass on custom shapes. This is regular glass with a 10% pink tint.

You need a background for the glass effect to work.

The highlight effect seems to be using a Capsule shape and not the provided shape so it looks a bit weird.

#SwiftUI #iOSDev #WWDC #WWDC25
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As the designer/developer of the Old English Wordhord, I often ask myself "What would medieval England do?"

Stained liquid glass.

#iOSDev #WWDC #WWDC25
June 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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We're in the Apps We Love list on the App Store in Europe this week!

This is the first time Wordhord has been in any list on the App Store. I feel honoured to be alongside other amazing indie apps like @mercuryweather.app and @lookup-app.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I might do a puzzle pack one day for The Art of Fauna with obscure animal drawings - Like this one of an... Orca?
May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I launched Wordhord v2.0 today and noticed this review while I was in App Store Connect.

If you want an app to cheer you up, check it out (it's free).

Learn an Old English word every day in an app with a unique medieval style.

apps.apple.com/ca/app/old-e...

#iOSDev #OldEnglish #MedievalSky
May 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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The Old English Wordhord version 2.0 is available today on the App Store!

New features include:
- Share Old English words
- Old English date widgets
- Dark mode icon

As always the app is free so check it out!

apps.apple.com/ca/app/old-e...

#OldEnglish #Medieval #MedievalSky
May 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sometimes a silly idea pops into my head and I just have to build it.

Add a 👻 scare sheet into your app:
gist.github.com/ryanlintott/...

#SwiftUI #iOSDev
May 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A Wordhord bug was actually a Wordpress bug!

If you use the Wordpress REST API you might want to know that sticky posts are being returned in API requests even when they don't match the query.

Bug here:
core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63307...

Wordhord app post about bug:
bsky.app/profile/oewo...
April 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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This was a hard one. But we, as developers for Apple platforms and as humans, have a responsibility to respond.

www.massicotte.org/leverage
Leverage
I’m really not sure how to start this one. Normally, I write about technical topics. But, that’s not what this is. This is different. So I’m just going to say it.
www.massicotte.org
February 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'm having fun with toggles!

#iOSDev #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic
A sneak peek at a new feature coming soon to the Old English Wordhord app...

@oewordhord.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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#Introduction
Hello, Bluesky!

We are a small team of two developers, @natpanferova.bsky.social and @hishnash.bsky.social, who love building native apps for Apple platforms. We also enjoy sharing what we learn about #SwiftLang, #SwiftUI, #iOSDev, and #macOSDev with the community 👩‍💻🧑🏻‍💻
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March 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Time to see if this SF Symbol trick will work...
#iOSDev #IndieDev #BuildInPublic
March 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I'm extremely proud of how Pediapal came out, and it's such a personal milestone of mine to ship an indie app. I'm excited for folks to use it, and I'm excited to continue to grow it. It all started as a way to help me with my family, so it is my earnest wish that it will help you with yours.
March 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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On short notice @ryanlintott.bsky.social answered the call for us and ended up producing a killer presentation about a SwiftUI topic.

Highly recommended viewing.

Thank you Ryan!
March 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Our expert speaker for February was Ryan Lintott ( @ryanlintott.bsky.social ) giving the talk, "Conditional SwiftUI (Modifying vs Replacing Views)".

This was a great deep dive into SwiftUI.

Thank you Ryan!
iOS Dev Happy Hour - Feb 2025 (Ryan Lintott - Conditional SwiftUI)
Ryan is an indie/freelance developer making the Old English Wordhord iOS app and various Swift Packages such as FrameUp, ShapeUp, and LookingGlassUI.Thank yo...
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March 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Thank you all for coming to this month's iOS Dev Happy Hour meetup! 🎉 Big thank you to @ryanlintott.bsky.social for being our showcase speaker! See you all next month 🗓️ #iosDevHappyHour
February 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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One more reminder that we’re back tomorrow!

You might be getting a chance to see @ryanlintott.bsky.social dive deep into a SwiftUI topic. 👀
TOMORROW!! #iOSDevHappyHour

join us to chat with other iOS developers and learn something new!

See you there!
We're back THIS SATURDAY for our February edition of #iOSDevHappyHour. Join us for awesome community speakers, fruitful breakout rooms and a giveaway!

RSVP here for the Zoom link! idhh-feb2025.eventbrite.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I keep trying these softball prompts but Genmoji continues to fail.
December 24, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Go to deepdishswift.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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I’ve just started this brand-new group with Apple platforms developers.

New here myself - say Hi to join. Please repost for some visibility.
November 28, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Swift concurrency error in XCode 16.2 beta 3. The onPreferenceChange closure is now Sendable which means (unless I'm missing something) we can no longer modify main actor properties.

I hope this closure can instead use @.MainActor because otherwise this is going to cause some big problems.
#SwiftUI
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM
So @cottonbureau.com informed me that my Old English / Numberwang shirt is on sale! Only a few people will even get the reference but if you're one of them you can have this shirt for 25% off!

Coupon code: LetsGetWeird25

#OldEnglish #MitchellAndWebb #Numberwang
cottonbureau.com/p/5EGAHZ/shi...
That's neorxnawang! by Old English Wordhord
wyrm? gafol-fisc? hreaðe-mus? snotor? hwæt? That's neorxnawang! Let's rotate the board! -- Official Old English Wordhord merchandise. --
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November 26, 2024 at 2:58 AM