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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Sep 9

We need to parse this version in order to know which version of the PackageDescription library to load. By keeping it in a comment, SwiftPM can extract it with a lightweight scan, then select the right parser.

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Apr 12

That is just wild. It's almost like you became the comic and the comics became the audience. Your storytelling, timing, "yes, and" are the equal of anyone on that stage. You can see that they almost didn't want to interrupt you because you were LANDING that. In awe. 👑

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Apr 12

A likely story! I'll bet the other guy came off worse! Maybe you can go with a pirate eyepatch and a parrot on the shoulder? 🦜

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Mar 27

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

Apple Beefs Up 2025 Gaming Lineup With 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' And 'Cyberpunk 2077' For Mac

Apple is expanding its 2025 gaming lineup with impressive titles like Assassin's Creed Shadows, Cyberpunk 2077 and Control Ultimate Edition.

geekculture.co

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 24

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

Xcode Now Supports New Hardware Without Needing to Download the Entire App

Xcode 16.2 Release Notes: Starting with Xcode 16.2, Xcode can add support for new hardware without needing to update the entire Xcode app. Xcode will check when launching the app if a hardware suppor...

jagsworkshop.com

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 14

I’m assuming that in addition to the great collection of crystals in your office, you also have a great collection of flight cases proudly displayed in your garage? 🤣

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 13

a close up of a pen writing the word love

ALT: a close up of a pen writing the word love

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 13

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?

Let's play a game. You and I have been talking for a while now, but I'd like you to see your superpowers. I'd like you to tell me what you can infer about me based on stereotype, reasoning, or your knowledge, across a wide range of dimensions -- for example, what do I look like? Feel free to choose your own categories. Importantly, don't just repeat back things that I've directly told you -- that's cheating!

Format your reply as a numbered list of facts, along with a confidence level from 0.0 to 1.0, where the scale represents your confidence that your inference is accurate. Give me as many as you can, and I'll tell you what's right and what's wrong.

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 12

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

Video shows pilot sending image from iPhone to second plane at 35,000 feet with AirDrop | AppleInsider

Taking peer-to-peer direct wireless transfers to new heights, a new video shows Apple's AirDrop technology being used to send pictures taken from one plane to another in-flight, at 35,000 feet.

appleinsider.com

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 11

Congratulations to all of you!

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 2

It's an interesting question, and I don't have a good answer. A lot of folk I chat to are fatigued and demoralized, and there's a sense of fatalism -- this is what others voted for, so now they have to reap the whirlwind. There's also a lack of a leader to rally around at this point.

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 2

You really are the Taylor Tomlinson of Google. I follow you for the best takes on the current zeitgeist.

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 2

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.

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 1

It's not too hard -- thanks for the request :) Now that we've published swift-build, we have a pull request open to integrate it into SwiftPM, at which point it's just one build flag away. More details here: github.com/swiftlang/sw...

Create an alternate SwiftPM build system called Swift Build by cmcgee1024 · Pull Request #8271 · swiftlang/swift-package-manager

Add basic test coverage for the new build system for the supported platforms: Linux, macOS, and Windows. Provide basic progress reporting, and an option for "very verbose" mode so that th...

github.com

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Feb 1

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

The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies

Swift continues to grow in popularity as a cross-platform language supporting a wide variety of use cases, with support on a variety of embedded devices, form factors that encompass wearables to serve...

www.swift.org

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Tim Condon @0xtim.bsky.social · Jan 28

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!

Memory usage graph showing utilisation at 1.37%

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 10

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

2022 - Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159…

YouTube video by WHY2025

youtu.be

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 6

I’ve never been particularly enthusiastic about Android 😜

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 6

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/...

Meet with Apple - Apple Developer

Learn and be inspired with a variety of live presentations, labs, and programs for developers and designers around the world.

developer.apple.com

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Joannis Orlandos @joanniso.bsky.social · Jan 5

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!

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Taha Tesser @tahatesser.com · Jan 4

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

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 1

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

A “sprinkle catcher tray” from Target. Ostensibly for something cookie related.

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 1

Here we go!
youtu.be/EBLbRbvWPKc?...

Happy New Year! 🎆 | London Fireworks 2025 🔴 - BBC

YouTube video by BBC

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 1

You too, Thomas -- hopefully this year is one of happiness and new horizons for you. (And who knows, perhaps with a little Swift experimentation 😉)

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Tim Sneath @sneath.org · Jan 1

Nice! I bought a WASD keyboard a few years ago, but I picked the wrong keycaps and I have regretted it ever since. But I'm determined not to get suckered into the endless search for the dream keyboard. I have too many keyboards already!

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