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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 1d

Please watch

youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Reposted by Alberto

Andrea Scuderi @andrea-scuderi.bsky.social · 6d

🚀 It's official! Breeze 1.0.0 is here! 🎉
Building serverless APIs in Swift has never been easier.
This major release solidifies support for:
✅ Swift 6.2.0
✅ swift-aws-lambda-runtime 2.0.0

👉 github.com/swift-server...

#SwiftLang #Serverless #OpenSource #ServerSideSwift2025

GitHub - swift-serverless/Breeze: A Serverless API Template Generator for Server-Side Swift

A Serverless API Template Generator for Server-Side Swift - swift-serverless/Breeze

github.com

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 6d

Another amazing edition of ServerSide.swift has wrapped up! #ServerSideSwift2025
Back home, inspired by this incredible community and Apple’s latest announcements.
To me, it’s clearer than ever: Swift is destined to take over the world 😏

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 6d

🤣🤣🤣

drobinin.com/posts/how-i-...

How I accidentally became PureGym's unofficial Apple Wallet developer

Tired of fumbling with the PureGym app for 47 seconds every morning, I reverse-engineered their API to build an Apple Wallet pass that gets me in with a quick wrist scan. Along the way, I discovered t...

drobinin.com

Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote a little tool that I believe has the potential to replace Homebrew for most devs.

👶 Check it out: luca.tools

Say hello to Luca - a lightweight decentralised tool manager for macOS to manage project-specific tool environments.

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you Honza! I’ll take a proper look soon! Hopefully I’ll be able to make it to @serversideswift.info next week to say hi!

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 12d

Apple released the beautiful swift-configuration github.com/apple/swift-...

I love that - shameless plug - it's so similar to my Toggles github.com/TogglesPlatf... that has been powering the JET apps for years

GitHub - apple/swift-configuration: API package for reading configuration.

API package for reading configuration. Contribute to apple/swift-configuration development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 16d

Love this guy! And he's right.

Andrea Scuderi @andrea-scuderi.bsky.social · 16d

🧠🎈🔨
AI Bubble Already Bursting?
youtu.be/_wStScmT748?...

AI Bubble Already Bursting? | Ed Zitron | TMR

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

youtu.be

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 21d

Surprising ad!

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 22d

Last time I installed a beta was in 2020.

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 22d

24h w/ iOS 26 and the Broken Glass.
Battery to 39% rather than the usual ~58%.

I hate it.

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 23d

A downgrade to iOS 18 is in order.

Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 23d

The world will wake up late to the fact that Liquid Glass is a scam, just like Apple AI.

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · 28d

Grand Mother Silk!

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Sep 4

See you in a few months

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Sep 2

That’s what I call a “polite review”.

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Sep 2

ChatGPT 5 was both a lie and a joke

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 28

Will you start playing it on release day? Continue through the night until you don't feel your fingers anymore and make it a daily commitment for the next 3 months?

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 28

This would be great!
www.atlassian.com/software/rovo

Rovo: Unlock organizational knowledge with GenAI | Atlassian

Rovo, Atlassian's new GenAI product helps teams take action on organization knowledge using Rovo Search, Rovo Chat and specialized Rovo Agents.

www.atlassian.com

Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excellent talk @stacydevino.bsky.social 👏

youtu.be/0CvhIX9yj78?...

You’re Not an Android Developer Anymore - Stacy Devino | droidcon New York 2025

YouTube video by droidcon & fluttercon

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 18

👋 bsky.app/profile/albe...

Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 18

Some of you asked if Swiftlane will be open-sourced. It wouldn't be impossible, but certain CLI tools are custom-made for one's needs. Ruby allows Fastlane to have a great plugin system, but the same flexibility is difficult to reach with Swift.

bsky.app/profile/albe...

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 18

Some of you asked if Swiftlane will be open-sourced. It wouldn't be impossible, but certain CLI tools are custom-made for one's needs. Ruby allows Fastlane to have a great plugin system, but the same flexibility is difficult to reach with Swift.

bsky.app/profile/albe...

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 9

Alright then

Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Aug 5

youtu.be/PDKhUknuQDg?...

The metaverse dropped all of a sudden and it’s not from Meta

Genie 3: Creating dynamic worlds that you can navigate in real-time

YouTube video by Google DeepMind

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Alberto @albertodebo.bsky.social · Jul 15

New blog post just dropped, open source project likely to follow 👀✨

albertodebortoli.com/2025/07/13/h...

How to Implement a Decentralised CLI Tool Manager

A design to implement a simple, generic and decentralised manager for CLI tools from the perspective of a Swift dev.

albertodebortoli.com

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