Drew McCormack
@drewmccormack.bsky.social
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Drew McCormack
@drewmccormack.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Now we’re all Forked!
Forked is a new Swift framework for working with shared data, on device, and across networks.
appdecentral.com
I've spent the 6 months working on a new approach to shared data in Swift: Forked.
Main features:
- Git-like branching and merging for Swift structs
- Advanced merge algorithms (CRDTs)
- Macros to make structs mergeable
- Sync structs via CloudKit with <10 LOCs
appdecentral.com/2024/12/13/n...
Main features:
- Git-like branching and merging for Swift structs
- Advanced merge algorithms (CRDTs)
- Macros to make structs mergeable
- Sync structs via CloudKit with <10 LOCs
appdecentral.com/2024/12/13/n...
Last year I lost myself a bit when I realized that AI was going to change my job as a programmer completely. I wrote the short story "Assisted" in response.
drewmccormack.substack.com/p/assisted
drewmccormack.substack.com/p/assisted
Assisted
A programmer descends into the world of coding agents.
drewmccormack.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Last year I lost myself a bit when I realized that AI was going to change my job as a programmer completely. I wrote the short story "Assisted" in response.
drewmccormack.substack.com/p/assisted
drewmccormack.substack.com/p/assisted
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“Any of you feeling the same kind of urgent addiction at the moment?
This overwhelming sense that everything in AI tech is moving at light speed and there literally aren't enough hours in the day to keep up? Like I'm in some kind of productivity arms race with myself.” reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
This overwhelming sense that everything in AI tech is moving at light speed and there literally aren't enough hours in the day to keep up? Like I'm in some kind of productivity arms race with myself.” reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
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June 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“Any of you feeling the same kind of urgent addiction at the moment?
This overwhelming sense that everything in AI tech is moving at light speed and there literally aren't enough hours in the day to keep up? Like I'm in some kind of productivity arms race with myself.” reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
This overwhelming sense that everything in AI tech is moving at light speed and there literally aren't enough hours in the day to keep up? Like I'm in some kind of productivity arms race with myself.” reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
You would have to have a death wish to get in one of these things. Coffin on wheels.
Tesla’s robotaxi plans have the attention of federal investigators
Tesla's robotaxi plans have the attention of federal investigators | TechCrunch
Federal safety investigators have sent Tesla a detailed list of questions on its upcoming robotaxi service as part of an investigation into how the
techcrunch.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You would have to have a death wish to get in one of these things. Coffin on wheels.
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Resubscribed to YouTube Premium. I lasted a month with the free ad-filled experience. Either I had forgotten how horrible it was or it’s gotten worse. At this point, I think I would stop watching content on YouTube if it wasn’t possible to pay to get rid of the ads.
April 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Resubscribed to YouTube Premium. I lasted a month with the free ad-filled experience. Either I had forgotten how horrible it was or it’s gotten worse. At this point, I think I would stop watching content on YouTube if it wasn’t possible to pay to get rid of the ads.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
I’ve never been so desperate for the Aussie Rules season to start, just so I’ve got an alternative to constant Trump BS.
February 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I’ve never been so desperate for the Aussie Rules season to start, just so I’ve got an alternative to constant Trump BS.
Shorted Tesla a few weeks back. Good times, and it is going to get better…
February 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Shorted Tesla a few weeks back. Good times, and it is going to get better…
I forget: was it “Stargate” or “Stardust”? Maybe “Stargaze” would work best, as in “Gaze at the stars in the Chinese flag as they fly past”
January 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I forget: was it “Stargate” or “Stardust”? Maybe “Stargaze” would work best, as in “Gaze at the stars in the Chinese flag as they fly past”
Going full anchorman for tonight’s 70s party. Can’t say I’m not committed!
January 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Going full anchorman for tonight’s 70s party. Can’t say I’m not committed!
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bumping this from three weeks ago in light of Elon Musk busting out a LITERAL FUCKING NAZI SALUTE at inauguration
*Elon Musk goes out in public wearing a t shirt that says “I am non-ironically a Nazi”*
Mainstream media: what an inscrutable, mysterious man. Whatever could he mean by this
Mainstream media: what an inscrutable, mysterious man. Whatever could he mean by this
Elon Musk has changed his X profile.
His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.
His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.
Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.
The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.
His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.
His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.
Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.
The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.
January 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
bumping this from three weeks ago in light of Elon Musk busting out a LITERAL FUCKING NAZI SALUTE at inauguration
Zuck is such a loser. Literally a PHP developer who totally lucked out when he stole the idea of a client. And since then, I can’t think of a single good thing he has created. Not one.
It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
January 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Zuck is such a loser. Literally a PHP developer who totally lucked out when he stole the idea of a client. And since then, I can’t think of a single good thing he has created. Not one.
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It’s incredible how many of the people I looked up to in the past in the world of web development have since revealed themselves as being somewhere in or at least adjacent to the manosphere-techbro-AI stan-maga-white supremacy oeuvre
January 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s incredible how many of the people I looked up to in the past in the world of web development have since revealed themselves as being somewhere in or at least adjacent to the manosphere-techbro-AI stan-maga-white supremacy oeuvre
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the bit that gets me is they've made their product worse for *both* search users and paying advertisers, yet somehow still better for their bottom line.
Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.
December 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM
the bit that gets me is they've made their product worse for *both* search users and paying advertisers, yet somehow still better for their bottom line.
I've spent the 6 months working on a new approach to shared data in Swift: Forked.
Main features:
- Git-like branching and merging for Swift structs
- Advanced merge algorithms (CRDTs)
- Macros to make structs mergeable
- Sync structs via CloudKit with <10 LOCs
appdecentral.com/2024/12/13/n...
Main features:
- Git-like branching and merging for Swift structs
- Advanced merge algorithms (CRDTs)
- Macros to make structs mergeable
- Sync structs via CloudKit with <10 LOCs
appdecentral.com/2024/12/13/n...
Now we’re all Forked!
Forked is a new Swift framework for working with shared data, on device, and across networks.
appdecentral.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I've spent the 6 months working on a new approach to shared data in Swift: Forked.
Main features:
- Git-like branching and merging for Swift structs
- Advanced merge algorithms (CRDTs)
- Macros to make structs mergeable
- Sync structs via CloudKit with <10 LOCs
appdecentral.com/2024/12/13/n...
Main features:
- Git-like branching and merging for Swift structs
- Advanced merge algorithms (CRDTs)
- Macros to make structs mergeable
- Sync structs via CloudKit with <10 LOCs
appdecentral.com/2024/12/13/n...
Where is the web at? I think we are headed to a future where you have AI for info, and the web for shops. Search is dead. SEO is dead. What is left is pure commerce. And then the question is how they get their money out of AI. Remember how Google started as a simple text field. That is where we are.
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Where is the web at? I think we are headed to a future where you have AI for info, and the web for shops. Search is dead. SEO is dead. What is left is pure commerce. And then the question is how they get their money out of AI. Remember how Google started as a simple text field. That is where we are.
Apparently predictive text on iOS and macOS now does maths. Problem is, I have a customer telling me it is giving the wrong answers, and their immediate instinct was to blame our app Agenda. Apple are no doubt using an LLM to do the prediction, which is rubbish at maths as we all know.
December 10, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Apparently predictive text on iOS and macOS now does maths. Problem is, I have a customer telling me it is giving the wrong answers, and their immediate instinct was to blame our app Agenda. Apple are no doubt using an LLM to do the prediction, which is rubbish at maths as we all know.
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Don't miss #indieappsales today. Lots of great indie apps, including Glisten for all your foreign language podcasts.
#languagelearning
indieappsales.com#app-6D8E6BCB...
#languagelearning
indieappsales.com#app-6D8E6BCB...
Indie App Sales - support an Indie Developer today!
Support an Indie App Developer today!
indieappsales.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Don't miss #indieappsales today. Lots of great indie apps, including Glisten for all your foreign language podcasts.
#languagelearning
indieappsales.com#app-6D8E6BCB...
#languagelearning
indieappsales.com#app-6D8E6BCB...
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Exciting opportunity to work on Swift Performance in London: jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Only drawback: You'd have me in your ear about this, that or the other performance issue or opportunity :).
Only drawback: You'd have me in your ear about this, that or the other performance issue or opportunity :).
Swift Optimiser Engineer - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Swift Optimiser Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Exciting opportunity to work on Swift Performance in London: jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Only drawback: You'd have me in your ear about this, that or the other performance issue or opportunity :).
Only drawback: You'd have me in your ear about this, that or the other performance issue or opportunity :).
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He's so wrong that I'm starting to think there might be a God
November 14, 2024 at 10:07 AM
He's so wrong that I'm starting to think there might be a God
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The United States has oligarchs now.
Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.
Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.
Breaking News: Elon Musk, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s UN ambassador to discuss defusing Iranian-U.S. tensions during the next Trump term, two Iranian officials said.
Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM
The United States has oligarchs now.
Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.
Not merely rich people with more personal influence on politics than poorer people have, but a few extremely rich people closely connected to the national leader who act in government-like roles despite never being elected or nominated to any official position.
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Here is RFK Jr. last year claiming that COVID-19 was “ethnically-targetted” and genetically engineered to spare “Jews and Chinese people”.
The man is a crank and conspiracy theorist - and will shortly lead the US Department of Health.
(📽️Credit: The Intellectualist via X)
The man is a crank and conspiracy theorist - and will shortly lead the US Department of Health.
(📽️Credit: The Intellectualist via X)
November 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Here is RFK Jr. last year claiming that COVID-19 was “ethnically-targetted” and genetically engineered to spare “Jews and Chinese people”.
The man is a crank and conspiracy theorist - and will shortly lead the US Department of Health.
(📽️Credit: The Intellectualist via X)
The man is a crank and conspiracy theorist - and will shortly lead the US Department of Health.
(📽️Credit: The Intellectualist via X)
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They flood the zone with crap, so much so that we can only stop so much. It’s the strategy: Crapocracy.
Very little of what Trump does these days amazes me.
Any one of the last three of Trump’s Cabinet-level picks (Gabbard as DNI, Gaetz as AG, RFK for HHS), standing alone, would arguably have been the worst in American history.
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Any one of the last three of Trump’s Cabinet-level picks (Gabbard as DNI, Gaetz as AG, RFK for HHS), standing alone, would arguably have been the worst in American history.
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November 14, 2024 at 9:23 PM
They flood the zone with crap, so much so that we can only stop so much. It’s the strategy: Crapocracy.
The Matt Gaetz appointment was a misunderstanding. Trump asked “Is there anyone who has experience with the justice system?” and Gaetz put up his hand.
November 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM
The Matt Gaetz appointment was a misunderstanding. Trump asked “Is there anyone who has experience with the justice system?” and Gaetz put up his hand.