Jonathan Grynspan
@grynspan.me
Might know what he's doing. (Says as much on his business cards.) Any ol’ pronouns will do. 🦻🏻
There's something aesthetically pleasing about porting code to a new OS and getting it green in CI. And then there's OpenBSD. github.com/swiftlang/sw...
Capture the current working directory early on OpenBSD. by grynspan · Pull Request #1388 · swiftlang/swift-testing
This PR adds some OpenBSD-specific code to capture the current working directory as early as possible. We then use that directory when argv[0] appears to be a relative path so that the following in...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There's something aesthetically pleasing about porting code to a new OS and getting it green in CI. And then there's OpenBSD. github.com/swiftlang/sw...
I kind of wonder what would happen to one of those Greek-statue accounts if they learned about the Seleucid Empire.
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I kind of wonder what would happen to one of those Greek-statue accounts if they learned about the Seleucid Empire.
"Gotye and Similar Artists"
Music app, you grossly misunderstand the situation here.
Music app, you grossly misunderstand the situation here.
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Gotye and Similar Artists"
Music app, you grossly misunderstand the situation here.
Music app, you grossly misunderstand the situation here.
This team is central to the Swift OSS experience. And it's in Canada!
Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Tools and Automation Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Tools and Automation Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This team is central to the Swift OSS experience. And it's in Canada!
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Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Tools and Automation Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Tools and Automation Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Great opportunity for someone keen on software quality to join the team at Apple in Ottawa working on fun devtools!
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
The only correct use of generative AI is to make Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sing Les Poissons from The Little Mermaid.
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The only correct use of generative AI is to make Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sing Les Poissons from The Little Mermaid.
Want to come help us build Swift Testing and XCTest? WELL NOW YOU CAN.
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
Swift Testing Frameworks Engineer - Jobs at Apple
Apply for a Swift Testing Frameworks Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Want to come help us build Swift Testing and XCTest? WELL NOW YOU CAN.
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-ca/detail...
As is tradition: youtu.be/KBXsx1ZHgg0
Labor Dabor
YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom
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September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
As is tradition: youtu.be/KBXsx1ZHgg0
I think I read the previous page while I was still in high school.
I finished a page of Goats! For real, no fooling, an actual complete page. I know. Crazy. Please join my patreon and read the new page and all the other pages and help support my work, thank you friends www.patreon.com/posts/goats-...
August 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I think I read the previous page while I was still in high school.
Nobody:
COM in Swift: `pointee.lpVtbl.pointee`
COM in Swift: `pointee.lpVtbl.pointee`
August 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nobody:
COM in Swift: `pointee.lpVtbl.pointee`
COM in Swift: `pointee.lpVtbl.pointee`
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My team at Apple is currently hiring for a role that focuses on compiler tools and infrastructure. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please take a look at the job posting here: jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail... #llvm #swiftlang
Compiler Tools Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Compiler Tools Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My team at Apple is currently hiring for a role that focuses on compiler tools and infrastructure. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please take a look at the job posting here: jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail... #llvm #swiftlang
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I think Ai chatbots passing the Turing test is impressive, in the same way that a magician passing a coin through a solid oak table is impressive. But the thing is, magicians can't actually pass coins through tables; their skill is in making it seem that they can.
July 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I think Ai chatbots passing the Turing test is impressive, in the same way that a magician passing a coin through a solid oak table is impressive. But the thing is, magicians can't actually pass coins through tables; their skill is in making it seem that they can.
*me, telling my wife who works in a courthouse, about today's story*
*quietly* what does "pro se" mean
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
*me, telling my wife who works in a courthouse, about today's story*
*quietly* what does "pro se" mean
July 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
*quietly* what does "pro se" mean
Six timed cooks in a row, each too short to bring the food past room temperature, until the sixth one overshoots and turns my queso into lava hotter than the surface of Venus.
does anyone ever do anything with their microwave besides just a timed cook?
June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Six timed cooks in a row, each too short to bring the food past room temperature, until the sixth one overshoots and turns my queso into lava hotter than the surface of Venus.
In case you're wondering what it's like to live this far north: it's 9PM and the sun's still up.
June 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
In case you're wondering what it's like to live this far north: it's 9PM and the sun's still up.
Oh you thought I was done with exit tests? forums.swift.org/t/pitch-capt...
kermit the frog is standing in front of a brick wall and saying evil laugh
ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a brick wall and saying evil laugh
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June 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Oh you thought I was done with exit tests? forums.swift.org/t/pitch-capt...
This is so wrong it swings around to actually being right.
The polarized tribalism of our society originates from Babbage's difference engine. If he had instead designed an engine that unites rather than divides, imagine the course of development humanity could have taken
June 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is so wrong it swings around to actually being right.
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Lots of great Swift content coming soon, starting with What's New in Swift with @hborla.bsky.social and @tshortli.bsky.social
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#swift #swiftlang #wwdc
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#swift #swiftlang #wwdc
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June 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Lots of great Swift content coming soon, starting with What's New in Swift with @hborla.bsky.social and @tshortli.bsky.social
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#swift #swiftlang #wwdc
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...
#swift #swiftlang #wwdc
Hey folks, what's new in America these d—omfg
June 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey folks, what's new in America these d—omfg
To my sudden influx of new followers: why…?
June 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
To my sudden influx of new followers: why…?
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As the Swift ecosystem grows, we're adding a steering group to help us all coordinate efforts around package and tool development. More here: forums.swift.org/t/announcing...
May 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As the Swift ecosystem grows, we're adding a steering group to help us all coordinate efforts around package and tool development. More here: forums.swift.org/t/announcing...
Imagine this with a hostile political party that wants to ban your marriage and which wins every other major election. 😶
May 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Imagine this with a hostile political party that wants to ban your marriage and which wins every other major election. 😶
For both our kids, every medical professional involved in the event told us not to bother with the ointment. 🤷🏻♂️
What if I told you erythromycin ointment at birth obstructs newborn vision, preventing light from entering the eye and depolarizing rod photoreceptors, resulting in lifelong night blindness.
May 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For both our kids, every medical professional involved in the event told us not to bother with the ointment. 🤷🏻♂️
*flashbacks intensify*
Star Trek: The Next Generation Honey Graham Cookies (1994-1995): A Canadian release, these honey-graham cookies were shaped like characters and ships from the show, and offered a collection of six hologram stickers
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
*flashbacks intensify*