Rudrank Riyam
@rudrankriyam.bsky.social
Developing for Apple Platforms | Technical Writer & Author | Conference Speaker | WWDC '19 Scholar
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Exploring Foundation Models
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Added a new chapter on custom adapter with Foundation Models; and that starts the Black Friday sale of 44% off!
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Updated the introductory post about starting with MLX Swift with the latest syntax and repository!
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Rudrank Riyam - iOS Developer & Content Creator
iOS Developer, YouTuber, and tech content creator sharing insights about Swift, iOS development, and mobile app development.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Updated the introductory post about starting with MLX Swift with the latest syntax and repository!
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2 weeks in, & I interviewed a designer today. 😆
It was fun, I am bad at taking interviews and giving them, so I just prefer to have a natural conversation on how it would be day-to-day, assuming they are already accepted.
This gives me a good idea how I would like or not like to work with them
It was fun, I am bad at taking interviews and giving them, so I just prefer to have a natural conversation on how it would be day-to-day, assuming they are already accepted.
This gives me a good idea how I would like or not like to work with them
Weekend will be spent preparing for a call on Monday.
It is a small contract that I want to take because I am just playing games and watching shows at home and it is not a good feeling
It is a small contract that I want to take because I am just playing games and watching shows at home and it is not a good feeling
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
2 weeks in, & I interviewed a designer today. 😆
It was fun, I am bad at taking interviews and giving them, so I just prefer to have a natural conversation on how it would be day-to-day, assuming they are already accepted.
This gives me a good idea how I would like or not like to work with them
It was fun, I am bad at taking interviews and giving them, so I just prefer to have a natural conversation on how it would be day-to-day, assuming they are already accepted.
This gives me a good idea how I would like or not like to work with them
Coding today on Assassin's Creed Odyssey's main theme and it is so good
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Legend of the Eagle Bearer (Main Theme) [feat. Mike Georgiades] by The Flight on Apple Music
Song · 2018 · Duration 3:53
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November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Coding today on Assassin's Creed Odyssey's main theme and it is so good
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All of my books are available at 44% discount, for the Black Friday sale!
You can use the BLACKFRIDAY coupon at checkout
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You can use the BLACKFRIDAY coupon at checkout
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November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
All of my books are available at 44% discount, for the Black Friday sale!
You can use the BLACKFRIDAY coupon at checkout
academy.rudrank.com
You can use the BLACKFRIDAY coupon at checkout
academy.rudrank.com
Did a new update for Chroma Game! It has a better UI for playing. I plan to add time-based mode + leaderboard for it soon. That will make it addictive, and more fun!
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Color Match Game: Chroma App - App Store
Download Color Match Game: Chroma by Rudrank Riyam on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Color Match Game:…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Did a new update for Chroma Game! It has a better UI for playing. I plan to add time-based mode + leaderboard for it soon. That will make it addictive, and more fun!
apps.apple.com/us/app/color...
apps.apple.com/us/app/color...
Reposted by Rudrank Riyam
OnboardingKit 9.0 for #SwiftUI is out! This library makes it easy to create great onboarding experience, and has various onboarding types, flow views like page views and slideshows, and view templates like the new intro screen.
github.com/danielsaidi/...
github.com/danielsaidi/...
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
OnboardingKit 9.0 for #SwiftUI is out! This library makes it easy to create great onboarding experience, and has various onboarding types, flow views like page views and slideshows, and view templates like the new intro screen.
github.com/danielsaidi/...
github.com/danielsaidi/...
I have improved VecturaKit a lot this month, as I used it in a contract project for RAG + Foundation Models!
github.com/rryam/Vectur...
github.com/rryam/Vectur...
GitHub - rryam/VecturaKit: Swift-based vector database for on-device RAG using MLTensor and MLX Embedders
Swift-based vector database for on-device RAG using MLTensor and MLX Embedders - rryam/VecturaKit
github.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I have improved VecturaKit a lot this month, as I used it in a contract project for RAG + Foundation Models!
github.com/rryam/Vectur...
github.com/rryam/Vectur...
Beyond an iOS Developer
This year has been pretty cool for me. I started going beyond the tag of "iOS/macOS" developer and beyond Swift language, thanks to primarily Cursor and Claude models.
This year has been pretty cool for me. I started going beyond the tag of "iOS/macOS" developer and beyond Swift language, thanks to primarily Cursor and Claude models.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Beyond an iOS Developer
This year has been pretty cool for me. I started going beyond the tag of "iOS/macOS" developer and beyond Swift language, thanks to primarily Cursor and Claude models.
This year has been pretty cool for me. I started going beyond the tag of "iOS/macOS" developer and beyond Swift language, thanks to primarily Cursor and Claude models.
I have made more than I thought I would; but my beard has a few white hair strands. What a tradeoff
Back to Xcode! Only writing code that prints money for Japan trip. 🤖
I started another contract trial today.
Amusing how I was not reached out for work over the past months and when I decided to just watch tv shows and play games, I got 2 in the same week. 😆
Amusing how I was not reached out for work over the past months and when I decided to just watch tv shows and play games, I got 2 in the same week. 😆
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I have made more than I thought I would; but my beard has a few white hair strands. What a tradeoff
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November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Astro's Black Friday is on! 30% on the first year with BLACKFRIDAY2025 coupon! 🎉
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I have created a few issues in the foundation models example that I will tackle with different LLMs and benchmark it.
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GitHub - rudrankriyam/Foundation-Models-Framework-Example: Example apps for Foundation Models Framework in iOS 26 and macOS 26
Example apps for Foundation Models Framework in iOS 26 and macOS 26 - rudrankriyam/Foundation-Models-Framework-Example
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November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I have created a few issues in the foundation models example that I will tackle with different LLMs and benchmark it.
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github.com/rudrankriyam...
Added a big section about guardrails and working with them in the chapter about safety on Foundation Models; Black Friday sale of 44% off!
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Exploring Foundation Models Framework
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November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Added a big section about guardrails and working with them in the chapter about safety on Foundation Models; Black Friday sale of 44% off!
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I went from movie soundtracks to game soundtracks while coding.
Right now, it is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on loop. Just cannot get it out of my head.
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Right now, it is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on loop. Just cannot get it out of my head.
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Lumière by Lorien Testard & Alice Duport-Percier on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 3:42
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I went from movie soundtracks to game soundtracks while coding.
Right now, it is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on loop. Just cannot get it out of my head.
music.apple.com/in/album/lum...
Right now, it is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on loop. Just cannot get it out of my head.
music.apple.com/in/album/lum...
Foundation Models testing workflow with xctrace:
xctrace record --instrument 'Foundation Models' --output token-test.trace --launch my-cli -- token-test
xctrace record --instrument 'Foundation Models' --output token-test.trace --launch my-cli -- token-test
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Foundation Models testing workflow with xctrace:
xctrace record --instrument 'Foundation Models' --output token-test.trace --launch my-cli -- token-test
xctrace record --instrument 'Foundation Models' --output token-test.trace --launch my-cli -- token-test
Apparently I did not do my research well and it is sold out in Japan. 😆
I am so mad at myself lmao; I want to fly to Hong Kong now, so beautiful
I am so mad at myself lmao; I want to fly to Hong Kong now, so beautiful
I literally took up a contract because I wanted to buy Switch 2 without guilt.
But money's purpose is to make you happy, right? What was the reason for the guilt in the first place?
Maybe because I feel behind in the AI race, so I took up one that would make me push myself instead.
But money's purpose is to make you happy, right? What was the reason for the guilt in the first place?
Maybe because I feel behind in the AI race, so I took up one that would make me push myself instead.
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Apparently I did not do my research well and it is sold out in Japan. 😆
I am so mad at myself lmao; I want to fly to Hong Kong now, so beautiful
I am so mad at myself lmao; I want to fly to Hong Kong now, so beautiful
New release of MusadoraKit. Reverted some code I pushed without testing, trusting LLM. Lessons learned.
The repo has devs using at AND users dependent on their apps so I cannot fuck around & find out like that.
But hey, now it also has a CLI to test!
github.com/rryam/Musado...
The repo has devs using at AND users dependent on their apps so I cannot fuck around & find out like that.
But hey, now it also has a CLI to test!
github.com/rryam/Musado...
GitHub - rryam/MusadoraKit: The ultimate companion to MusicKit.
The ultimate companion to MusicKit. Contribute to rryam/MusadoraKit development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New release of MusadoraKit. Reverted some code I pushed without testing, trusting LLM. Lessons learned.
The repo has devs using at AND users dependent on their apps so I cannot fuck around & find out like that.
But hey, now it also has a CLI to test!
github.com/rryam/Musado...
The repo has devs using at AND users dependent on their apps so I cannot fuck around & find out like that.
But hey, now it also has a CLI to test!
github.com/rryam/Musado...
I literally took up a contract because I wanted to buy Switch 2 without guilt.
But money's purpose is to make you happy, right? What was the reason for the guilt in the first place?
Maybe because I feel behind in the AI race, so I took up one that would make me push myself instead.
But money's purpose is to make you happy, right? What was the reason for the guilt in the first place?
Maybe because I feel behind in the AI race, so I took up one that would make me push myself instead.
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I literally took up a contract because I wanted to buy Switch 2 without guilt.
But money's purpose is to make you happy, right? What was the reason for the guilt in the first place?
Maybe because I feel behind in the AI race, so I took up one that would make me push myself instead.
But money's purpose is to make you happy, right? What was the reason for the guilt in the first place?
Maybe because I feel behind in the AI race, so I took up one that would make me push myself instead.
I have transferred the Foundation Models tools to my main packages organization, calling it FoundationModelsKit.
It will have all the extensions and utilities that everyone can use with Foundation Models framework
github.com/rryam/Founda...
It will have all the extensions and utilities that everyone can use with Foundation Models framework
github.com/rryam/Founda...
GitHub - rryam/FoundationModelsKit: Community made tools to directly use it in your app with Foundation Models framework
Community made tools to directly use it in your app with Foundation Models framework - rryam/FoundationModelsKit
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November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have transferred the Foundation Models tools to my main packages organization, calling it FoundationModelsKit.
It will have all the extensions and utilities that everyone can use with Foundation Models framework
github.com/rryam/Founda...
It will have all the extensions and utilities that everyone can use with Foundation Models framework
github.com/rryam/Founda...
The next 10 days will be spent on reading and optimizing the code!
I used my open-source project(s) for reference on this, the foundation models example one and directly using VecturaKit for vector database
I used my open-source project(s) for reference on this, the foundation models example one and directly using VecturaKit for vector database
3 insane days of working hard on this freelance project; still have not written a line of code myself.
Just prompting and dictating to a bunch of clankers.
Just prompting and dictating to a bunch of clankers.
Cracked the foundation models guardrail; grateful to permissiveContentTransformations.
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The next 10 days will be spent on reading and optimizing the code!
I used my open-source project(s) for reference on this, the foundation models example one and directly using VecturaKit for vector database
I used my open-source project(s) for reference on this, the foundation models example one and directly using VecturaKit for vector database
3 insane days of working hard on this freelance project; still have not written a line of code myself.
Just prompting and dictating to a bunch of clankers.
Just prompting and dictating to a bunch of clankers.
Cracked the foundation models guardrail; grateful to permissiveContentTransformations.
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
3 insane days of working hard on this freelance project; still have not written a line of code myself.
Just prompting and dictating to a bunch of clankers.
Just prompting and dictating to a bunch of clankers.
Cracked the foundation models guardrail; grateful to permissiveContentTransformations.
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cracked the foundation models guardrail; grateful to permissiveContentTransformations.
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
Been working for straight 13 hours all night and morning and afternoon. But that's a week's worth of testing!
Added a new chapter on custom adapter with Foundation Models; and that starts the Black Friday sale of 44% off!
academy.rudrank.com/product/foun...
academy.rudrank.com/product/foun...
Exploring Foundation Models
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Added a new chapter on custom adapter with Foundation Models; and that starts the Black Friday sale of 44% off!
academy.rudrank.com/product/foun...
academy.rudrank.com/product/foun...
New release of MusadoraKit!
You can now fetch the `inFavorites` property on Album, Song, Artist and Playlist.
github.com/rryam/Musado...
You can now fetch the `inFavorites` property on Album, Song, Artist and Playlist.
github.com/rryam/Musado...
GitHub - rryam/MusadoraKit: The ultimate companion to MusicKit.
The ultimate companion to MusicKit. Contribute to rryam/MusadoraKit development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New release of MusadoraKit!
You can now fetch the `inFavorites` property on Album, Song, Artist and Playlist.
github.com/rryam/Musado...
You can now fetch the `inFavorites` property on Album, Song, Artist and Playlist.
github.com/rryam/Musado...
What are you getting this Black Friday? I am excited to offer discounts on books, while taking advantage of the sale.
My list has an annual subscription for PS Plus, so I can play Last of Us Part I & II
My list has an annual subscription for PS Plus, so I can play Last of Us Part I & II
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What are you getting this Black Friday? I am excited to offer discounts on books, while taking advantage of the sale.
My list has an annual subscription for PS Plus, so I can play Last of Us Part I & II
My list has an annual subscription for PS Plus, so I can play Last of Us Part I & II
AiOS Dispatch 14: Raining Tokens.
I cover Cursor and Composer 1, Claude Code & Web, Codex, and Polaris Alpha. Give it a read!
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I cover Cursor and Composer 1, Claude Code & Web, Codex, and Polaris Alpha. Give it a read!
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AiOS Dispatch - Latest Issue
Read the latest AiOS Dispatch newsletter with iOS development news, AI integration, and cutting-edge technologies.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
AiOS Dispatch 14: Raining Tokens.
I cover Cursor and Composer 1, Claude Code & Web, Codex, and Polaris Alpha. Give it a read!
aiosdispatch.com
I cover Cursor and Composer 1, Claude Code & Web, Codex, and Polaris Alpha. Give it a read!
aiosdispatch.com