Steve Troughton-SmithDevastated to learn about the passing of @pilky last night, at home, surrounded by family, after a short, unexpected battle with cancer. He was a talented developer, designer, miniature painter and accessibility champion, and one of my closest friends for the past sixteen years. He provided the inspiration and design help I needed when bringing my apps to the Mac, and no social media post will ever convey how much he will be missed
You might have known @pilky for his apps, like Coppice (whose development was streamed on Twitch), or his wealth of knowledge on AppKit & Xcode, or the infamous fixradarorgtfo petition that sparked intense internal debate at Apple and drove a ton of changes to Apple's bug reporting (https://thenextweb.com/news/app-developers-frustrated-with-bug-reporting-tools-call-on-apple-to-fix-radar-or-gtfo). I knew him too, for his mini painting and #warhammer hobby, which we shared. He spurred me on to paint more and improve my skills, to build better, more-accessible apps, and so much more
Frustrated Apple Developers Ask Apple to 'Fix Radar or GTFO'
If you’re an iOS or Mac developer, then you’ve probably had an encounter with Apple’s bug reporting tool called Radar. Although complaints have been voiced about Radar for years, there is now an online petition being passed around that asks