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🚨 #Xcode 26.4 has been released! 🚨

It is identical to the Release Candidate, so if you have that, you're all set!

Specific details are here: https://techhub.social/@xcodereleases/116251634196450728

As always, the https://xcodereleases.com website, API, and RSS feed have been updated with the latest information. Support this project at https://opencollective.com/xcodereleases!

Xcode Releases (@[email protected])

🚨 #Xcode 26.4 RC 1 is out! 🚨 The SDKs in #Xcode 26.4 RC 1 (build 17E192, requires macOS 26.2+) are: macOS 26.4 (25E236) iOS 26.4 (23E237) watchOS 26.4 (23T238) tvOS 26.4 (23L236) visionOS 26.4 (23O238) Clang 21.0.0 (2100.0.123.102) Swift 6.3 (6.3.0.123.5) The https://xcodereleases.com website, API, and RSS feed have been updated with the latest information. Support this project at https://opencollective.com/xcodereleases!

TechHub

Smiling Kenshi 2d ago

Graham Lee, D.Phil Mar 16

Announcing AppScript: an interpreted Objective-C subset with no pointers or primitive C types. We finally got Objective-C without the C. https://codeberg.org/leeg/appscript

appscript

AppScript is a scripting language that simplifies working with Cocoa frameworks.

Codeberg.org

Smiling Kenshi 2d ago

Today I learnt about the CLU programming language by Barbara Liskov.

Talk about being ahead of its time...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLU_(programming_language)

CLU (programming language) - Wikipedia

Smiling Kenshi Mar 17

Kaylee’s Apps Mar 17

✨ Video of my talk is now available! ✨

Come watch me nervously attempt to explain the why and how of making games with SwiftUI, at iOS Conf SG 2026. We have inside baseball jokes, dancing monkeys, and Garlic Boy 🫨

#GameDev #SwiftLang #SwiftUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVjJ2pBsTEw

Game Development in SwiftUI

YouTube

Smiling Kenshi Mar 17

nixCraft 🐧Mar 17

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech. Reddit researcher exposes Meta’s $2B campaign to force Apple and Google into building surveillance systems while exempting its own platforms
https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

Meta is pure evil who is pushing age verification laws to benefits from surveillance tech.

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech

Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.

Gadget Review

Smiling Kenshi Mar 10

Food for thought: "...the negative factors do not net out; they compound."

The context of this quote was economics, but I think it could apply to a lot of things.

Smiling Kenshi Mar 6

Kuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋Mar 6

I made a "dashboard" listing available #atproto relays & Jetstream servers run by #bluesky and by people/teams from the community, comparing how much of the network they cover.

It's meant to stream from all sources simultaneously for e.g. 1 hour each day and compare how many different account DIDs it has seen from each: https://pulsar.feeds.blue

Pulsar - ATProto relay observatory

Dashboard of currently active AT Protocol relays and Jetstream servers

Smiling Kenshi Feb 18

Awareness is the first step to change... I've been saying "no croissants" this week for most of 2026. Maybe a better target is 1 croissant per week...

😅

Smiling Kenshi Feb 18

Aral Balkan Feb 18

Countries for which genocide is a deal breaker:

Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain

Countries for which genocide is not a deal breaker:

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (2nd largest arms dealer of the genocide behind the US; historic fan of genocides), Greece, Israel (our good friends who are carrying out the genocide), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026

#EurovisionSongContest #EurovisionSongContest2026 #Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #GenocideSongContest #UnitedByGenocide #Europe #EU #israel #EuropeanValues #genocide #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #BDS #FreePalestine