Greg Pierce

@agiletortoise
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I turn inputs into outputs. Make Drafts (indieapps.space/@drafts), and a few other things (https://agiletortoise.com) (he/him)

Texas, USA

Agile Tortoise, Inc.https://agiletortoise.com
My journey with computers started when my dad brought home an Apple ][ in 1977. Happy 50th.

“If trouble don’t kill me, I’ll live a long time”

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I'm Troubled. Doc Watson

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TIP: Did you know Tally’s widgets work great in CarPlay? And are interactive, so you can tap to count.

Good gravy. 26.4 is such a mess. I already worked around a bug that draws an opaque backdrop in *front* of the text in Drafts editor if "Reduce Transparency" is enabled, and now I find that setting is also causing some pretty generic table view based sheets to appear completely blank!

Maybe this wouldn't be quite as bad if they didn't ship a whole major OS redesign that made everyone and their brother go turn on "Reduce Transparency”

NOTICE: iOS 26.4 and Drafts Sync Efficiency

TLDR; if you have not yet installed the iOS 26.4 update it might be best to wait a little while, because it includes a bug that makes Drafts sync (and other apps that rely on iCloud sync) less immediate. If you have installed this update, don’t worry too much. There’s no risk of data loss, you may just notice slower updates between devices.

Details: https://forums.getdrafts.com/t/ios-26-4-and-sync-efficiency/16617

iOS 26.4 and Sync Efficiency

TLDR; if you have not yet installed the iOS 26.4 update it might be best to wait a little while, because it includes a bug that makes Drafts sync (and other apps that rely on iCloud sync) less immediate. If you have installed this update, don’t worry too much. There’s no risk of data loss, you may just notice slower updates between devices. Overview The iOS (and iPadOS) 26.4 update shipped with a bug effecting many apps that utilize iCloud (specifically CloudKit) for sync. To be clear, Drafts...

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New blog post: Small ways the App Store could be improved for developers

Setting aside major policy controversies, the App Store has a large number of minor issues almost 18 years after opening that Apple could fix to make life easier for developers but has neglected to fix.

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/3/13.html

Small ways the App Store could be improved for developers

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116309404063715397

This is a bad take. Apple exerting control over what UI conventions are allowed, or even required, would be disastrous. I dont think you can carve out a special case for video players.

I made a shortcut to generate links for my apps with the new analytics campaign parameters. Should be great for tracking sources.
RIP, Jon Dee Graham. Top notch song writer. https://youtu.be/NL1OQCL874o?si=9ODjqReXUsH2YMJL
Swept Away

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This has been a week of support tickets from people with weird OS and app versions installed. How do you even end up on macOS 14.0 in this day and age? No, not 14.8.5 or anything-literally 14.0