Mastodawn

Do I trust this computer?, my iPhone asks me for what has to be the thousandth time using the same computer logged into the same Apple ID. Enter your passcode, it demands once again, reflecting the hardware, software, and services working together in a way only Apple can deliver.

Dave DeLong 2d ago

Dimitri Bouniol 4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@davedelong/116252403838743252

Go follow @spencercurtis and try out PodCenter!

Dave DeLong 4d ago

A local friend of mine has been working on a new macOS app to help you manage your iPod: https://podcenter.app

No more Finder, no more iTunes…

PodCenter - Your iPod Command Center

PodCenter is the modern command center for classic iPods and Finder-based devices. Sync, convert, and organize your music library with complete transparency.

Dave DeLong Mar 5

I’ve considered switching my personal timekeeping over to the Julian calendar, but its days are numbered.

Dave DeLong Mar 3

tomate 🍅Mar 3

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Dave DeLong Feb 20

Erik Bosman Feb 20

The most important output of a junior engineer is a senior engineer.

Dave DeLong Feb 13

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The Seven Voyages Of Steve Feb 13

Being a renter of things is a power dynamic that is massively skewed in favour of the landlord. Why would renting the ability to write software be any different? Giving up your ability to create, and renting it back from a company that absolutely doesn't care about you and will absolutely screw you over in a heartbeat if it suits them is a death sentence for independence

Dave DeLong Feb 11

Tickets are LIVE for #SwiftRockies! There are only 180 seats available for this round-table conference in Calgary on July 22 and 23rd.

I'll teach you how to build SwiftUI views with APIs that look and feel like Apple's native containers. Custom tab views? Navigation stacks? Timelines? No problem! All fully styleable, hooked into the SwiftUI environment, and without littering "AnyView" all over.

See all the schedule and get your ticket at https://swiftrockies.com #iOSDev #SwiftUI #SwiftLang

SwiftRockies 2026 | The iOS Retreat in the Wild

A practitioner-focused iOS developer conference at the Calgary Zoo. July 22-23, 2026. Request an invite today.

Dave DeLong Feb 7

Steve Troughton-Smith Feb 7

Much as you don't generally go auditing the bytecode or intermediate representation generated by your compiler, I think the idea of manually reviewing LLM-written code will fall by the wayside too. Like it or not, these agents are the new compilers, and prompting them is the new programming. Regardless of what happens with any AI bubble, this is just how things will be from now on; we've experienced a permanent, irreversible increase to the level of abstraction. We are all assembly programmers

Dave DeLong Feb 7

Pretty pleased with the code I've been writing the past couple of days. I've managed to get AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer working for arbitrary audio playback, and just finished up a nice little SwiftUI view to show playback progress