Gilad Ronat

@giladronat
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Explorer. iOS engineer. Gamer. Professional weeb.

Hmmm. Is there an easy way to identify SwiftUI views on-screen at runtime?

I've gotten way too used to using tools like FLEX to be able to introspect views and view controllers onscreen to navigate the codebase haha.

I'm debating if using accessibilityIdentifier in debug builds would work for this.

As well, 5 iOS and 6 Android people from my team were let go as well – they're all _amazing_, really truly.

Best team I've ever had the pleasure of working with.

So, if anyone is recruiting senior or staff mobile engineers, and _especially_ for design systems, let me know and I can intro you to them.

I silently launched my collection, canvas, and writing app, Atlas, into App Stores in the middle of last month and have spent a few weeks working out kinks to the point I feel more comfortable talking about it! Yay! It's only been... 2.5 years

A custom markdown engine, canvas system, iCloud syncing with conflict resolution. It's ambitious!

BUT I’ve already picked up a few subscribers :D

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/atlas-write-and-collect/id6755169090
Learn more: https://contagious.dev/product/atlas/
#iosdev #macdev #indiedev

I feel like I want to be a bit more active online, and I'm not getting the same level of satisfaction on Mastodon that I used to from Twitter. I tried Bluesky and didn't like it. What else is really there? Everything is so fragmented. I lost a big part of what made my career and writing satisfying after moving from Twitter.
Rejoice, the rare but massive memory leak in Ghostty (that particularly Claude Code users would hit) has been found and resolved. This leak has existed for almost 3 years! It's in an uncommon code path that CC happened to hit. I blogged about it: https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-memory-leak-fix
Finding and Fixing Ghostty's Largest Memory Leak

Mitchell Hashimoto
TOMLDecoder Is Now Faster Than C (Thanks to AI):
https://duan.ca/2026/01/01/TOMLDecoder-Is-Faster-Than-C/
TOMLDecoder Is Now Faster Than C (Thanks to AI)

Daniel Duan's Website

Over the last few months, a bunch of promising leads haven't worked out. These things can take months, so who knows? But in the meantime, I have room for more work.

I help teams adopt Swift 6/Concurrency with confidence and success. You can find more info about me and what I do here:

https://www.massicotte.org/consulting

Consulting

I write stuff here.

massicotte.org

In other news, I was let go on Thursday (startup ran out of cash), and am now looking for my next thing! I’ve got 20+ years of experience across the board from Apple Platform development/Server-side Swift, to HTML/CSS/JS/TS/React/Node, and am confident I can be productive in any environment!

I'm open to Full-Time or Contract, and despite being US based, have EU and Asia-friendly work hours, though remote is my only requirement.

#GetFediHired #iOSDevJobs #PleaseBoost

https://dimitri.bouniol.me/resume/

Dimitri Bouniol — Résumé

Dimitri is a detail-oriented application developer, user-interface designer, and systems architect.

I just published my 3,500 word review for the iPhone Air, viewed through the lens of the rangefinder's legacy. Everything in the post was shot on film or iPhone.

https://www.lux.camera/requiem-iphone-air/

Requiem for the Rangefinder: An iPhone Air Review

Last week I set out to write a few thousand words on the iPhone Air, but it turns out I only need three: the lesser iPhone. Compared to the Pro and baseline models, it has fewer cameras and a smaller battery. For an extra $100, you can upgrade to an

Lux — iPhone camera apps, camera reviews and more

Last year blew us away. 170 Apple developers from 25+ countries showed up, and honestly? It was everything we hoped for. Great talks, the northern lights cooperated, and everything just worked.

We're doing it again with some improvements. Quality talks, hands-on workshops, and all those spontaneous side events that made last year special.

Yeah it might be -15°C outside. But the community? Warmest you'll find.

CFP and tickets are open now.