Ray Fix

@rayfix
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Swift language enthusiast, contributor at kodeco.com, microscope builder at discover-echo.com. I like cats.
Personal Bloghttps://rayfix.org
Kodecohttps://www.kodeco.com/u/rayfix
ECHO Microscopeshttps://discover-echo.com
A Flock of Swiftshttp://aflockofswifts.org
“This is an interactive story about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) told from two perspectives: Parent and Child. Select one to continue.” https://pudding.cool/2026/03/ivf/
A Journey Through Infertility

An interactive journey about IVF, told from two perspectives.

The Pudding

"Stop spending money on Claude Code. Chipotle's support bot is free."

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437833541851410433/

New resource for those who suffering from #longCOVID:

The Long COVID Treatment Guide comes from a collaboration between RTHM and the Patient-Led Research Collaborative.

https://www.rthm.com/treatmentguide

Long COVID Treatment Guide

An evidence-supported guide covering treatments addressing multiple Long COVID symptoms & mechanisms — focused on prescription medication, with a limited set of supplements, OTC medications, procedures, and lifestyle modifications included for breadth.

RTHM
“Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens — the closest yet to a universal vaccine.” https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/02/universal-vaccine.html
One vaccine may provide broad protection against many respiratory infections and allergens

Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens — the closest yet to a universal vaccine.

News Center

If I post solid data that COVID surges are decreasing, SOMEONE will feel the need to say the don't believe it or that the data isn't reliable. This is the COVID-aware version of vax deniers--they will believe what they want and discount all data and research to the contrary.

3 things can be true at once:
COVID's still a risk.
Long COVID is a concern.
COVID infection risks are falling.

It takes nothing away from appropriate COVID caution to note that our surges are consistently declining. 1/2

Just what the climate needed — setting Tehran's oil storage facilities on fire.

I am standing in my kitchen, sorting the trash into four different containers, because my country wants the planet to survive; meanwhile Trump and Putin have decided that the planet will not be needed after they are gone.

Following up the @swiftlang blog post this month: https://www.swift.org/blog/whats-new-in-swift-february-2026/

Adding to that, here's a small wrap-up post about the pre-#fosdem Swift Community Event, including the long awaited group pic! :-)

https://forums.swift.org/t/wrapping-up-pre-fosdem-community-event-2026-and-photos/85108

Thank you everyone for joining us! #swiftlang

🚀 New libraries for @graphql on Vapor and Hummingbird dropped!

Expose GraphQL APIs with just one line of code:
routeBuilder.graphql(schema: schema) { ... }

✅ Full spec compliance
✅ WebSocket subscriptions
✅ Built-in GraphiQL IDE

Check them out 👇
https://forums.swift.org/t/introducing-graphql-vapor-hummingbird-packages/84758

Introducing GraphQL Vapor & Hummingbird Packages

The GraphQLSwift organization is excited to publicly release graphql-vapor and graphql-hummingbird, which simplify exposing GraphQL APIs through the Vapor and Hummingbird server frameworks. Correctly exposing a GraphQL schema through HTTP is not trivial; you must consider specialized encodings, match errors to response status codes, and integrate specialized subscription protocols. The new graphql-hummingbirdand graphql-vapor packages handle all of these details. Integration is as easy as calli...

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