Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦

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Brendan Duddridge. Indie macOS / iOS app developer of Tap Forms Database Pro. The digital filing cabinet for your life. #ObjectiveC #Swift #SwiftUI
Websitehttps://www.tapforms.com
HomeCalgary, 🇨🇦
PassionsProgramming, Mountain Biking
Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦3d ago
Ars Technica3d ago

Steve Jobs in Exile is a fine profile of Jobs' years at NeXT

“Why don’t we just frickin’ call Apple?”
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/06/steve-jobs-in-exile-is-a-fine-profile-of-jobs-years-at-next/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦3d ago
Stewart Lynch 🇨🇦4d ago
Canada finally has a retreat-style Swift conference of its own, and I’m thrilled to be one of the speakers at Swift Rockies 2026 in Calgary. If you’re attending, come say hello! Early Bird tickets are available until June 15. https://swiftrockies.com #SwiftRockies
Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦May 13
Daniel JalkutMay 13
Thirty years ago today, I was hired as a full-time employee at Apple Computer, Inc. https://bitsplitting.org/2026/05/13/thirty-years/
Thirty Years

Today marks the 30 year anniversary of my becoming a full-time employee of Apple Computer, Inc.When I was hired on May 13, 1996, I was 20 years old, a week shy of 21. I was hired on to the Mac System Integration team, which was responsible for "System Updates": the kinds of OS upgrades fellow Mac

Bitsplitting.org
Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦May 11
Randahl FinkMay 11

Impressive tech:

Until now, 3D printers have printed in layers from the bottom of an object to the top. But researchers have figured out how to shoot light at a liquid and print the entire object all at once.

Imagine a future were you can be at an event and instantly get a 3D replica of a new product or even yourself holding the product.

https://youtube.com/shorts/oHQVR2qsKt4?si=jClFXRR-MhNLt3EJ

World's Fastest 3D Printer

YouTube
Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Apr 28
OskarApr 27

Backdrop 2.6 is now available 🚀

This update brings a major redesign to the browsing experience, with an immersive new atmospheric hero, personal Discover feed, and Related Backdrops on detail views

Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Apr 27
Jonathan Apr 27

New App Coming Soon! 🚨 Boosts Appreciated

Eclipse: https://eclipse.pxllit.com/
Join the waitlist to be notified once it’s available. Your email remains private and you will only receive a single email from me once it’s available!

Switch between light and dark mode instantly. Features:
- One click switch to dark mode
- Switches 43% faster than the Control Center toggle (0.80 vs 1.40 seconds). Apples delayed Control Center toggle is more annoying than you might think until you try using it. See the video!
- Set a Keyboard shortcut
- Hiding Dock icon / Menu Bar item (ps: the dock icon acts as a toggle as well!)

Why did I create this? Its annoying to repeatedly open control center to test my Mac apps in both color schemes. Apple’s Control Center toggle is also pretty jank in Control Center and the Menu Bar. Another benefit of Eclipse is that the color scheme animation is preserved unlike other methods!

While your there take a look at some of my other apps: https://pxllit.com/

Thanks,
Jonathan

Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Apr 11
Nice! Almost as exciting as an episode of For All Mankind!
Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Apr 8
Marques BrownleeApr 7
Ok last one: the rarest solar eclipse of all time. Only 4 people have seen this with their naked eyes. The sun is fully behind the moon. The only faint light hitting the near side is reflecting off of earth, 250,000 miles away. And the stars and galaxies in the background, sheesh

Nikon Z9
f/2.0
2 second exposure
ISO 1600

Source (NASA): https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55193054741/
Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Apr 7
Gregory WieberApr 6

BIG news!

After a long wait, my new app Metaballs: Mobile was just approved by Apple and is now available on the App Store!! 🤯

Go get it!

Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/metaballs-mobile/id6761600536

Brendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Apr 6
Natalia PanferovaApr 6
I wrote a post on how we can embed SF Symbols in Text and style them with modifiers in SwiftUI by leveraging LocalizedStringKey interpolation: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/EmbeddingSFSymbolsInSwiftUIText/
#iOSDev #SwiftUI
Embedding SF Symbols in SwiftUI Text

Combine text with icons and style them using modifiers in SwiftUI by leveraging LocalizedStringKey interpolation.

Nil Coalescing