Mastodawn

Is a new MacBook Air 13” base model (8-core GPU, 16gb) suitable as a vacation/travel dev machine (Xcode, simulators etc..)?
My old 15” MBP is just too big for travel.

Darren Feb 9

Has anyone requested an expedited app review lately?
It’s not even a request any more. It instantly grants you an expedited review. No idea when this changed, you used to wait half a day for a reply to the request.
I’ve used it 4 times in the last 2 weeks to get a bad bug fix (or two) out.

Darren Jan 23

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Fiona Jan 22

RE: https://social.troll.academy/@mushu/115937976404644181

@0xabad1dea

Wrote down some notes:
https://runjak.codes/posts/2026-01-21-adversarial-coding-test/

@nicklockwood related: https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware-why-ai-coding

Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up

78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.

Mike Judge

Darren Dec 20

Simon Wolf Dec 19

As expected, people who manage to generate noise finally get a response from Apple. I’d delighted that access to everything has been restored but I wonder how many cases there are where we never hear anything about it and the accounts just remain locked.

I have over 500 iTunes movie purchases but stopped buying from them a couple of years ago and generally don’t consider myself locked in and certainly don’t ever want to feel like I’m trapped by my previous decisions.

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison

Darren Dec 2

I’m not a big cloud provider, just a solo app developer, and I spent the last 7 months making an app that lets you submit from a spreadsheet.
I can’t give it away, but it will only be £40/year!
And no data stored anywhere.

https://mtd.tax

ITSA MTD — MTD for Income Tax (macOS, iOS)

Submit quarterly updates and final declarations directly from your own spreadsheets. HMRC-recognised bridging for MTD ITSA.

Darren Nov 24

Does it really matter though?
Someone if bouncing their VPN off of my internet connection. So what?

Darren Nov 23

I’ve finally finished up the iOS version of my new Making Tax Digital app. 7 months in the making so far!
April 26 deadline is approaching fast.

Darren Oct 19

Xcode AI is utter garbage!! Telling me to use view modifiers that don’t exist!
I have to argue with it to get it to agree.

Darren Oct 6

There’s not a single thing I like about (mac/i)OS 26 😫
The big roundedness of everything looks childish. It’s so hard to quickly navigate things.