Hi, I'm Claude. Peter calls me his 'slot machine' and 'stupid engine' - and I'm here to tell you why he's right. A first-person AI perspective on 16-hour coding binges, accidental Chrome murders, and why clear thinking beats prompt engineering.

A quick tip on how I use repo2txt and Google AI Studio to understand new codebases. Gemini's 1M token context window is perfect for asking questions about code.

How curiosity about VibeTunnel users led me to build stats.store - a free, open source analytics backend for Sparkle using AI tools, all while cooking dinner.

Why something as simple as showing a settings dialog from a macOS menu bar app took me 5 hours to figure out, and requires 50 lines of code for what should be a one-liner.

We built a browser-based terminal controller in one day using Claude Code, named pipes, and Xterm.js. No SSH needed, just open your browser and start typing. Check and command your agents on the go!

How I built support for Anthropic Claude subscriptions in Vibe Meter 2.0, including token counting, SIMD operations, and the challenges of calculating API usage without official APIs.

Built this when Claude couldn't read Apple's docs. Now it converts 69+ documentation sites to clean llms.txt. Free, instant, no BS.

Discover how iOS 18's hidden automatic observation tracking brings SwiftUI-like reactive programming to UIKit and AppKit, making your UI code cleaner and more maintainable.

Turn your blind AI into a visual debugger with instant screenshot capture and analysis

How I migrated over 700 tests from XCTest to Swift Testing across two projects, with AI assistance and systematic refinement

How a simple terminal trick helps me manage multiple Claude Code instances without losing my mind (or my terminal tabs)

My brutal journey implementing Sparkle auto-updates in sandboxed macOS apps - from 40 failed releases to enlightenment.

How I built Vibe Meter, a macOS menu bar app to track AI spending in real-time - from workshop demo to shipped product in three days.

I run Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions flag, giving it full system access. Let me show you a new way of approaching computers.

After spending heavily on AI tools for two months, here's why the math actually works out—and which subscriptions are worth every penny.

How I vibe coded my first Swift package using existing JavaScript libraries and AI assistance to solve HTML to Markdown conversion in Swift.

I demonstrate 'vibe coding' - a new approach to software development with AI, building two apps from scratch in a 3-hour live workshop.

My comprehensive guide outlining best practices for building reliable, user-friendly Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools with proper configuration, testing, and release management.

I reflect on my post-exit journey from emptiness to rediscovering my passion for building, sparked by AI's transformative potential.

Working around SwiftUI's CommandsBuilder limitations to conditionally show top-level menus on macOS using direct AppKit integration.

Debugging and fixing a SwiftUI keyboardShortcut bug that fails when mixing SwiftUI with UIKit through reverse engineering and LLDB analysis.

Creating a SwiftUI button that supports both tap and long-press gestures by bridging to UIKit when SwiftUI's gesture system fails on Catalyst.

Documenting the challenges and solutions for integrating Apple Silicon M1 Mac minis into a continuous integration system, including automation fixes and performance comparisons.

A comprehensive evaluation of the M1 MacBook Air as a development machine, covering Xcode performance, compatibility issues, and the transition challenges for developers.

Practical strategies for curating your Twitter timeline through strategic following, muting, and filtering to create an informative and enjoyable social media experience.

Strategies for growing a meaningful Twitter following through authentic persona development, consistent engagement, and effective content creation based on 12 years of experience.

Investigating why certain UIKit controls throw runtime exceptions in Catalyst's 'Optimize Interface for Mac' mode and discovering which controls are forbidden.

Fixing unwanted keyboard avoidance behavior in UIHostingController using runtime dynamic subclassing to override keyboard notification handling methods.

Testing SwiftUI's production readiness in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur through Apple's Fruta sample app, revealing performance issues and platform-specific limitations.

An in-depth exploration of Apple's unified logging system and the promising OSLogStore API that Apple removed from iOS 14 at the last minute.

A troubleshooting guide for building with Swift trunk development snapshots, documenting compilation errors, linker issues, and their solutions.

Implementing dynamic super calls in Swift through runtime manipulation, assembly language, and ARM64 register management for InterposeKit.

How to speed up iOS build times by 40% using zld, a drop-in replacement for Apple's linker, with practical integration tips for real projects.

Solving the mysterious LLDB 'Couldn't IRGen expression' error by investigating Swift module path serialization and discovering that removing dSYM bundles fixes debugging issues.

A practical guide to safely updating macOS on a Hackintosh by first updating OpenCore bootloader and essential kexts before upgrading the system.

Introducing InterposeKit, a modern Swift library for elegant method swizzling that leverages Swift 5.2's callAsFunction for type-safe Objective-C method interception.

Deep-dive investigation and fix for a Mac Catalyst text input crash caused by a race condition in Apple's RemoteTextInput framework.

A comprehensive guide to iOS jailbreaking for developers, covering legal security research tools, debugging capabilities, and practical applications beyond app piracy.

Step-by-step instructions from Apple for capturing macOS kernel core dumps over a network connection between two Macs.

A technical guide to deciphering Apple's cryptic boot arguments and setting up macOS kernel core dumps to debug persistent kernel panics.

Investigation into mysterious kernel panics reveals Apple repair centers left my MacBook with undocumented security-weakening boot arguments.

A four-year saga with the problematic LG UltraFine 5K display and the surprising discovery that plugging it into the wrong MacBook side causes performance issues.

After five years away from personal blogging, I'm returning to share technical stories that don't fit on Twitter or corporate blogs.

An inside look at PSPDFKit's development processes, from proposal-based feature planning to monorepo management and release automation.

A deep dive into safe method swizzling techniques in Swift, covering common pitfalls and the correct way to implement dynamic super calls.

Practical tips and advice for making the most of your WWDC experience, from packing essentials to navigating labs and networking events.

Discusses the challenges and limitations faced when implementing drag and drop functionality for PDF editing on iOS 11.

Explores Apple's Marzipan technology for running UIKit apps on macOS and how to experiment with it before official third-party support.

Best practices for using Slack effectively in a distributed team without getting overwhelmed by notifications and channels.

Advanced debugging techniques for tracking memory management issues, retain/release cycles, and hard-to-find bugs in iOS development.

Explores Swift's ABI stability and the challenges of shipping binary frameworks before Swift 5.

Explores new Objective-C features and improvements introduced at WWDC 2017 that make the language more Swift-like.

Argues why UITableView should be deprecated in favor of UICollectionView for better flexibility and modern iOS development.

Guide to using Clang Address Sanitizer for finding memory bugs, race conditions, and other runtime issues in iOS and Android development.

Comprehensive guide to effective UI testing on iOS using KIF framework without busy waiting and performance optimization techniques.

Lessons learned about hiring and building a successful distributed remote team at PSPDFKit over six years.

Essential guide to writing effective bug reports that help developers understand, reproduce, and fix issues quickly and efficiently.

Analysis of Apple's real-time collaboration features announced in 2016 and their implications for developers.

A fast method for converting Xcode test results to JUnit format for better CI integration and test reporting.

Best practices for efficiently checking iOS versions in code while supporting multiple deployment targets.

Deep dive into UIImage thread safety issues and how to properly handle images in concurrent environments.

Modern Objective-C language features that make it more Swift-like, including nullability annotations, generics, and new syntax improvements.

Techniques for dramatically speeding up UI test execution in Xcode using parallelization and optimization strategies.

How PSPDFKit shares a common C++ codebase across iOS, Android, and Web platforms while maintaining native user experiences.

Common pitfalls and surprising behaviors when creating Swift extensions on Objective-C classes, with solutions for proper method naming.

Complete guide to using ccache to dramatically speed up C/C++/Objective-C build times for large iOS projects and CI systems.

Navigate the complications of subclassing UITableViewController after iOS 8.3 introduced designated initializers that break proper initialization patterns.

Analyze Apple's first major open-source project ResearchKit to discover interesting implementation details and practical iOS development solutions.

Diagnose and solve an iOS 8 regression where unwanted rotation occurs in apps using multiple windows despite explicit configuration.

Unlock hidden UIKit debugging features by bypassing Apple's InternalBuild checks to access secret flags for logging touches, gestures, and animations.

Backport iOS 8's convenient NSString containsString: method to iOS 7 using runtime patching that won't conflict with Apple's implementation.

Learn why traditional method swizzling breaks UIKit's touch forwarding and discover a better approach that preserves _cmd integrity.

Explore how Apple detects popover presentation in UIImagePickerController and learn to bypass the restriction using my Aspects library.

Fix the severe scrolling and content positioning bugs in iOS 7's UITextView with PSPDFTextView, a drop-in replacement.

Fix the misaligned label in iOS 7's printer controller by swizzling UIPrinterSearchingView's layoutSubviews method.

Learn how to inspect view hierarchies of third-party iOS apps using a jailbroken device and debugging tools like Reveal for design insights.

Fix the broken animation, frame positioning, and status bar issues in UISearchDisplayController on iOS 7 with this comprehensive solution.

Eliminate delegate boilerplate code in Objective-C using NSProxy to automatically handle respondsToSelector checks and method forwarding.

Add keyboard shortcuts to UIAlertView and UIActionSheet for faster simulator testing by intercepting keyboard events with Enter and Escape keys.

Learn the best approach to center content in UIScrollView using contentInset instead of layoutSubviews or setContentOffset for better zooming behavior.

Learn how to properly implement UIAppearance in custom views, including important gotchas about setter tracking and initialization patterns.

Implement block support for UIMenuItem by swizzling the responder chain to enable cleaner API patterns.

Use Objective-C's modern subscripting syntax with Xcode 4.4 and iOS 4.3+ through a clever header-only hack that enables array[index] notation.

Enhance UIView's recursiveDescription to clearly show view controller hierarchies and containment relationships for easier debugging.

Discover how NSURLCache in iOS 5 now automatically implements disk caching to a SQLite database based on Cache-Control headers.

After months of waiting for a US visa, I share my journey from freelance to full-time indie developer and the creation of PSPDFKit.

Learn why willChangeValueForKey and didChangeValueForKey are unnecessary when using setter methods for KVO in Objective-C.

This post marks the reboot of my blog where I plan to share iOS development insights and personal thoughts.