Tag:Swift

All the articles with the tag "Swift".

• Poltergeist: The Ghost That Keeps Your Builds Fresh

  Published:5 Aug, 2025

  • 8 min read

  

  Meet Poltergeist: an AI-friendly universal build watcher that auto-detects and rebuilds any project—Swift, Rust, Node.js, CMake, or anything else—the moment you save a file. Zero config, just haunting productivity.

• Logging Privacy Shenanigans

  Published:29 Jul, 2025

  • 7 min read

  

  Apple's logs redact your debugging data as <private>. Here's what actually gets hidden, why old tricks don't work anymore, and the only reliable way to see your logs again.

• Making AppleScript Work in macOS CLI Tools: The Undocumented Parts

  Published:3 Jul, 2025

  • 6 min read

  

  How to make AppleScript work in macOS CLI tools without permission dialogs blaming Terminal. A deep dive into Info.plist embedding, TCC, and undocumented APIs born from building Terminator MCP.

• Peekaboo 2.0 – Free the CLI from its MCP shackles

  Published:2 Jul, 2025

  • 4 min read

  

  Peekaboo 2.0 ditches the MCP-only approach for a CLI-first architecture, because CLIs are the universal interface that both humans and AI agents can actually use effectively

• Vibe Meter 2.0: Calculating Claude Code Usage with Token Counting

  Published:15 Jun, 2025

  • 6 min read

  

  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.

• Automatic Observation Tracking in UIKit and AppKit: The Feature Apple Forgot to Mention

  Published:11 Jun, 2025

  • 8 min read

  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.

• Peekaboo MCP – lightning-fast macOS screenshots for AI agents

  Published:7 Jun, 2025

  • 5 min read

  

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

• Migrating 700+ Tests to Swift Testing: A Real-World Experience

  Published:6 Jun, 2025

  • 13 min read

  

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

• Code Signing and Notarization: Sparkle and Tears

  Published:5 Jun, 2025

  • 10 min read

  

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

• Vibe Meter: Monitor Your AI Costs

  Published:4 Jun, 2025

  • 7 min read

  

  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.