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It’s been about two months since I was laid off from Mozilla, and I’m still on the job hunt! I’m looking for an #iOS role, open to other #Apple platforms. 10+ YoE total across a few industries, exclusively iOS for the last 7+. Happy in both #Swift and #ObjC environments. #Remote / Chicagoland. #fedihired
#apple #ios #remote #fedihired #swift #objc

Check out the latest blog post on the #swiftlang website about the #adwaita for #swift package!

https://www.swift.org/blog/adwaita-swift/

You can find the repo on GitHub: https://github.com/AparokshaUI/adwaita-swift

#linux #libadwaita #gnome #gtk


GitHub - AparokshaUI/adwaita-swift: A framework for creating user interfaces for GNOME with an API similar to SwiftUI

A framework for creating user interfaces for GNOME with an API similar to SwiftUI - AparokshaUI/adwaita-swift
GitHub
#linux #gnome #gtk #libadwaita #swift #adwaita #swiftlang

The #gnome app "Memorize" is on Flathub!

https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.david_swift.Flashcards

It is written using Adwaita for #swift with an interface very similar to #swiftui.

https://github.com/david-swift/Memorize

#linux #flathub #libadwaita


Install Memorize on Linux | Flathub

Study flashcards
Flathub
#linux #gnome #libadwaita #flathub #swift #swiftui

Content warning: Opinion about operating systems, possible holy war, strong language.

#apple #swift

After being with Mozilla for a little over 5 years, I've been laid off today, alongside a group of some of my favorite people. So, I'm on the job market! I've got ~8 years #iOS, #Swift, and #ObjC under my belt, working on everything from libraries all the way through full user-facing features. So, I'm #opentowork. Remote (US), working out of the Chicagoland area. 👀 LinkedIn in bio. Boosts would be much appreciated!
#ios #swift #objc #opentowork

There are 3 #Swift relatedt things i wanted to explore but I never had time to do so. They are
- Swift Argument Parser: a library for elegant and nice parsing of command-line argument
- SwiftSoup: a library used for web scraping
- Creating a full Swift utility as an SPM package rather than Xcode project. I was forced, or rather motivated to do all 3 thanks to my Chinese university studies. In order to download audio material for the official #HSK #book, one needs to go to a website, click a link for the file, and confirm whether you want to download it, for sure! Tage into account that the server is slow, and every such operation takes a minute or something like that, multiply that by the number of tracks and by the number of books. I have discovered that the HSk sites have the exactly same structure, hence I want to build an utility that will scrape the website and download the files for me and my teachers. I want to publish my work to Github so yall can roast the unstructuredmess it is heh. There's always room for improvement.
#book #swift #hsk

Currently working on two #gnome apps!

- Scripter: A simple app for basic scripts ⌨️ & calculations 📐 [GitHub: https://github.com/david-swift/Scripter]
- Flashcards: Create, edit, and study flashcard sets 🎓 - easily import your existing Quizlet sets [GitHub: https://github.com/david-swift/Flashcards]

Both are written in #swift using an interface similar to #swiftui for #gtk and #libadwaita [GitHub: https://github.com/AparokshaUI/Adwaita]

A native GNOME app with a code view containing Python code and a sidebar on the right showing the output of that code
A native GNOME app with a list of sets in the sidebar on the left and a "carousel view" in the main view showing the flashcards in the selected set
A native GNOME app with a view showing a word (the flashcard's "front") and a text field for entering the answer (the "back").
A native GNOME app showing a list of flashcards, showing the user's answer directly below the question. Some answers are marked green, one answer is marked red because it is wrong.

GitHub - AparokshaUI/Adwaita: A framework for creating user interfaces for GNOME with an API similar to SwiftUI

A framework for creating user interfaces for GNOME with an API similar to SwiftUI - GitHub - AparokshaUI/Adwaita: A framework for creating user interfaces for GNOME with an API similar to SwiftUI
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#gnome #gtk #libadwaita #swift #swiftui

I came across a blog from a 2 years ago that compared different implementations of dot product. It had a couple interesting points. The cost of functional programming in #Swift was huge (31x on M1 and 198x on x86). I did an equivalent test in #Rust and the cost was 1x (on M2). That lets programmers use the high level abstractions without dreading the performance costs.

Rust:
left.iter().zip(right.iter())
.map(|(&l, &r)| l * r )
.sum::<f64>()
https://eclecticlight.co/2021/08/04/when-idiomatic-code-is-slower-and-how-to-accelerate/


When idiomatic code is slower, and how to Accelerate

Benchmarking 32-bit Float vector dot-product calculations using Swift, NEON assembly, and Apple’s SIMD libraries, on Intel and M1 Macs.
The Eclectic Light Company
#rust #swift

OK, trying an experiment with my Programming Languages class!

• Have an AI generate some of your writing assignment.
• Critique its output. Call BS on its BS.

Assignment details in screenshots below. I’ll let you know how it goes.

(Here are the links from the screenshots:)

Raw AI Text:
https://gist.github.com/pcantrell/7b68ce7c5b2e329543e2dadd6853be21

Comments on AI Text:
https://gist.github.com/pcantrell/d51bc2d4257027a6b4c64c9010d42c32

(Better) Human Text
https://gist.github.com/pcantrell/f363734336e6063f61e451e2658b50a6

#ai #chatgpt #education #writing #highered
#swift #proglang

Project check-in 2: Shred the AI Due Friday by 6pm I asked the ChatGPT AI to explain the core concept behind our Swift optionals activity. The AI produced an answer that was very impressive…for an AI. For a human, the answer would be pretty bad writing: fastidiously grammatical but verbose, full of fluff and waste, repeating ideas instead of synthesizing them, and sometimes just flat-out wrong. Here is what the AI wrote Links to an external site.. Here are my comments on its response Links to an external site.. (Don’t worry: I won’t be this detailed or this harsh with your writing. I want to be as critical as I can be, and I know I won’t hurt the AI’s feelings.) Here is my own attempt at a better answer to the same questions Links to an external site.. The fundamental problem with the AI’s answer is that it doesn’t really know what its main point is. It meanders around the relevant concepts, but it never quite manages to get to the heart of the central idea at hand. It is parroting fragments of the words of others, hoping that somehow they will coalesce into a coherent new thought. (They don’t.) It’s uncanny how much it’s like bad student writing. If I didn’t know this was written by an AI, I would probably think it was written by a student (or maybe an employee at a web content farm) trying to fill out their minimum word count at the last minute based on nothing but hasty web searching.
You all can do much better than the AI! Instead of doing a traditional pre-submission project check-in, I have a challenge for you: ask an AI to write a few paragraphs of your paper, and then critique its output. Here’s what to do: Use an AI (ChatGPT or other) to generate a few paragraphs of your final project. You can use the AI to generate English text or code, whichever is appropriate to your project. You can use ChatGPT or a different AI. The OpenAI account you need for ChatGPT is cheap but not free, and maybe a little intrusive. If you don’t want to set up an account and generate text yourself, let me know your topic and I will happily generate some text for you. Just ask. Save the raw text the AI gave you. Write comments about the AI’s output, much like the ones I wrote above. You can write your comments inline like I did, or use the Comments / Suggested Edits features of Google Docs, or use the Review / Track Changes features of MS Word. Consider the following: What is correct, a good point? What is wrong? What is missing? (This is the hardest one.) What is useless, just filler language? You do not have to be as detailed as I was with the AI. Quick notes are fine! Please send me (1) the original AI text and (2) your comments.
You do not have to create the “better human version” like I did. Of course, doing so might help you write your paper. If you choose to do that, however, don’t let the AI decide your paper’s structure for you. It might give you some good ideas for things to talk about! It might point out some ideas and resources you hadn’t considered! But it might also mislead you into a line of argument that is wrong (as the AI did with my response above), or into a structure that doesn’t make sense. Don’t switch off your own good sense — not for a computer, and not for a human either. Not ever. JUST TO BE CLEAR: Using an AI to help write your assignment would be cheating in most circumstances. Don’t let the fact that we are doing this as an exercise confuse you about the ethics of coursework in general! If you think an AI would help you with an assignment, you need to ask your instructor. Hopefully you already know all that, but I do not want to leave any confusion about it.

Raw AI text.md

GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Gist
#AI #education #writing #swift #chatgpt #highered #proglang

The first half hour of @rjmccall’s talk provides really good insight into Apple’s plans and motivation for Swift: a single successor language for C/C++/Obj-C for the entire stack, including kernel and embedded systems. Focused on correctness, safety, and security. Incremental adoption is key, hence the importance of interop with C, Obj-C, and now C++. #Swift

“Introducing a Memory-Safe Successor Language in Large C++ Code Bases”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgivCGdmFrw


Introducing a Memory-Safe Successor Language in Large C++ Code Bases - John McCall - CppNow 2023

https://www.cppnow.org​https://www.linkedin.com/company/cppnow---Introducing a Memory-Safe Successor Language in Large Code Bases - John McCall - CppNow 2023...
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#swift @John McCall

Today I'm excited to finally introduce @walleri!

Walleri is a Mastodon Client that lets you listen to your timeline instead of reading it!

Here is the TestFlight Link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/kex6mnjV

If you have any feedback - good or bad, don't hesitate to reach out!

#walleri #swift #swiftlang #swiftui #ios #iosdev #iosdevelopment #tootsdk #fedidev #mastodonapi #buildinpublic #mastodev #testflight #xcode #indiedev

Join the Walleri beta

Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
#ios #indiedev #mastodev #swift #iosdev #swiftlang #swiftui #tootsdk #xcode #walleri #iosdevelopment #fedidev #mastodonapi #BuildInPublic #testflight @Walleri

Man Reader - my Mac app for reading Terminal command man pages - has finally had its long awaited update. The new version is now waiting for review.

Currently, Man Reader costs USD 4.99 or the local equivalent. I will be increasing this to USD 9.99 when the update is released, so if you want to save some money, buy it now and get the upgrade at half-price.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/man-reader/id522583774?mt=12

#macOS #swift #terminal #zsh #bash

‎Man Reader

‎Man Reader allows quick, convenient and easy access to the man pages on your system, useful for programmers, system administrators and tweakers.
App Store
#bash #terminal #MACOS #swift #zsh

One thing I particularly like about Rust — which I’m very new to — is how thoughtfully the compiler errors and warnings have been designed. It not only diagnoses and explains the problem: it provides a possible solution. Genius.

This is the essence of good design: it’s compassionate, anticipating the needs and wants of another person. I can’t think of another language that does anything like this. Certainly not Swift, not that I’m bitter.

#rust #swift

#rust #swift

Using #GTK and #Libadwaita in #swift Attempt Number 2.

Instead of using GIR to generate the code, use hand-written bindings.
More work? - Yes

Full coverage? - No

Better API and easier to use? - Yes
#gtk #libadwaita #swift

XMPP + Google Summer of Code 2023

Project presentation:

@Monal - Monal is a modern #iOS and #MacOS XMPP chat client

https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2023#Monal

https://monal-im.org/

#XMPP #GSoC2023 #GSOC, #Google #interoperability #standards #federation #SwiftUI #Swift #ObjC

Monal

Monal IM - https://github.com/monal-im/monal
Monal
#xmpp #google #ios #federation #gsoc #interoperability #MACOS #GSoC2023 #standards #swift #swiftui #objc @monal-im.org :xmpp:

Fellow #iOS #swift #swiftui developers. Do you know if the ButtonRole structure actually does anything purposeful? With #VoiceOver, I cannnot get any indication whatsoever about the button’s role, while at the AppleDeveloper documentation site: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/buttonrole, they state that such an info should be conveyed. Is there any visual indication of the role? If so, what?

Apple Developer Documentation

developer.apple.com
#ios #swift #voiceover #swiftui

Finally got around implementing #swift demangling support for #GNOME Sysprof (Not upstream (yet?))

The power of FLOSS, a feature you really want is missing? - Just add it
#gnome #swift

Big news for everyone who runs Swift on server https://swift.org/blog/future-of-foundation/

#swift #serversideswift
#swift #serversideswift

Content warning: Programming, Dev Recommendations

#Accessibility #blind #programming #dev #swift #dotnet #RegEx #RegularExpressions #csharp

One of the coolest tools we use at #1Password has been #opensource ’d!

I present to you Typeshare 2.0! A way to share Rust types across the FFI (supports, Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript, and Go). We use it everyday and I love it, makes things so easy and awesome.

https://github.com/1Password/typeshare

#rust #swift #kotlin #go #golang #rustlang

GitHub - 1Password/typeshare: Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI.

Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI. - GitHub - 1Password/typeshare: Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchron...
GitHub
#opensource #rust #kotlin #go #RustLang #swift #golang #1password

Hi, I'm treefit, a #foss dev working on #deltachat. I'm responsible for the desktop client together with @jikstra.
My favorite coding language is #rustlang, but I "speak" #typescript, #javascript, #html, #css, too.
I'm also capable in #python and #swift, but not as much.

I'm new to the mastodon/toot style of communication (never used Twitter, either), so I'm still learning of how this all works.

My goal is to give you some behind-the scenes peeks onto the DeltaChat development.

#introduction
#foss #html #typescript #python #introduction #javascript #css #RustLang #deltachat #swift @jikstra

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