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Sometimes I have so much to write here I can\u2019t decide which topic to comment on. Other times, like this week, I draw a blank all week.<\/p>\n
Couple that with my email software having major unplanned downtime for most of the day today, and it\u2019s some kind of miracle that I\u2019ve managed to get an issue published at all!<\/p>\n
There are plenty of links, though, so enjoy those and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll feel inspired to write something more significant than this next week. \ud83e\udd1e<\/p>\n
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Looking for an App Center Alternative?<\/a><\/p>\n Bitrise Release Management supports App Store and Google Play releases. Soon, it will also assist you with internal test distribution. Enjoy an automated, transparent, unified solution for managing store releases and test distribution. Use it with Bitrise CI or your preferred CI tool. Sign up to stay updated<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ask WWDC<\/a><\/p>\n What a smart idea by Matt Spear<\/a>. I\u2019m guessing here, but I\u2019d say this is ChatGPT or a similar LLM primed with the transcripts from all the WWDC session videos and a well-written prompt. The good news is that doing that works really well. Give it a try.<\/p>\n Non-Sendable types are cool too you know<\/a><\/p>\n I only read about halfway through Matt Massicotte<\/a>\u2019s latest post before knowing I would link to it. It\u2019s now on my reading list for when I have a spare half an hour next week. If the second half is anywhere near as good as the first then it should be required reading for Swift developers.<\/p>\n Count the number of objects that pass a test<\/a><\/p>\n It makes a nice change to read about a Swift 6 feature that isn\u2019t<\/em> related to concurrency! \ud83d\ude02 I was happy to see Natalia Panferova<\/a>\u2019s latest post on a little bit of Swift 6 syntactic sugar. As she says, this isn\u2019t something that was especially difficult to do before, but it\u2019s a nice convenience!<\/p>\n The Full Async\/Await Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n Yet more writing about Swift 6 concurrency. Have you noticed a theme to the summer yet? \ud83d\ude2c This time, it\u2019s Jacob Bartlett<\/a> posing a potential interview question: \u201cTell me about the tools available in Swift Concurrency, and when you might use them<\/em>\u201d. What follows is a well-written look at everything from starting a basic Adding animation to MeshGradient<\/a><\/p>\n If used well, mesh gradients can be an incredibly effective tool for creating beautiful smooth backgrounds. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear about MeshGradient<\/a> in this year\u2019s SwiftUI release. Thanks to Ashish Kakkad<\/a>, I now know they can be animated, too! \u2728<\/p>\n The Death of Lorem Ipsum<\/a><\/p>\n Luke Wroblewski<\/a> is right. It\u2019s time for us to stop using Lorem Ipsum. But what do we use instead? \ud83e\udd16<\/p>\n Top 5 Lessons From The Book Clean Coder<\/a><\/p>\n I love linking to people who review other people\u2019s books, and this post is just that from Vera Dias<\/a>. It\u2019s not specifically an iOS or Swift coding book, it\u2019s also not a new book, being first published in 2011, but it is well worth reading, as recommended by Vera!<\/p>\n Software Engineer for AI Training Data (Swift) @ G2i, Inc.<\/a> \u2013 We are currently seeking Swift Developers for project-specific roles focused on RLHF. This role will play a key part in our reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) initiatives, contributing to cutting-edge projects. \u2013 Remote (within US, European, or Asia-Pacific timezones)<\/em><\/p>\n Do you have any open positions at your company? You can post them for free<\/em><\/a> at iOS Dev Jobs<\/a>. You have nothing to lose!<\/p>\n \u201cConvert to Even More Modern<\/a> Objective-C Syntax\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nNews<\/h2>\n
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