@ancientbuho
Apple platforms dev, BG3 modding, my dog, photography etc. Working on @benkyobox.bsky.social, a simple but powerful memorization app: https://www.autorelease.io/benkyobox/ Live coding: https://www.twitch.tv/ancientbuho Other: https://linktr.ee/juanarzola
A screenshot contrasting the Mail actions available in Shortcuts (to the right) vs Automator (to the left). Automator has a longer list of actions, whereas Shortcuts has 5.
For such a core app, Mail app is way behind in the Shortcuts front (thankfully Automator still exists)
I'd still go for a sports band, they last much longer in my experience
this was a pretty good request I got from TestFlight feedback - always look forward to new suggestions 🧡 benkyoboxapp.notion.site/29803e90dab1...
It’s the final day of the Kickstarter!!
We’re $94 away from the 3rd stretch goal with just a few hours to go. 😍
If you’d like to get a copy of this graphic novel, be sure to back before midnight before time is up!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
lemme ship code that I din't read and not notice that it requires an iCloud migration, deploying a new schema, etc or no devices will sync in production
I say that as an avid cursor user myself - I think this whole thing about "not looking at the code" will fade away when they realize that the existing code is just as important as good prompts for generating decent, fast, and not expensive outputs.
reminds me of a time that I tried to vibe code a calendar to get a prototype. The output code would have worked for a few days but made assumptions about the number of days per month and weeks per year.
knowing "how it works" was a big part of achieving "it works".
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I'd be nice if debuggers had a breakpoint feature "ignore this callstack" that you could use to continue and only stop when it hits a different one.
Text recognition uses the good ol' Vision framework. Might need to use Foundation Models to improve joining related text regions into larger paragraphs though. #iosdev
New update! 👀👇
You'd think that getting the sceneID of the "topmost" scene in iPad floating window mode would be easy. However, all visible scenes have the same state: active+foreground.
I was able to figure it out by combining #swiftui focusedSceneState and #uikit to get sceneID. Might make a library for this.
I just released Lamplight, an app that splits classic literature into 10 minute chunks to help build a daily reading habit. Set a goal, track your reading streak.
More than a thousand of the greatest books ever written. All content in the public domain.
apps.apple.com/ca/app/lampl...
as I try to make a Preferences window look Mac like: too many lego pieces, not enough prefabs. SwiftUI should just come with: Preferences {
// curr view
} tabs: {
// tabs
}
that automatically resizes the window to the current view, anchors resizing to the top left, styles toolbar to unified etc
#SwiftUI fileImporter breaks when you call more than one in a view (only the last one presents, unlike sheet, fullScreenCover, etc)
silly workaround: gist.github.com/juanarzola/1...
I feel like swift data would be more reliable if accessing persistentModelID crashed before a model is saved (better fail early than in the future)
The `defaultSize` view modifier supposedly only applies a default size to windows on Mac (they are still resizable after appearing), but in my testing, it seems like it also affects iPad in 26.2, and worse: the windows aren't resizable #swiftui developer.apple.com/documentatio...
I don't know if she's there, but letting her know: @thispapercloud.bsky.social
Looks good!
my wife also struggles with corn, and it's a joy to find a new goto menu items like that - it's the sneakiest of the allergens
Took me a while to work on this and brought great appreciation on how good Anki is.
demonic men are menonic
My wife @thispapercloud.bsky.social is ready to print a beautifully illustrated graphic novel that she made last year about rediscovering travel despite her chronic illness.
Subscribe to its Kickstarter to be notified when it goes live:
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I feel like a lot of these problems come from "these menu bar actions can also show up as toolbar actions, and they should match icons" coupled with "all toolbar actions should have different icons so that you can tell them apart when there's no label".
What toolbars need may look bad in menu bars
New Advanced Learner feature: Extract #flashcards from text or urls. It uses #AppleIntelligence to extract cards from content, so your cards stays local and private. We are still improving it, but it's already a great way to get started with a deck!
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handlesExternalEvents, yet another #SwiftUI view modifier which who knows what happens when it modifies a view that already was modified by it
Yes that’s what I use to redirect the urls to the right scene. It can also tell the system which scene handles an NSUserActivity.
In my testing it doesn’t affect the default scene opened by an app intent set to foreground mode. It seems designed to only affect openURL and activities.
one interesting side effect of #AppIntent `supportedModes`, when set to `foreground`: it also opens a window of the default scene in a multi-window environment. Fixed by using foreground(dynamic), which allowed me to foreground the app with openURL using the appropriate scene for the url. #iosdev
A MacBook Pro running dungeondraft, a 2d mapmaking tool. It has a forge drawn in it. In the background there are a few magnetic tiles with stickers printed from dunegondraft stuck on them.
A map made out of Picasso tiles with stickers on them. The stickers have floors/areas printed on them. There is: a forge, cave tiles and tavern tiles in the background. On top of the tiles there are minis standing on them.
My weekend #ttrpg/#dnd project: making magnetic map tiles with Picasso tiles. Will need to re-stock my wife's office supplies after this 🙈 www.tiktok.com/@ancientbuho...
Letters + Words 1.0 is now available for iPhone and iPad (and Mac and Apple Vision Pro).
This app helps you discover words from letters, and is designed to support any type of word game you might be playing.
