The business case for visionOS from Matt at #doios26

I thought of @designatednerd today as I stopped for my fresh herring in Amsterdam- I believe she said it’s the law

I did a masterclass on foundation models this week and will be teaching a workshop on it next week.

I absolutely love the APIs and wish there were better docs.

I know Apple doesn’t believe in programming guides anymore but this topic (and in particular evaluations) could benefit from it.

I’m going to use it in anger for a couple of months and then write a book on it

Swift connection continues with a great talk (that causes inner turmoil) from Lucy about whether we over use enumerations

Three Apple products I kind of wanted…

Apple Watch- the new health features always interest me but I have the 10 so the 12
feels unnecessary

AppleTV - mine is old enough that I can’t run tvOS 27 on it. Neither the OS nor hardware add enough

iPad mini - the new screen and processor are great, but, even with trade in, the price is just high enough that I said no.

A year ago I would have likely bought two of these if not all. I seem to be using “need” as a filter.

J’arrive

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnarchistArt/117500070538143905

This

Does anyone have a favorite Iyengar yoga studio in Paris, Amsterdam, or Saint Malo?

I have an Apple Container question that might be really stupid (or demonstrate a lack of understanding). When I build a Jekyll image, Jekyll uses ruby so a ruby image is built as well. Once I have the Jekyll image, does it contain the ruby that it needs? Ie can I delete the ruby image and still run the Jekyll image?

The Newsletter:

On reconnecting with people who used to be your people as well as new people. Also, Frog and Toad explain AI, I got an updated little list, classic fractal art, how plants move from rotting material, What would Mr. Darcy earn today, Maggie's link to a crafts designer who's being ripped off, and a reminder of Matt Gemmell's weekly stories.

https://mailchi.mp/afa94a115e0a/343-tribes

I've been an Audible member since 2002 (just checked) and it's time to pause or cancel. Too many issues. It feels kind of sad but I've mainly continued out of habit and to keep my existing library. The push came when yet another book that I purchased is no longer available for me to listen to but I can repurchase it if I want. It was a reminder that I don't own the stuff I bought.

Why I’m not on Facebook or Insta …
From Heather Cox Richardson:

at the height of the pro-voting events, Meta took down the main No Kings organizing page on Instagram for about four hours. According to Levin, Meta didn’t respond to the No Kings team, “even as the account was offline at the peak of our national day of action and livestream.” Once the account was viewable again, “Meta told us in their response email that they made a bad call.”

I will be starting 2027 in Singapore for iOS Conf SG.

Check this out - they have worked to get the ticket price down to S$60. It was already a bargain but this is just amazing.

https://www.iosconf.sg

Is there any reason to preorder Apple TV? Ie do we expect them to not be easily available in stores?

Grrrr - I’ve been to a bunch of talks on architecture and BDD at #dev2next and I’m thinking of re-architecting my Top Tracks app. Oh who am I kidding- I’m thinking of architecting it. There’s no “re” involved.

I know no one uses the app but I’ve learned so much writing and maintaining it

Is there a current preferred BDD framework (cucumber - given when then) for using with swift testing?

RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@danwood/117433955945185511

I strongly agree with this and think it should be much sooner than one month before.

I imagine it is difficult and risky to be a conference organizer - but even a "we don't know yet" is better than no news at all

RE: https://mastodon.online/@Jargoonco/117433958224203547

I expect Caitlin to be worth the price of admission - but you also (as she points out) get so much more!

The Newsletter:

On looking for and understanding the signs around you. Also, european supermarket fridges get hacked, AI researches take up smoking because AI will cure cancer, Anthropic's AI submits a fake tip in an unsolved murder case, Mathober 2026 is a lot of fun, Maggie links to a favorite on the end of Columbus Day, and Jeroen reminds us to Ship the Fallback first.

https://mailchi.mp/d58cade3a9ba/342-signals

Morning bake. 1-2-3-4 loaf no preferment and rye as the accent flour. So 1-4-5 rye, water, bread flour. 1% yeast 2% salt