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@fatbobman.comUIKit is better suited for AI coding agents than SwiftUI？
AI doesn’t hate abstraction—it hates unverifiable black boxes.
As abstraction moves up, how can verification keep pace? My thoughts on Agent Ergonomics:
fatbobman.com/en/posts/ai...
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #156 is now available!
Swift Server Has Another Google
🔍 SwiftUI modifier Order Is Matrix Order
🧠 How to reduce token usage
✍️ App Store Screenshots Generator
@fatbobman.comHuge shoutout to this week's sponsor: Transcribatron !
Transcribatron transcribes on-device, syncs two-way with your Obsidian vault, and ships an MCP server so Claude Code can query your meetings. Use your own API key or a local model.
@fatbobman.comEndless gratitude to the extraordinary souls who so freely entrusted us with the priceless wisdom they bore: @johnsundell.bsky.social, @mecid.bsky.social, Mihaela Mihaljević Jakić, @avanderlee.com, @danielsaidi.bsky.social, Natascha Fadeeva, @onev.cat, @harshil.net, @swmansion.com and Parth Jadhav
@fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #156 is now available!
Swift Server Has Another Google
🔍 SwiftUI modifier Order Is Matrix Order
🧠 How to reduce token usage
✍️ App Store Screenshots Generator
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comXcode Preview MCP lets AI "see" SwiftUI, but agent automation hits real walls:
• Can't specify render devices
• Silent stale screenshot caches
• Hot-reload crashes & macro index bugs
How to fix It—and Unlocks the Full Potential of Div Preview 👇
fatbobman.com/en/posts/le...
@fatbobman.comXcode Preview MCP lets AI "see" SwiftUI, but agent automation hits real walls:
• Can't specify render devices
• Silent stale screenshot caches
• Hot-reload crashes & macro index bugs
How to fix It—and Unlocks the Full Potential of Div Preview 👇
fatbobman.com/en/posts/le...
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #155 is now available!
The Month iPhone Duo Gives Developers
🔍 Running iOS Background Tasks Reliably
🧠 Dissecting Xcode 27’s mcpbridge
🌞 iPhone Duo & AnyOS 27 Adaptation
@fatbobman.comDeep thanks to those who generously shared their priceless wisdom: Xiangyu Sun, Omar Elsayed, Irving Popovetsky, Snow Wu, @jacobstechtavern.com, codelaby, @avanderlee.com, Ronnie W., Anton Gubarenko, @Sarun W, Josh Lin, @natpanferova.bsky.social and @hishnash.bsky.social
@fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #155 is now available!
The Month iPhone Duo Gives Developers
🔍 Running iOS Background Tasks Reliably
🧠 Dissecting Xcode 27’s mcpbridge
🌞 iPhone Duo & AnyOS 27 Adaptation
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comSwiftUI ArrangementView handles many layout decisions for us, but the content relationship is still ours to define: Who is primary? Who can disappear? Do split and overlay really share the same logic?
Its sweet spot, I found, is also its boundary.
fatbobman.com/en/posts/ar...
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #154 is now available!
A “Native” Debate Over SwiftUI Animation
🧷 How we built Devin's Mac
🔍 How SwiftUI animation works
🌞 Vapor 5 Beta Released
and more...
weekly.fatbobman.com/p/fatbobman...
@fatbobman.comSwiftUI ArrangementView handles many layout decisions for us, but the content relationship is still ours to define: Who is primary? Who can disappear? Do split and overlay really share the same logic?
Its sweet spot, I found, is also its boundary.
fatbobman.com/en/posts/ar...
@fatbobman.comEndless gratitude to the extraordinary souls who so freely entrusted us with the priceless wisdom they bore: Jon Kelley, Anton Gubarenko, Kyle Ye, Itsuki Kamizuru, Sarun Wongpatcharapakorn, @0xtim.bsky.social, Artem Novichkov and Gregory Moskaliuk
@fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #154 is now available!
A “Native” Debate Over SwiftUI Animation
🧷 How we built Devin's Mac
🔍 How SwiftUI animation works
🌞 Vapor 5 Beta Released
and more...
weekly.fatbobman.com/p/fatbobman...
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comXcode 27.2 brings JSON to Xcode project configuration.
The new project.xcproj replaces the pbxproj build graph — not the whole .xcodeproj bundle. What actually improves, what stays the same, and why Apple filed the docs under Coding Intelligence.
@fatbobman.comXcode 27.2 brings JSON to Xcode project configuration.
The new project.xcproj replaces the pbxproj build graph — not the whole .xcodeproj bundle. What actually improves, what stays the same, and why Apple filed the docs under Coding Intelligence.
@fatbobman.comReposted by @fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #153 is now available!
The Opportunities and Challenges of iPhone Duo
🔭 Module Tracking in Swift Debug
📈 Abstracting SwiftUI state with scopes
🌞 Adapting for iPhone Duo
✨ SwiftMusic: Declaring Music in Swift
more...
@fatbobman.comEndless gratitude to the extraordinary souls who so freely entrusted us with the priceless wisdom they bore: Adrian Prantl, Artem Mirzabekian, Mia Koring, Wesley Matlock, @stewartlynch.bsky.social, Mike Apurin, @typ0genius.com, 이영준, Sagar Unagar, Jordan Morgan and Norikazu Muramoto
@fatbobman.comFatbobman’s Swift Weekly #153 is now available!
The Opportunities and Challenges of iPhone Duo
🔭 Module Tracking in Swift Debug
📈 Abstracting SwiftUI state with scopes
🌞 Adapting for iPhone Duo
✨ SwiftMusic: Declaring Music in Swift
more...
