Lukas Pistrol
@lukaspistrol.com
28 – iOS/macOS/Android developer – based in Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 #swift #kotlin
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Lukas Pistrol
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· Nov 20
GitHub - lukepistrol/TimeMachineStatus: TimeMachineStatus is a little menu bar application for macOS which aims to show more useful information than the system default.
TimeMachineStatus is a little menu bar application for macOS which aims to show more useful information than the system default. - lukepistrol/TimeMachineStatus
github.com
In case you are new here, this is one of my side projects: TimeMachineStatus
Go check it out on GitHub!
Completely written in #Swift and #SwiftUI
github.com/lukepistrol/...
Go check it out on GitHub!
Completely written in #Swift and #SwiftUI
github.com/lukepistrol/...
😳 that was definitely not on my bingo card
BREAKING: Both McLaren cars of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix
This is because the thickness of the rearmost skid of both cars was less than the required thickness
#F1 #LasVegasGP
This is because the thickness of the rearmost skid of both cars was less than the required thickness
#F1 #LasVegasGP
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
😳 that was definitely not on my bingo card
The new player controls on the YouTube website are a pain to use...
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The new player controls on the YouTube website are a pain to use...
Reposted by Lukas Pistrol
📣Announcing the first preview releases of Swift for Android, enabling you to build Android business logic with the same Swift that you use for Apple platforms. www.swift.org/blog/nightly... #Android
October 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
📣Announcing the first preview releases of Swift for Android, enabling you to build Android business logic with the same Swift that you use for Apple platforms. www.swift.org/blog/nightly... #Android
In case you’ve been wondering why the keys on the iOS 26 keyboard no longer pop out above your fingertips when tapped - there’s a setting for this now.
General > Keyboard
General > Keyboard
June 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In case you’ve been wondering why the keys on the iOS 26 keyboard no longer pop out above your fingertips when tapped - there’s a setting for this now.
General > Keyboard
General > Keyboard
Is this a hint on new AirPods Pro? 🤔
June 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Is this a hint on new AirPods Pro? 🤔
I’m honestly curious how all the Electron and similar cross platform apps are going to tackle these refractions
June 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’m honestly curious how all the Electron and similar cross platform apps are going to tackle these refractions
I honestly think there’s a missed opportunity for Apple here by not putting the back button on the bottom of the screen as well.
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I honestly think there’s a missed opportunity for Apple here by not putting the back button on the bottom of the screen as well.
Reposted by Lukas Pistrol
They REALLY gotta do something with improving readability in the next betas. It's the default background! And I can barely read anything.
June 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
They REALLY gotta do something with improving readability in the next betas. It's the default background! And I can barely read anything.
Liquid Glass is an accessibility nightmare
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Liquid Glass is an accessibility nightmare
🫠🫠
June 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Reposted by Lukas Pistrol
Things are getting worse.
Apple developer community has a responsibility to respond and WWDC is our opportunity.
www.massicotte.org/resolve
Apple developer community has a responsibility to respond and WWDC is our opportunity.
www.massicotte.org/resolve
Resolve
A little while ago I got worked up and I wrote a thing. It received more attention than I expected and I want to thank everyone out there for the words of encouragement and support. You all give me tr...
www.massicotte.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Things are getting worse.
Apple developer community has a responsibility to respond and WWDC is our opportunity.
www.massicotte.org/resolve
Apple developer community has a responsibility to respond and WWDC is our opportunity.
www.massicotte.org/resolve
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
April 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
US chocolate doesn't even deserve to be called chocolate in any means tbh 😅
US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
Price of cocoa – chocolate’s key ingredient – has climbed over past year and tariffs on imports will keep prices high
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
US chocolate doesn't even deserve to be called chocolate in any means tbh 😅
Reposted by Lukas Pistrol
If facts hurt your feelings, you need new feelings, not new facts.
April 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If facts hurt your feelings, you need new feelings, not new facts.
Since it apparently is a trend right now - this is my version 😅
April 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Since it apparently is a trend right now - this is my version 😅
Welcome to Black Monday folks...
Breaking News: Markets in Europe plunged, and U.S. shares were poised to fall as President Trump doubled down on tariffs. Stocks in Asia were down sharply.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
Stocks in Asia and Europe Fall Sharply as Trump Doubles Down on Global Tariffs: Live Updates
U.S. markets were set to open sharply lower as well. President Trump said on Sunday that he would not back off his trade war, reinforcing fears of a global economic downturn.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Welcome to Black Monday folks...
Reposted by Lukas Pistrol
★ Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Who decided these personalized Siri features should go in the WWDC keynote, with a promise they’d arrive in the coming year, when, at the time, they were in such an unfinished state they could not be demoed to the media even in a controlled environment? Three months later, who decided Apple should double down and advertise these features in a TV commercial, and promote them as a selling point of the iPhone 16 lineup?
daringfireball.net
March 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
★ Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
I hate it when I discover a Podcast I really enjoy listening to and suddenly I'm out of episodes and I need to wait 1 week or month... Any recommendations for good Podcasts?
January 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I hate it when I discover a Podcast I really enjoy listening to and suddenly I'm out of episodes and I need to wait 1 week or month... Any recommendations for good Podcasts?
An increasing number of restaurants or other amusement venues (bowling, etc) here in Vienna are refusing to accept card payments due to "technical issues" (they had for months…). Very inconvenient 🙄
January 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
An increasing number of restaurants or other amusement venues (bowling, etc) here in Vienna are refusing to accept card payments due to "technical issues" (they had for months…). Very inconvenient 🙄
🤔
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
YouTube video by MegaLag
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
🤔
Getting into the mood for Christmas already 🎄
November 26, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Getting into the mood for Christmas already 🎄
Just published a new version of my TaskTrigger package for #SwiftUI. Fully compatible with #Swift6 and with a new TaskTriggerButton.
github.com/lukepistrol/...
github.com/lukepistrol/...
Release 0.4.0 · lukepistrol/TaskTrigger
New in this Version
This version adds a new view TaskTriggerButton which abstracts the whole TaskTrigger logic further by being a drop-in replacement for a SwiftUI.Button. The advantage is, that as...
github.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Just published a new version of my TaskTrigger package for #SwiftUI. Fully compatible with #Swift6 and with a new TaskTriggerButton.
github.com/lukepistrol/...
github.com/lukepistrol/...
❌ xcode
❌ XCode
❌ xCode
✅ Xcode
❌ XCode
❌ xCode
✅ Xcode
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
❌ xcode
❌ XCode
❌ xCode
✅ Xcode
❌ XCode
❌ xCode
✅ Xcode