Neil Macy
@neilmacy.co.uk
Software engineer, mostly iOS 👨💻 writer of things ✍️ sleep-deprived dad of two 🧒🧒 runner 🏃🏻 F1 fan 🏎️ ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
My website: https://www.neilmacy.co.uk
Mastodon: mastodon.social/@neilgmacy
He/him
My website: https://www.neilmacy.co.uk
Mastodon: mastodon.social/@neilgmacy
He/him
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Creepy: Meta training its AI on how to have 'romantic, sensual' conversations with children.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Creepy: Meta training its AI on how to have 'romantic, sensual' conversations with children.
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I’ve been trying out Claude to help with some work on a side project and it’s so hit and miss. Sometimes it generates really useful code and solves my problem really well. Other times it generates absolute garbage.
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I’ve been trying out Claude to help with some work on a side project and it’s so hit and miss. Sometimes it generates really useful code and solves my problem really well. Other times it generates absolute garbage.
I’m trying something a bit different, and published a short story that I’ve written www.neilmacy.co.uk/fiction/conf...
The Confession | Neil Macy
A man opens up about his past.
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April 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I’m trying something a bit different, and published a short story that I’ve written www.neilmacy.co.uk/fiction/conf...
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I’m getting fed up of making the rich, richer - Andy Bell
After bring rather miserable about the work we do vs the work we want to do, I’ve come up with a possible solution that helps everyone.
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April 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
I’ve set myself a music challenge. Instead of giving £12 a month to Spotify or Apple Music, I’m going to spend that on building up my collection again.
CDs, digital downloads, whatever. But I want a collection of my own music, independent of big companies that make questionable choices.
CDs, digital downloads, whatever. But I want a collection of my own music, independent of big companies that make questionable choices.
March 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’ve set myself a music challenge. Instead of giving £12 a month to Spotify or Apple Music, I’m going to spend that on building up my collection again.
CDs, digital downloads, whatever. But I want a collection of my own music, independent of big companies that make questionable choices.
CDs, digital downloads, whatever. But I want a collection of my own music, independent of big companies that make questionable choices.
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Dear tech companies,
We all know what tomorrow is. Don’t do it. It’s not endearing or funny like it use to be. Just let this one go.
We all know what tomorrow is. Don’t do it. It’s not endearing or funny like it use to be. Just let this one go.
March 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Dear tech companies,
We all know what tomorrow is. Don’t do it. It’s not endearing or funny like it use to be. Just let this one go.
We all know what tomorrow is. Don’t do it. It’s not endearing or funny like it use to be. Just let this one go.
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Also spent some time last night updating the album links on my site. I’m using MusicThread to share the links now, so it’s platform agnostic.
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Music | Neil Macy
© Neil Macy 2020-2025
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March 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Also spent some time last night updating the album links on my site. I’m using MusicThread to share the links now, so it’s platform agnostic.
www.neilmacy.co.uk/music
www.neilmacy.co.uk/music
I switched my RSS from iCloud sync in NetNewsWire to self-hosted FreshRSS.
It’s nice to have flexibility in RSS clients and platforms again. I can use it on Android!
Plus it’s only hosted on my Mac mini at home, so I can’t use it outside of the house. Nice way to avoid distractions at the office!
It’s nice to have flexibility in RSS clients and platforms again. I can use it on Android!
Plus it’s only hosted on my Mac mini at home, so I can’t use it outside of the house. Nice way to avoid distractions at the office!
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I switched my RSS from iCloud sync in NetNewsWire to self-hosted FreshRSS.
It’s nice to have flexibility in RSS clients and platforms again. I can use it on Android!
Plus it’s only hosted on my Mac mini at home, so I can’t use it outside of the house. Nice way to avoid distractions at the office!
It’s nice to have flexibility in RSS clients and platforms again. I can use it on Android!
Plus it’s only hosted on my Mac mini at home, so I can’t use it outside of the house. Nice way to avoid distractions at the office!
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February 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hiding the keyboard when you tap outside of the text field, in SwiftUI
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Hiding the Keyboard Using FocusState in SwiftUI | Neil Macy
How to dismiss the keyboard on tapping outside of the TextField, using SwiftUI.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hiding the keyboard when you tap outside of the text field, in SwiftUI
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www.neilmacy.co.uk/blog/hiding-...
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Cool Terminal Things I’ve Found Recently https://iosdevweekly.com/issues/699/#uJLZNtb
February 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Cool Terminal Things I’ve Found Recently https://iosdevweekly.com/issues/699/#uJLZNtb
My post about cool Terminal tools made it to @iosdevweekly.com this week 🙌
neilmacy.co.uk/blog/some-cool-…
After a few more days of using it, I’m in the same place as Dave. Atuin has saved me so much time this week already.
neilmacy.co.uk/blog/some-cool-…
After a few more days of using it, I’m in the same place as Dave. Atuin has saved me so much time this week already.
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My post about cool Terminal tools made it to @iosdevweekly.com this week 🙌
neilmacy.co.uk/blog/some-cool-…
After a few more days of using it, I’m in the same place as Dave. Atuin has saved me so much time this week already.
neilmacy.co.uk/blog/some-cool-…
After a few more days of using it, I’m in the same place as Dave. Atuin has saved me so much time this week already.
I was bitten by this #SwiftUI bug with swipeActions not working, and wrote about it so that when I inevitably do the same thing again in a few months I can find this article www.neilmacy.co.uk/blog/swiftui...
Be Careful Using SwiftUI's buttonStyle Modifier With List swipeActions | Neil Macy
If you use `swipeActions` in your SwiftUI List, be careful that you don't apply a custom `buttonStyle` to it.
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February 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was bitten by this #SwiftUI bug with swipeActions not working, and wrote about it so that when I inevitably do the same thing again in a few months I can find this article www.neilmacy.co.uk/blog/swiftui...
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Had a bunch of info come through on the F1/Hot Wheels cars.
Really like that they're doing budget and premium versions. The cheaper ones are just £2.30, which makes them much more accessible (I hope!)
I say this as someone who fell in love with F1 through having a toy car collection!
Really like that they're doing budget and premium versions. The cheaper ones are just £2.30, which makes them much more accessible (I hope!)
I say this as someone who fell in love with F1 through having a toy car collection!
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Had a bunch of info come through on the F1/Hot Wheels cars.
Really like that they're doing budget and premium versions. The cheaper ones are just £2.30, which makes them much more accessible (I hope!)
I say this as someone who fell in love with F1 through having a toy car collection!
Really like that they're doing budget and premium versions. The cheaper ones are just £2.30, which makes them much more accessible (I hope!)
I say this as someone who fell in love with F1 through having a toy car collection!
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Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
December 31, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
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Does this look familiar? You are trying to create a consistent layout for multiple symbols that have noticeably different widths or heights.
Here's how you can solve this problem in SwiftUI using the .frame modifier, font styles, and the @ScaledMetric property wrapper! 🧵
Before + After
Here's how you can solve this problem in SwiftUI using the .frame modifier, font styles, and the @ScaledMetric property wrapper! 🧵
Before + After
December 7, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Does this look familiar? You are trying to create a consistent layout for multiple symbols that have noticeably different widths or heights.
Here's how you can solve this problem in SwiftUI using the .frame modifier, font styles, and the @ScaledMetric property wrapper! 🧵
Before + After
Here's how you can solve this problem in SwiftUI using the .frame modifier, font styles, and the @ScaledMetric property wrapper! 🧵
Before + After
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I’ve just started this brand-new group with Apple platforms developers.
New here myself - say Hi to join. Please repost for some visibility.
New here myself - say Hi to join. Please repost for some visibility.
November 28, 2024 at 12:44 PM
I’ve just started this brand-new group with Apple platforms developers.
New here myself - say Hi to join. Please repost for some visibility.
New here myself - say Hi to join. Please repost for some visibility.
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Love this Xcode feature that I just recently found about. So if you hold CMD while hovering the minimap you'll get this list of symbols that you can quickly jump to. Super useful!
November 28, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Love this Xcode feature that I just recently found about. So if you hold CMD while hovering the minimap you'll get this list of symbols that you can quickly jump to. Super useful!
The Great British Bake Off is the only competition I watch where, even though I have a clear favourite, I’m genuinely happy whoever wins. That show has such great spirit.
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
The Great British Bake Off is the only competition I watch where, even though I have a clear favourite, I’m genuinely happy whoever wins. That show has such great spirit.
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Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to provide more value for shareholders
November 26, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to provide more value for shareholders
Secure ShellFish is a great app for accessing remote servers on iPhone or iPad. I use it daily, and this is a really good deal for the lifetime unlock
Lifetime Pro Unlock is available for $25 through the Black Friday days. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...
Unlimited server configurations, file uploads, cached folders for offline use and no silly ascii ads.
Your purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad and Mac version.
Unlimited server configurations, file uploads, cached folders for offline use and no silly ascii ads.
Your purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad and Mac version.
SSH Files – Secure ShellFish
Finally Secure ShellFish is available on the Mac bringing seamless access to SSH servers to your most used computer.
Server files are available in the ShellFish location of the Finder and available...
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November 22, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Secure ShellFish is a great app for accessing remote servers on iPhone or iPad. I use it daily, and this is a really good deal for the lifetime unlock
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Lifetime Pro Unlock is available for $25 through the Black Friday days. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...
Unlimited server configurations, file uploads, cached folders for offline use and no silly ascii ads.
Your purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad and Mac version.
Unlimited server configurations, file uploads, cached folders for offline use and no silly ascii ads.
Your purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad and Mac version.
SSH Files – Secure ShellFish
Finally Secure ShellFish is available on the Mac bringing seamless access to SSH servers to your most used computer.
Server files are available in the ShellFish location of the Finder and available...
apps.apple.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Lifetime Pro Unlock is available for $25 through the Black Friday days. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...
Unlimited server configurations, file uploads, cached folders for offline use and no silly ascii ads.
Your purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad and Mac version.
Unlimited server configurations, file uploads, cached folders for offline use and no silly ascii ads.
Your purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad and Mac version.