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James Savage
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Nature enthusiast, baker, knitter, and photographer. Supposedly knows stuff about computers too. Previously Safari & App Clips. He/him.

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Good news: the error UI that I built but never tested works!
Bad news: the change I spent the last hour on did not 🤣
iPhone screenshot. Error screen showing “Unexpected Error. The operation couldn’t be completed. (GRDB.RowDecodingError error 1.)”
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I mean I can totally run with this, I'm just confused/concerned now 😅
SwiftUI source code. Defining a HStackLabeledContentStyle and applying it to the previous code.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Well that's unexpected. LabeledContent in a Form seems to mess up the layout of a UIViewRepresentable while HStack doesn’t.

View debugger confirms some sizing differences, though the actual view tree (not pictured) matches the SwiftUI picker, which I think […]

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Screenshot of source code in Xcode and a view preview. Source code shows using an HStack vs LabeledContent to place a UIViewRepresentable in a Form. Preview shows the HStack aligning with SwiftUI’s native picker view while in the LabeledContent the whole content view is pushed down too far and clipped. Screenshot of view debugger showing wireframes of the various views.
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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No *you’re* having fun on a Thursday night 🤪
Screenshot. Two horizontal stacks of rectangles, flowing different directions. One has a heading of Left to Right and the other Right to Left. A print out of the frame for the centered rectangle is shown for both, along with a the containing scroll view’s bounds.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Good news: I am scrapping the blog post I've been working on for the past month because I keep doubting the conclusions I try to write and that probably means it's just bad/not ready yet. Instead I'm going to switch to writing about how to build some fun […]

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Screenshot of Finder showing dozens of iOS simulator screenshots.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Results are in: no snow near us, but light dusting higher up the mountain. Looked really cool with the clouds rolling over them too.
Near line of dark green pine trees with white and gray hazy mountain ridge in the distance. Snow dusted pine trees on top of a hill, framed by two tree trunks wet with rain and snow-less tree tops in the foreground.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Accidentally crashed their secret bird meeting 🥲
Four crows, two taking flight and two standing.
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Gonna be interesting to see what we wake up to tomorrow 😅
Hourly forecast showing conditions going from rain to snow between 3 and 4am.
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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I mean this one is almost recognizable as something, right? 😛
Latte art of… let’s call it a fern leaf.
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I wonder if Mail's activity window is still light mode only in macOS 26.
The activity window in mail, showing Moving 5,485 of 6,808 messages.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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It wouldn’t be a party if I wasn’t starting on something yeasted the night before. Belgian waffles this time. #baking
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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🌈
Photo of Lake Tahoe with a rainbow across it.
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Any guesses at how long it took me to realize I needed to add Self. here to fix a "does not conform to protocol" error? 😭
Screenshot of source code. The code follows, with self dot highlighted: private struct StackedLabelStyle : LabelStyle { func makeBody(configuration: Self.Configuration) -> some View { } }
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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@samhenrigold I just looked outside. Can confirm stars exist.
The Milky Way behind the shilloutte of some pine trees.
October 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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@pretz yeah, like that second one! Although I thought there was API for just getting that behavior with the system views. CSS has this as ‘text-wrap: balance’ at least.

But yeah, for this screen I want the text to wrap between been/saved when wrapping is […]

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Cropped screenshot of an app. Glyph of a clipboard with chart. Headline text: no data. Subhead: no records have been saved for this day.
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Wait, what! Really?
Screenshot of error message in Xcode. Instance method 'alert(isPresented:error:actions:)' requires that 'NSError' conform to 'LocalizedError' Where 'E' = 'NSError' (SwiftUl.View.alert)
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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I’ve been slacking on my nature pics (it’s been busy for me) but here’s one of the high winds we had yesterday at Fallen Leaf Lake. #nature #laketahoe
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I mean, I guess the prompt is doing its job here, but also lol. (And also yikes, airport coffee prices.)
Digital menu at a coffee shop with a prompt overlaying the menu that says “HONOR 50 requests screen sharing to your TV. Do you want to accept this request?”
September 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Bear
A bear standing beside some buildings at night, illuminated by car headlights and staring at the camera. He is big and fluffy.
September 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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I’m sure there are worse rewards… 🫠
Billboard ad. “Earn Bitcoin, Not Points” on an ad for the Gemini credit card.
August 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Saw a plane wreck while diving today.
Distorted, wide angle photo. Underwater, two people in scuba gear, the hull and wings of a plane. Front view of a wrecked plane underwater. The engines are missing propellers and the glass is missing from the cockpit. The body is decayed and missing parts. Selfie. Me swimming under the wing of a plane.
August 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Wispy~
Light wisps of cloud over a mountain ridge at sunset.
August 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Sneaky bird
Stellar’s jay between dense branches of a pine tree, mostly obscured.
August 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Saw some chipmunks today at sunset #nature #photography
Chipmunk standing among the branches of a pine tree. Chipmunk perched on a small, broken remnant of a tree branch, only a few inches from the tree’s trunk.
August 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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More birb
Stellar’s Jay perched on a wooden fence, with pine trees in the background.
August 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM