Braden
@bswift.io
Staff Mobile Software Engineer for Voze. Formerly at Cricut and Teal Drones opinions are my own. I talk a lot about #SwiftLang and #DnD he/him
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Braden
@bswift.io
· Nov 13
AudioBookIt App - App Store
Download AudioBookIt by Braden Scothern on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like AudioBookIt.
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I made a new app! AudioBookIt helps you manage your files that should be treated as an audiobook as if it were. No more 16 hour long MP3s from @brandonsanderson.com being hard to use! #ios #cosmere
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Can I just have native development back when doing mobile? React native takes the worst of traditional mobile development and smashes it with the worst of web development… At least it isn’t my focus anymore for the time being.
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Can I just have native development back when doing mobile? React native takes the worst of traditional mobile development and smashes it with the worst of web development… At least it isn’t my focus anymore for the time being.
My 7 year old came in to ask my wife, “In a fight between Thanos with just the gauntlet and Santa who do you think would win?” My wife quickly answered Santa and he said, “Me too.” And walked out to go back to whatever he was up to before asking his question.
December 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My 7 year old came in to ask my wife, “In a fight between Thanos with just the gauntlet and Santa who do you think would win?” My wife quickly answered Santa and he said, “Me too.” And walked out to go back to whatever he was up to before asking his question.
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If you use Swift Macros in a library, use this script to remove 50 megs of junk that Xcode forces into your binaries:
github.com/migueldeicaz...
This has been a public service announcement from the Latino Coalition for Smaller Binaries.
github.com/feedback-ass...
github.com/migueldeicaz...
This has been a public service announcement from the Latino Coalition for Smaller Binaries.
github.com/feedback-ass...
github.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you use Swift Macros in a library, use this script to remove 50 megs of junk that Xcode forces into your binaries:
github.com/migueldeicaz...
This has been a public service announcement from the Latino Coalition for Smaller Binaries.
github.com/feedback-ass...
github.com/migueldeicaz...
This has been a public service announcement from the Latino Coalition for Smaller Binaries.
github.com/feedback-ass...
The fact that @microsoft.com tries to constantly up sale me when they install updates on my machine is absolutely asinine
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The fact that @microsoft.com tries to constantly up sale me when they install updates on my machine is absolutely asinine
My Apple Watch just failed at showing me the time! It was just the background with no time and no controls… 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My Apple Watch just failed at showing me the time! It was just the background with no time and no controls… 🙃
I spent way too much time last night working on a 3D print for a #daggerheart prop. Hopefully it turns out well tomorrow
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I spent way too much time last night working on a 3D print for a #daggerheart prop. Hopefully it turns out well tomorrow
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Hmm. Do I spend 1/2 hour to do the task manually or 4 hours to automate it?
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hmm. Do I spend 1/2 hour to do the task manually or 4 hours to automate it?
I made a new app! AudioBookIt helps you manage your files that should be treated as an audiobook as if it were. No more 16 hour long MP3s from @brandonsanderson.com being hard to use! #ios #cosmere
apps.apple.com/us/app/audio...
apps.apple.com/us/app/audio...
AudioBookIt App - App Store
Download AudioBookIt by Braden Scothern on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like AudioBookIt.
apps.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I made a new app! AudioBookIt helps you manage your files that should be treated as an audiobook as if it were. No more 16 hour long MP3s from @brandonsanderson.com being hard to use! #ios #cosmere
apps.apple.com/us/app/audio...
apps.apple.com/us/app/audio...
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BREAKING NEWS: A judge REJECTS the Utah legislature's map and picks one drawn by the League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government for the new congressional districts: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Judge picks a new congressional map in redistricting
The judge overseeing the legal battle over congressional redistricting has chosen a map that will represent Utahns.
www.fox13now.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
BREAKING NEWS: A judge REJECTS the Utah legislature's map and picks one drawn by the League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government for the new congressional districts: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
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Good morning from the latest court hearing on redistricting! We're still waiting for Judge Gibson to pick a map, but she's entertaining arguments on SB1011 — the law the legislature passed rewriting some of the rules of redistricting. I'm live-skeeting this sucker. #utpol #Utah
a man in a hawaiian shirt says oh buddy in a video
ALT: a man in a hawaiian shirt says oh buddy in a video
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November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
AppStore Connect really leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to communication of problems. It is my first time setting up a subscription and I NEVER would have figured out I need localization of the subscription group to finish the metadata. Thankfully stack overflow helped me out.
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
AppStore Connect really leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to communication of problems. It is my first time setting up a subscription and I NEVER would have figured out I need localization of the subscription group to finish the metadata. Thankfully stack overflow helped me out.
Dr. Chen seems great from my reading of half of this so far.
The first witness is done testifying. Judge Gibson calls a lunch break. Here's a recap of the testimony so far: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
LIVE BLOG: What's at stake during Utah redistricting court hearing?
A critical court hearing is getting under way in the legal battle over redistricting in Utah. The judge will consider which map to adopt
www.fox13now.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Dr. Chen seems great from my reading of half of this so far.
The app I’ve been working on, AudioBookIt, is nearly ready to go to the App Store. Just need to give it a bit of polish and a bit more testing. It has been a breeze with all the new things in #SwiftUI since I can target iOS 18 with it.
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The app I’ve been working on, AudioBookIt, is nearly ready to go to the App Store. Just need to give it a bit of polish and a bit more testing. It has been a breeze with all the new things in #SwiftUI since I can target iOS 18 with it.
@darringtonpress.bsky.social tried asking on X since you weren’t active here yet. So uh, how do I get permission to make a utility iOS app for Daggerheart? I keep seeing them pop up and am wondering how they actually got a response (my emails have been ignored) or if they are breaking terms…
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@darringtonpress.bsky.social tried asking on X since you weren’t active here yet. So uh, how do I get permission to make a utility iOS app for Daggerheart? I keep seeing them pop up and am wondering how they actually got a response (my emails have been ignored) or if they are breaking terms…
I started dabbling into CarPlay today for the app I’m working on in my spare time and it is not very straightforward so far… Just getting it launching without a crash took me a good while… There aren’t many resources for it either which is interesting.
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I started dabbling into CarPlay today for the app I’m working on in my spare time and it is not very straightforward so far… Just getting it launching without a crash took me a good while… There aren’t many resources for it either which is interesting.
I still am not enjoying react native but wow TanStack Query is incredibly cool. There might be a part of this app I enjoy working with.
October 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I still am not enjoying react native but wow TanStack Query is incredibly cool. There might be a part of this app I enjoy working with.
@benwinslow.bsky.social just wanted to say I always appreciate the hard work you put into sharing local political news!
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@benwinslow.bsky.social just wanted to say I always appreciate the hard work you put into sharing local political news!
Well I spent a lot of time looking for a good MarqueeText view for SwiftUI and found nothing so I made my own and am quite happy with it.
October 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Well I spent a lot of time looking for a good MarqueeText view for SwiftUI and found nothing so I made my own and am quite happy with it.
Instead of becoming a react native developer I am becoming a prompt engineer 🙃 it is both really cool and terrible. At least I understand what it is outputting and I don’t have to write any RN nonsense myself really.
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Instead of becoming a react native developer I am becoming a prompt engineer 🙃 it is both really cool and terrible. At least I understand what it is outputting and I don’t have to write any RN nonsense myself really.
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My dream phone:
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My dream phone:
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This is the process API I wish we could have designed for .NET:
4 hours ago, the Swift team released the `swift-subprocess` package 📦
Check it out here! github.com/swiftlang/sw...
Check it out here! github.com/swiftlang/sw...
September 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the process API I wish we could have designed for .NET:
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I hate that I can’t use the emdash anymore. Thanks AI.
September 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I hate that I can’t use the emdash anymore. Thanks AI.
A great write up on how to notion about bound memory in Swift. forums.swift.org/t/how-to-thi...
I’m glad Matt Curtis took the time to port over the old Apple developer forum post covering the topic.
I’m glad Matt Curtis took the time to port over the old Apple developer forum post covering the topic.
How to think properly about binding memory
One of the best posts I’ve read about this topic are over at the Apple Developer Forums (I had to dig to find this post again.) @Andrew_Trick's answer above addresses a lot of this in a surmised way. ...
forums.swift.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A great write up on how to notion about bound memory in Swift. forums.swift.org/t/how-to-thi...
I’m glad Matt Curtis took the time to port over the old Apple developer forum post covering the topic.
I’m glad Matt Curtis took the time to port over the old Apple developer forum post covering the topic.