How to dramatically improve compilation time and coalesce updates with Observations (v26).

Couple of curl scripts to let Claude ask o3/gemini when he becomes stuck.

gist.github.com/janodev/4549...

Presentation hack:
1. Write research on Google Docs
2. Use Plus AI trial (a GDocs extension) to convert Doc to Google Slides
3. Ask a LLM for a list of Google Image links to vector image styles
4. Choose an image as reference
5. Ask GPT 4o for diagrams in that style

will I ever remember them?

halp

I get this a lot with PreferenceKey and see no way around it. It is sensitive to overlapping updates. I rather not use it.

did you know? the pop culture phrase “endure and survive” refers to fools telling you that NSLock is technical debt

There are ~35 Cursor-like projects. I made another for Xcode. The bar is very low. Used Xcode.sdef to observe open workspace and files. Let the user pin files to send them as context. Use CG to attach to the window. JSON Structured Outputs to exchange information.

super off the books indie performative lore, slick

A Minimal Core Data Stack jano.dev/apple/coreda...

Breaking code into 10-line functions is about readability as much as searchability. To find a bug in 1000 lines, you'll need to read ~70 lines or 7 functions (log₂(100)). Just a rough example about debugging interactions. For high level understanding no one should have to read implementation.

Actor Conformance to Non-Isolated Protocols
jano.dev/apple/concur...

Did you know Swift implementation has a _modify/yield property accessor?
jano.dev/apple/2024/1...

An overview of synchronization mechanisms in Apple platforms. jano.dev/apple/mach-o...

URLSession and friends. Some people make cross-stitch, I make class diagrams. SVG version: jano.dev/images/URLSe...

Amazing that since it came out, "Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture" (2002) has been a comprehensive reference that gathered many patterns we use today.