Mikey Clarke
@mikeyclarke.bsky.social
Creator of @aeronautapp.com
Having set up Xcode Cloud this week I’m not very impressed. It’s terribly buggy. My third ever build suffered from “an error” that seemingly had nothing to do with my own code. I can’t access build logs in Xcode itself, at first due to a bug supposedly fixed in 2023. 1/5
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Having set up Xcode Cloud this week I’m not very impressed. It’s terribly buggy. My third ever build suffered from “an error” that seemingly had nothing to do with my own code. I can’t access build logs in Xcode itself, at first due to a bug supposedly fixed in 2023. 1/5
I take a dim view of these lawsuits because, despite their protestations to the contrary, Epic, Spotify, et al are concerned with their own desire to keep a greater revenue share and not with the interests of small developers. But something has really gone wrong when Apple’s UX teams are… 1/2
This is so damning - Apple used its copywriting prowess to make the web itself sound unsafe www.theverge.com/apple/659296...
May 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I take a dim view of these lawsuits because, despite their protestations to the contrary, Epic, Spotify, et al are concerned with their own desire to keep a greater revenue share and not with the interests of small developers. But something has really gone wrong when Apple’s UX teams are… 1/2
What is going on in Cupertino? macOS 15.4 managed to break Mail notifications by leaving the AI categorization features half applied after I pressed the “no thanks” button. Now 15.4.1—supposedly a mere security update—has managed to break something as fundamental as showing the contents of a stack.
April 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What is going on in Cupertino? macOS 15.4 managed to break Mail notifications by leaving the AI categorization features half applied after I pressed the “no thanks” button. Now 15.4.1—supposedly a mere security update—has managed to break something as fundamental as showing the contents of a stack.
“the amount field came pre-populated with 15 zeros, which the person inputting a transaction needed to delete, something that did not happen.”
Good UI matters.
Good UI matters.
Citigroup erroneously credited client account with $81tn in ‘near miss’
Incident comes as US bank seeks to assuage regulatory concerns over its risk management processes
www.ft.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“the amount field came pre-populated with 15 zeros, which the person inputting a transaction needed to delete, something that did not happen.”
Good UI matters.
Good UI matters.
Decided to build my onboarding in SwiftUI and I’m just amazed that anyone deemed this acceptable to ship for macOS. No cursor change when hovering a link in a `Text` view or indeed a pressed state when pressing it. No `nextKeyView` support so it’s impossible to tab between text fields…
February 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Decided to build my onboarding in SwiftUI and I’m just amazed that anyone deemed this acceptable to ship for macOS. No cursor change when hovering a link in a `Text` view or indeed a pressed state when pressing it. No `nextKeyView` support so it’s impossible to tab between text fields…
Extraordinary spinelessness here: blaming the decision on Executive Orders that only apply to federal agencies.
Whatever one thinks of the DEI programs in question I wouldn’t want to invest in a company run by a CEO who’s too much of a coward to take responsibility for her own decisions.
Whatever one thinks of the DEI programs in question I wouldn’t want to invest in a company run by a CEO who’s too much of a coward to take responsibility for her own decisions.
Accenture ditches diversity and inclusion goals
Chief executive Julie Sweet tells 799,000 staff decision was taken following ‘evaluation’ of US landscape
www.ft.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Extraordinary spinelessness here: blaming the decision on Executive Orders that only apply to federal agencies.
Whatever one thinks of the DEI programs in question I wouldn’t want to invest in a company run by a CEO who’s too much of a coward to take responsibility for her own decisions.
Whatever one thinks of the DEI programs in question I wouldn’t want to invest in a company run by a CEO who’s too much of a coward to take responsibility for her own decisions.
14 years later and the first five tracks aren’t available on streaming services. Music licensing is really stupid.
January 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
14 years later and the first five tracks aren’t available on streaming services. Music licensing is really stupid.
Not surprised that the masterful Shōgun soundtrack was my most played album of 2024, nor that Richter was my most played artist.
I am pretty amazed though that I apparently listened to Luke Howard more than anyone else in the entire last.fm userbase!
I am pretty amazed though that I apparently listened to Luke Howard more than anyone else in the entire last.fm userbase!
January 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Not surprised that the masterful Shōgun soundtrack was my most played album of 2024, nor that Richter was my most played artist.
I am pretty amazed though that I apparently listened to Luke Howard more than anyone else in the entire last.fm userbase!
I am pretty amazed though that I apparently listened to Luke Howard more than anyone else in the entire last.fm userbase!
Today I’ve discovered a whole new kind of fun: trying to execute JavaScript from Swift using JavaScriptCore 😭.
It did get much less painful after I discovered `isInspectable` which allows you to use the Safari web inspector to debug the JS Context and work out which APIs the JS env supports.
It did get much less painful after I discovered `isInspectable` which allows you to use the Safari web inspector to debug the JS Context and work out which APIs the JS env supports.
December 31, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Today I’ve discovered a whole new kind of fun: trying to execute JavaScript from Swift using JavaScriptCore 😭.
It did get much less painful after I discovered `isInspectable` which allows you to use the Safari web inspector to debug the JS Context and work out which APIs the JS env supports.
It did get much less painful after I discovered `isInspectable` which allows you to use the Safari web inspector to debug the JS Context and work out which APIs the JS env supports.
I don’t think I will ever understand how I spent 85 hours playing Death Stranding. The vast majority of the game consists of delivering packages and collecting resources to build roads, and yet somehow it’s weirdly addictive?
elden ring was beautiful but i got lost in it at some point and its too much work. last of us pt 1 was very nice though a bit creepy. but im looking forward to 2. loved LIS first part as well as TC, hated 2. couldn’t get into Horizon. edith finch was interesting. uncharted boring. DS too slow pace
December 8, 2024 at 12:20 PM
I don’t think I will ever understand how I spent 85 hours playing Death Stranding. The vast majority of the game consists of delivering packages and collecting resources to build roads, and yet somehow it’s weirdly addictive?
Discovered that `NSCollectionViewPrefetching` instructs you to prefetch items on average 37 microseconds before they come into view. Real useful if you’re creating Mac apps for flies, not so much otherwise.
(This is for variable size items so maybe it behaves better with fixed size.)
(This is for variable size items so maybe it behaves better with fixed size.)
December 7, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Discovered that `NSCollectionViewPrefetching` instructs you to prefetch items on average 37 microseconds before they come into view. Real useful if you’re creating Mac apps for flies, not so much otherwise.
(This is for variable size items so maybe it behaves better with fixed size.)
(This is for variable size items so maybe it behaves better with fixed size.)
Really love the cleanliness Swift Testing allows.
December 5, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Really love the cleanliness Swift Testing allows.
Who among us hasn’t started a coup to make a point
Presidential official familiar with Yoon’s thinking tells me Yoon anticipated National Assembly would reverse his decision given the Democratic control but wanted to send a message nonetheless to lawmakers; announced martial law late at night to minimize damage to economy and people's daily lives.
December 4, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Who among us hasn’t started a coup to make a point
I came to this page to find out the default value, but it was so much more helpful to instead have the concept of a boolean described for me.
November 24, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I came to this page to find out the default value, but it was so much more helpful to instead have the concept of a boolean described for me.
The first head of state or government to join Bluesky, I think.
Ciężko nadążyć, ale robię co mogę. Zaobserwujcie mnie na Bluesky!
November 16, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The first head of state or government to join Bluesky, I think.
Stupidly pleased with these animations.
November 10, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Stupidly pleased with these animations.
This is useful.
Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This is useful.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is absolutely breathtaking. The cinematics in particular are gorgeous.
An odd omission though: it doesn’t play its own music when focused on the PS5 home screen. A weird thing not to bother with when spending years creating a thorough remaster.
An odd omission though: it doesn’t play its own music when focused on the PS5 home screen. A weird thing not to bother with when spending years creating a thorough remaster.
November 4, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is absolutely breathtaking. The cinematics in particular are gorgeous.
An odd omission though: it doesn’t play its own music when focused on the PS5 home screen. A weird thing not to bother with when spending years creating a thorough remaster.
An odd omission though: it doesn’t play its own music when focused on the PS5 home screen. A weird thing not to bother with when spending years creating a thorough remaster.
I really don’t like the ports on the front of the Mac mini. It’s not even symmetrical! If they’re willing to keep the charging port on the underside of the Magic Mouse for aesthetics then I think they should have been willing to not put ports on the front of the mini.
Here's a Real-World Look at the Dramatically Smaller Mac Mini and More
After announcing new iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models this week, Apple invited selected journalists and content creators to check out the...
www.macrumors.com
October 30, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I really don’t like the ports on the front of the Mac mini. It’s not even symmetrical! If they’re willing to keep the charging port on the underside of the Magic Mouse for aesthetics then I think they should have been willing to not put ports on the front of the mini.