Why Objective-C:

Anyone new to Objective-C thinks it’s difficult and maybe a bit harsh because [[those squareBrackets] lookInsane:YES].

Once you get past that, which takes a day or two given a good-faith effort, you’ll realize how small a language it is, how easy to hold in your palm and turn around and understand all sides of it. And you’ll appreciate how easy it is to make good decisions when you don’t have a surplus of language features to choose from.

I had many great moments writing in Objective-C (2009-2013) while experimenting with iPhone app development. As someone who learned a bit of C++ in university computer science courses, I thought Objective-C was indeed more approachable. When I peek at Swift code these days, my thinking goes like this: “I’m too old for this shit!”

How I Write Code With AI:

I use AI coding assistants extensively, but I don’t vibe code

I do too, but I’m not sure to understand the difference.

It’s sad to see the US act of war against Iran, a sovereign country, with the help of their “friends” from Israel. The cherry on the sundae: Russia condemning US aggression. Look who is talking… 😤 What a world we are living right now… nothing new but… still.

I would love to build the dream bookmark manager for myself, just like I built an RSS reader and a photo-sharing website. I love AnyBox, but it’s not integrated with the rest of my workflow and doesn’t have a web version. This bookmark manager could be integrated into my RSS reader and gather data from Micro.blog Bookmarks, too. Still a lot to think about.

While waiting for Micro.blog next chapter, I’m playing with RSS feeds display strategies. This view is called “Journal”. Built using Claude Code and hosted on Vercel.

Building a custom branded Ghost theme for my main website with the help of Claude Code seems like an achievable goal, right?

Fastmail is preparing to launch an updated photo gallery functionality in approximately two weeks. I wasn’t certain they would keep updating this feature, so I’m glad it’s still available and that it keeps improving. I have a few test images there, but with my own web app for sharing photos now, I’m unsure whether I would switch to Fastmail’s version, since my version and Fastmail’s are quite similar.

Three ways new Apple products next week will modernize iPhone, iPad, and Mac — 9to5Mac

That would mean that every new iPhone, iPad, and Mac supports Apple Intelligence for the first time — oh, and Apple Vision Pro, too.

Instead of downplaying Apple Intelligence, Apple is doubling down on it. They must be confident, even after such a false start in 2024.

The speed at which Anthropic is adding new stuff to Claude and Claude Code on the desktop is impressive. Is OpenAI even competing?