April 21st, 2025 For my next app, I’m rolling the dice. The existing APIs were fragmented, limited, and had crappy rate limits. So… I’m doing the thing you’re not supposed to do. I’m building my own backend and manually entering the data with CloudKit. The data aren't terribly complex, and stitching together multiple APIs is a headache I just don't want to deal with. So I said, screw it. I’ll hand-roll my own database and manually input the info I need. I'm either going to hate myself for...
11 days ago • 1 min read
April 14th, 2025 Right now, I’ve got what I like to call a “comfort food” project. And it's my favorite thing in the world. It’s the best. It’s a fresh Xcode project for an app I’m genuinely excited to build. No old code that I hate, no weird architecture, no mysterious bugs... Just a clean slate. Making videos is a grind. Building a course? Also a grind. Working on a big, established app? A fucking grind. So working on a small, simple project that's full of potential has been pure joy for...
18 days ago • 1 min read
April 7th, 2025 I did the thing we all love to do: File -> New Project. You know that feeling. So fun. More on that below. Swift News - Video Version Swift 6.1 Released Xcode 16.3 is live, which means we now have Swift 6.1. This official blog post gives an overview of the new language features, most of which focus on improving the approachability of Swift Concurrency. Swift by Sundell is back! John's articles were a Swift News staple back in the day, but he's been away for a couple years. Now...
25 days ago • 2 min read
March 31st, 2025 You know the saying. If you’re not at least a little embarrassed by version one, you launched too late. Well… here we are 😅 This is the very first edition of the Swift News newsletter. It’s rough, but I’ll be improving it each week. I want to create something you actually look forward to every Monday. In addition to this week's links, I'm including a section called “What I’m Working On” where I share updates from my content creator and indie app business. Let me know what...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read