Phonebook: a Storybook-style preview gallery for SwiftUI and Compose, built for agents
TL;DR I built Phonebook , an open-source CLI and MCP server that turns existing Jetpack Compose @Preview s and SwiftUI #Preview s into a static, sel…
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Breaking Up Big SwiftUI Views the Right Way
Why computed properties help readability, what @ViewBuilder actually does, and when a separate View type matters Every SwiftUI codebase eventually g…
I set the font to the largest size and found the same bug eleven times
I was cleaning up the UI on a side-project iOS app and did one thing: set Dynamic Type to XXXL and screenshot every screen. Reading the code had tur…
Swift Protocols — Opaque Return Types and the Mystery of `some` 🔮
You've seen some View in every SwiftUI file you've ever opened. Now let's find out what it actually means, why it exists, and why returning a plain…
Understanding MVVM by Building a Simple Weather App with SwiftUI
MVVM with swiftUI When learning SwiftUI, one of the first architectural patterns you'll encounter is MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel). In this tutorial,…
Supporting Multiple iOS Versions in SwiftUI Without Turning Your Views Into a Mess
Supporting Multiple iOS Versions in SwiftUI Without Turning Your Views Into a Mess One of the nicest things about SwiftUI is how quickly it evolves.…
Part 2 — Search, palette, and settings
Part 2 — Search, palette, and settings Level: Intermediate · Time: ~35 minutes · Builds on: Part 1 — Contacts app Part 1 got you shipping. This one…
Stop Rebuilding the Same SwiftUI Components: A Guide to DesignFoundation
"I'll just write a quick button style... and a text field with validation... and a card component..." Two weeks later you have a bespoke design syst…
Stop Rebuilding Auth, Onboarding, and Dashboards: DesignFoundationPro
Part 2 of 2. This tutorial builds on Part 1 — DesignFoundation core . If you haven't added the base package and theme yet, start there. The core pac…
Swift Structs — Custom Initializers & the Power of self 🔧
Every time you create a struct instance — like AnimeCharacter(name: "Naruto", powerLevel: 9000) — you're calling an initializer . Swift generates on…
Swift Structs — Building Your Own Custom Types 🏗️
So far we've been working with Swift's built-in types — String , Int , Bool , Array . But what if you need a type that doesn't exist yet? What if yo…
How to add license keys to a SwiftUI macOS app (in under an hour)
You built a Mac app, you want to sell it outside the App Store, and now you need licensing: a key the customer enters, an activation that sticks, an…
Adding Live Activities to a Pomodoro timer: what the docs don't tell you
A countdown timer is the perfect use case for Live Activities — and also a great way to discover everything the ActivityKit docs gloss over. When I…
Swift Closures — Accepting Functions as Parameters 🎯
So far we've been passing closures into functions that Swift provides — like sorted() , filter() , and map() . But what if you wanted to write your…
Introducing TimeLog: A Native Time Tracker for iOS and macOS
TimeLog started from a very simple email at work: “Reminder to register working hours.” That was enough to make me think about the way I track my ti…
Shipping a puzzle where one shape doesn't quite fit: Off By One
Off By One started from a single premise: what if the whole game was just "find the one that's off"? A grid of geometric shapes, all nearly identica…
Building a Native macOS Menu Bar Widget with SwiftUI and Glassmorphism
I recently open-sourced SysMonitor, a native macOS menu bar app for tracking system resources like CPU, RAM, Disk I/O, and Network speeds. I built i…
Building an unofficial Dumpert client for Apple TV with Swift 6 and SwiftUI
Dumpert is a Dutch video site I've watched for years, but there's never been an Apple TV app, so I built one. DumpertTV is an unofficial, open-sourc…
Mastering SwiftData: Building Persistent "Memory" for Your Next AI Chatbot
Imagine an AI chatbot that forgets everything the moment you close the app. Every interaction starts from scratch, every preference is lost, and the…