I Built a Remote to Answer Claude Code From My Phone
Hello there! If you run Claude Code or Codex for real work, you know the moment. You start a task, it runs for a while, and you go make a coffee. Wh…
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CodeMate — Read and Edit Code on Your iPhone and iPad
A native code editor for developers who want to work with source files away from their desk. CodeMate helps you read, navigate, and edit source code…
Why Your Mac App Keeps Running After You Close the Window (and How I Fixed It)
If you came from Windows, you've probably noticed this: you click the red close button, the window disappears, but the app is still running . There'…
In iOS 27 and Xcode 27 Liquid Glass will be applied to your app automatically.
By Robin Winters · First published June 30, 2026 · Republished October 2, 2026 Original LinkedIn edition · Readable HTML edition · Robin’s portfolio…
Kinematics Lab Part II: You Don't Need Another...
By Robin Winters · First published July 30, 2026 · Republished October 2, 2026 Original LinkedIn edition · Readable HTML edition · Robin’s portfolio…
Building an iOS Moderation Layer with Apple Foundation Models framework and Firebase
By Robin Winters · First published April 2, 2026 · Republished October 2, 2026 Original LinkedIn edition · Readable HTML edition · Robin’s portfolio…
Fitness event feeds: explicit dates, stable identity and visible conflicts
Robin Winters · October 2, 2026 · robin.ac A map can look polished while the events behind it are ambiguous. Two feeds may repeat a record, supply d…
Swift search: cancellation needs an ownership check
Robin Winters · October 2, 2026 · Educational example prepared with coding-assistant support Search often looks simple until two requests finish in…
I built a native macOS menu bar companion for Portless
Portless replaces port numbers with named URLs for local development. I built PortlessBar to make those apps and the proxy controls accessible from…
What App Sandbox actually takes away from a Mac disk cleaner
A disk cleaner is a badly-shaped citizen of the App Sandbox: its whole job is to look at files the user did not explicitly pick. DiskWise ships twic…
Kram: A Tiny macOS Tool for Taming Chaotic Folders
I Built Kram: A File Organizer That Knows What Not to Touch My Downloads folder had become a crime scene. Hundreds of files. Random screenshots. ZIP…
Deferred Deep Links in iOS: Complete Integration Guide
Universal Links solve exactly one case: a user who already has your app taps a link and iOS hands it straight to scene(_:continue:) . They do nothin…
Scripta 3.4.7: schedule local meeting recordings without sending anything to the cloud
Follow-up to Building a 100% local meeting transcription app for macOS — Scripta already records dual-channel audio and summarizes with a local LLM.…
Building a Zero-Middleman Peer-to-Peer Remote Desktop using WebRTC and Native OS APIs
Abstract Most traditional remote desktop solutions operate on a client-server relay paradigm: every desktop video frame and every mouse movement is…
Goodbye pbxproj: A Friendly Guide to Xcode 27.2's New JSON Project Format
If you've built iOS apps on a team, you know this moment. You pull main , Git says CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in project.pbxproj , and you o…
RemoteMac
I wanted to control my Mac from my iPhone from anywhere , not just when both devices are on the same Wi-Fi. So I built RemoteMac — an open-source re…
Six things about WKWebView the docs don't tell you
I have spent the last few months building a browser on WKWebView. Not a wrapper around a single web view — a real one, with tabs, separate cookie ja…
Sound Analysis Has No cat_hiss Label
Apple Sound Analysis can hear a meow. It cannot name a hiss Apple's built-in Sound Analysis model can label cat_meow and cat_purr . It has no cat_hi…
I shipped ICD Atlas — offline ICD-10 & ICD-11 lookup for Apple
I shipped ICD Atlas — a small Apple app for looking up ICD-10 and ICD-11 codes without a connection. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/icd-at…
A five-check workflow for reviewing an AI-built SwiftUI app
Website illustration, followed by a real simulator screenshot of the Reading List demo. I maintain iOS Agent Skill , an open-source collection of Sw…
Putting Apple's Virtualization framework under a Flutter app
I maintain WSL Manager , a Flutter desktop app from 2021 that saves you from typing wsl.exe flags. Version 2 runs the same app on Apple silicon, whe…
Brewwery a native macOS GUI for Homebrew
Homebrew is usually one of the first tools I install on a new Mac. Its command-line interface is fast, reliable, and familiar. But over time, a Home…
UsageNow Tracks OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, Gemini and Antigravity Usage from Your Mac Menu Bar
I rarely use just one AI coding tool anymore. Codex may be working on one task, Claude Code on another, Gemini CLI is useful for a different workflo…
iOS 27 Just Redefined Swift: 5 Game-Changing Features Every iOS Developer Must Master
If you’ve been building iOS applications over the last few years, you are already familiar with the shift toward declarative UI and structured concu…
Weekly Dev Log 2026-W19
🗓️ This Week After all the hot weather we had up until last week, the days have suddenly turned much cooler. It finally feels like autumn is here🍂.…
Shipping a paid Mac app outside the App Store in two days
On Wednesday Apple showed the iPhone Duo and its status ring: battery, Wi-Fi and volume folded into one small ring. I wanted it on my Mac. By Friday…
layout with traffic light on iPad
After fixing these 2 issues for Focus browser & Firefox iOS , I decided to ask Codex to make me a small demo for these 2 layout guide: blue = sa…
iPhone Duo for iOS Developers: What Actually Changes in Your Swift Code
Apple announced the iPhone Duo today — its first foldable iPhone. A 5.4-inch outer display, a 7.6-inch inner display when you open it, ships with iO…
How much faster is macOS CI on dedicated runners? Five open-source projects, measured
Originally published on the Manzanita blog . I work on Manzanita, one of the runners compared below — so weigh the source. I've tried to make every…
iOS Visual Regression Testing with simctl and Pixel Diffs
A practical UIKit screenshot pipeline, a paywall layout bug, and the failure modes to fix before trusting CI. iOS visual regression testing can star…