Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Git Tower 16
Tower 15: This update introduces Automatic Branch Management, making it easier than ever to keep your repository tidy and clutter-free. We’ve also added significant improvements to the “History” view for better visualization of your work 😎 Tower 16: Tower 16 for Mac is now in beta, and it introduces AI Commits, allowing you to generate […]
I Regret the Blood Pact I Have Made With iCloud Photos
Nick Heer (Mac Power Users Talk): Apple’s next iCloud tier is a generous 6 TB, but it costs another $324 per year. I could buy a new 6 TB hard disk annually for that kind of money. […] A better solution is to recognize I do not need instant access to all 95,000 photos in […]
Mac Easter Eggs
Doug Brown (Slashdot): I was recently poking around inside the original Power Macintosh G3’s ROM and accidentally discovered an easter egg that nobody has documented until now. […] The “secret ROM image” text in particular seemed like it could be related to the picture shown above. I decided to dive deeper to see if I […]
What’s That “Structured” in Structured Concurrency?
Max Seelemann: There are only three ways to create a concurrently running operation from the standard library, Task being the first. The other two are async let and TaskGroups — which happen to be the structured ones. […] In my words, it’s a direct, inescapable dependency relationship. You can always start a task and forget […]
Stolen Device Protection May Protect You From Accessing Your Own Device
Glenn Fleishman: Note that this remains an iPhone-only feature, even though an iPad could be exploited the same way. I have to infer either that Apple has had almost no reports of exploitation via iPad passcode theft, or that they are balancing the needs of the average iPad user who is out and about with […]