Reading up on SwiftUI
6 deep · digging since feb 26
- Every Frame Perfect
A Hacker News discussion pushes back against the article's premise that every animation frame must look perfect in isolation, arguing motion blur and temporal effects make intermediate frames acceptable.
- Native all the way, until you need text
A veteran macOS developer finds that native Apple frameworks fail to support rich Markdown chat UIs, making Electron and WebKit more practical despite developer criticism.
- Six years perfecting maps on watchOS
Pedometer++ 8 ships a custom SwiftUI map engine for watchOS that renders cartridge-designed tiles, after six years of iterative design to prioritize offline navigation over dynamic rendering.
- Meet WebKit for SwiftUI - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer
Apple introduces a SwiftUI-native WebKit API to simplify embedding and controlling web content across Apple platforms.
- I vibe coded my dream macOS presentation app
Simon Willison describes creating a custom macOS presentation app using AI-assisted vibe coding in Swift, which sequences URLs as slides and includes a phone-based remote control via Tailscale.