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November 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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"I think indies are in the best position here. One person can accomplish more than a team or a large organization"
Not really - indies get their apps cloned 5-10 times with Apple search algo giving clones top positions (new apps get a boost) unless indies pay Apple extra for search ads.
Not really - indies get their apps cloned 5-10 times with Apple search algo giving clones top positions (new apps get a boost) unless indies pay Apple extra for search ads.
@nicklockwood @tolmasky I don’t want to sound like an AI bro here (so don’t take it that way), but it really seems to be such a productivity multiplier that it can be difficult to keep up (in terms of sales) with all the AI competition, if one does not use AI. I certainly see that too.
I still want to see the positive side in all of this and really think the increased output and competition will ultimately lead to better software and choices for end users. Doesn’t it usually end up that way?
Related to your original point about indies, I think indies are in the best position here. One person can accomplish more than a team or a large organization. I think output now flipped, the smaller you are the better.
infosec.exchange
November 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"I think indies are in the best position here. One person can accomplish more than a team or a large organization"
Not really - indies get their apps cloned 5-10 times with Apple search algo giving clones top positions (new apps get a boost) unless indies pay Apple extra for search ads.
Not really - indies get their apps cloned 5-10 times with Apple search algo giving clones top positions (new apps get a boost) unless indies pay Apple extra for search ads.
SwiftFormat 0.64.0 is out! This is a huge release with too many new features to list, but here are a few:
- Adopt formatting incrementally using --snapshot
- Fix common typos automatically
- Flatten nested ifs and repeated guards
https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat/releases/tag/0.64.0
- Adopt formatting incrementally using --snapshot
- Fix common typos automatically
- Flatten nested ifs and repeated guards
https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat/releases/tag/0.64.0
Release 0.64.0 · nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
Added --snapshot feature for incrementally adopting formatting without changing files that match a saved snapshot
Added --unknown-options error|warn|ignore for handling unknown rules, options, and ...
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October 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
SwiftFormat 0.64.0 is out! This is a huge release with too many new features to list, but here are a few:
- Adopt formatting incrementally using --snapshot
- Fix common typos automatically
- Flatten nested ifs and repeated guards
https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat/releases/tag/0.64.0
- Adopt formatting incrementally using --snapshot
- Fix common typos automatically
- Flatten nested ifs and repeated guards
https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat/releases/tag/0.64.0
Oops, sorry wrong link 😅 n.social/@nicklockwood/117410339169705286" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/117410339169705286
Nick Lockwood (@nicklockwood@mastodon.social)
On the face of it this is absurd: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/08/anthropic-bans-abusive-behavior-claude
I can think of several good reasons for banning this behavior (AI might learn bad habits from it; waste of tokens; psychologically unhealthy for the user; etc) but none of them are "maybe the AI has feelings"
I wonder if Anthropic knows this and it's all just marketing spin, or if they're actually that deluded?
mastodon.social
October 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Oops, sorry wrong link 😅 n.social/@nicklockwood/117410339169705286" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/117410339169705286
Yeah, I suggested the possibility they might be worried about what the AI will learn from those interactions here n.social/@nicklockwood/117410135837453216" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/117410135837453216
But also (per that article) they _are_ in fact claiming that the AI might have feelings (we know that's horseshit, but do they?)
But also (per that article) they _are_ in fact claiming that the AI might have feelings (we know that's horseshit, but do they?)
Nick Lockwood (@nicklockwood@mastodon.social)
Jokes aside, these are not the kind of mistakes AI makes, they're the kind of mistakes careless people make
I suspect that in some ways this *was* caused by the AI push, but it's a second-order effect; they fired all the competent copywriters and QA folks because with AI they "don't need them anymore" but the intern now responsible for vibe-coding the website probably told the AI what text to put for the header without also asking it to check the spelling
mastodon.social
October 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Yeah, I suggested the possibility they might be worried about what the AI will learn from those interactions here n.social/@nicklockwood/117410135837453216" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/117410135837453216
But also (per that article) they _are_ in fact claiming that the AI might have feelings (we know that's horseshit, but do they?)
But also (per that article) they _are_ in fact claiming that the AI might have feelings (we know that's horseshit, but do they?)
My best score is 1
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/114358972888268481
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/114358972888268481
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Flappy Swift: a Swift Webassembly game by Simon Leeb https://sliemeobn.github.io/flappy-swift/
mastodon.social
April 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My best score is 1
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/114358972888268481
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/114358972888268481
@LucasTizma @nicklockwood @edog1203 Either way, every time I change the bounds, it just jumps to the new value. https://gist.github.com/mattbischoff/212bbc1a5fec2d878566
Build software better, together
GitHub is where people build software. More than 100 mill...
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December 1, 2024 at 2:23 PM
@LucasTizma @nicklockwood @edog1203 Either way, every time I change the bounds, it just jumps to the new value. https://gist.github.com/mattbischoff/212bbc1a5fec2d878566
@LucasTizma @nicklockwood @edog1203 Yeah, that works great. bounds size not so much. :(
December 1, 2024 at 2:23 PM
@LucasTizma @nicklockwood @edog1203 Yeah, that works great. bounds size not so much. :(
@LucasTizma @edog1203 @nicklockwood Right, which we could do with label or text layer also on a display link.
December 1, 2024 at 2:23 PM
@LucasTizma @edog1203 @nicklockwood Right, which we could do with label or text layer also on a display link.
@LucasTizma @nicklockwood Yeah, you can get that to work.
December 1, 2024 at 10:37 AM
@LucasTizma @nicklockwood Yeah, you can get that to work.
August 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
RT @nicklockwood: 2008 I'll sell apps for $2.99 & make millions
2010 At $0.99 I'll make $1000s
2012 Ads might cover my rent
2014 Kickstart …
2010 At $0.99 I'll make $1000s
2012 Ads might cover my rent
2014 Kickstart …
February 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
RT @nicklockwood: 2008 I'll sell apps for $2.99 & make millions
2010 At $0.99 I'll make $1000s
2012 Ads might cover my rent
2014 Kickstart …
2010 At $0.99 I'll make $1000s
2012 Ads might cover my rent
2014 Kickstart …
@nicklockwood Why do they, and centre-left parties in general, have to be so god damned useless?
(I know the answer: lefties keep score with displays of ideological purity. The right keeps score with money. One of those is a game it’s possible to win.)
(I know the answer: lefties keep score with displays of ideological purity. The right keeps score with money. One of those is a game it’s possible to win.)
November 8, 2024 at 2:03 PM
@nicklockwood Why do they, and centre-left parties in general, have to be so god damned useless?
(I know the answer: lefties keep score with displays of ideological purity. The right keeps score with money. One of those is a game it’s possible to win.)
(I know the answer: lefties keep score with displays of ideological purity. The right keeps score with money. One of those is a game it’s possible to win.)
@nicklockwood I don’t disagree with any of that. But will they understand the lesson?
November 8, 2024 at 11:57 AM
@nicklockwood I don’t disagree with any of that. But will they understand the lesson?
@nicklockwood I don’t _really_ think Rogan identifies a part of the millionaire class? But in any case, the hubris of dismissing him (and his tens of millions of listeners) is part of the reason the Democrats lost.
November 8, 2024 at 10:14 AM
@nicklockwood I don’t _really_ think Rogan identifies a part of the millionaire class? But in any case, the hubris of dismissing him (and his tens of millions of listeners) is part of the reason the Democrats lost.
PicTiles
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/pictiles
PicTiles is a new take on the Tetris genre. If you’re tired of building endless walls, why not try something a bit more adventurous?
#macgarden #puzzle #2008 #charcoaldesign #nicklockwood #realbasic
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/pictiles
PicTiles is a new take on the Tetris genre. If you’re tired of building endless walls, why not try something a bit more adventurous?
#macgarden #puzzle #2008 #charcoaldesign #nicklockwood #realbasic
January 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
PicTiles
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/pictiles
PicTiles is a new take on the Tetris genre. If you’re tired of building endless walls, why not try something a bit more adventurous?
#macgarden #puzzle #2008 #charcoaldesign #nicklockwood #realbasic
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/pictiles
PicTiles is a new take on the Tetris genre. If you’re tired of building endless walls, why not try something a bit more adventurous?
#macgarden #puzzle #2008 #charcoaldesign #nicklockwood #realbasic
SwiftFormat, Swift kodlarınızı otomatik olarak formatlar, gereksiz parantezleri kaldırır ve Swift standartlarına uygun hale getirir - 8,670+ ⭐
🔗 https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
#Swift #iOS #KodKalitesi
🔗 https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
#Swift #iOS #KodKalitesi
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM
SwiftFormat, Swift kodlarınızı otomatik olarak formatlar, gereksiz parantezleri kaldırır ve Swift standartlarına uygun hale getirir - 8,670+ ⭐
🔗 https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
#Swift #iOS #KodKalitesi
🔗 https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat
#Swift #iOS #KodKalitesi
http://google.github.io/swift/ should come with SwiftFormat configuration or gtfo. oh wait... @nicklockwood where is the configuration file?
Swift Style Guide
Google's Swift style guide.
google.github.io
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
http://google.github.io/swift/ should come with SwiftFormat configuration or gtfo. oh wait... @nicklockwood where is the configuration file?
I'm really admiring the Swift Community for not mentioning SwiftFormat by @nicklockwood as a tool to format Swift Code, so we urge to build a tool because there is none out there
February 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm really admiring the Swift Community for not mentioning SwiftFormat by @nicklockwood as a tool to format Swift Code, so we urge to build a tool because there is none out there
a couple of challenges in this one:
- generate SwiftUI source code (live). It's like a reverse source parser. The output wouldn't look that great if I could use @nicklockwood SwiftFormat https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat as a library - truly a lifesaver!
- generate SwiftUI source code (live). It's like a reverse source parser. The output wouldn't look that great if I could use @nicklockwood SwiftFormat https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat as a library - truly a lifesaver!
GitHub - nicklockwood/SwiftFormat: A command-line tool an...
A command-line tool and Xcode Extension for formatting Sw...
github.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
a couple of challenges in this one:
- generate SwiftUI source code (live). It's like a reverse source parser. The output wouldn't look that great if I could use @nicklockwood SwiftFormat https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat as a library - truly a lifesaver!
- generate SwiftUI source code (live). It's like a reverse source parser. The output wouldn't look that great if I could use @nicklockwood SwiftFormat https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat as a library - truly a lifesaver!
SimpleStorage... feels like I should just use a caching system. I was planning on using NSCache, but support on non-Apple platforms doesn't seem to be... great. I'll probably use LRUCache. Seems simple enough.
GitHub - nicklockwood/LRUCache: LRUCache is an open-source replacement for NSCache that behaves in a predictable, debuggable way
LRUCache is an open-source replacement for NSCache that behaves in a predictable, debuggable way - nicklockwood/LRUCache
github.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
SimpleStorage... feels like I should just use a caching system. I was planning on using NSCache, but support on non-Apple platforms doesn't seem to be... great. I'll probably use LRUCache. Seems simple enough.