How to talk to Kotlin code from the cozy world of iOS application. (more…)

I like Swift. We’re using it for new products like Linea, which was written from the ground up with the new syntax. In spite of this, I still consider the language harmful. The best way to understand the issues is by imagining that you’re an iOS developer... (more…)

This post describes the goals, release process, and estimated schedule for Swift 4. (more…)

For everyday app development, it’s not often that array performance is something you’re thinking about. Perhaps if you’re implementing an algorithm that needs to scale well, performant arrays might be on your mind. Maybe you’re working on lower level code... (more…)

Back in the dark ages of Swift 1, I wrote an article about locks and thread safety in Swift. The march of time has made it fairly obsolete, and reader Seth Willits suggested I update it for the modern age, so here it is! (more…)