At GoogleCast, we migrated a reference iOS app to Swift using an app, compiler, simple rules and a linter. Here’s what we learned. (more…)

In order to work with C APIs, we sometimes need to convert Swift object references to and from raw pointers. Swift's Unmanaged struct is the standard API for handling this. Today, I'd like to talk about what it does and how to use it. (more…)

I am migrating a rough ~9000 lines of Swift 2 code to Swift 3. So really a small thing. And this is a mess of epic magnitude; the time needed to do that is not counted in hours... (more…)

Taylor Swift appears to be staking her reputation on CD sales. Her new album, ‘Reputation,’ is unlikely to be made available on streaming serviceswhen it’s released, according to people familiar with the matter. (more…)