In an effort to explain what effects application design patterns have on code, I deliberately write an application using the worst possible application design pattern, in the hope that obvious mistakes will reveal the benefits of using better patterns. (more…)

Chris Lattner returns to the show to discuss Swift’s new concurrency features, the ongoing evolution of the language, and the importance of both language and API design. This, and much more, on this special 100th episode of the show. (more…)

For the past few weeks I’ve been writing Twitter threads on “Swift regrets”, things I wish we’d done differently early on in Swift’s development. I’ve been doing them on Twitter rather than as blog posts because of my RSI—short-form on my phone is easier ... (more…)

Dive into the details of Swift concurrency and discover how Swift provides greater safety from data races and thread explosion while... (more…)

What's New in Vapor 4 We've been working on the fourth major release of Vapor for almost a year now. The first alpha version was tagged last May, with the first beta following in October. During that time, the community has done amazing work helping to te... (more…)