Newsletter # 8 - Making a C library available in Swift using the Swift Package Manager Nov 8 2019

Hello,

So glad that the weekend is here, time to relax. I found this post that you might find interesting. It is about the reason that 80x25 became the standard display.

There are many things we do out of habit and end up forgetting why we started...

Newsletter # 7 - Multithreading with pthreads in Swift Nov 1 2019

Hello,

This year Unix turns 50! You can check the website thatBell Labs created for the commemoration. I've always found these stories fascinating. I can only imagine how cool it would be to be part of the team that built something as impactful as...

Newsletter # 6 Launch Agents that provide XPC services Oct 25 2019

Hi,

How was your week? I hope it was a good one. It was a busy week for me. I was worried I wouldn't be able to publish an article this week. But I made it.

I enjoy writing these articles. I wish I had more time to dedicate to research and writing...

Newsletter # 5 - XPC Services on macOS apps using Swift Oct 18 2019

Hello,

The weekend is here, so before we go get some rest here is this week's newsletter.

Did you see that Ken Thompson's BSD Password was finally cracked? If you don't know who he is, he was one of the creators of the UNIX operating system. Someone...

Newsletter # 4 Using Kernel Queues notifications in Swift Oct 11 2019

Hello,

New OS version this week! I hope you had an easy upgrade to macOS(10.15) Catalina. I'm glad that everything went smoothly on my laptop. A couple of friends reported that their installation got stuck at the "Setting Up Your Mac" screen. The...

Newsletter # 3 - Understanding the RunLoop model Oct 4 2019

Hello,

This week I spent some time away from the computer relaxing and visiting San Francisco. Had such a good time with friends I haven't seen in a long time.

This week's post was about understanding the RunLoop. We used a basic shell implementation...

Newsletter # 2 - Using BSD Sockets in Swift Sep 27 2019

This week was fun. It was the first time I got an award for one of my posts on Reddit. It's always fun to receive messages from people that find my posts useful.

You can see the post with the little badges on top :) here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/swift...

Newsletter # 1 - Objective-C and Swift Interoperability and Mach-O executables Sep 20 2019

Hello,

Another week has gone by trying to figure out how computers work under the hood, and also enjoying dark mode on iOS. I hope you are enjoying the update too. Everything went smooth on the update, the only problem I had was with my reminders...