Indie software creator at https://cocoatype.com/. I make @getbarc.app, @blackhighlighter.app, and @kineo.app.https://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lyviykf2us2iMy apps @blackhighlighter.app and @getbarc.app have been updated for iOS 26! Go take a look at what I've been working on all summer: https://bsky.app/profile/blackhighlighter.app/post/3lyvirfw6n22i [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyviykf2us2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lw5xgqudik2cGetting AI to replace the least-favorite part of any software dev's job: making estimates.11 Aug 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5xgqudik2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lvr5fldqfc2aThe next release of @blackhighlighter.app is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever even if you *don't* count iOS 26 features. It's just that the new design finally gave me the kick in the pants to figure out where all the cross-platform gaps are and fill them in.06 Aug 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvr5fldqfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lshgbhusvk2qI've been adopting App Intents since day 1 with @getbarc.app to integrate with other apps via Shortcuts, including Maps to Barc's locations. But Apple is deprecating the type I use for this, CLPlacemark, in iOS 26, and its replacements can't be used in App Intents. 😭 Feedback filed as FB1838273125 Jun 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshgbhusvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lr7ghectks2qEven though it’s much simpler now than in the past, fuckingappleversionnumbers.com is now up to date with the latest OSes. #WWDC25 https://fuckingappleversionnumbers.com09 Jun 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7ghectks2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lizlqln42k2mSwiftData is cool, but Apple’s telling you to hold it wrong: https://pado.name/blog/2025/02/swiftdata-query/25 Feb 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizlqln42k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3limwc6y7rk2iLess time to attach, and just as useful.20 Feb 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3limwc6y7rk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lhlo74sdi22bI see a lot of junior devs get discouraged, thinking that taking a long time to do something means they’re not cut out for coding. I’ve been at this for 20+ years, and it just took me four straight days of focus to write ≈100 lines of code to generate 28 characters. Sometimes things are just hard.07 Feb 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlo74sdi22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lhfmbwj4l222LLMs still have a lot to learn about Swift development. Namely, they’ll spend 15 minutes trying to make sense of a crash instead of doing the appropriate thing: Asking “have you tried deleting DerivedData?”05 Feb 2025 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfmbwj4l222https://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lfyyll2jhs2g“Are you two behaving now, or are you still being mean, but slower?” is a real question I just had to ask my cats.18 Jan 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfyyll2jhs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3le4jv2s4bc2ghttps://youtu.be/eGsvj7mdbP0?feature=shared25 Dec 2024 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3le4jv2s4bc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3ldi5gyscks2t“I’m not snoring, I’m ideating.”17 Dec 2024 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldi5gyscks2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lcvmacq54s2yPeak comfort.09 Dec 2024 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvmacq54s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lcgegxpc722wFinally gave up on having coherent user names for my apps across platforms. Everything is just website URLs now. https://getbarc.app/contact/bluesky/. That way, I can change the name if something better comes up without breaking the links to it I have baked into the app or whatever.03 Dec 2024 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgegxpc722whttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lcg33p2vn22eWe did a special supporters-only episode of the CompileSwift Podcast discussing @pwitham.bsky.social’s M4 Mac mini and using it for iOS development. patreon.com/compileswift Supporters of the podcast get special bonus episodes like this, and ad-free versions of regular episodes. https://patreon.com/compileswift03 Dec 2024 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcg33p2vn22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lcehjlpwlk2mI’m ahead of schedule for my next app update release (for @blackhighlighter.app), so of course I moved up my own deadline. I’ve become my own unforgiving product manager.03 Dec 2024 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcehjlpwlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lbypctin3s2nEither I've missed something obvious, or getting Shortcuts to display human-readable text when you throw an error is rather complicated. 28 Nov 2024 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbypctin3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cocoatype.com/post/3lbv3kpeuqs2uMigrating everything to string catalogs because of Apple’s API choices is going… just swell.26 Nov 2024 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ik4ujde2on4ugrl3mcsdmf5c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbv3kpeuqs2u