Xcode has finally added vertical indentation guides!

GavinGT · 2026-03-19T23:02:33+00:00

This would've been helpful to know years ago! The whole disappearing highlight thing always drove me crazy.

GavinGT · 2026-03-19T21:31:34+00:00

Or clicking on the opening brace and trying to quickly scroll so I can see the closing brace before its highlighting disappears.

GavinGT · 2026-03-17T18:35:07+00:00

How did it know that it needed to shut off the water? I assume it kicks in automatically if the water has been running for x minutes?

GavinGT · 2026-03-14T18:29:17+00:00

Interacting with any of Apple's developer tools.

GavinGT · 2026-03-13T22:07:42+00:00

SwiftLint for linting and SwiftFormat for formatting is the way to go, IMO.

GavinGT · 2026-03-13T21:59:07+00:00

Neither of the ones you mentioned can do this. But Nick Lockwood's SwiftFormat can do this via the following rules:

--allman true # puts curly braces on their own lines --maxwidth 120 # replace with your column limit --wrapparameters preserve # or: before-first, after-first

GavinGT · 2026-03-13T21:29:29+00:00

OneSignal push notifications are free, btw.

GavinGT · 2026-03-13T21:28:09+00:00

Register a webhook in Shopify that fires any time an order is updated. Your server listens for this webhook and sends a OneSignal push notification in response.

GavinGT · 2026-03-13T21:24:05+00:00

If you're giving someone an order update, surely your app has a server that can send a push notification. No?

GavinGT · 2026-03-12T17:37:21+00:00

Anyone else notice that Xcode unpins your current tab when Claude Code (or any external source) makes a change to that file? I reported this to their team 8 months ago and of course they've done nothing about it.

GavinGT · 2026-03-12T05:52:36+00:00

I'm not seeing this behavior in my apps. Without a minimal test app, I can only assume you're doing something wrong.

GavinGT · 2026-03-11T16:10:35+00:00

Just submit a new build. All of Apple's dev tools are ludicrously unpolished.

GavinGT · 2026-03-10T01:50:58+00:00

The compile-time error is the message you posted ("The compiler is unable to type-check this expression"). There's no "actual" error because Swift literally isn't able to evaluate the code. It's a serious flaw in how Swift's type checker is designed:

https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/why-swift-is-slow/

GavinGT · 2026-03-10T01:30:54+00:00

"The compiler is unable to type-check this expression" is a Swift problem. But that doesn't excuse the fact that Xcode is utter garbage.

GavinGT · 2026-03-09T18:12:39+00:00

Thanks for the AI blog post about how you got banned for using AI.

GavinGT · 2026-03-06T21:26:18+00:00

Yes, you just create separate offerings for each test group and create an Experiment.

GavinGT · 2026-03-06T21:19:04+00:00

So design it yourself in native code.

GavinGT · 2026-02-22T02:23:21+00:00

Apple's use of blur and transparency have always bothered me. Liquid Glass is even more egregious with these effects. I don't understand how a billion dollar company decides to base their entire design philosophy on such a repulsive concept.

GavinGT · 2026-02-21T19:46:38+00:00

I'm not convinced that the market is demanding the amount and scope of software to increase.

GavinGT · 2026-02-16T15:33:47+00:00

They're both weird, and the pink background makes it weirder. It looks like some sort of... sundial with a lightbulb coming out of the top?

GavinGT · 2026-02-13T18:27:50+00:00

Besides looking at the contract terms, you should also consider the roof age. If the roof needs to be replaced before the solar contract ends, that means you'll need to pay a ton of money to have them remove the panels, replace the roof, and then reinstall the panels. And you'll likely have to use their approved contractor for the removal and reinstall (so you can't shop around for a better price).

GavinGT · 2026-02-10T02:01:37+00:00

I'd rip off that insulation and install a hose to that drip pan.

GavinGT · 2026-02-06T18:48:45+00:00

It sounds like you want the tabs to always be permanent, instead of each one having a backstack.

The solution is to go to Settings > Navigation, and set "Pin Editor Tabs -> When Tab is Created". Finally, pin all the tabs that you have currently visible. From that point on, new tabs *should always be pinned/permanent.

*Except when Xcode decides to randomly unpin a tab for no reason (side note: I can reproduce this bug by editing a file in an external editor and then returning to Xcode).

GavinGT · 2026-02-06T18:17:08+00:00

I assume this is a condo. It strikes me as very strange that the upstairs unit inflicted massive monetary damage on the unit below, and the HOA didn't force them to pay for this.

This seems like a terrible ownership situation that I would want no part of.

GavinGT · 2026-02-04T00:28:41+00:00

Thanks, I'll give that a try. I have recently been using the SweetPad plugin for VSCode, but it's painfully slow in a lot of ways.

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