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Data Tracking and Notifications in Core Data and SwiftData
mjtsai,
Fatbobman (Mastodon): [prepareForDeletion is called] when the managed object is about to be deleted, typically used for cleaning up resources or manually managing relationships. Note that this method is triggered before validateForDelete. If the deletion operation fails due to validation failure, changes made in this method may be rolled back.[…]However, because these operations are extensions […]
Swift Proposal: Integer Generic Parameters
SE-0452 (via Steve Canon): Swift does not currently support fixed-size or fixed-capacity collections with inline storage. (Or at least, it doesn’t do so well, not without forming a struct with some specific number of elements and doing horrible things with withUnsafePointer to handle indexing.) Most of the implementation of something like a fixed-size array, or […]
Hypertextual Writing and Social Media
John Gruber (Mastodon): It also brought to mind how social media has largely kneecapped true hypertextual writing by not enabling it. You can, of course, add links to web pages in social media posts on any of the various basically-the-same-concept-as-Twitter platforms like X, Threads, Bluesky, or Mastodon, but you do so by pasting raw URLs […]
Everything is on Fire
Swiss Miss,
“Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living, and I know I don’t have to believe in everything, but I believe in that.” – Nikita Gill Now we continue living a life of integrity, kindness and community, no matter the circumstances. Find the helpers. […]
The PARA Method
Seems like I feel like organizing my digital life. I stumbled upon PARA, a simple, comprehensive system for organizing any type of digital information across any platform. Intrigued.
Email System
I enjoyed watching this streamlining process and email system set up.
Exploded Fruit Bowl
This Exploded Fruit Bowlby by Paul Cocksedge made me smile.
Libro.fm
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks through your local bookstore. Choose the bookstore you’d like to support, and they will get a portion of every purchase you make. (You’re like me and want to get off Audible? You can download your entire library. Here’s a Reddit thread on it too.)