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Continue to upgrade to the latest macOS on your host system, use something that leverages Apple's Virtualized.framework to run any version of macOS you want. For instance, consider…

For years, my team uses the third-party tool `xcodes`... `brew install xcodes` or use the [GUI]( https://www.xcodes.app/ ). It allows you to easily install and maintain several ver…

Seems this is the product JetBrains mentioned in their sun-setting announcement of the short-lived CodeCanvas product. https://blog.jetbrains.com/codecanvas/2025/10/jetbrains-is-s.…

Kotlin ecosystem extends way beyond the Java runtime. I have apps developed in Kotlin running in browsers and iOS, in addition to Android.

What's wrong with Cirrus CLI and Tart built on Apple's Virtualization.framework? https://tart.run https://github.com/cirruslabs/cirrus-cli

I tend to copy Markdown content from other sources into Apple Notes. Being able to paste into Notes and have it format in the view is a big win. It is possible reporting is getting…

Where did Allo fit in? :)

JetBrains already announced it is no longer targeting Fleet as its iOS strategy for Kotlin Multiplatform. Instead it will be realizing its strategy through IntelliJ IDEA and Androi…

Now evaluate a glucometer.

I'm sure Apple still pays patent licensing fees to Qualcomm even if Apple is now manufacturing their own modem.

I agree at the time it wasn’t a mistake. It allowed for vast adoption with Slack needing to implement the complexities of a single login accessing (for me) about a dozen workspaces…

Slack seems to be walking back their mistake 10 years ago of requiring independent logins for each workspace. In slacks new product vision, you don’t sign into multiple workspaces,…

Are there examples of utilizing Smithy with WebSockets as the transport? I found the documentation of MQTT bindings and the general information about event streams. However, I'm st…

> I pulled my son out of the school. You seem to be an individual that acts on principle. Did you pull out all of your kids from school? Was this public school? Did you weigh the c…

> Don't really know what I should think about this to be honest... All subscription services must account for some form of average use. High usage customers are offset by low usage…

Epic is misleading a bit... Epic is claiming that without access to developer tools, it cannot properly develop the Unreal Engine for other parties to develop against. Reading the …

I have to figure the underlying reason is that Google can't trust that you, the user, own that Google Account as it actually owned by the entity that owns the GSuite organization. …

CamTwist requires disabling macOS SIP. For many this is too high bar.

I'm not sure why FB's site has unnecessary DIVs... But to defend React, HOC or render prop techniques but don't have to output DOM. In other words, every React component does not m…

There are a handful of them. Some simple, some complex. Here is a complex one... https://i.imgur.com/c0p24cU.png

I dropshipped from 2001 to 2004 in the jewelry market. I never really set out to do it, just stumbled into it. I had a friend in the jewelry business that tipped me off on the pote…

This does look interesting. When I tested, I noted a lot of latency. It seems the audio is not sent over WS until the capture is complete. Even after finishing a recording, the oth…

I smell a low-cost iPhone offering late Summer.

This is Eufy, Anker's brand for home products. I think with a $50K funding threshold, it is pretty clear they are simply leveraging Kickstarter as a go-to-market strategy. Informs …