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The Scenario Expose your app’s data to Spotlight Search using NSUserActivity.

The Scenario Expose your app’s data to Spotlight Search using the Core Spotlight framework.

The Scenario Standing up diffable datasource with UITableView.

So, where do I even start with this one?

Early this year, my youngest daughter was bed-ridden in the hospital. As her (already tiny) body tried to fight off some mysterious infection that nobody could quite peg, I just sat around anxiously feeling powerless. If you’re a parent,...

Spend Stack’s first year on the App Store hits on the 18th! It’s been a rewarding year, and I’m very proud of the app. Though, as most reading this will no doubt know, iOS 14 is around the corner too. I’m in it deep at the moment, getting...

During what was likely a WWDC to be remembered for years to come for several reasons, we got our look at what’s next in Apple’s world. iOS 14 is upon us, so let’s dive back into our favorite(?) user interface framework, UIKit.

The very first virtual dub dub is coming in hot one week from today! Will we get a juiced up version of Catalyst, a shot of stability to SwiftUI or will UIKit dark horse the whole show and get a mountain of new goodies?

Part of living life as the proud owner of a P.U.F. (paid up front) app is the reality of the bell curve. You’ve seen this if you’ve looked at anyone’s numbers who makes these kinds of apps. It’s a product cycle of ups and downs.

Ah yes, the feature.

One of the challenges I have faced with Combine is simply not knowing what all the framework can do, and when it should be doing it. The nascent vocabulary of its pieces combined (sorry) with my few dalliances with reactive programming has...

If there is one thing I don’t like doing - it’s nothing.

While toiling about with some keyboard handling code in Spend Stack, I started to remember one import choice I made several months ago:

Through luck, determination and whatever other stereotypical noble quality you can conjure up, Apple selected Spend Stack to take part in their retail demo program.

One of my goals for the next update for Spend Stack was to tighten up the design of master detail scenarios, which are prevalent on macOS and iPadOS: