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Written by Leo Dion on 2025-01-29 at 14:42

Now that I'm even busier than ever, I could use some help!

If you have experience in:

• macOS
• watchOS
• HealthKit
• Server Side Swift
• Swift along with VueJS and Typescript

Reach out to me. I'm looking for subcontractors to join my team.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/195-moving-forward-2025

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Written by Leo Dion on 2025-01-28 at 17:11

Big announcement for the first time in over 12 years I took a full time job.

I am excited for the new opportunity and the team I'm working with.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/195-moving-forward-2025

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Written by Leo Dion on 2025-01-14 at 14:42

Is it worth making your types all Sendable?

If not which types should be Sendable?

In the latest episode @mattiem and I do our best to clear up those misconceptions and how to move forward with Swift 6.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/194-fear-of-the-main-thread-with-matt-masicotte

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Written by Leo Dion on 2025-01-08 at 17:11

If you followed my work on SwiftData and Concurrency, you'll be happy to know I've published the portion used in Bushel as a Swift Package.

Introducing DataThespian!

A thread-safe SwiftData implementation that uses the power of ModelActors to provide an optimized and type-safe database interface.

https://github.com/brightdigit/DataThespian

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-31 at 15:47

I had a hard time understanding how isolation works in Swift 6. Thanks to my chat with @mattiem I have a much better understanding and I hope you will too. https://brightdigit.com/episodes/194-fear-of-the-main-thread-with-matt-masicotte

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-31 at 14:42

There's a reason the newest episode with @mattiem is called "Fear of the Main Thread". If you are looking for some guidance on Swift 6, Actors, Isolation, Sendable and more you'll want to listen to this one.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/194-fear-of-the-main-thread-with-matt-masicotte

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-28 at 14:11

What does Serverless really mean?

In this episode @sebsto talks about AWS Lambda and how it works with Server Side Swift.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/191-swift-server-side-serverless-with-sebastien-stormacq

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-13 at 14:42

What's your opinion of Copy on Write?

Have you tried any of the suggestions from @natanrolnik

Here's how we explains it and why it's helpful:

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/190-swift-toolkit-with-natan-rolnik

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-12 at 14:11

I'm excited to share the release of Bushel 2.0

https://getbushel.app

Lots of fixes but most importantly...

Screen Recording and Screenshots!

Now you can record your VM screen and add notes and of course share it with others.

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-10 at 14:42

I'm excited to chat with @mattiem about Swift 6 and concurrency... again 😳

This is your chance to get your question answered about concurrency and the future of Swift.

Let us know what you'd like us to talk about ASAP.

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-06 at 14:42

We had a great conversion about the challenges of using AWS and Security in the latest episode with @sebsto

If you are looking for ways to host how server side Swift app you'll want to listen to this one:

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/191-swift-server-side-serverless-with-sebastien-stormacq

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-12-03 at 14:42

I had a great time chatting with @sebsto about #AWS Lambda and how it works. If you looking for a cheaper alternative to other platforms, it's really worth a look.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/191-swift-server-side-serverless-with-sebastien-stormacq

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-11-29 at 14:42

Hey Everyone

I opening my calendar to help you!

Need help with Swift, got an app idea, career help?

Setup a time to chat at my calendar:

https://zcal.co/i/P1D4CuaD

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-11-28 at 14:11

I'm happy to have helped contribute #mermaidjs support to @SwiftPackageIndex

Now we can display diagrams in our README using markdown

Thanks @daveverwer @finestructure

Check out my example here:

https://swiftpackageindex.com/brightdigit/Sublimation

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-11-26 at 14:42

I forget that Swift supports some "goto" stuff. I'm always afraid on going down that road in my code but @nicklockwood as a really good use case for it.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/188-ludicrous-types-with-nick-lockwood

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-11-23 at 14:11

I had a great time chatting with @sebsto

about building a serverless Lambda app in Swift. If this is something you are curious about, you should definitely take a listen. https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-191-with-116511803?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-11-08 at 14:42

A new episode has been released featuring @nicklockwood

We discuss topics such as the peculiarities of Swift, the intricacies of its type system, and the future developments of SwiftFormat. Check it out at:

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/188-ludicrous-types-with-nick-lockwood

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-11-06 at 17:11

Sneak Preview of my episode with @nicklockwood

We chatted about:

• @swiftserverconf
• quirks of Swift you didn't know about
• the future of Swift.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/ludicrous-types-115412743?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-09-30 at 15:54

Second part of my chat with @bens is out!

We deep dive more into migrating to SwiftUI and I was able to deep dive into building larger projects with Swift Package Manager.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/186-the-great-swiftui-migration-part-2-with-ben-scheirman

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Written by Leo Dion on 2024-09-28 at 13:11

In the latest episode @bens goes over the different ways you can run into issues migrating from UIKit to SwiftUI including dealing with retain cycles.

https://brightdigit.com/episodes/185-the-great-swiftui-migration-part-1-with-ben-scheirman

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