Lucien

Ya me. Happy to try it (San Diego area)

Although this week it’s been all rain. lol.

I was listening to the latest The Talk Show with Brent Simmons, and thought of a good RSS app idea that I haven’t seen yet.. I might just write it, to expand the UI ideas for RSS apps, but also to scratch my itch of how I think I want to read RSS.

Artwork for three "Looks" icons that change the way the Halide camera captures a photo and interprets results. Also shown are thumbnail images of the chosen "Look" in the Ul.

So excited to be contributing to the design of Halide Mark III, Lux’s flagship photography app. 📷

This is just a sneak peek. Stay tuned for more thoughtfully composed designs.

How can we help with the design of your app? Let’s talk.
iconfactory.com/services

Lucien Dupont

Apple has a massive problem with Liquid Glass. I’m at my mother in laws house, 8 other people sitting around talking, and randomly came up that EVERYONE hates Liquid Glass. Their words, not mine. Also universal hate for Music’s song transition feature.

Animating SF Symbols in SwiftUI Add symbol effect animations and transitions to symbol images in SwiftUI to handle icon state changes without custom drawing or animation logic.

I've been exploring all the different animation types we can apply to SF Symbols in #SwiftUI and wrote a post covering symbol effect animations and transitions: nilcoalescing.com/blog/Animati...

A person is holding a smartphone displaying a colorful image while sitting in a theater with others.

I’m at a play tonight and someone a row ahead of me has a flip out tablet phone. And wow. It looked so good. She was looking at pictures she took and sharing to Instagram.

I hope Apple’s is just as nice.

Yes the picture is blurry. Snuck it. :)

A screenshot from Parachute App, showing 74% done on my iCloud Drive data, and 42% done on backing up my photos from iCloud.

Backing up my iCloud data with parachuteapps.com/parachute is going well, the latest status:

Parachute Backup – Seamless Backup for iCloud Parachute automatically backs up your iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive to your own storage.

Ya, I should have added it to the original post: parachuteapps.com/parachute

A screenshot of Parachute backing up my iCloud documents and iCloud Photos to a NAS device in my home.

The downloading and backing up of all my iCloud data and photos is progressing along nicely.

15 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 26.2 Apple is about to release iOS 26.2, the second major point update for iPhones since iOS 26 was rolled out in September, and there are at least 15 notable changes and improvements worth checking out. We've rounded them up below. Apple is expected to roll out iOS 26.2 to compatible devices sometime between December 8 and December 16. When the update drops, you can check Apple's servers for the download by going to Settings ➝ General ➝ Software Update on your iPhone.

I didn’t realize that good old Split View is returning to iPadOS! I really really miss it, looking forward to updating!

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/05/new-things-iphone-can-do-ios-26-2/

If you go see Zootopia 2 this weekend, I’m in the credits, way towards the end, in the technology section. I think called Story Tools. I’m going this afternoon, I’ll post a picture at some point.

I’ve released my entire multi-platform Smile4Me #Swift & #SwiftUI course for free.
It was a paid course on Teachable, but pricing changes made it impossible to keep offering it reasonably.
Enjoy the full content:
Happy #BlackFriday
stewartlynch.github.io/Smile4Me-Cou...

Interested in learning how to code this in #SwiftUI? Tune in to my YouTube channel tomorrow (Sunday) and find out.
Attributed Strings in a Text Editor with a custom Toolbar.
youtube.com/@StewartLynch

macOS Apps Step by Step book cover

Escape from Tutorial Hell book cover

My books: "macOS Apps Step by Step" and "Escape from Tutorial Hell" are now on sale for Black Friday.

Check out all the details here: https://troz.net/post/2025/black_friday_2025/

#macOS #Swift #SwiftUI #TechBooks #BlackFriday

What Happens When You Plant a WHOLE GARDEN in Just ONE BAG of Soil?

This is a really cool idea for very simple gardening.. I will try this in the upcoming year:

youtu.be/0jqKK3IP7…

I’ve been meaning to write a little note about this blog post:[ menial.co.uk/blog/2025…](Retrospective on making Base 3)

Some really sage advice about rewriting software from a blank slate.

Micro.blog - @pointfreeco@hachyderm.io

A few days ago I subscribed to @pointfreeco@hachyderm.io ’s site, and just watched: www.pointfree.co/episodes/… - it seems incredible still, but the logs don’t lie - pretty amazing stuff.

Really looking forward to watching the others in the series.

100% a bubble.. all this reminds me of the time I was like “how is pets.com” worth so much, it’s just a website selling pet stuff.

Dithering - Part 1 Understanding how dithering works, visually.

This is a fun little review of how dithering works: Dithering Part 1

inessential: Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App

This is a great post, worth your time to read.

I went an picked up a new iPhone at the local Apple Store. I held in my hand the iPhone Air.

That thing is amazing. Feels so nice in your hand. Like the perfect fit. Now I’m wondering if I should have switched to it. 🤣

The top left part of my menu bar, with reduced transparency and show the menu bar on under macOS 26. It’s showing a black, rounded window frame, with a light background desktop ending a sharp point in the top left.

The same picture with reduced transparence off, and show menu bar background off.. now the menu bar is showing the background desktop picture and the menu text in white now (vs black before).

Liquid Glass Thoughts: https://luciendupont.com/2025/09/19/liquid-glass-thoughts.html

I used to dream of being one of those gardening people that tend the grounds of places I worked in. 🤣

Everything but the Code INITIAL CHAPTERS NOW AVAILABLE! This pre-launch price will go up once the book is complete.You don’t need more Swift tutorials. You need a plan, and that's where my new book comes in. It's called Everything but the Code, and it's designed to provide everything you need to go from Xcode to App Store – from coming up with killer ideas, to launch strategy, to breakout success.You already have the skills, and you already have the ambition. This is the roadmap: Find app ideas with potential Test, refine, and validate ideas Stand out in a sea of sameness Write App Store copy that converts Create screenshots that pop Design high-impact purchase screens Make your launch unforgettable Grow without spending a penny on ads And ultimately, how to turn your indie apps into a career.How this book helpsHonestly, some of these things I'm not great at – I would say I'm a 5/10 on design, I'm a 7/10 on App Store optimization, I'm a 6/10 on pricing strategies. But you know what I do have? A lot of friends who are experts in these things.So that's why I've been talking to as many people as I can, sourcing their top tips for creators. You’ll hear how the best apps got made – and what they’d do differently today. This stuff isn’t theory. It’s battle-tested advice from people who’ve been there. You'll get design advice from the Apple Design Award winning team behind Halide. You'll get advice on building an audience from the Apple Design Award winning creator of CARROT Weather. You'll get advice on creating apps that stand out in a crowded marketplace from the Apple Design Award winning creator of Crouton. You'll get advice on generating long-term growth from the Apple Design Award winning creator of Slopes. You'll get advice on monetization strategies from the Apple Design Award winning team behind Blackbox. You'll get advice on user testing from Shainiel Deo, the Apple Design Award-winning creator of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja. You'll get advice on creating beautifully polished apps from the Apple Design Award winning team behind Flighty. You'll get advice on creating impactful apps that last from Werner Jainek, creator of the Apple Design Award-winning app Things. You'll get advice on making app development a full-time job from the newly minted Apple Design Award winning creator of The Art of Fauna. How about getting monetization advice straight from RevenueCat and Superwall? Or getting App Store optimization advice straight from the creators of AppFigures and Astro?How about getting analytics tips from the creators of TelemetryDeck? How about getting design advice from ex-Apple designers? How about getting press tips from John Voorhees of MacStories? How about getting Adam Lyttle's top tips for App Store optimization?All these and many more are in the book.I have been talking to so many people I admire to get their advice for you – to boil down the key lessons they learned, the mistakes they made, and the tips they have to help indie developers like you succeed.Code got you started. This book gets you paid.This book is designed to be your cofounder – to help you think like a designer, a marketer, a storyteller, and a CEO. It’s the difference between shipping and succeeding.My goal is for every reader of the book to have all the tools they need to create their own hit app, because the difference between having an app and having an indie career is Everything but the Code.Initial chapters available now!The initial chapters are available to read now, with subsequent chapters coming in the following weeks. Once the entire book is available I'll be following up with a ton of bonus videos, plus checklists so you have quick reference cheatsheets for key tasks.It's going to be a gigantic book once it's complete – a truly unmissable guide for every indie app developer.BUT: The launch price of $80 is only available until the book is complete. Once all the chapters are available, the price will be going up.

Paul Hudson's Everything But The Code: https://luciendupont.com/2025/07/15/paul-hudsons-everything-but-the.html

This was a really solid talk, I learned a bunch of stuff from it
https://iosdev.space/@DeepDishSwift/114790929229730094

It's not an issue IMHO.. folks don't need to know all of them to get a lot of good work done. :)

Sessions & Labs - WWDC25 - Apple Developer Learn about WWDC25 sessions, group labs, and one-on-one labs.

These groups labs at #wwdc are fantastic.. at least the first one I just attended was! :)

I'd recommend signing up for as many as seem interesting and just listen in:

developer.apple.com/wwdc25/sessi...

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New for WWDC25 — online group labs! Register now to join Apple engineers online to ask questions, get advice, and follow the discussion about the week’s biggest announcements in real time, Tuesday, June 10 through Friday, June 13! apple.co/wwdc25-gr…

I really need to remember that. 🙂

I probably shouldn’t have watched Season 2, Episode 2 of #theLastOfUs tonight. But wow. I guess I’m glad I haven’t played the games yet.