Bill Atkinson joined Apple to change the world. However, some tools were missing.

Why remember Pascal in 2025, when functional programming has advantageously put objects in their place and Swift offers a level of abstraction that far exceeds that of Pascal?

Which company, Apple or Borland, has delivered the first Pascal compiler, then the first Object Pascal compiler? Motivations and the main actors for the projects inside these companies.

How Apple Intelligence transforms natural language into an abstract command composed of schemas from specific domains. How an app could expose actions through these schemas.

Apple Intelligence, introduced at WWDC 2024, revolutionizes app development with predictive code completion and natural language interactions. Developers can leverage the Semantic Index and App Intents Toolbox to enhance user experiences and integrate Siri and Apple Intelligence into their apps.

Mixing generative AI and declarative UI.

Activity can breathe in the background.

The SwiftUI App Scene doesn’t have any backstage!

A Dynamic Island is not an icing on the cake because it changes the recipe.

This series of posts will paint an opinionated picture involving Activity as a primary object for the future of iOS apps.