Stewart Lynch News2026 - 13 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com/ Swift Macros: Two Videos. No More Excuses Macros have been in Swift for a while now. If you still haven't dug in, these two recently released videos will fix that.Part 1 builds #URL — a freestanding expression macro that catches bad URLs at compile time, not at runtime. You'll write real macro expansion code, inspect...
25 days ago • 5 min read
Stewart Lynch News2026 - 12 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com/ WWDC26 Reflections Another WWDC is now behind us, and this year’s event felt quite different from those of previous years. Aside from the significant focus on Foundation Models and the introduction of Private Cloud Compute capabilities for developers, there were relatively few major new features announced across...
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Stewart Lynch News2026 - 11 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com/ WWDC26 is just around the corner. This time of year is like Christmas for those of us in the Apple developer community. On June 8, we’ll finally get our first look at what’s coming in iOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and visionOS 27. Rumors suggest that Apple Intelligence and AI will be front and center. There...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Stewart Lynch News2026 - 10 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com/ Back from Ireland I spend a wonderful week in Ireland with my son. Just two guys, eating what we wanted, when we wanted and consuming probably more Guinness than we should have. Lots of great memories for sure. Videos Since my last newsletter, I did release the final video on the NetworkManager series but have started...
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Stewart Lynch News2026 - 9 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com/ Off to Ireland Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash I am going to Ireland with my son for a vacation next week so there will not be another newsletter for 3 weeks, and for the first time in a long time, I am going to be skipping a Sunday video release. No video on May 10. Videos The entire SQLiteData series is now...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Stewart Lynch News2026 - 8 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com/ Recent Videos The first 6 videos of the SQLiteData series are now available. We have covered CRUD operations and one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many relationships and we are almost ready for CloudKit synchronization and sharing. You can find the entire YouTube playlist here:...
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Stewart Lynch News2026 - 7 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com Recent Videos The first 4 videos of the SQLiteData series are now available. Make sure you check out any pinned comments in the videos on YouTube for any last minute updates to the code. The completed source code should be current, but having to go back and update and republish a video to YouTube can be a pain when all...
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Stewart Lynch News2026 - 6 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com Recent Videos All three of the Network Manager series videos have been released and you can find them all at the YouTube Playlist Network Manager Videos Last Sunday's video tackles one of the most practical challenges in iOS development and that is making long lists actually usable. I walk through adding search,...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Stewart Lynch News2026 - 5 Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Please pass on the subscription link to others in your sphere so I can broaden my reach.https://stewartlynch.kit.com Recent Videos Two weeks ago, I released a video on AutoClosures, a topic that I was quite unfamiliar with. I have said this before, but the best way for me to learn something is to force myself to teach it. That way, I have to really understand the topic and be able to explain it to someone else. I am quite pleased with...
5 months ago • 2 min read