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58: People used to hand code assembly12 juin 202500:47:31

Join us to talk about our five year anniversary of launching the Swift Package Index, adding Wasm and Android support to our compatibility testing matrix, WWDC 2025, and a rather lengthy (but interesting!) discussion of LLM-based coding tools. There's also a couple of package picks, as always!

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57: How many of the same packages can we pick?19 mai 202500:45:57

Join us for another episode of Swift Package Indexing where we cover the status of Swift 6.1 compatibility and the latest "Ready for Swift 6" results, discuss xtool, and of course pick some packages to talk about!

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56: By the next time we record, it'll definitely be there…24 avr. 202500:38:35

Join us for another episode where we cover our slightly unusual rollout of Swift 6.1 support on the Swift Package Index, the Swift Fundraising cooperative, the multiple fabulous projects written by Kashikawa Katsumi, and of course, give our regular package picks.

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55: The solution is always to write more tests03 avr. 202500:46:04

Join us as we chat about enabling parallelising our tests with Swift Testing, what your plan should be for any CocoaPods projects you still work on, more thoughts on open-source funding based on a recently published paper, and of course the usual package picks!

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54: Pick a test that you know is complicated and start there13 mars 202500:38:27
53: It's not a topic I thought many people would care about, but here we are13 févr. 202500:47:48

Join us for our first episode in 2025 with news of a community Swift on Android working group, the announcement of swift-build at FOSDEM, a discussion of making open source funding easier, how to get feedback on Swift Evolution proposals from people outside the Swift forums, and of course our usual package picks!

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52: In the next episode we'll fix the NPM ecosystem05 déc. 202400:46:52
51: The skill of not picking of dependencies should also be honed07 nov. 202400:40:00

Join us as we talk about the current state of Swift, Swift 6 concurrency, Swift-Java interoperability, and hear our regular package recommendations.


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50: It has a learning curve like a brick wall17 oct. 202400:35:14
49: 64 bytes of guaranteed uniqueness30 sept. 202400:42:19
48: It’s not just CGPaths all the way down?29 août 202400:40:52
47: There are no open-source license police08 août 202400:44:24

Join us as we discuss the latest Ready for Swift 6 results, and how we represent them on the site. We also chat about Open Source Software funding, homomorphic encryption, and of course, we include our regular package recommendations.


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46: A concept born and explored in recent decades11 juil. 202400:49:13

Join us as we talk about our build system move to an Orka cluster consisting of 8 Mac Studios, our ongoing "Ready for Swift 6" project, to get an update on documentation coverage across the package ecosystem, and to hear our regular package recommendations.  

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45: Lies, damned lies, and statistics20 juin 202400:33:34

This week we talk about WWDC, our Ready for Swift 6 project that tracks data race safety errors across the whole package ecosystem, the Swift 6 migration guide, and more. Of course, we also make our regular package recommendations!


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44: Does Swift run on gut bacteria yet?23 mai 202400:42:31
43: Now I’m worried our metrics aren’t correct! with special guest Holly Borla25 avr. 202401:06:11

This week we had the opportunity to talk to Holly Borla who manages the Swift Compiler Team at Apple. We chat about upcoming Swift 6 changes and why they're a big deal, but also why you shouldn’t worry too much. Of course, all three of us pick packages, too!

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42: We need a “No one expects the Spanish inquisition“ sound effect11 avr. 202400:49:31

Join us for another episode as Dave and Sven talk open-source security vulnerabilities and how all package ecosystems are at risk, why it won't be possible to give meaningful "package size" stats on package pages, yet more talk of interfacing with Swift from other languages, and a one-question quiz! Plus package recommendations, of course!

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41: Breaking our “skipping episodes” streak21 mars 202400:53:41

This week Dave and Sven break their streak of skipping recording to find Swift in exciting new places, like on ARM Windows and the Playdate, and learn new tricks like interoperating with C#. And as usual, there are package recommendations, with a good sprinkling of descents into various rabbit holes. 

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40: This downtime was a joint effort25 janv. 202400:40:53

This week, Dave and Sven take a look at the Flutter ecosystem, discuss Dave's blogging system rewrite, review their collaboration on a production crash, and, as usual, highlight some community packages.

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39: Stress testing dependency management11 janv. 202400:49:19

It's 2024, and Dave and Sven are back to talk plans for the Swift Package Index development over the coming year. They also talk about a light-hearted but also accidentally disastrous recent event in the npm package ecosystem, plans around how the Swift Package Index will approach Swift 6 support, and of course more package recommendations! 

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38: This is the least researched podcast in the history of podcasting07 déc. 202300:42:51

Inspired by a recent YouTube comment left on the previous episode, Dave and Sven talk about cross-platform Swift development with Visual Studio Code, Windows and Wasm compatibility, and about how Dave should have answered a question about adding a package into the Swift Package Index!

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37: With praise, you can include me, but any blame goes to Dave16 nov. 202300:50:13

Dave and Sven talk about the work that Cyndi Chin shipped as part of this year’s Swift Mentorship Program, and then dive into the details of some of the metrics, and answer a couple of listener questions about the feature. Plus six package recommendations, as always!

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36: Even though the bug is fixed, it's not over!26 oct. 202300:43:42

Join us for talk of bugs and how we've either fixed or worked around them, why creating sustainable developer tools is so hard, and the story of which indie Mac app made Dave buy his first app!

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35: It’s like a broccoli-eating competition. You can cheat by eating more broccoli, but you just end up more healthy05 oct. 202300:43:43

This week, we discuss importing ALL the packages, Swift 5.9, the Swift mentorship programme and package scores. Plus, of course, package recommendations!

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34: Here are some packages. They may do interesting things21 sept. 202300:45:24

What even is a recommendation? Join Dave and Sven as they talk about the tricky business of recommending, endorsing, or showcasing packages before diving into a review of dependencies in other package ecosystems, and how the Swift package ecosystem compares. Then we showcase some packages, as usual!

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33: We had some success, but it never saw the light of day31 août 202300:39:42

Join us as we talk about the disastrous week we had last week, where we had system failures, failed podcast recordings, and lumbago problems! We also talk about the upcoming Swift.org Package page and how we will curate the packages that get featured in the Community Showcase section. Plus, of course, community package recommendations.

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32: Which of your dependencies are load-bearing?10 août 202300:48:30

Do we understand how to add a package dependency after three years of creating the package index? No, we do not! We also discuss adding macro targets to Package pages, GitHub’s CodeQL analysis for Swift, and automating updating our package dependencies. Of course, we have six new package recommendations too!

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  • "Use this Package" showing an incorrect package name/identity – Issue 2451

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31: Recommended by the Ministry of "How hard can it be?"27 juil. 202300:42:22
30: I saw the rabbit hole you went down, and I hope you came out the other side of it13 juil. 202300:33:19
29: Are you saying that visionOS is more important than my sitemap?29 juin 202300:45:01
28: Your secrets are safe with us, we’ll forget them immediately!15 juin 202300:42:32
27: Swift 5.9, WWDC, AR/VR/MR, and package recommendations01 juin 202300:47:11
26: Swift on Windows, Wasm, SPI source code quiz, and package recommendations18 mai 202300:40:10
25: ChatGPT API exploration, SPI Playgrounds, Manifest validation, and package recommendations04 mai 202300:45:40
24: Apple sponsorship Q&A and our package recommendations20 avr. 202300:27:46
23: Site availability testing, Linux-only packages, and package recommendations23 mars 202300:28:52
22: Search ranking, building documentation on Linux, OpenAI, and package recommendations09 mars 202300:40:14
21: Swift Charts, over 300 documented packages, collaborative Markdown editors, and package recommendations23 févr. 202300:37:19
20: SPI in 2049, new “Supporters” page, and MacWhisper audio transcription09 févr. 202300:42:02
19: The SPI project is growing up, DocC uploading with AWS Lambda, and Are we server yet?27 janv. 202300:47:09
Episode 1812 janv. 202300:43:54
Episode 1722 déc. 202200:48:04
Episode 1608 déc. 202200:44:00
Episode 1528 nov. 202200:44:37
Episode 1410 nov. 202200:53:08

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Episode 1320 oct. 202200:35:01
Episode 1206 oct. 202200:40:18
Episode 1115 sept. 202200:35:16
Episode 1001 sept. 202200:36:18
Episode 918 août 202200:39:49
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