I still remember the first time I stared at a blinking cursor, trying to write a function that walked through a folder tree and summed up the size of every file. My first attempt was a neat little loop with a manual stack, but it felt clunky—like I was trying to juggle flaming swords while riding a unicycle. Then I saw a coworker’s solution: a clean, recursive…
When documentation lives as an afterthought, it shows. Pages drift out of date, examples break quietly, and release notes scatter across a dozen places no one can find. The fix is not a weekend cleanup. It is a decision to treat docs the way you treat any product people depend on: someone owns it, it has standards, and it gets maintained on purpose.
That is the…
I still remember the first time I stared at a competitive‑programming statement and felt my brain short‑circuit. The problem talked about “arrays of length n where each element is at most 10⁹ and you need to count pairs whose sum is divisible by k”. I started scribbling brute‑force loops, then switched to sorting, then tried hash maps… and after twenty minutes I…
A year ago I was the guy rolling his eyes at the AI demos.
I tried to use it back then to score sales leads, and I couldn’t get it to reliably do something as basic as flag every company with more than 25 employees. A plain “x > 25” was beyond it.
That wasn’t the 10x revolution everyone kept promising. Not yet.
Things have changed fast.
A year later, I just spent two weeks and about $4,000 in…
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If you love WhatsApp on your iPhone or iPad, you may not love this. Meta has announced that, as of November 30, 2026, the company will raise its minimum requirements for both iPhones and iPads. The company has offered the following comments: Long story short, you’ll need an iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st […]
If you were looking forward to the continuation of the Dick Tracy-esque Walkie-Talkie app on your Apple Watch, Apple has apparently ended it. Per MacRumors and confirmed by tech journalist Nicolas Lellouche, Apple has quietly removed the Walkie-Talkie app from its first developer beta of watchOS 27, the app having vanished from both the app […]
Once again, it’s the beta that offers some of the most significant hints as to the Apple products in the pipepine. Per MacRumors, a trio of references has been sighted within the first macOS 27 developer beta, the forthcoming software update hinting at the “MacBook Ultra” device, which is rumored to feature an OLED display, […]
There’s something to be said for watching the entire Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Platforms State of the Union for roughly two hours the second it goes live. There’s also something to be said for watching the condensed recap that covers the key points, including rebuilt intelligence frameworks, platform design changes, and major developer tools updates. […]
If you were worried about watchOS 27’s compatibility with your older Apple Watch, this will probably come as a relief. Following up on worries that its upcoming operating system would require a Series 10 Apple Watch or later to run, Apple has just clarified that watchOS 27 will also install and run on Apple Watch […]
In the continuous arms race between Apple and Google for GPS mapping, Apple may have taken the lead where its 3D imagery is concerned. Among the upcoming features presented at the WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple showed its next generation of 3D rendering for its Apple Maps app, complete with vastly-improved models, realistic trees, and […]
If you saw the WWDC 2026 keynote event and are eager to dive into Apple’s upcoming operating systems, Apple has seeded the first betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and visionOS 27 to developers for testing purposes. Registered developers can opt in to betas and download the software through […]
The day you’ve been waiting a year for has come and Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference begins today in Cupertino. One of the highlights is the keynote speech, which can be seen on Apple’s website, Apple TV, the Apple Developer app and the company’s official YouTube channel on Monday, June 8, at 10 a.m. PT (1 […]
Sometimes the smart money’s in the smaller, market-proven peripheral as opposed to the Next Big Thing. According to MacRumors, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has posted that incoming company CEO John Ternus has signed off on a major revision of Apple’s Vision Pro and smart glasses plans, consolidating Apple’s work in the category. Kuo wrote […]
You may have some difficulty opening your Microsoft Office of Office 365 files next month. Per Macworld, Microsoft has pointed to a support document that warns of potential issues with Microsoft Office or 365 and iOS and macOS. The company will be ending support for devices running older operating systems in what the Redmond giant […]
Apple may have accidentally let the name of its upcoming operating system update slip less than a week before the annual WWDC event. Per Macworld and Andreas Storm, an image reference linked to the #WWDC26 hashtag aludes to a “Project Big Bear,” a landmark that could be the name for this year’s macOS update. Versions […]
Apple may be working on implementing different subscription tiers in its Apple Music app. Per noted tech analyst Aaron Perris, references found in two strings in the beta verson of the Apple Music app for Android offered the following hints: one informing the user that a given action requires “premium access,” and an error message, […]
If you’re hankering for an iOS 26.5 bug fix, it may be just around the corner. Per MacRumors and the macOS visitor logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions in the past, Apple’s software engineers have begun testing the upcoming operating system update. iOS 26.5.1 will almost certainly be a minor […]
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A trio of new features on the Disney+ app show that the Hulu app may be coming to an end, the two apps moving towards integration that tends to favor Disney’s efforts. Per 9to5 Mac, the following new features have surfaced on the Disney+ app, with Hulu’s popular Live Guide feature said to be arriving […]
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If you’re a fan of Discord, this is going to come in handy. Discord has announced that it has enabled end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for every voice and video call across its platforms, including desktop, mobile, web, and game consoles such as the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox. Per MacRumors, the rollout covers DMs, […]
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If you’re looking forward to the upcoming World Cup tournament, you’re going to like this. Apple’s Sport app was just updated to version 4.0, adding the following new features and expanding to 90+ new markets: If you launch Apple Sports after updating, you’ll see a banner encouraging you to keep up with the World Cup […]
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Apple may be looking to rein in its Liquid Glass user interface with iOS 27. With less than a month away from the company debuting iOS 27 at WWDC in June, a new report by Bloomberg noted that Apple is planning “noticeable design changes across several areas” with iOS 27. “The interface changes are meant […]
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Sometimes you have to change the name of an app to keep all parties happy. Following the recent release of an unofficial Mac port of Notepad++, the original developer cited a trademark violation. The dispute has now been settled with a reband. The macOS port was previously released by Andrey Letov under the Notepad++ name […]
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The rumored incorporation of a Touch ID fingerprint recognition feature on the Apple Watch may have to wait. Per Macworld and the leaker known as “Instant Digital” on the Weibo social media network, “The current rumors about adding biometric authentication to Apple Watch and other wearable devices are completely false.” Instant Digital went on to […]
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It’s not a huge or feature-rich update, but it’s got some nice bug fixes and a few nifty goodies. Apple on Monday rolled out its macOS Tahoe 26.5 operating system update. The update offers the following fixes and changes along with dozens of security fixes: As usual, the update can be located, downloaded, and installed […]
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You may be able to choose your AI assistant in Apple’s upcoming operating systems. According to Bloomberg, Apple is rumored to be offering users the option to run the artificial intelligence assistant of their choice through third-party models as an alternative to Apple Intelligence. The report, which was published on Tuesday, cited sources who stated […]
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Apple is that much closer to releasing its macOS Tahoe 26.5 update. The company seeded its release candidate version to the developer community for testing on Monday, the update coming a week after Apple seeded the fourth beta. Developers can download the macOS Tahoe 26.5 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the […]
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Apple is expected to unveil its macOS 27 operating system during its WWDC 2026 keynote on Monday, June 8. Following this event, the first developer beta will likely be available, with a public beta typically following in July, and a public release occurring in Septemer. Per MacRumors, here’s what’s currently known and thought to be […]
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If you can’t make it to the Bay Area/haven’t been invited to the campus during the Worldwide Developer Conference this June, you can still get together with your local Mac geeks, meet up, and enjoy the event. Apple has published a list of 28 conference-adjacent and community-hosted events around the world during the week-long event, […]
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You can’t argue with a good text editor. After more than 20 years on the Microsoft Windows platform, the nifty Notepad++ coding editor is now available as a native macOS app, following an unofficial open-source community port of the original Windows codebase. The Notepad replacement runs as a universal binary, so it works on both […]
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