Summer Plans

Like other developers, I’ve spent a few weeks with Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language. In some areas, I think it’s tremendous: the macOS dock, iOS folders, text selection hover effects on iOS, and the new sidebars are standout elements. In other areas, it’s middling: toolbars and tab bars that don’t update quite in *real-time *as advertised leave the UI looking out-of-sync with the underlying content. And, the final bucket, where it’s rubbish: clear glass icons. My working assumption is that the rough areas will be smoothed out over the next few months. So, on to the plans: Singapore Buses Singapore Buses is currently on v2025.5. There may be a few summer updates to keep the bus stops and routes current. Singapore Buses v2026: Will target iOS 26 Will have Liquid Glass UI (I am experimenting with toolbars, tab bars, and more…) Will have new server-side code (written in Python) Will, tentatively, drop Core Data (which has been the biggest source of crashes) NetNewsWire Refresh the macOS and iOS UI. No new features (except the NetNewsWire About panel on macOS) Untitled Flag Quiz A long time ago, in a coding language far far away (Objective-C), I wrote an app to teach my nephews about world flags Said nephews are now adults, but I’ve been asked to bring back the app Thing is, I don’t have the source code from that original app Thus, build from scratch or build from prompts? Let’s see