Swift

At WWDC25 Apple introduced their new Foundation Models Framework. This is Swift-based access to an on-device LLM provided by Apple with the operating system. The library allows for many interesting features such as structured outputs, customizable prompting, tool calling, and more. It seems like a really great way to tap into intelligent features inside the app. I’m excited to try it out in Dreamer’s Dash. This YouTube video explains the core features of the Foundation Models Framework. ...

TIL about using WebKit views within SwiftUI apps for hybrid mobile/web development. This approach caught my attention as a potential middle ground between native and web apps. I’ve been thinking about architecture patterns for apps that need to work across platforms. The usual suspects are React Native, Flutter, or going full native everywhere. But WebKit in SwiftUI might be an interesting alternative. What’s got me curious is how this compares to other hybrid approaches: ...