Manoj Mahapatra

Hi, I'm Manoj.

iOS Engineer. Swift, Bazel, Monorepos.

I write about iOS development, build systems, and the tools I use.

Apple's Container Tool: A Deep Dive into CLI, Plugins, and XPC

Published: 2 Feb, 2026
• 13 min read

Understanding how Apple built their container tool - from CLI commands to plugin architecture to inter-process communication with XPC
Swift Package Manager Traits: Feature Flags for Your Dependencies

Published: 30 Jan, 2026
• 5 min read

SE-0450 brings traits to SwiftPM - conditionally compile code, toggle optional dependencies, and configure packages without forking them
Swift Configuration: A Practical Guide

Published: 25 Jan, 2026
• 3 min read

Using Apple's swift-configuration library for debug settings, feature flags, and environment-based configuration.
API Notes: Improving Swift Imports Without Touching C Headers

Published: 22 Jan, 2026
• 4 min read

Learn how Clang API Notes let you customize how C libraries appear in Swift - rename functions, add nullability, and improve ergonomics without modifying original headers
InlineArray in Swift 6.2: Fixed-Size Arrays Done Right

Published: 21 Jan, 2026
• 5 min read

A deep dive into SE-0453 InlineArray - Swift finally gets stack-allocated fixed-size arrays with safe indexing and iteration