Tag: swift

All the articles with the tag "swift".

• 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