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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

With the Appamini games updated for the iPhone Duo, all my apps are now ready for the October 23 launch. I've had different, fun quirks with each app, and they have all turned out better for other devices as well. #iphoneduo appamini.com

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KeyboardKit @keyboardkit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The KeyboardKit app is being redesigned for the iPhone Duo. It will get a new sidebar design on iPhone Duo and the iPad, that matches how the native Settings app behaves, and will adjust other things to play well with this new form factor. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/10...

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The KeyboardKit app is being redesigned for the iPhone Duo

With KeyboardKit 11 out, we have started preparing the KeyboardKit app for iPhone Duo. Let’s take a look at how the app adapts to the Duo...

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Antoine v.d. SwiftLee  @avanderlee.com · 08/10/2026

Using Claude Code to build your apps using Xcode? @danielsaidi.bsky.social continued my article's… danielsaidi.com/blog/2026/09...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Looks great! …but are those bottom dots all the steps? 😳

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm very happy with my new Pandora Box, but connecting it to an OLED TV isn't that nice, since the graphics become blurry. I'd love a small CRT monitor, but since those are hard to find, a CRT filter in combination with a smaller LCD screen would be nice to try. Has anyone done anything like that?

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Snapp iOS Weekly @snappiosweekly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Authors: Max Desiatov, Omar Elsayed, Zhi Zhou, @peterfriese.dev, @fatbobman.com, Saron Yitbarek, Dashi Dance, @danielsaidi.bsky.social. Never miss an issue → subscribe: ios-newsletter.snappmobile.io/subscribe

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KeyboardKit @keyboardkit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

KeyboardKit 11 is out! 🚀 This major version upgrade is ported to Swift 6.2, and has support for 110+ languages, improved diacritics, new autocomplete and dictation features, a new plugin architecture, and swipe typing support tools. #swift #swiftui keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/10...

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KeyboardKit 11 is out

KeyboardKit 11 is out! This major version upgrade is ported to Swift 6.2, and has support for 110+ languages, improved diacritics, new au...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you! I used Claude to analyze the build output, and found that most content was these synthesized pages.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

KeyboardKit's DocC documentation used to be ~900 MB, with more than 160,000 files. One Xcode build setting brought it down to ~45 MB. Here's how DOCC_SKIP_SYNTHESIZED_MEMBERS cut 95% of the size. #swift #swiftui #docc danielsaidi.com/blog/2026/10...

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How I reduced the size of my DocC documentation with 95%

The KeyboardKit documentation used to be a massive ~900 MB DocC build with more than 160,000 files. One single build setting brought it d...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SwiftPackageScripts 4.0 is out! 🚀 This version adds new scripts and workflows that can be used to create dynamic & static XCFrameworks from a Swift Package without a build project. The DocC scripts are also tweaked to drastically shrink the output size. github.com/danielsaidi/...

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GitHub - danielsaidi/SwiftPackageScripts: A collection of Swift Package-related scripts.

A collection of Swift Package-related scripts. Contribute to danielsaidi/SwiftPackageScripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

KeyboardKit 11 adds a gesture overlay that covers the entire keyboard. It uses a single drag gesture that streams the touched item and its coordinates as you move. The SDK doesn't include a swipe typing engine yet, but this opens up for implementing it.

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Kankoda @kankoda.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The VietnameseInput SDK has been updated to support more complex diacritics, with Unicode combination mark support and wider replacements to allow you to apply diacritics at the end of a word. #vietnamese kankoda.com/blog/2026/09...

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VietnameseInput has been updated to support more complex diacritics

The VietnameseInput SDK has been updated to support more complex diacritics operations. By adding support for Unicode combination marks a...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We all know that we’re currently in the beginning of Childhood’s End, right? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childho...

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Childhood's End - Wikipedia

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Given that Apple’s message during this year’s WWDC was “not too many new features, but fixing and polishing all the things“ the native keyboard is surprisingly slow and laggy to launch, with thread hangs and missed initial key strokes.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

KeyboardKit 11 Beta 3 is out, with support for 111 languages! 🚀 This is the last beta before the release, so make sure to test it and give us your feedback. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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KeyboardKit 11 - The Final Beta

KeyboardKit 11 Beta 3 is out! This is the last beta before the scheduled October 1 release of KeyboardKit 11, and introduces support for ...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The new Resident Evil movie is amazing - 10/10! 🍿🤩

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Yannick Lung @yanlu.chat · 25/09/2026

Last night I made a small Mac app that lets me slide to type with a mouse/trackpad. Kinda fun, definitely unnecessary 😅 I wrote about it here 👇 yannicklung.com/blog/playgro...

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KeyboardKit @keyboardkit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Since iOS 27 and the upcoming betas do mess up some SwiftUI parts used by KeyboardKit, we just published a post about upgrading to the latest version. Upgrading should be pretty straightforward and fix many problems without any code changes. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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A gentle reminder to upgrade KeyboardKit to the latest version

With iOS 27 out and with new devices on the way, this is a gentle reminder to upgrade to the latest version of KeyboardKit, to fix proble...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I used Claude to create a script that I can use to create new posts for my various web sites. The script creates a new post, used Claude CLI to create a post header from a Sketch file, and finally links the post to the image. It can also customize the title, tag, and link.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Amazing days for the KeyboardKit locale and layout engines! By adding unicode combining mark support to the diacritic model and new layout tools, we have gone from 75 to 87 supported locales in just a few days, with more to come in the upcoming 11 release. keyboardkit.com

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KeyboardKit lets you replace the native iOS keyboard with your own custom keyboard. Make your app's unique features available in all apps.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

KeyboardKit 11 beta 2 is out, with new plugins and many new additions since the beta 1. You can read more about the beta release in this announcement. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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KeyboardKit 11 Beta

KeyboardKit 11 Beta is out! This pre-release is a way for you to test the many coming changes in the next major version of KeyboardKit. G...

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KeyboardKit @keyboardkit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The iPhone Duo forces us all to adjust our apps to its new form factors, and KeyboardKit is no different. This blog post takes a quick look at the Duo's native keyboard and how KeyboardKit will have to adjust. #SwiftUI #iPhone-Duo keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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iPhone Duo and KeyboardKit

iPhone Duo is here, and with it a bunch of new concepts and form factors. This post takes a quick look at what it will mean for KeyboardK...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thanks! I had to disable CoreML completions from the Terminal.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Xcode has started crashing when looking up symbols as I type. It started in 27.0 but also happens in 27.1 beta. Has anyone else run into this?

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Agree, this year’s icons are so much better than in 1st gen Liquid Glass!

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tired of uploading PDFs and images to random "compress online" sites? I built two Finder Quick Actions that do it with a right-click, either in-place or into a new folder. Nothing leaves your Mac, and it never makes a file bigger. Downloads in the post 👇 danielsaidi.com/blog/2026/09...

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Compressing images and PDFs from the Finder context menu

This article shows how to create two Finder Quick Actions that can compress images and PDFs with a single right-click on any file in Find...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We have received user feedback that the on-device we tools KeyboardKit uses for autocomplete no longer works for some locales (Greek, Hungarian, and Icelandic) in iOS 27. We have reported this to Apple and hope that the issue will be fixed soon. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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Autocomplete changes in iOS 27

iOS 27 is finally out, and it affects the tool we use to implement autocomplete in KeyboardKit. The tool supports 5 brand new locales, im...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Has anyone noticed UITextChecker regressions in iOS 27? Things have been working during the betas, at least in the languages I’ve tested, but I’ve now received reports from users that upgraded to the real release that it doesn’t work.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I think it would have made a lot more sense for the duo to just be a regular sized phone that you folded out to its double size (but, but, the aspect ratio!). Sharp corners on the hinged side would have made it different enough without all these new UX concepts. But think different I guess.

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KeyboardKit @keyboardkit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The first KeyboardKit 11.0 beta is out! 🚀 Please see this blog post for more information. We'll aim to release KeyboardKit 11 on October 1, and will start working on the documentation now. We can't wait to hear what you think about this major update. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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KeyboardKit 11 Beta

KeyboardKit 11 Beta is out! This pre-release is a way for you to test the many coming changes in the next major version of KeyboardKit. G...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not removing the wobble is such a strange movie from Apple but people genuinely don’t seem to care :)

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Each key has its own touch handling.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I saw a Pixel 10a phone today, with its wonderful, completely flat back. I would love for the base iPhone to have the same design. I don’t understand how people just accept ever increasing wobble year after year.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Jobs storytelling is still dead. This is so effing boring.

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KeyboardKit @keyboardkit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We have noticed SwiftUI gesture problems in the iOS 27 beta, and just released a 10.9.4 update that tries to fix it by rebuilding the gesture engine from scratch. You can read more here. keyboardkit.com/blog/2026/09...

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Gesture problems in iOS 27 beta

There are some subtle gesture problems with the keyboard buttons in iOS 27 beta, where typing feels a bit off. This post describes the pr...

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Using a #SwiftUI drag gesture to derive various gesture intents is not nearly as good as wrapping UIKit and handling raw touch events. 🥲 I'm experimenting with a touch-based wrapper and it's SO much snappier than SwiftUI. Plus no gesture gate issues in the keyboard extension.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Since the delay is random and a press still triggers on release, typing just feels "off" until you start pressing with intent, which makes the problem obvious. This happens with the AppStore app too, but not in iOS 26. So I guess gestures are broken in iOS 27b. :( Will install dev beta today to see.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A developer has reported laggy typing in KeyboardKit in iOS 27, and I can now reproduce it. It may seem obvious, but if just press keys slowly you'll notice how random presses are delayed to when you release the key, *or* the gesture times out after ~1s and triggers the press action.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

KeyboardKit gestures behave very strange in the latest iOS 27 public beta. Tapping a key multiple times and the touch down (press) gesture sometimes doesn’t trigger for a full second. Same key, same code, very random behavior.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's lots and lots of emails about monetizing various open-source projects, with different platforms to do so, and to get paid in crypto, etc. I just deleted spams, so I have no concrete examples, but it started a few weeks ago.

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Does anyone know why open-source monetization spam emails have become so common lately? Is the obvious "AI makes spamming cheap" explanation enough?

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Why are people so obsessed with a flip phone that it’s all the US Apple Podcasts have talked about for months now? It will be convenient, sure, but come on.

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Rudrank Riyam @rudrank.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

App Store publishing is now 2.5x to 4x faster on Rork! 🏎️ Happy Monday, and go ship moree

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Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Turns out that pulling in a static framework dependency into a dynamic Swift package works fine when you compile and run, but completely breaks SwiftUI previews with both Claude and OpenAI being able to come up with a solution 😵

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