Swift pointers in Swift 6: Span by default, unsafe at the edges
Which Swift pointer to use in Swift 6: Span and scoped access by default, Unsafe*Pointer only at the C boundary or when a type owns its memory.
Vladyslav Ilyenko
iOS Software Engineer
iOS engineer focused on building and evolving scalable iOS applications. Owns architectural decisions, improves performance and reliability, and partners with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products.
- End-to-end technical ownership of complex iOS products
- Designing and operating production-grade mobile systems at scale
- Making system-level trade-offs across performance, reliability, and maintainability
Articles
All articles →Rounded corners and a shadow on UIKit cells
One UIKit view can't easily have both rounded corners and a shadow. Put the shadow on the collection view once instead of on every cell.
Projects
All projects →BurrGrind
A personal barista that learns how you like coffee. It remembers the bean, grinder, method, settings and what you tasted, turns each cup into feedback for the next recommendation, scans coffee bags, translates settings between grinders, and works with Siri, Shortcuts and Home Screen widgets.
iOS Accessibility Book
Material on accessibility for iOS: what accessibility covers — VoiceOver, vision, motor, hearing and speech, cognition — with recommendations from practice.
Let it Snow Desktop
Gentle snowfall on your Mac wallpaper, behind every window — up to 1% CPU. Version 2.0 adds Live Weather: tie a display to a city, and the snow follows its hourly forecast. Free on the Mac App Store, macOS 13.5 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel.