Developers can build and ship Mac and iOS apps without ever opening Xcode by using command-line tools like xcodebuild, notarytool, stapler, and devicectl, along with XcodeGen for project management, a…
A developer found that sharing a single DerivedData folder between Xcode.app and xcodebuild for AI-driven iOS development destroys incremental build state, causing full rebuilds and massive slowdowns.…
A developer built acpdbg, an LLDB assistant that lets AI agents directly interact with debugger data and control debugging sessions. The tool uses the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) to allow agents to ru…
GitHub has added OpenAI's GPT-5.6 models—Sol, Terra, and Luna—to GitHub Copilot across multiple platforms including VS Code, Visual Studio, and JetBrains. Business and Enterprise administrators must e…
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family, including Sol, Terra, and Luna variants, is now available in GitHub Copilot, offering different levels of reasoning and cost efficiency for coding tasks. The models are rollin…
Apple announced at WWDC 2026 that it will open-source its Foundation Models framework, with Linux server support arriving later this summer. The company also introduced a new LanguageModel protocol in…
NerdSnipe Inc. released DesignFoundation, an open-source SwiftUI package that provides a token-based theming engine, 25 components, and 6 feedback/overlay modifiers to prevent UI drift when building w…
Apple updated its agent security skills for Xcode 27 beta 3, enhancing protections for developers using the integrated development environment.…
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5, a new Sonnet-class model with strong coding performance, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot. The model excels in CLI-style tasks and offers competitive latency,…
GitHub Copilot is rolling out a preview of Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode), offering faster output token speeds while maintaining the same intelligence as the standard model. The fast mode is available at…
Apple released Xcode 26.6, adding support for Google Gemini as a third AI coding assistant alongside Anthropic Claude Agent and OpenAI Codex. The update also includes Swift 6.3.3 and SDKs for the late…
Exe.dev launched an iOS app built using a coding agent named Shelley on a Mac Mini, with an over-the-air update system and incremental SQLite synchronization. The development process involved SSH forw…
A Mac user with no native development experience used Antigravity with Gemini 3.1 Pro to vibe-code a Swift and SwiftUI app that monitors real-time bandwidth consumption per app, replacing paid tools l…
Microsoft's MAI-Code-1-Flash, a small coding model, is now available on additional GitHub Copilot surfaces including Copilot CLI, GitHub Copilot app, Copilot Chat, Visual Studio, GitHub Mobile, JetBra…
OpenAI Codex enables developers to build a variety of projects quickly, from simple apps to full-stack clones. Five tutorials demonstrate building a basic app, a Swift iOS app, an AI startup in a week…
A developer released an open-source tool that uses Apple's on-device Foundation Model to fix grammar and spelling on Apple Silicon Macs. The tool, built with Swift and exposed via a C function, runs l…
Cartesia AI released InkIt, an open-source macOS dictation app that transcribes speech 3x faster than typing, supports hands-free use, and integrates with any app. The app offers automatic punctuation…
Anthropic released Claude for Foundation Models, a Swift package that integrates Claude as a server-side language model in Apple's Foundation Models framework, allowing developers to use Claude with t…
A developer completed a SwiftUI app development tutorial and tested the app on a real iPhone, learning the full iOS app-building workflow without joining the Apple Developer Program. The developer als…
VibeOS, a fully hallucinated operating system for macOS inspired by a BUILD 2026 demo, launches as a real desktop shell with fake apps generated on the fly by Anthropic's Claude AI. The system creates…