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    Is there somewhere where we have details about how the hijack was possible? Maybe everyone should have MFA enabled to publish code and packages, obligatory.

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        As long as it’s open source package signing with PGP or something, and not the bullshit Apple does where they force you to pay $99 a year for the privilege of running release executables on their computers.

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          i dislike apple all-around, but this part is probably one of the most hypocritical aspects about them: they always go on and on about how they support and prioritize developers from marginalized or underrepresented groups, and then fucking go and make their tools proprietary, and only available on machines that cost thousands of dollars, and blackmail you for a publishing license, otherwise you have to get fucked with their most pain in ass inconvenient app signing process

          so the people they “want” to include are the ones getting left out because of this

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            Mac servers are only still a thing because their apps ONLY compile on their own devices. So if you want continuous integration or any sort of remote building of Mac or iOS apps, you need something like this abomination in your server room:

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              this

              i honestly liked swift and swiftui when I tried it, but the fact that you’re confined to such strict requirements pushed me away, not to mention their sneaky tactic of forcefully pushing both users and developers to continually update ios versions, not bc newer versions are better, but because they have predatory (lack) backwards-compatibility: my favorite example of this was probably the requirement to have a new ios version to show the “beta” or “alpha” badge on your app

              i’m also glad that swift + tensorflow rewrite project failed, because god only knows what horrific consequences that would entail

              in a few years I would imagine you would only be able to write apps for ios using ipad pro using swiftui using xcode, and can only compile your app using xcode server… oh wait, that’s kinda already happening 😬

              i’m not sure how ios developers are so chill about it: apple practically controls every step of the development at this point, and could shut down any aspect of it to destruct the development chain

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                They probably never used another development ecosystem and think it is the only way to do it.

                Some others just think, “whoa this stuff is so advanced, Apple are geniuses”.

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                So apparently Swift can compile Linux binaries (from Linux) now. Might be an opportunity for you to try it again for Linux development.

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                  didn’t swift have support for all desktop OS from the very beginning? iirc the primary issue was not the availability of language itself on any particular os, but rather the fact that all remotely useful applications of swift rely on proprietary frameworks and proprietary toolchains, like swiftUI, iOS emulator and xCode all of which is proprietary and absolutely necessary for iOS development, and neither of them work on any operating system besides macOS 🤷‍♀️

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                The amount of effort that third party companies go to making custom rack server cases that “optimally” accommodate Apple’s shitty devices is honestly both laughable and really sad.

                It’s impressive in its craftsmanship and engineering, but in a “why is this necessary” way:

                Reminder that other than the Mac Pro, none of these are enterprise grade hardware.