Summer Plans

Like other developers, I've spent a few weeks with Apple's new Liquid Glass design language. In some areas, I think it's tremendous: the macOS dock, iOS folders, text selection hover effects on iOS, and the new sidebars are standout elements. In other areas, it's middling: toolbars and tab bars that don't update quite in real-time as advertised leave the UI looking out-of-sync with the underlying content. And, the final bucket, where it's rubbish: clear glass icons.

My working assumption is that the rough areas will be smoothed out over the next few months.

So, on to the plans:

Singapore Buses

• Singapore Buses is currently on v2025.5. There may be a few summer updates to keep the bus stops and routes current.
• Singapore Buses v2026:
  • Will target iOS 26
  • Will have Liquid Glass UI (I am experimenting with toolbars, tab bars, and more...)
  • Will have new server-side code (written in Python)
  • Will, tentatively, drop Core Data (which has been the biggest source of crashes)

NetNewsWire

• Refresh the macOS and iOS UI.
  • No new features (except the NetNewsWire About panel on macOS)

Untitled Flag Quiz

• A long time ago, in a coding language far far away (Objective-C), I wrote an app to teach my nephews about world flags
• Said nephews are now adults, but I've been asked to bring back the app
• Thing is, I don't have the source code from that original app
• Thus, build from scratch or build from prompts? Let's see