My oldest open bug in Feedback Assistant is old enough to drink. My oldest open bug in internal Radar is probably old enough to retire …

The Beach Boys were the first band I ever loved. I begged my mom to buy me a 4-LP vinyl set when I was 7. As an adult, I came to appreciate “Pet Sounds”, which was a real Brian Wilson masterpiece. So many faves, but “In My Room” haunts me: www.youtube.com/watch

WWDC week is always such a blur, I miss so much. I didn’t realize Brian Wilson died, and I didn’t notice that Bille Joe (from Green Day) posted an unpublished cover of “I Get Around”: www.instagram.com/reel/DKxz… Remarkably faithful but with some Billie Joe signatures…

Like any fussy (nearly) lifetime Mac user, I have some quibbles with “Liquid Glass”, but I think Apple has pulled off a remarkably successful unification. As a user, I’ll get used to it (already on my way), and as an investor, I think I’ll make bank on it.

I’m hanging at the Signia downtown San Jose until close to 7pm when I’ll zip over to the Breakpoints show. Stop in, say hi, have a drink, if you’re close!

If you don’t want to miss tonight’s Breakpoints concert, and you shouldn’t miss it, there are still a few “VIP” level tickets available: livenearwwdc.com. Proceeds go to Techtonica, an organization working to advance women and non-binary people in tech. See you there!

I’m sitting next to my good friend, Apple Vision Pro.

Reminder: the “We’ll be back soon” page is static. So you could just reload it all day … gotta go back each time to the original URL that led you there. developer.apple.com/download/ #WWDC25

Haha! The musical app reviews are very reminiscent of my TwitPop efforts. #WWDC25 www.punkitup.com/twitpop/

But does visionOS 26 make the headset lighter? #WWDC25

You can tell he’s a design authority because of the chunky glasses. #WWDC25

Foundation Models Framework! This is EXACTLY (the bare minimum) what developers have been asking for! #WWDC25

“Mad Genius” makes “Very Stable Genius” President. Hijinx ensue.

I missed this, and I think it maybe didn’t start until macOS 15, but if you develop a macOS app that still uses exit(173) to signal an App Store receipt is invalid, this is what happens when it does so now.

As a parent who has prepared many lazy macaroni dinners, I think history’s most under-celebrated hero is the person who first powdered cheese.

The worst thing about Apple refusing to be part of @gruber’s annual show is that it implies all of their previous candor is suspect.

You can just tell something is wrong at Apple, by the way they refuse to join @gruber for his usual The Talk Show event. I know others have pointed this out, but let’s just say, I also think it’s obvious. Big whoops, Apple.

The more you learn about how inept (most) corporations are at managing consequential code bases (cough, Apple), the more ardently you support open source.

I don’t know why it feels so good to support trans people. Maybe because they are the most villainized subset of LGBTQ people in the world? Yeah, it might be that. Support Trans Rights! Protect Trans Kids!

If you love crosswords and trans people, as I do, consider donating to a charity and getting some trans-constructed puzzles as a thank-you. sites.google.com/view/tran…

I don’t understand how Apple could own and control one of the ostensibly best debuggers, lldb, yet fail to make the debugging experience “best” for their developers. It’s perplexing. It feels as if lldb serves another mentor.

After several years seeing the same dental hygienist, she asked me about my high school experience. As a person with no high school diploma and two bachelor’s degrees, this was hard to explain between spits.

Trump must really think his supporters are morons, and maybe they are, if he thinks they don’t understand that tariffs are taxes on them.

Since I live in the greater Harvard University area, and I frequent a fantastic wine shop (https://www.thewineandcheesecask.com), I had to ask how the Federal government’s threats against the school and its international students were affecting … champagne sales. :(

I kinda sorta hopefully stopped biting my nails. I’ve had the habit since the age of 8 or so. I’ve tried SO many times to stop, and have succeeded for short stints, but never lasted. This time my approach was to apply UV-activated hardcore gel polish. Makes it harder to bite, and a reminder not to.