Hi, I’m Ole. I’m a developer from Berlin and co-author of Advanced Swift. Here, I mainly write about Swift and app development on Apple platforms. More about me.

1. Keyboard shortcuts for Export Unmodified Original in Photos for Mac

   A shell script that assigns a keyboard shortcut to the Unmodified Originals menu command in Photos on the Mac. More >

   March 21, 2023

2. Swift Evolution proposals in Alfred

   I fixed Karoy Lorentey’s swift-evolution workflow for Alfred. More >

   March 9, 2023

3. Pattern matching on error codes

   Foundation overloads the pattern matching operator ~= to enable matching against error codes in catch clauses. More >

   February 27, 2023

4. You should watch Double Fine Adventure

   Double Fine Adventure is a 12.5-hour documentary about the development of the game Broken Age. I loved it. More >

   January 31, 2023

5. Understanding SwiftUI view lifecycles

   I wrote an app for observing how various SwiftUI constructs and container views affect view lifecycles, including the lifetime of state. More >

   December 15, 2022