Sven A. Schmidt

Sven A. Schmidt

Physicist & techie. CERN alumnus. Co-creator @SwiftPackages. Hummingbird app: https://t.co/2S9Y4ln53I

Appears in 48 Episodes

52: In the next episode we'll fix the NPM ecosystem

Join us as we talk about the Python package ecosystem, the prospective vision to improve the approachability of data-race safety, and give our usual package recommenda...

51: The skill of not picking of dependencies should also be honed

Join us as we talk about the current state of Swift, Swift 6 concurrency, Swift-Java interoperability, and hear our regular package recommendations.NewsNew sample: Tin...

50: It has a learning curve like a brick wall

Join us as we talk about the Server-side Swift Conference, Swift formatting, and hear our regular package recommendations.NewsServer-Side Swift ConferenceSwift and Int...

49: 64 bytes of guaranteed uniqueness

Join us as we talk about The Server Side Swift meetup, the Server Side Swift conference, Wasm, new features in Swift Package Index, Hummingbird 2, Vapor 5, and hear ou...

48: It’s not just CGPaths all the way down?

Join us as we talk about the CocoaPods maintenance plans and Swift macro expansions in Visual Studio Code, as well as hear our regular package recommendations.NewsCoco...

47: There are no open-source license police

Join us as we discuss the latest Ready for Swift 6 results, and how we represent them on the site. We also chat about Open Source Software funding, homomorphic encrypt...

46: A concept born and explored in recent decades

Join us as we talk about our build system move to an Orka cluster consisting of 8 Mac Studios, our ongoing "Ready for Swift 6" project, to get an update on documentati...

45: Lies, damned lies, and statistics

This week we talk about WWDC, our Ready for Swift 6 project that tracks data race safety errors across the whole package ecosystem, the Swift 6 migration guide, and mo...

44: Does Swift run on gut bacteria yet?

This week we follow up on Swift 6 news, talk about Swift in unusual places, performance benchmarks, give a sneak peek at our new Mac build infrastructure, and of cours...

43: Now I’m worried our metrics aren’t correct! with special guest Holly Borla

This week we had the opportunity to talk to Holly Borla who manages the Swift Compiler Team at Apple. We chat about upcoming Swift 6 changes and why they're a big deal...

42: We need a “No one expects the Spanish inquisition“ sound effect

Join us for another episode as Dave and Sven talk open-source security vulnerabilities and how all package ecosystems are at risk, why it won't be possible to give mea...

41: Breaking our “skipping episodes” streak

This week Dave and Sven break their streak of skipping recording to find Swift in exciting new places, like on ARM Windows and the Playdate, and learn new tricks like ...

40: This downtime was a joint effort

This week, Dave and Sven take a look at the Flutter ecosystem, discuss Dave's blogging system rewrite, review their collaboration on a production crash, and, as usual,...

39: Stress testing dependency management

It's 2024, and Dave and Sven are back to talk plans for the Swift Package Index development over the coming year. They also talk about a light-hearted but also acciden...

38: This is the least researched podcast in the history of podcasting

Inspired by a recent YouTube comment left on the previous episode, Dave and Sven talk about cross-platform Swift development with Visual Studio Code, Windows and Wasm ...

37: With praise, you can include me, but any blame goes to Dave

Dave and Sven talk about the work that Cyndi Chin shipped as part of this year’s Swift Mentorship Program, and then dive into the details of some of the metrics, and a...

36: Even though the bug is fixed, it's not over!

Join us for talk of bugs and how we've either fixed or worked around them, why creating sustainable developer tools is so hard, and the story of which indie Mac app ma...

35: It’s like a broccoli-eating competition. You can cheat by eating more broccoli, but you just end up more healthy

This week, we discuss importing ALL the packages, Swift 5.9, the Swift mentorship programme and package scores. Plus, of course, package recommendations!NewsScoring al...

34: Here are some packages. They may do interesting things

What even is a recommendation? Join Dave and Sven as they talk about the tricky business of recommending, endorsing, or showcasing packages before diving into a review...

33: We had some success, but it never saw the light of day

Join us as we talk about the disastrous week we had last week, where we had system failures, failed podcast recordings, and lumbago problems! We also talk about the up...

32: Which of your dependencies are load-bearing?

Do we understand how to add a package dependency after three years of creating the package index? No, we do not! We also discuss adding macro targets to Package pages,...

31: Recommended by the Ministry of "How hard can it be?"

NewsImproved "Use this Package" button Pull RequestSwift.org Packages page integration previewand the associated Pull RequestPackagesColorToolbox by Ramon TorresFileMo...

30: I saw the rabbit hole you went down, and I hope you came out the other side of it

NewsSwift.org Community Showcase ForumSwift on RISC-VSupporting visionOSPackagesDockProgress by Sindre SorhusSwift HTTP Types by AppleIntroducing Swift HTTP TypesColor...

29: Are you saying that visionOS is more important than my sitemap?

NewsCanonical URL pull request contributions by Toby HerbertTips for getting the most out of DocC by Joseph HeckPackagesMetaCodable by Soumya Ranjan MahuntAssociatedOb...

28: Your secrets are safe with us, we’ll forget them immediately!

NewsWhat’s new in Swift 5.9?A Vision for Macros in Swiftswift-ast-explorerWrite Swift macros by Alex HoppenExpand on Swift macros by Becca Royal-GordonPrivacy Manifest...

27: Swift 5.9, WWDC, AR/VR/MR, and package recommendations

NewsMax Desiatov about Swift on WindowsRamin's blog post on using GPT to search documents and databasesSwift Evolution on swift.orgWhat's New in Swift 5.9Swift forums:...

26: Swift on Windows, Wasm, SPI source code quiz, and package recommendations

Newsswift-win32 by Saleem Abdulrasool aka "compnerd"Wasm and SwiftWasmMax DesiatovSwift SDKs for Cross-CompilationQuizSitrep by Paul HudsonPackagesOneFingerRotation by...

25: ChatGPT API exploration, SPI Playgrounds, Manifest validation, and package recommendations

NewsDiscussion topic: Generating package summaries with GPTDiscussion topic: Experimenting with ingesting in SPI data into GPT via pluginSwift Package Index Playground...

24: Apple sponsorship Q&A and our package recommendations

News and Opening DiscussionThe announcement on the Swift Package Index blog.The announcement on Swift.org.PackagesCrayon by David WalterWith by Slipp Douglas Thompsond...

23: Site availability testing, Linux-only packages, and package recommendations

NewsStRest by Eyk RehbeinRester by Sven A. SchmidtSwift Package Index RestfilesPackagesSettings by Sindre SorhusPopupView by Alisa MylnikovaMenuBuilder by Jed FoxContr...

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