Toy Story 3 story writing process
Detailed feedback loop: 7 iterations, beta test, and lessons learned for Toy Story 3
Brent Deverman
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Brent Deverman's Fdoo App Walkthrough
Join Brent Deverman as he walks you through the Fdoo App, designed to enhance culinary adventures by simplifying menu translation.
Brent Deverman's Subreddits: A List
Learn about the subreddits Brent Deverman is contributing to on Reddit, including Swift, Apple, Zelda, and more.
SaaS businesses that gave themselves constraints
Explore the features, benefits, and market positioning of SaaS solutions for productivity.
Discover Swift tools for browser-based development.
Explore Swift tools like Vapor, Swift Fiddle, and Swift Format for running Swift code snippets and regex in the browser.
Elgato Stream Deck Safe Disk Ejection Plug-in
Eject Disks safely from your macOS computer using this Elgato Stream Deck button plug-in.
What company have you referred the most to people?
Learn what company Brent has recommended the most.
Key Notes from the First Swift Conference in Indonesia
Discover the highlights and insights from Paul Hudson's presentations and other presentations on AI, DocC and ARKit at the Swift Conf Indonesia.
A Farewell to DFS in Hong Kong and Macau
Reflect on the closure of DFS and its impact on the Greater China region.
Lessons from Loosing an App Battle: Team BikeBike vs. Team Robbin
Explore the key takeaways from the app battle between Team BikeBike and Team Robbin.
Apple Developer Academy Branding Exercise: Participate Now
Learn about the branding exercise conducted at the Apple Developer Academy, including expert feedback and practical examples.
Robbin: AR Archery Game - Learn About the Game and Features
Play Robbin's AR Archery Game, where your hand becomes the bowstring.
Apple's MCP Server for Safari
Apple has announced an MCP server to control Safari, offering new commands for developers.
Old Timey Menus
Menus from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, translated with AI. What people ate and what it cost.
Swift-based Saga static site generator PR accepted
Fixed concurrency bug on Swift-based Saga static site generator
Added TelemetryDeck to this Site
Now using cookieless tracking service TelemetryDeck which is written in Swift on this website.
ARkit, RealityKit, SharePlay, Reality Composer Pro WWDC Resources
The WWDC videos and guides I keep going back to for ARKit, RealityKit, and SharePlay.
Swift Barcelona Meetup Videos
Recorded talks at the Barcelona monthly Swift meetup on YouTube.
Manager Tools: The Purpose of Effective Feedback
My notes from the Manager Tools Podcast on delivering effective feedback.
How to Set Up a Legacy Contact for Your Apple Account
Remember to setup Legacy Contacts with your Family on your Apple accounts so you can get into their accounts when they pass away.
Download The Swift Programming Language as PDF or EPUB
A GitHub project generates offline PDF and EPUB editions of The Swift Programming Language from Apple's online Swift book.
Flipbook Demo Streams AI-Generated Interfaces Pixel by Pixel
Notes on Flipbook's slow text-to-pixel interface demo, its Shenzhen output, and what model-streamed screens could mean for Apple.
Set Up Encrypted DNS on macOS with a Configuration Profile
Install an open-source encrypted DNS profile for Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad to reduce DNS tracking and blocking.
Health And Calorie Tracking Apps I've tried
A personal comparison of health and calorie-tracking apps I've tried, use, or bookmarked, including Oura, Withings, SleepCycle, Fud AI, Bevel, and Cal.ai.
AI Builders and Thought Leaders Worth Following on X
I started to put the accounts related to AI that show up own my X feed into an X list. These are the ones that I think are worth following that are either building in the industry or are thought leaders.
10,000 Bootleg Concert Tracks Donated to the Internet Archive
The Internet Archive digitized one guys bootleg concert recordings. He donated over 10,000 tracks with ~2,500 digitized. I’m listening to Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Live from 1986 as I write this. Via TechCrunch
Applying to the Apple Developer Academy in Bali
Want to get into the Apple Developer Academy in Bali? Joel and I have made a short to explain some of the steps and considerations when applying since it both took us two tries.
Advice for a Young Entrepreneur Who Inherited a Family Business
Advice to a young entrepreneur who inherited his father's business on whether to go to college, talking to customers, and using AI to optimize operations.
try! Swift Tokyo 2026 Conference Videos on YouTube
Last year I was able to attend the TrySwift! conference and loved it. Going to Tokyo for such a technical conference is really worth it. They have just released the 2026 TrySwift! conference videos on YouTube.
Streaming Boxes from China May Put Your Home Network at Risk
Streaming boxes from China may compromise your home network and expose passwords or other private information.
Unofficial Apple Developer Curriculum for iOS Learning
This git repository is a good community recommendation for learning paths of iOS Development.
Pulsar Haptics Library with Swift Support
I found this GitHub repository for haptics patterns called Pulsar it is cross platform but supports Swift. I’m sure I’m going to need this in the future hence this post.
Text your partner random emojis to show you care.
Text your partner random emojis during the day to show you care. 🦋🐝🦚
Conan O'Brien and Arsenio Hall on the same podcast
I watched both Conan O’Brian and Arsenio Hall when I was growing up so it was very entertaining to listen to them chat about the those times on Conan’s podcast.
Coax: An Alternative View for Your Plex Library
Saw this app called Coax featured on MacBreak Weekly as a better view on your Plex library. Going to give it a try as I have been annoyed with Plex suggesting things to watch that are not in my library.
Open OmniFocus Projects Directly from Mac Calendar
I dragged a project from Omnifocus onto the macOS Calendar app and it has a little open button for Omnifocus that takes me straight to the project. Previously I knew you could click on the link. The button seems kind of new. Tested on macOS Tahoe 26.4.
What 2026 App Market Reports Say About Discovery and AI
Sensor Tower and RevenueCat reports suggest app discovery is getting harder while users continue subscribing to AI apps.
I'm going to start paying more attention to Jensen
Exended interview with Lex Fridman and Jensen Huang.
Working Outdoors at Hong Kong's IFC Before a Flight
The IFC has an outdoor space that anyone can use. Great place to work outdoors in the winter in Hong Kong
Building Scrollodex with Cursor AI at a 24-hour Singapore hackathon
Building Scrollodex with Cursor AI at a 24-hour Singapore hackathon — lessons on team dynamics and shipping fast.
Import Solarized Light or Dark into macOS Terminal
Find Solarized Light and Dark themes for Apple's Terminal app, with direct links to both color schemes on TerminalColors.
Find Devices' MAC addresses on Your Local Network on Mac with arp -a
Use arp -a in macOS to list local network devices, match a Synology NAS by MAC address, and find the IP address needed to connect.
Interview with Brent Deverman on nationwide Chinese TV in Mandarin
CCTV4 crew spent a week filming Brent running NowShenzhen.com for the 30 minute television program Foreigners in China. (2014)
How to Schedule a Volume Mute Shortcut on Mac
A launchd + Shortcuts recipe that mutes my Mac automatically every night.
Export Ulysses Groups to an External Folder
Getting my sheets out of Ulysses as Markdown with images, annotations, and folder structure intact.
Use Git Pre-Commit Hooks to Keep Broken Code Out of a Repository
Git pre-commit hooks that keep broken code out of the repo — and what that did for team velocity.
Craig Mod on Japan: Two Tim Ferriss Show Interviews
Two Tim Ferriss interviews with Craig Mod about walking across Japan, his personal story, Morioka, and meeting Japanese television star Tamori.
Ollama Models Atom Feed Script
Simon Willison comes through again with using a script to monitor the Ollama models page that generates an Atom feed, which you can put in your RSS reader to monitor when a new model is released. I’ve put it in my Reader to monitor for the local models.
Local Mac Dictation with MacWhisper and Ollama
Use MacWhisper for dictation and Ollama for local AI post-processing, keeping the transcription and its cleanup on your Mac.
Time Zone Support in Calendar and Meeting Invites for iOS and iPadOS
I’ve learned how to adjust meeting invite time zones by trial and error, but never really documented the options and differences in platforms. Tidbits tried various permutations for time zone support and I learned that I’ve used the floating time zone before, which isn’t supported on iOS and iPadOS.