Chris Lattner often describes LLVM as a process of lowering. You start at the highest level of abstraction, source code written in a programming language like Swift or Objective-C. That code is parsed into an abstract syntax tree, (AST), which is progressively transformed into lower-level,...

Like everything else in 2020, this year’s WWDC had to be a little different if it was going to happen at all. When Apple first announced that the conference would be fully remote, nobody knew what that would look like, exactly. What parts of the dubdub experience would be kept in this new format? ...

April is the month when apple trees start to bloom up here in the Pacific Northwest. All across Oregon’s Willamette Valley, from Portland stretching south to Eugene, long-barren branches sprout white, 5-petaled blossoms tinged with pink. Any other year, our family would be taking weekend trips...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Early intervention is among the most effective strategies for treating illnesses. This is true not only for the human body, for society as a whole. That’s why public health officials use contact tracing as their first line of defense against...

In 2002, the United States Congress enacted the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, which introduced broad oversight to corporations in response to accounting scandals at companies like Enron and MCI WorldCom around that time. This act, PCI and...

Last week, Apple released the first beta of Xcode 11.4, and it’s proving to be one of the most substantial updates in recent memory. XCTest got a huge boost, with numerous quality of life improvements, and Simulator, likewise, got a solid dose of TLC. But it’s the changes to Swift...