Ryan Ashcraft
@ryanashcraft.com
Indie iOS dev building a nutrition tracking app called @foodnoms.com. Living in SF Bay Area with @tannersmith.me. 🏳️🌈
So proud of this update!
Foodnoms for iOS 26 is here! 🎉
Featuring a new smarter label scanner, custom Insights dashboard, and a fresh design that fully adopts Liquid Glass. Perhaps our biggest update yet!
Learn more in the announcement blog post: foodnoms.com/blog/ios-26-...
Featuring a new smarter label scanner, custom Insights dashboard, and a fresh design that fully adopts Liquid Glass. Perhaps our biggest update yet!
Learn more in the announcement blog post: foodnoms.com/blog/ios-26-...
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So proud of this update!
So excited to share what we’ve been working on this summer!
It’s official! A brand new Foodnoms with Liquid Glass will be launching Monday, September 15.
September 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So excited to share what we’ve been working on this summer!
Two weeks ago I started prototyping an iOS 26 "Liquid Glass" redesign concept for Foodnoms in almost all SwiftUI.
I've been continuously iterating on it, and it's already come a long way. Several UX wins and a few delightful touches. I think I may very well end up shipping this in the Fall 😱
I've been continuously iterating on it, and it's already come a long way. Several UX wins and a few delightful touches. I think I may very well end up shipping this in the Fall 😱
July 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Two weeks ago I started prototyping an iOS 26 "Liquid Glass" redesign concept for Foodnoms in almost all SwiftUI.
I've been continuously iterating on it, and it's already come a long way. Several UX wins and a few delightful touches. I think I may very well end up shipping this in the Fall 😱
I've been continuously iterating on it, and it's already come a long way. Several UX wins and a few delightful touches. I think I may very well end up shipping this in the Fall 😱
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Last week, I sat down with Craig Federighi for 30 minutes to talk about the iPad.
We covered a lot: the iPad's multitasking journey, being inspired by macOS, iPad criticisms over the years and…the essence of the iPad in 2025.
I'm proud of this one.
My story: www.macstories.net/stories/inte...
We covered a lot: the iPad's multitasking journey, being inspired by macOS, iPad criticisms over the years and…the essence of the iPad in 2025.
I'm proud of this one.
My story: www.macstories.net/stories/inte...
Interview: Craig Federighi Opens Up About iPadOS, Its Multitasking Journey, and the iPad’s Essence
It’s a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I’m walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, for a conversation about the iPad. It’s th...
www.macstories.net
June 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Last week, I sat down with Craig Federighi for 30 minutes to talk about the iPad.
We covered a lot: the iPad's multitasking journey, being inspired by macOS, iPad criticisms over the years and…the essence of the iPad in 2025.
I'm proud of this one.
My story: www.macstories.net/stories/inte...
We covered a lot: the iPad's multitasking journey, being inspired by macOS, iPad criticisms over the years and…the essence of the iPad in 2025.
I'm proud of this one.
My story: www.macstories.net/stories/inte...
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If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in Calif. are at risk of being sold over the next 5 years. Those vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite, Mount Shasta, Big Sur & Tahoe.
via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Map shows which 16M acres of Calif. public lands eligible for sale in GOP bill
258 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. could be eligible for sale.
www.sfgate.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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June 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Working on my first experiment with AFM: picking an initial icon when saving a food, recipe or meal as a favorite. Works quite well!
June 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Working on my first experiment with AFM: picking an initial icon when saving a food, recipe or meal as a favorite. Works quite well!
Reposted by Ryan Ashcraft
This post is a MUST READ if you use Claude Code. spiess.dev/blog/how-i-u...
How I Use Claude Code
One month ago, I subscribed to Claude Max. I've been using AI agents including Claude Code for some time prior, but with the flat pricing, my…
spiess.dev
June 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This post is a MUST READ if you use Claude Code. spiess.dev/blog/how-i-u...
o3 is now cheaper than GPT-4o!
June 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
o3 is now cheaper than GPT-4o!
Day 0 thoughts:
1. I really like the new look!
2. iOS 26 beta is rough (to be expected).
3. Excited to take the on-device foundation model APIs for a spin.
4. There are some other APIs, e.g. RecognizeDocumentsRequest, that look quite promising!
5. I have a lot of work to do.
6. I am excited.
1. I really like the new look!
2. iOS 26 beta is rough (to be expected).
3. Excited to take the on-device foundation model APIs for a spin.
4. There are some other APIs, e.g. RecognizeDocumentsRequest, that look quite promising!
5. I have a lot of work to do.
6. I am excited.
June 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Day 0 thoughts:
1. I really like the new look!
2. iOS 26 beta is rough (to be expected).
3. Excited to take the on-device foundation model APIs for a spin.
4. There are some other APIs, e.g. RecognizeDocumentsRequest, that look quite promising!
5. I have a lot of work to do.
6. I am excited.
1. I really like the new look!
2. iOS 26 beta is rough (to be expected).
3. Excited to take the on-device foundation model APIs for a spin.
4. There are some other APIs, e.g. RecognizeDocumentsRequest, that look quite promising!
5. I have a lot of work to do.
6. I am excited.
This is so f'd up
OpenAI are now under a court order to permanently preserve logs of temporary conversations or paid API usage (previously subject to a 30 day retention policy) - a new twist in the now 17 month lawsuit between the New York Times and OpenAI simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/5/o...
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
This is very worrying. The New York Times v OpenAI lawsuit, now in its 17th month, includes accusations that OpenAI's models can output verbatim copies of New York Times content …
simonwillison.net
June 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is so f'd up
Reposted by Ryan Ashcraft
This update introduces Foodnoms Cloud: a new alternative to iCloud for syncing across devices. iCloud still remains fully supported, but this is great if you cannot use iCloud or storage is tight.
Learn more: foodnoms.com/blog/foodnom...
Learn more: foodnoms.com/blog/foodnom...
June 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This update introduces Foodnoms Cloud: a new alternative to iCloud for syncing across devices. iCloud still remains fully supported, but this is great if you cannot use iCloud or storage is tight.
Learn more: foodnoms.com/blog/foodnom...
Learn more: foodnoms.com/blog/foodnom...
Reposted by Ryan Ashcraft
🚀 Foodnoms 2025.10 is here with some long-requested features!
⚙️ Customizable Nutrient Summaries: choose which nutrients appear in food and meal previews
📋 Nutrition Label Layout: a simpler, more-convenient layout for nutrition info
🎚️ Active Energy Scaling: scale active energy data from Apple Health
⚙️ Customizable Nutrient Summaries: choose which nutrients appear in food and meal previews
📋 Nutrition Label Layout: a simpler, more-convenient layout for nutrition info
🎚️ Active Energy Scaling: scale active energy data from Apple Health
June 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🚀 Foodnoms 2025.10 is here with some long-requested features!
⚙️ Customizable Nutrient Summaries: choose which nutrients appear in food and meal previews
📋 Nutrition Label Layout: a simpler, more-convenient layout for nutrition info
🎚️ Active Energy Scaling: scale active energy data from Apple Health
⚙️ Customizable Nutrient Summaries: choose which nutrients appear in food and meal previews
📋 Nutrition Label Layout: a simpler, more-convenient layout for nutrition info
🎚️ Active Energy Scaling: scale active energy data from Apple Health
Hope to see you there!
🏅 INDIE FAIR SPOTLIGHT 🏅
🥙 @ryanashcraft.com logs feasts at the Fair!
"Foodnoms is a delightfully simple nutrition tracker with smart AI features and deep integration with Apple platforms. foodnoms.com."
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📲Bring YOUR app at shorturl.at/FqAq6
🥙 @ryanashcraft.com logs feasts at the Fair!
"Foodnoms is a delightfully simple nutrition tracker with smart AI features and deep integration with Apple platforms. foodnoms.com."
⬇️ tinyurl.com/n3uf4c44
📲Bring YOUR app at shorturl.at/FqAq6
May 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hope to see you there!
Feedback submitted: AVCaptureSession interrupted with .videoDeviceNotAvailableWithMultipleForegroundApps on iPhone (not iPad) with 18.4.1 (22E252)
Anybody know an iOS Camera or AVFoundation engineer? FB17677854. Includes a sysdiagnose with relevant logs!
Anybody know an iOS Camera or AVFoundation engineer? FB17677854. Includes a sysdiagnose with relevant logs!
May 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Feedback submitted: AVCaptureSession interrupted with .videoDeviceNotAvailableWithMultipleForegroundApps on iPhone (not iPad) with 18.4.1 (22E252)
Anybody know an iOS Camera or AVFoundation engineer? FB17677854. Includes a sysdiagnose with relevant logs!
Anybody know an iOS Camera or AVFoundation engineer? FB17677854. Includes a sysdiagnose with relevant logs!
Bluesky and Mastodon feeds: LLMs are dumb
Meanwhile, in the past few days, Claude and ChatGPT have helped me:
- Track down a rare, obscure crash in Foodnoms
- Optimize a Postgres query to be 100x faster
- Fix a race condition with a Redis-based distributed lock
- Implemented a small, delightful UX
Meanwhile, in the past few days, Claude and ChatGPT have helped me:
- Track down a rare, obscure crash in Foodnoms
- Optimize a Postgres query to be 100x faster
- Fix a race condition with a Redis-based distributed lock
- Implemented a small, delightful UX
May 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Bluesky and Mastodon feeds: LLMs are dumb
Meanwhile, in the past few days, Claude and ChatGPT have helped me:
- Track down a rare, obscure crash in Foodnoms
- Optimize a Postgres query to be 100x faster
- Fix a race condition with a Redis-based distributed lock
- Implemented a small, delightful UX
Meanwhile, in the past few days, Claude and ChatGPT have helped me:
- Track down a rare, obscure crash in Foodnoms
- Optimize a Postgres query to be 100x faster
- Fix a race condition with a Redis-based distributed lock
- Implemented a small, delightful UX
Reposted by Ryan Ashcraft
The iOS Dev Happy Hour IRL event signup is LIVE.
This will 100% sell out if history is any indicator. If you're going to be in the Cupertino area you're welcome to join us for free!
Big thanks to our sponsor @revenuecat.com !
This will 100% sell out if history is any indicator. If you're going to be in the Cupertino area you're welcome to join us for free!
Big thanks to our sponsor @revenuecat.com !
#WWDC25 UPDATE!
We've partnered with @RevenueCat.com to bring you our fourth annual iOSDevHappyHour IRL @ WWDC25!
Join us June 10th in Cupertino for drinks, appetizers, giveaways and more. Space is limited, RSVP at our link below for your ticket!
idhhwwdc25irl.eventbrite.com
We've partnered with @RevenueCat.com to bring you our fourth annual iOSDevHappyHour IRL @ WWDC25!
Join us June 10th in Cupertino for drinks, appetizers, giveaways and more. Space is limited, RSVP at our link below for your ticket!
idhhwwdc25irl.eventbrite.com
iOSDevHappyHour @ WWDC25 IRL!
Join us at our fourth annual in-person happy hour at WWDC25!
idhhwwdc25irl.eventbrite.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The iOS Dev Happy Hour IRL event signup is LIVE.
This will 100% sell out if history is any indicator. If you're going to be in the Cupertino area you're welcome to join us for free!
Big thanks to our sponsor @revenuecat.com !
This will 100% sell out if history is any indicator. If you're going to be in the Cupertino area you're welcome to join us for free!
Big thanks to our sponsor @revenuecat.com !
TIL @foodnoms.com supports importing recipes from Instagram reels
May 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
TIL @foodnoms.com supports importing recipes from Instagram reels
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The next big Foodnoms update is almost ready! It includes several quality-of-life improvements and three *very* popular feature requests from over the years.
May 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The next big Foodnoms update is almost ready! It includes several quality-of-life improvements and three *very* popular feature requests from over the years.
📝 New blog post: "SQLite Databases in App Group Containers: Just Don’t”
SQLite Databases in App Group Containers: Just Don't
Using SQLite in an App Group container might seem like a simple solution, but it can lead to several frustrating issues and crashes. Here’s why 0xDEAD10CC crashes happen and what to do instead.
ryanashcraft.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
📝 New blog post: "SQLite Databases in App Group Containers: Just Don’t”
