https://hofundsoftware.com/blog Architectural deep-dives, systems programming in Swift and C/C++, and native macOS software craft. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:29:04 GMT https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/fryist-vs-the-status-quo-native-architecture-total-cost-comparison https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/fryist-vs-the-status-quo-native-architecture-total-cost-comparison Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:24:47 GMT I'm Chris Larsen, an independent Apple developer, and I built Fryist (https://fryist.app) for Busy Home Cook & Parents tired of dealing with a familiar frustration: Squinting at tiny oven-only instructions on frozen packages, doing mental math, or searching ad-bloated recipe b... iOS iPadOS SwiftUI Vision OCR CloudKit Indie Craft Comparison Benchmarks https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/designing-fryist-handcrafting-a-sub-150ms-vision-ocr-activitykit-companion-in-swiftui https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/designing-fryist-handcrafting-a-sub-150ms-vision-ocr-activitykit-companion-in-swiftui Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:24:47 GMT Most recipe and cooking utilities on mobile are ad-tech wrappers disguised as utility apps. When your hands are covered in seasoning at the kitchen counter, the last thing you want is a modal video ad or a dimming web view. iOS iPadOS SwiftUI Vision OCR CloudKit Indie Craft https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/portauthority-vs-the-status-quo-native-architecture-total-cost-comparison https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/portauthority-vs-the-status-quo-native-architecture-total-cost-comparison Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:24:46 GMT I'm Chris Larsen, an independent Apple developer, and I built PortAuthority (https://portauthority.app) for Mac Power User & Software Engineers tired of dealing with a familiar frustration: Manually reconfiguring audio devices, terminal profiles, window layouts, and backup dri... macOS IOKit CoreOS Hardware Automation Swift Comparison Benchmarks https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/rowist-vs-the-status-quo-native-architecture-total-cost-comparison https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/rowist-vs-the-status-quo-native-architecture-total-cost-comparison Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:24:46 GMT I'm Chris Larsen, an independent Apple developer, and I built Rowist (https://rowist.app) for Senior Data / Analytics Engineers tired of dealing with a familiar frustration: Has to write throwaway Python scripts (import pyarrow.parquet as pq; df = ...) or fire up Jupyter just ... macOS Swift Architecture Parquet Vectorized SQL Comparison Benchmarks https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/event-driven-hardware-automation-introducing-portauthority https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/event-driven-hardware-automation-introducing-portauthority Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:04:53 GMT Open Activity Monitor on any engineer's MacBook Pro and you will find gigabytes of RAM consumed by Electron helper processes, JVM heaps, or background polling scripts. macOS IOKit CoreOS Hardware Automation Swift https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/why-we-built-a-native-macos-utility-instead-of-an-electron-shell https://hofundsoftware.com/blog/why-we-built-a-native-macos-utility-instead-of-an-electron-shell Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:04:48 GMT Open Activity Monitor on any engineer's MacBook Pro and you will find gigabytes of RAM consumed by Electron helper processes, JVM heaps, or background polling scripts. macOS Swift Architecture Parquet Vectorized SQL