Best of Swift — January 2026

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    Avatar of avanderleeSwiftLee·18w

    11 Things I learned after using AI Agents full-time

    AI agents like Cursor have transformed app development workflows through deliberate practices. Key learnings include using plan mode before execution to clarify intent, maintaining custom GPT projects for context continuity, leveraging agent skills instead of lengthy AGENTS.md files, choosing reasoning models for complex tasks, breaking large prompts into focused scopes, reviewing AI-generated code carefully to prevent tech debt, learning tools deeply to find leverage points, implementing linters and rules as guardrails, evolving AGENTS files to prevent recurring mistakes, running tests and CI on every PR, and exploring uncomfortable tools to discover new capabilities. The core insight: AI agents amplify both discipline and shortcuts, multiplying responsibility rather than removing it.

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    Avatar of appledevApple Developer·20w

    Hello Developer: January 2026

    Apple's January 2026 developer newsletter highlights a SwiftUI activity in Cupertino, expanded Liquid Glass resources, a video overview of Apple design tools, new Develop in Swift tutorials, and an article on leveraging foundation models. The update provides developers with learning opportunities and resources across Apple's development ecosystem.

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    Avatar of lobstersLobsters·18w

    Your App Subscription Is Now My Weekend Project · Roberto Selbach

    AI-assisted coding ("vibecoding") now enables developers to replace paid subscription apps with custom weekend projects. The author built three personal tools—a dictation app (Jabber), a screen recorder (Reel), and a Hugo blog editor (Hugora)—to replace $29/month in subscriptions, despite having no prior macOS or Swift experience. While these projects aren't production-ready, they demonstrate how AI has made app development accessible enough to create personalized alternatives to commercial software. This shift suggests standalone apps are becoming commoditized features rather than sustainable products.

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