Calling ObjectiveC code from the Java Virtual Machine
Going into the slightly gory details of dealing with CGRects and friends with JNI and libffi.…
Using Metal Frame Capture with MoltenVK
How to use Apple's Metal Frame Capture to debug MoltenVK Vulkan applications, plus a little bit of background.…
Back to Square One – from Surface Book back to MacBook Pro
After having dabbled with Windows notebooks now for a bit, I am now actually back on a MacBook Pro (back to the golden cage 😂). Here's all the dirty details!…
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (and the Second Attempt) — Stories of switching from macOS to Windows
Stories of switching from macOS to Windows. What went well, what went wrong, and why I am now on the second Windows laptop.…
Reinvigorate your old Mac Pro with NVMe
I have an old 2008 Mac Pro sitting around that I recently wanted to upgrade with some more — and faster — disk capacity. Samsung's new SM951 or 950 Pro NVMe SSDs came to mind. Now NVMe is a rather new protocol that cuts out lots of the overhead that AHCI carries…
Hammerspooning OSX
Being a big fan of using the keyboard for everything and not touching the mouse more than necessary, I went through different OSX helper applications for helping to move windows around, aligning them on screen, etc. Lately I've been using Magnet (formerly known as Window Magnet, App Store [https://itunes.…