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Vitaly Rambo
rambo.codes · Personal blog · on HN since 2018
Vitaly Rambo, an Apple platform developer, writes about iOS and macOS bugs, private APIs, app distribution and developer account problems.
What HN saysHN commenters list it among favourite Swift and Apple development blogs and link it for Mac app distribution outside the App Store.
17HN people shared it
2linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Distributing Mac apps outside the App Store, a quick start guide3 people · 311 points · first shared 2021 · 158 comments on HN
- 2Cracking the Dave and Buster's Anomaly3 people · 68 points · first shared 2025 · 6 comments on HN
- 3How a single line of code could brick your iPhone2 people · 505 points · first shared 2025 · 123 comments on HN
- 4The big Facebook crash of 2020 and the problem of third-party SDK creep2 people · 5 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 5Writing command line interfaces for iOS apps2 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 6Apple has locked me out of my developer account1 people · 1.0K points · first shared 2019 · 463 comments on HN
- 7SiriSpy – iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your conversations with Siri1 people · 551 points · first shared 2022 · 236 comments on HN
- 8Hacking with private APIs on iPad1 people · 73 points · first shared 2019 · 20 comments on HN
- 9CloudKit 1011 people · 5 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 10You can use SwiftUI today1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 11Creating custom extension points for Mac apps with ExtensionKit1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 12Programming the ESP8266 on an M1 Mac1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 13A macOS bug could have allowed for a serious phishing attack against users1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 14A document-based app in Swift Playgrounds for iPad1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 15A Privacy Mechanism That Backfired1 people · 1 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
chrishannah · 2018-10-19
Here are my favourites:
https://www.natashatherobot.com
https://www.swiftbysundell.com
http://whatsnewinswift.com
https://rambo.codes
And sporadically, I'll write a few myself:
http://blog.chrishannah.me/category/swift-tips/
rpastuszak · 2023-08-23
> However I quickly realized that the behaviors I want the app to do require a bunch of accessibility permissions
Which behaviours specifically?
Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about the App Store. I'm distributing Enso (http://enso.sonnet.io) via gumroad.com, and people download/pay for it. I think it's easier than using the App Store Connect route anyway.
Here's a good intro: https://rambo.codes/posts/2021-01-08-distributing-mac-apps-outside-the…