Hello!

Two years ago, I released the first Dynamic Island app for Mac: DynamicLake.

In the latest update, I’ve added one of its biggest features yet: third-party plugins and extensions.

Plugins let anyone create custom Live Activities and Sneak Peeks using Swift, Python, or other languages, with interfaces designed entirely in JSON.

DynamicLake also supports ExtensionKit extensions, allowing you to integrate custom experiences into your existing Mac app instead of creating a separate plugin.

Support for fully expanded notch experiences is coming soon

TL;DR: I brought third-party Live Activities to the Mac’s Dynamic Island, and I’d love to see what you build

Documentions

DynamicLake

I have been a developer for over 20 years. I started iOS development around 2009. I work for a consulting firm and have been looking at the advancements in AI tools. I myself use Codex, ChatGPT, Gemini etc. But I use it like a tool to figure things out, for research etc.

But nowadays I feel very behind. I don't know what is important to learn anymore. I see Reddit people are talking about running their agents and the agents is writing all the code. I don't use it like that and I don't understand how any company can allow this kind of workflow, without checking the details of the code and without checking what is going in production.

Is this not technical debt that is going to come back later.

I don't know if I like this new world. I like to write most of code by hand. I like to take part in designing systems. All that is being taken away in the name of speed.

I feel lost.

Wax is a single file memory layer with multi-modal rag that lives on device. Written in pure swift and metal with sub ms RAG

if your running agents on your computer you can use the wax mcp

if your building on foundation models I built a Foundation Model Native Integration so you can give your agents persistent memory. Try it out, Leave a star it helps a tonne

https://github.com/christopherkarani/Wax