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ch_anon Apple restricts new Swift concurrency features to iOS 15 and above only

Most places I've worked support at least a couple OS versions back. Lately because of when the last device support cutoff was, it seems to be iOS 12. That's a long time to have to wait to use any of this, especially given the enormous benefits and how much more efficient it could make developers. Yes, we could #if available, but that would end up doubling up the work you have to do, completely nullifying most of the benefits.

ch_anon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021)

Hallow is building a faith-based meditation app. Think Headspace or Calm, but for prayer & catholic spirituality. We believe that we're all looking for peace, and that there is no surer way to find it than by learning to sit in silence with God: “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” MT 11:28. And we believe that if we’re able to combine the beauty of the Church’s prayer & meditation traditions with the world's best technology & design, it might just change the world.

Currently have positions available across our tech stack and for mid-level and senior engineers. Looking especially for engineers with experience at other fast-growing startups dealing with streaming multi-media and growing a product globally.

For more information, you can visit our jobs page: https://jobs.lever.co/hallow

ch_anon Show HN: Alchemy – Elegant, batteries included web framework for Swift

This might be the first Swift framework I've seen with halfway decent documentation. Always seemed like a huge barrier to entry for working with Swift server side.