Hi! I'm Ryan, and I build products with a focus on privacy and ethical design.

The Corgi is my
rubber duck debugger.

Wed 15 September 2021 2 minutes

DriverKit, /Applications, and Quarantine

Your app is in /Applications, but DriverKit says it's not? It might be quarantined.

#programming #apple #macos #driverkit

Thu 24 June 2021 2 minutes

Debugging Broken Signed/Notarized Apps on macOS

Sealed resource is missing or broken? Find out why.

#programming #apple #macos

Thu 10 June 2021 8 minutes

Cacao: Building macOS (and iOS) Apps in Rust

You can pry Objective-C out of my cold, dead hands.

#programming #rust #apple #macos #ios

Fri 20 November 2020 9 minutes

What Melee Gave Me

A game that means more to me than I could possibly convey.

#FreeMelee #Personal

Sun 15 March 2020 2 minutes

You Did Not EARN IT

Petition your Representatives to vote against the EARN IT act.

#encryption #privacy #politics

Wed 01 January 2020 4 minutes

Wobbling in Rust

Writing slightly dangerous code in Rust that (literally, mostly) will not die.

#rust #programming

Sat 07 December 2019 6 minutes

Decoupling, or: where's my data?

Couple was an app for significant others to chat with. It's 2019 - where's the data?

#privacy #ios #android

Thu 01 August 2019 1 minute

Automatic Old Reddit Redirect Safari Extension

Miss the old Reddit in Safari? This extension can help.

#apple #safari #reddit

Looking for Older Pieces?

I've been writing (professional and... not so much) since about 2005. Check out the Archives for a full list of pieces.

Ryan around the Web

RT @BuzzFeedNews Shatzi Weisberger, a fixture at New York protests in support of everything from Black Lives Matter to Free Palestine, has died at the age of 92. buzzfeednews.com/article/paiges… a day ago
@hawkun Makes me think of Chemical Plant Zone a day ago
@JSPhiladelphia LOL, at least a controller works with your iMac! 2 days ago
The only downside here is that the Virtualization framework that provides the performance doesn't support any form of USB pass-through, so no controller support.

Thus this isn't a true solution to the Ventura issue, but it's a fun party trick. 2 days ago
Running Slippi on macOS Ventura as virtualized Monterey, which is translated via Rosetta 2, emulating Vulkan through a Metal translation layer, all emulating a console from the early 2000s.

This level of inception was somehow playable enough? Insanity. 2 days ago
RT @Jennifer_deG Fuck Msk and his stupid brain implant.

CW: animal experimentation, cruelty, descriptions of wounds and illness pcrm.org/ethical-scienc… 2 days ago
RT @henrygrabar what a perfect little story wsj.com/articles/elon-… 3 days ago
RT @Genesis_Smash Just a heads up, we are not part of SWT, or Panda Cup.

We are still planning on having Genesis 9, and we do not expect that to change in any way.

Be sure to register before the reg deadline hits on DEC 12TH!

start.gg/g9 3 days ago
Did not expect McVie to be the first one of that group to pass. 3 days ago
RT @oliviasolon Elon Musk has decimated the specialist global team dedicated to tackling child sexual exploitation, leaving behind an overwhelmed skeleton crew.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 3 days ago
Congrats! on "wiiu-gcc-adapter-bin" wants to make changes. Enter password to allow this. + Error Opening Adapter: Access denied (insufficient permissions) 3 days ago
Closed "wiiu-gcc-adapter-bin" wants to make changes. Enter password to allow this. + Error Opening Adapter: Access denied (insufficient permissions) in @secretkeysio/GCAdapterDriver 3 days ago