Swift
Articles tagged Swift from the hora Calendar dev blog.
2026-05-14
Google Calendar Swift Package Migration
I spent a month hand-writing Google Calendar API code before switching to Google's Swift package. I would not do it again, but it was worth it.
2026-05-08
Fixing Calendar Tile Contrast with OKLCH
How hora replaced ad-hoc tints with OKLCH-derived palettes and APCA-clamped contrast — 132 hue/mode/state combinations, all readable on Mac and iOS.
2026-04-16
Real-time Google Calendar sync on macOS
How hora moved from 5-minute polling to real-time Google Calendar sync on macOS — events.watch, a Cloudflare Worker, and APNs silent push.
2026-04-14
Native App vs Electron and PWA: A Mac Dev's Take
Native app vs Electron vs PWA, from a solo dev shipping hora Calendar in Swift. Memory, feel, battery, and what each one actually costs you on macOS.
2026-04-02
Week One in Numbers
10 days, 107 commits, 15,000 lines of Swift. Here's the honest breakdown of hora Calendar's first week — what shipped, what broke, and what's next.
2026-03-26
Why I'm Building hora Calendar
The story behind hora — a native macOS Google Calendar client built with SwiftUI, without Electron or CalDAV.
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