Ryan Ashcraft
@ryanashcraft.com
Indie iOS dev building a nutrition tracking app called @foodnoms.com. Living in SF Bay Area with @tannersmith.me. 🏳️🌈
2025 was a big year for Foodnoms. Rewrote and redesigned the entire app. Grew subscription revenue 24% while cutting ad spending. Shipped 31 updates and learned a lot of valuable lessons. Full recap: foodnoms.com/news/2025-ye...
Foodnoms in 2025: Year in Review | Foodnoms
The best food tracker for people who want simplicity. Log meals, track nutrition, and ditch the bloat of other apps. A fresh alternative to MyFitnessPal.
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So proud of this update!
Foodnoms@foodnoms.com · 11mo agoFoodnoms for iOS 26 is here! 🎉 Featuring a new smarter label scanner, custom Insights dashboard, and a fresh design that fully adopts Liquid Glass. Perhaps our biggest update yet! Learn more in the announcement blog post: foodnoms.com/blog/ios-26-...
So excited to share what we’ve been working on this summer!
Foodnoms@foodnoms.com · 11mo agoIt’s official! A brand new Foodnoms with Liquid Glass will be launching Monday, September 15.
Two weeks ago I started prototyping an iOS 26 "Liquid Glass" redesign concept for Foodnoms in almost all SwiftUI. I've been continuously iterating on it, and it's already come a long way. Several UX wins and a few delightful touches. I think I may very well end up shipping this in the Fall 😱
Last week, I sat down with Craig Federighi for 30 minutes to talk about the iPad. We covered a lot: the iPad's multitasking journey, being inspired by macOS, iPad criticisms over the years and…the essence of the iPad in 2025. I'm proud of this one. My story: www.macstories.net/stories/inte...
Interview: Craig Federighi Opens Up About iPadOS, Its Multitasking Journey, and the iPad’s Essence
It’s a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I’m walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, for a conversation about the iPad. It’s th...
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Grant Marek@grantmarek.bsky.social · last yr.If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in Calif. are at risk of being sold over the next 5 years. Those vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite, Mount Shasta, Big Sur & Tahoe. via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Working on my first experiment with AFM: picking an initial icon when saving a food, recipe or meal as a favorite. Works quite well!
Day 0 thoughts: 1. I really like the new look! 2. iOS 26 beta is rough (to be expected). 3. Excited to take the on-device foundation model APIs for a spin. 4. There are some other APIs, e.g. RecognizeDocumentsRequest, that look quite promising! 5. I have a lot of work to do. 6. I am excited.
This is so f'd up
Simon Willison@simonwillison.net · last yr.OpenAI are now under a court order to permanently preserve logs of temporary conversations or paid API usage (previously subject to a 30 day retention policy) - a new twist in the now 17 month lawsuit between the New York Times and OpenAI simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/5/o...
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This update introduces Foodnoms Cloud: a new alternative to iCloud for syncing across devices. iCloud still remains fully supported, but this is great if you cannot use iCloud or storage is tight. Learn more: foodnoms.com/blog/foodnom...
🚀 Foodnoms 2025.10 is here with some long-requested features! ⚙️ Customizable Nutrient Summaries: choose which nutrients appear in food and meal previews 📋 Nutrition Label Layout: a simpler, more-convenient layout for nutrition info 🎚️ Active Energy Scaling: scale active energy data from Apple Health
Hope to see you there!
CommunityKit@communitykit.social · last yr.🏅 INDIE FAIR SPOTLIGHT 🏅 🥙 @ryanashcraft.com logs feasts at the Fair! "Foodnoms is a delightfully simple nutrition tracker with smart AI features and deep integration with Apple platforms. foodnoms.com." ⬇️ tinyurl.com/n3uf4c44 📲Bring YOUR app at shorturl.at/FqAq6
Feedback submitted: AVCaptureSession interrupted with .videoDeviceNotAvailableWithMultipleForegroundApps on iPhone (not iPad) with 18.4.1 (22E252) Anybody know an iOS Camera or AVFoundation engineer? FB17677854. Includes a sysdiagnose with relevant logs!
Bluesky and Mastodon feeds: LLMs are dumb Meanwhile, in the past few days, Claude and ChatGPT have helped me: - Track down a rare, obscure crash in Foodnoms - Optimize a Postgres query to be 100x faster - Fix a race condition with a Redis-based distributed lock - Implemented a small, delightful UX
The iOS Dev Happy Hour IRL event signup is LIVE. This will 100% sell out if history is any indicator. If you're going to be in the Cupertino area you're welcome to join us for free! Big thanks to our sponsor @revenuecat.com !
iOSDevHappyHour@iosdevhappyhour.com · last yr.#WWDC25 UPDATE! We've partnered with @RevenueCat.com to bring you our fourth annual iOSDevHappyHour IRL @ WWDC25! Join us June 10th in Cupertino for drinks, appetizers, giveaways and more. Space is limited, RSVP at our link below for your ticket! idhhwwdc25irl.eventbrite.com
📝 Slopes Diaries 45: Building Trust blog.curtisherbert.com/slopes-diari...
Slopes Diaries #45: Building Trust
Oh boy, it's been a spicy few months in the Apple ecosystem 🍿. But this might just let us answer the big question we've long been unable to answer with anything but speculation.
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The next big Foodnoms update is almost ready! It includes several quality-of-life improvements and three *very* popular feature requests from over the years.
📝 New blog post: "SQLite Databases in App Group Containers: Just Don’t”
SQLite Databases in App Group Containers: Just Don't
Using SQLite in an App Group container might seem like a simple solution, but it can lead to several frustrating issues and crashes. Here’s why 0xDEAD10CC crashes happen and what to do instead.
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I wrote a blog post about a Swift Charts issue that's been bothering me for the longest time and how I finally found a solution for it. Hoping this saves someone some time! chriswu.com/posts/swiftu...
Finally Fixing My SwiftUI Charts Alignment Problem
An unexpected solution to a longstanding problem.
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✍️ New Post ✍️ I distilled my Deep Dish Swift talk on indie app marketing to three key points. Also, I've included the Numbers spreadsheet template I used in the talk to track ad spend: www.swiftjectivec.com/Three-Key-Ta...
Three Indie Marketing Tips from my Deep Dish 2025 Talk
Deep Dish Swift 2025 has been a blast. Here are some key takeaways from my talk over indie app marketing.
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🍕 The final event of the day is happening! @charliemchapman.com is taking the stage with @teamneem.bsky.social, @ryanashcraft.com, and @edwardsanchez.bsky.social for a Launched Live Panel
