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SwiftLee Weekly by Antoine van der Lee

SwiftLee Weekly - Issue 326

Published about 4 hours ago • 4 min read

This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:

  • I built a new app: Introducing MCP Beast
  • Stateless actors?
  • WWDC Quiz to warm you up

Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!

THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST

​WWDC 2026: My predictions and wishes​

In a week, we will know what Apple has been working on for months. It’s like Christmas for us Apple developers, and in this week’s article, I want to take you through my wishes and predictions.
​avanderlee.com​

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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY

​Task Names in Swift Concurrency​

Task names might not seem that valuable at first, until you start to see them in Xcode Instruments or other debug places. Artem Novichkov explains how they work.
​artemnovichkov.com​

​Clearing UserDefaults during macOS app development​

For iOS you can obviously use RocketSim, but for macOS, this article by Natalia Panferova might be useful!
​nilcoalescing.com​

​Stateless Actors​

Are stateless actors in Swift Concurrency pointless? Matt dives in and answers.
​massicotte.org​

​DebugSnapshots: Public beta​

I love the creative idea behind this, and I’m sure we all recognize adding debug logs manually. Public beta by Point-Freeis now available for you to try.
​pointfree.co​

​W.W.D.C. 2026: The Pregame Quiz​

12 years of #WWDC26 pre-game quizes by Jordan Morgan. I love traditions, and this one is a great warm-up for next week!
​swiftjectivec.com​

SWIFT EVOLUTION

An overview of last week's Swift Proposal state changes. Check them out when they're in review, as it's your opportunity to influence the direction of Swift's future.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON

New app: MCP Beast

Quite the surprise, probably. I didn't start on this app until the last newsletter went out. It's crazy how fast we can move these days.

This new Mac app is called MCP Beast, and it is an answer to an issue I'm having myself: adding and managing MCPs across multiple locations.

The solution is simple:

  • A centralized place to add all your MCPs
  • Connecting all your apps (Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT, Claude) to a single MCP: MCP Beast

The Mac app allows you to connect to all your MCPs via localhost and optimizes delivery to reduce context (e.g., returning only the tools you really need for the MCP).

Secondly, I've often found myself sitting on the couch during a creative moment when I needed an MCP. Sometimes it's a public MCP, but sometimes it's an MCP like Astro's for App Store Optimization that only runs locally on my Mac. MCP Beast allows you to publish your MCP on your local network, accessible via Wi-Fi, or even broadcast it to the public web so you can access it from anywhere.

The app is now available in the Mac App Store and the landing page can be checked out here.

UNTIL NEXT TIME

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Antoine

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