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ChefboyOG • last Sunday at 9:52 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

I'm curious, in what niches are people using Swift for new applications these days? I've enjoyed working with Swift in the past (albeit in very limited capacities), but I haven't personally come across any Swift-based initiatives in a while. I had high hopes for Swift for TensorFlow, but it was ultimately killed off.

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lukeh • last Monday at 12:16 AM

I'm using it for the "business logic" (control plane) in an embedded device. Yocto integration may be useful to others doing same. [1]

[1] https://github.com/jeremy-prater/meta-swift

frizlab • last Sunday at 9:55 PM

Usually for native iOS/macOS applications.

I use it also for a server of mine (and generally any new project I have).

I have also a few open-source projects in Swift[1][2], but none known.

[1] https://github.com/xcode-actions

[2] https://github.com/Frizlab?tab=repositories&q=&type=&languag...

jordanekay • last Sunday at 11:33 PM

Apps for Apple platforms.

hirvi74 • last Monday at 1:14 AM

I honestly use Swift as a scripting language for a lot of various things. Most often, I use Swift for GUI scripting as a replacement for AppleScript (sometimes I use them together). I absolutely adore Swift as a language.