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Issue 23.4

COLUMN

Best of the Web

Great programming articles you may have missed

Issue: 23.4 (July/August 2025)
Author: Marc Zeedar
Author Bio: Marc taught himself programming in high school when he bought his first computer but had no money for software. He's had fun learning ever since.
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Starting Page Number: 78
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Here I share links to interesting programming-related articles from around the web. Note that these may not have anything to do with Xojo, and I don't necessarily advocate the opinions shared—I simply think they're worth reading for a broader perspective.

App Store search is not a user feature

Jeff Johnson (https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/6/4.html)

Excerpt: App Store Search Ads were introduced in 2016, and it's difficult to argue that Search Ads benefit App Store users or App Store developers. Apple's financial benefit is clear: developers have to pay Apple for top placement in search results, and in this way Apple can monetize even free apps in the App Store who don't pay a commission to Apple. Other the other hand, App Store users receive irrelevant search results, and App Store developers lose downloads and sales to advertisers.

Experimenting with Apple's AI models inside Shortcuts

Six Colors Staff (https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/06/experimenting-with-apples-ai-models-inside-shortcuts/)

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