I’m Adam Demasi.
I founded HASHBANG Productions to build and release software for iOS and macOS. We’ve built TypeStatus, NewTerm, MapsOpener, and many more.
I’m a maintainer of Zebra, a package manager for installing tweaks, themes, and other handy utilities on jailbroken iOS devices, and the Theos build system, the most commonly used solution for building iOS jailbreak software from a device running macOS, Linux, Windows, or even iOS itself.
Currently building Chariz, a directory and payment platform to help users find and buy great Mac and iOS software, and Legacy Update, a utility that fixes access to the Windows Update service on old versions of Windows.
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Wallpaper is Unsplash Photo of the Day
Making sense of the Windows NT 4.0 Start menu banner claims
Who knew a Windows brand banner could be so controversial?
Features controlled by iOS 17.4’s eligibility system
App stores, browsers, payments, and China.
How I tricked iOS into giving me EU DMA features
The iOS 17.4 feature eligibility system.
The iOS 17.4 app marketplace flow is a disaster
Maliciously compliant.
Swift snippet: Get the SF Symbols icon for the user’s Mac
Apple made things worse so we could make them better.
Doing a respring the right way: Following up
The times, they changed.
A quick look at UIKit on macOS
Marzipan is delicious.
Using Linux or Windows as a Time Machine network server
So easy you have no excuse not to.
Open-sourcing TypeStatus Plus
Not the end of the world.
Content Blockers and You
Use it to fight for good ads, not no ads.
Fix for slow folder opening on OS X 10.10.3
Blame it on iCloud.
Doing tweak settings the right-er way
Introducing HBPreferences.
Setting up SSH via USB connection on Linux
How about Linux?
Setting up SSH via USB connection on Windows
I guess we should cover Windows too.
Setting up SSH via USB connection on macOS
More reliable than Wi-Fi.
Doing tweak settings the right way
Work with cfprefsd, not against it.
Adding simple toggles in the Settings root list
Keeping things simple.
Debugging memory issues in Substrate tweaks
Zombies can be a good thing.
Important: Update your tweaks to support arm64
More bits for your new iPhone.
How to build jailbreak packages for iOS on Windows
“It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell” —Steve Jobs
Running Substrate tweaks in the iOS Simulator
Teach the Simulator some new tricks.
Doing a respring the right way
For the precious battery stats.