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Brent Simmons<\/a> (2025):<\/p>\n

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With retirement imminent — this is my last job, and June 6 is my last day (maybe I’ve buried the lede here) — I want to thank my team publicly for how they’ve made me a better engineer and, more importantly, a better person.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Brent Simmons<\/a> (Mastodon<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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I’m not retiring from writing apps — which means I’ll have a lot more time for working on NetNewsWire.<\/p>\n

It’s been 15 years since the last time I could work on NetNewsWire during weekdays (as opposed to just nights and weekends), and I’m super-psyched for this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Brent Simmons<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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NetNewsWire 7.0 for Mac is now shipping!<\/p>\n

The big change from 6.2.1 is that it adopts the Liquid Glass UI and it requires macOS 26.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Here’s the complete list of changes<\/a>. I’m still on Sequoia, but from a brief test on Tahoe the Liquid Glass stuff seems to be tastefully done.<\/p>\n\n

Brent Simmons<\/a> (after an App Review delay<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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NetNewsWire 7 for iOS 26 and up is available now on the App Store<\/a>!<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

This version also fixes some small bugs and adds some small performance enhancements. (iOS developers might appreciate this bit: it adopts Swift structured concurrency.)<\/p>\n

But, again, the main thing is the updated UI. It’s cool!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n