Igor Kulman

Coding Journal

iOS & Swift developer. Open source fan. Building privacy-first apps and sharing what I learn.

I do not feel like a programmer anymore

July 1, 2026 I do not feel like a programmer anymore

I wanted async/await but I got a concurrency model

May 20, 2026 I wanted async/await but I got a concurrency model

Running a Local LLM Coding Server on MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48 GB

May 6, 2026 Running a Local LLM Coding Server on MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48 GB

Why I still build apps for myself

April 8, 2026 Why I still build apps for myself

Why I built my own expense tracker

March 25, 2026 Why I built my own expense tracker

Beating App Store review: lessons from shipping a minimal indie game

March 11, 2026 Beating App Store review: lessons from shipping a minimal indie game

Building Aira: a calm anime tracker for myself

February 25, 2026 Building Aira: a calm anime tracker for myself

Building Yomu: Safari, furigana, and why “plain text” often isn’t plain

February 11, 2026 Building Yomu: Safari, furigana, and why “plain text” often isn’t plain

Building Yomu: furigana, tokenization, and offline dictionaries on iOS

January 28, 2026 Building Yomu: furigana, tokenization, and offline dictionaries on iOS

The Japanese reading problem that finally made me build my own app

January 14, 2026 The Japanese reading problem that finally made me build my own app