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Notes frominside the compiler.
axint is a compiler-first product. This is where the longer-form thinking lives — design decisions, workflow essays, release notes, and the tradeoffs behind the stack.
May 1, 2026·5 min
WWDC 2026: what AI agent developers should watch for
Framing, expectations, and the agent-tooling angle on what Apple is likely to announce at WWDC 2026 — and what Axint is preparing to ship in the 48 hours after the keynote.
April 28, 2026·4 min
The Fix Packet: a repair contract for AI coding agents
Most agent self-repair loops rely on free-form error parsing. The Fix Packet is the structured alternative — a deterministic JSON contract Axint emits whenever validation fails, designed for any agent to consume.
April 23, 2026·6 min
Where AI agents reliably break on Apple platforms
Six months of watching Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and Copilot generate Apple-native code. The seven failure modes we see most often, and why none of them are caught at generation time.
April 19, 2026·6 min
Ship report: April 2026
The first monthly Axint ship report covering messaging cleanup, distribution fixes, and what shipped across the product this month.
April 19, 2026·6 min
Caught before ship: how a Cloud report turns AI output into a real shipping decision
A concrete Axint Cloud narrative showing why the product is not just about generating Swift, but about deciding whether an Apple-native change is ready to ship.
April 19, 2026·7 min
Case study: a next-flight widget release review
A named Axint workflow case study that shows the product the way a team experiences it: compact feature definition, generated Swift, and a report-driven shipping decision.
April 19, 2026·5 min
Engineering status: product cleanup, growth, and customer readiness
What changed this week in Axint: cleaner public messaging, a clearer Cloud product story, and the growth plumbing needed for real outside feedback.
April 18, 2026·6 min
The Apple-native execution layer
What category Axint is actually in: not a chatbot, not a template pack, and not just a compiler. It's the execution and validation layer behind AI-built Apple software.
April 17, 2026·7 min
Proof narrative: from one prompt to a validated flight widget
A concrete walkthrough of the Axint workflow: describe a feature, generate the Apple-native surface, then use Cloud to review what would actually block shipping.
April 16, 2026·6 min
How we benchmark Axint honestly
What the benchmark page measures, how the token estimates are computed, what they do and do not prove, and how to rerun the compiler-side benchmarks yourself.
April 15, 2026·5 min
What Axint Cloud actually does
If your AI tool is already doing the talking, where does Cloud fit? Here's the simple answer for vibe coders, product teams, and Apple release teams.
April 14, 2026·6 min
v0.3.9 ship notes: doctor, .feature, and a cleaner MCP surface
What shipped in Axint v0.3.9 — a first-class `axint doctor` diagnostic, the `.feature` tool, a Swift output validator, a Source Editor Extension for Xcode, and a renamed MCP surface.
April 12, 2026·6 min
Swift Package Manager plugin: compile intents automatically on build
Axint integrates with SPM as a build plugin. Add it to Package.swift and your TypeScript intents compile to Swift on every build.
April 11, 2026·5 min
Axint roadmap: what we're shipping before v1.0
The path to Axint 1.0 in September 2026: SwiftUI previews, Xcode integration, cloud compilation, and the community registry.
April 11, 2026·8 min
Entity queries: how Axint generates AppEntity for Siri and Spotlight search
defineEntity() generates AppEntity structs and EntityQuery conformances. Make your app's data searchable through Siri and Spotlight.
April 10, 2026·8 min
Case study: 50 Siri intents from one biomarker schema
How Ambition Health used Axint to generate 50 App Intents for biomarker queries — from a TypeScript schema, without writing Swift.
April 9, 2026·6 min
We parse Python's AST instead of executing user code. Here's what broke.
Axint uses static AST parsing for the Python SDK instead of exec(). The tradeoffs, the bugs we hit, and why we'd do it again.
April 9, 2026·7 min
Axint + Claude Code: the AI-native App Intents workflow
How the MCP integration with Claude Code enables agents to scaffold, compile, and validate App Intents without touching Xcode.
April 8, 2026·7 min
Four-stage validation: catching Swift mistakes before you open Xcode
Axint validates in four stages: schema, type, intent semantics, and Swift rules. Errors reference your source code, not generated output.
April 8, 2026·8 min
Building a package registry on Cloudflare D1 and Workers
How we built registry.axint.ai: serverless SQLite, Durable Objects for publish atomicity, and aggressive edge caching.
April 7, 2026·8 min
Axint's intermediate representation: how we stay language-agnostic
The IR that sits between TypeScript/Python and Swift. Why it's Swift-shaped, not generic, and how it enables multi-language support.
April 6, 2026·7 min
WidgetKit tutorial: generate TimelineProviders from TypeScript with Axint
defineWidget() generates Widget structs, TimelineProviders, and lockscreen descriptors. Here's a step-by-step guide.
April 6, 2026·7 min
Full App Intents apps from Python with define_app()
The Python SDK now supports define_app(). Declare your entire app structure in Python, compile to a @main Swift entry point.
April 5, 2026·3 min
axint is on PyPI
The Axint Python SDK is live. define_intent() in Python compiles to the same Swift output as TypeScript. pip install axint.
April 5, 2026·6 min
Generating SwiftUI views from TypeScript (and why that's less crazy than it sounds)
defineView() compiles to idiomatic SwiftUI structs. Type-safe state, view builders, no runtime library. Here's how it works.
April 4, 2026·5 min
We built a TypeScript-to-Swift compiler. Here's why.
Everything points toward Apple connecting MCP to App Intents. The problem: they're Swift-only. We built Axint so TypeScript and Python developers can ship them too.
April 4, 2026·4 min
One-click MCP install for Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, and Windsurf
Axint ships a built-in MCP server. One click (or one command) and your AI coding assistant can scaffold, compile, and validate App Intents.