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Agents get stuck. So I built a menu bar app that shows which Swift build or test is stuck, and why

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Most of my Swift work I provide open source as swift-institute : about 400 packages, Apache 2.0, including libraries like swift-html and swift-pdf . This one is different, a paid app, so here’s a heads-up.

Agents write all my code now. With several of them building and testing at once, I lose track of what is running where. A swift test can sit silent for minutes before I notice.

Birdwatch shows Swift and Xcode work. It tells you what’s stuck and why (with Apple’s on-device model), and for a hung test it names the test and the line. That last part was the hard bit, since it means reading the stack sample of a stuck process. One click quits whatever is stuck.

Built with TCA26 (private beta) and SQLite.

Birdwatch allows me to not have to check in on agents as much to ensure they're progressing to the objectives.

Disclosure: it's mine and it's paid. €19 once, 14 days free. macOS 27.0+, Apple silicon.

https://coenttb.com/birdwatch

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