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Project Ganymede

2024-06-12​

2024-04-14​

  • Added text placeholders. It was surprisingly hard to do it in UITextView and I'm surprised there's no easy way of doing this.
  • Tried to modify ProgressBar but failed
  • Completed Read View.

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2024-03-19​

Wrote a simple read view. Added timer for sending action. The send screen is done; all we need to do is the read screen.

Also, AI-gile could be another programming pattern. Gen Z does not know file directories. The gist is that we don't need to "organize" files as semantic search improves because whatever we search will pop up automatically. Just have a giant file-pile and semantic search when you need something. These searches have now become so smart that they search for synonyms and deeply nested contexts and text inside images.

2024-03-15​

  • Added LogTail to Europa
  • Implemented Encryption and Attaching

2024-03-07​

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Rewriting Callisto with UIKit. Primarily because of the extensive jumble mess with SwiftUI.

2024-02-10​

Restored server with FlightControl

2024-01-04​

Server Crashed. migrating to Fly.io... Because I wanted a Vercel-like experience for backends. However migrating is a pain... because originally I wrote everything as CF workers functions. Such a stress, app is getting delayed and delayed

2023-12-24​

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2023-12-15​

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2023-11-22​

  • There was a property in MSMessage of shouldExpire. The problem is that the recipient can override to keep the message, which we don't want.
  • Implemented Message Reading Functionality
  • I implemented proper loading view features, with fade-in and fade-out.

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  • Refactored a lot of files
Callisto
├── Assets.xcassets
│   ├── Contents.json
│   └── iMessage App Icon.stickersiconset
│       └── Contents.json
├── Base.lproj
│   └── MainInterface.storyboard
├── Callisto.entitlements
├── CallistoLoadingView.swift
├── CallistoMessageReadingView.swift
├── CallistoMessageWritingView.swift
├── CallistoService.swift
├── CallistoView.swift
├── Info.plist
└── MessagesViewController.swift

2023-11-18​

  • Linked the client side to
    • request server
    • pack it as MSMessage
    • send the message
    • dismiss the keyboard & request a compact presentation style
  • Pink Bubble?

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When Test Fails​

  • Refuses to Deploy

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When Test Passes​

  • Deploys

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2023-11-11​

Used Prisma, Prisma Accelerate, PlanetScale, and Cloudflare Workers to create a simple server for the Ganymede Table Structure. Prisma layer makes three requests to the DB per 1 request to the server, albeit it probably would hit the Prisma Accelerate Layer, we can later optimize it with this document.

Composing Messages with 3 People Group Chat (Writer, Reader 1, Reader 2)​

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When the Writer Tries to Read (Invalid)​

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When the Reader Tries to Read (Valid)​

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When the Reader Re-requests to Read (Invalid)​

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When Another Reader Requests to Read (Valid)​

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When an Unauthorized User Requests to Read (Invalid)​

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Also​

2023-11-10​

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2023-11-08​

  • It is possible to limit iMessage forwarding for iMessage Extensions
  • It is possible to mark the iMessage with LocalParticipantIdentifier
  • LocalParticipantIdentifier is different on all devices
  • The most straightforward way would be marking:
    • Set LocalParticipantIdentifier to true on reading (on the server)
    • Reject if LocalParticipantIdentifier is already true.
  • Problem: If the user deletes and reinstalls the app, LocalParticipantIdentifier changes. So the user can read unlimited times if the uninstall & reinstall
  • Mitigation: Assign UUID for each message. Each message will have LocalParticipantIdentifier + RemoteParticipantIdentifiers count as the maxRead. This will at least 'limit' the max read count.
  • Problem: on a Group Chat setting, a user can read unlimited times instead of another participant.
  • Solution: Sign in with Apple?!

2023-10-20​

I can attach many images

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2023-10-19​

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2023-10-16​

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2023-10-13​

In iOS 17, Shortcuts can send messages without confirmation. Can we use this for Send Separately or Ganymede?

2023-10-12​

  • Read notifications
  • Screenshot notifications
  • Broadcast
  • App Clip + Apple Login?
  • Therefore, we name it Project Ganymede. You can NEVER win Apple. It is the most massive system, just like Jupiter. Therefore, we choose to become a moon. The moon of Jupiter. And a moon can be bigger than planets. Ganymede is bigger than Mercury.

2023-10-09​

I finished some working prototypes. Some concerns: It seems like the transcript MSMessage is an immutable object. We might consider server approaches, such as KV storage.

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I don't want to store any encrypted or decrypted messages on the server. So we can consider something as:

  • When sending a message
  • When reading the message
    • extract UUID and encrypted message
    • read KV with UUID and delete the DecryptKey if any necessary condition is met
    • once it expires, the user cannot read the message again

Considerations​

  • How do you store different strategies (After 5 seconds? 10 seconds? 15 seconds?)
  • Group chats
  • Photo / Video Payload
  • Screenshot detections and notifications

Prehistoric​

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