Tony Smith, Tech Writer and Software Engineer on smittytone’s software stack

Career: Technology

site@smittytone.net (Tony Smith) — Sun, 01 Mar 2026

Contracting Technical Writer and Software Engineer

January 2025 through to the present

I am currently contracting as technical writer and software engineer. This work is currently confidential but I can say it has centred on the integration and extension of the use of BLE communications in shipping IoT products, and its documentation.

I have also produced exploration and prospect evaluation oriented documentation for a client in the oil and gas industry.

HighlighterSwift

site@smittytone.net (Tony Smith) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026

This library provides a Swift wrapper for the popular Highlight.js code highlighting utility.

It is a more up-to-date version of Juan Pablo Illanes’ Highlightr library, which is now no longer maintained.

How to use HighlighterSwift

Installation

To add HighlighterSwift to your project, use Xcode’s File > Swift Packages menu command. When requested, enter this repo’s git URL, https://github.com/smittytone/HighlighterSwift.git.

The library already contains the Highlight.js code and themes. Please note that some themes have been modified slightly to meet the needs of another project. Specifically:

PreviewCode

site@smittytone.net (Tony Smith) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026

How to Use PreviewCode

Install the app and run it. This will register the availability of the app’s QuickLook extensions, Code Previewer and Code Thumbnailer. You can now quit the app — just click Quit:

To use QuickLook in Finder, select a source code file and press space. This will pop up a rendered preview of the file, using a dark theme…

PreviewMarkdown

site@smittytone.net (Tony Smith) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026

How to Use PreviewMarkdown

Install the app and run it. This will register the availability of the app’s QuickLook extensions, Markdown Previewer and Markdown Thumbnailer. You can now quit the app.

Using QuickLook in Finder — select a Markdown file (.md, .mdown or .markdown, for example) and press space — will pop up a rendered image of file: