August 7, 2026

Happy Friday Photon Community,

This week at Photon: NanoClaw went live on iMessage via Spectrum, Photon shipped as the only first-party channel in Vercel's eve, spectrum-ts passed 225K monthly downloads, we found another macOS kernel bug, and Tinyfish's CRO joins Daniel for a fireside chat Aug 13.

Feature Updates

NanoClaw Now Runs on iMessage

Native iMessage for the security-first open-source personal agent (30k+ stars), powered by Photon Spectrum API.

• Remote mode via our Spectrum API: no Mac needed

• 1-minute setup

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Feature Updates

spectrum-ts Crosses 225K Monthly Downloads

We launched spectrum-ts this April, and it's now the most-used iMessage SDK for agents.

• 225K+ monthly and 73K weekly downloads on npm

• 4 months from launch to the most-used iMessage SDK for agents

• Huge thanks to everyone at Photon who made this happen

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Read the Blog

We Found Another macOS Kernel Bug

A kernel memory leak that any shell script can trigger, potentially exhausting system memory and making your Mac unusable.

• Triggerable by any shell script, no special permissions

• Can OOM the entire system and make your Mac unusable
  
  

Read the Blog

Community Highlights

Hermes Agent x iMessage Tutorial

Julie made a 1-minute tutorial on connecting your Hermes agent to iMessage using Photon.

• Official integration with Nous Research

• 60-second setup

• 12k+ Hermes users already connected

• 80k traffic on the tutorial

Watch the Tutorial

Upcoming Event

Fireside Chat: Sales Playbook with Tinyfish

Tinyfish CRO Daisy Hoang sits down with Photon co-founder Daniel Tian on her $100M+ enterprise revenue playbook: how founder-led GTM turns into a repeatable motion.

• Thursday, Aug 13, Corgi Cafe

RSVP on luma

We're Hiring

Backend Engineers (Intern + Fulltime)

Proficient in Swift, TypeScript (NodeJS, ConnectRPC, Hono), or Rust. Strong understanding of how production-level backend systems work, including OTel, Workflow Systems, Outbox, PostgreSQL, Service Mesh, and k8s.

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That's all for this week.

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