Launched is finally back! We're in full swing, every other week. And couldn't be happier to kick it off with a live conversation with the great Ryan Jones (right before Flighty blew up across national news during the government shutdown 😅)

I don’t think I’ve seen this widget state for Flighty since 2023 😄

Launched Relaunched Luncheon was a success! Glad everybody visiting got to experience the best culinary experience New York City has to offer

Made it through the storm to NYC so we’re making this a thing! We’re going to be at the Times Square McDonalds (yeah yeah, blame @joshdholtz.com ) at 12:00pm for the official Launched Relaunched Luncheon 😅 Let’s hang out and try to catch a glimpse at the Shipaton billboards 👀

Still wild to me that we’re at the point where I can’t wait to leave the terminal and get on the plane so I have high speed WiFi to work with now with United’s Starlink

Officially on my way to NYC for App Growth Annual! ✈️ Now just hoping we can land in this storm 🤞😅

Launched is now a @revenuecat.com podcast 🙀 and if there’s one thing RevenueCat knows how to do – it's swag 😅 sooooo we’re giving away 50 Launched shirts to those of you who, let's be real, do some free marketing for us 😏 Details below👇

So... Peter made this joke in Slack so now I'm honor bound to make this a real thing. Any fellow indies gonna be in NYC on Monday and want to meet up for lunch somewhere? 😅

So... some personal news (watch till the end)

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y’all remember @launchedfm.com?

Wow, Swift Bharat was incredible. Still processing but genuinely one of the greatest iOS conference experiences I’ve ever had. @mufasayc.com and team crushed it. And the Swift community in India is loaded with inspiring, passionate, and kind people. I have to go back next year 😁

Swift Bharat is off to a start! The vibes are soooo good 😁

Tuk tuk at night in Bangalore traffic is quite the experience 😅

My word, South Indian food makes a good first impression. This benne masala dosa was excellent

Pretty cool to see the Burj Khalifa, even if it’s just barely through a hazy Dubai sunset from a plane window 😅

Short layover in Dubai, but luckily I found this cute local place where I can try some authentic Dubai cuisine

Heck yeah. Landed poor man’s first class again on this 14hr flight to Dubai 🙌. Should get some good sleep

Hello New York 👋

Whoa 😳 – first flight with United’s free Starlink WiFi onboard. This is pretty wild

I'm coming to Bangalore, India this week for Swift Bharat! 🇮🇳 It'll be my first time ever in India – what food must I try, and what places should I see?! (unfortunately my time is brief so probably won't be able to leave the city at all)

The 8x on the new iPhones is pretty sweet

This is almost exactly my impressions so far (except haven’t really used ANC yet) Transparency is super weird, especially with my own voice? Its very shrill compared to real life and the AirPod Pros 2

The blue iPhone 17 Pro in the store is already showing scratches 😬

Hey! @darknoise.app is featured in one of the iOS 26 lists on the App Store! 🥰

Dark Noise got a little shout out in @dmoren.com's AirPods Pro 3 review! I actually have a super long fade out feature whenever you set a timer in the app. Wonder if I could detect if you're pausing from sleep to do the same? Or a setting? I'll play around when my new AirPods arrive Friday! 😁

Reminder to turn off beta updates if you have a new phone pre-ordered and don't want to have to update the new phone to the beta before doing your migration

My @darknoise.app update with the new iOS 26 Liquid Glass design, and a new Magic Mix feature (demoed here) powered by the new Foundation Model API & Apple Intelligence is ready for tomorrow's release! If you're press writing about app updates, my press release is below 🧵👇

Anyone else seeing SwiftUI onDrop issues in Tahoe? I have 2 different onDrop modifiers, one at the root for dropping images in from outside the app. And one at the frame view level for reordering (which is a string ID) Works fine in Sequoia (below) but in Tahoe the frame DropDelegates never fire 🤔

The Framous update with all of the latest device frames is approved and available in the store! There's 87 new assets thanks largely to all the watch strap combinations 😯) Link below down👇 Also FYI, there's is a known issue I'm fighting with drag-and-drop to reorder in Tahoe

New Framous icon for Tahoe. Sad to lose my little fun buttons that stuck out, but it looks alright I think

Apple just updated their device bezels resources! 🚨 Updating Screen Frames as quickly as possible 🏃‍♂️💨

Added a bit more fun to the Magic Mix loading animation and gonna see if I can get this through App Review by Monday 🤞 Also, anybody in the press writing about apps utilizing the Apple Foundation Model APIs with #AppleIntelligence reach out! 😅

6 hours in review is never a great sign 😬 - might need to do the ole self-reject and resubmit to get back in the queue

Let's do a sale! 🚨 Frantically updating your screenshots for your #iOS26 update? For the next 2 days, I'm making the Lifetime unlock of all 2025 frames in Framous 50% off‼️ That'll include the new iPhone 17 and iPhone Air frames as soon as Apple releases them 😁 Link below👇

I'm barely limping across the #iOS26 day 1 release window this year for @darknoise.app. But I'll keep the streak! I've descoped my big redesign plans down to mostly just: - New Magic Mix feature using the new Apple Foundation models - General liquid glass support across the app

If you use RevenueCat's Customer Center, make sure to update to the 5.38.1 SDK before you submit to the App Store!

Goodness this camera system sounds amazing So far seems like the regular Pro will have the same camera system as the Max? Please please please keep that true 🙏

oh shoot that orange looks fantastic

ooh, interesting they are positioning it as in between the regular iphone and the pros. Hopefully a good sign that the pricing will be too?

ooooh, this new front facing camera sounds really good

Which Apple store is she at?

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AirPods Pro with bigger battery, slightly better sound, slightly better fit (maybe): sold

Apple loves to talk about how many ears they've looked at

Tomorrow is our first real @stlswift.com meetup! 👀 If you're in St. Louis and remotely interested in iOS, come hang out! We'll have food, and tons of RevenueCat swag Come so I'm not the sad guy all alone at the library with a stack of pizzas and drinks 😅 luma.com/2ip4twgr

STL Swift is hosting a #Shipaton Showcase tomorrow evening! ‼️ Connect with fellow STL Apple devs, get inspired by local indie apps, enjoy some pizza 🍕, & score some of that famous RevenueCat swag 📅 Mon, Sept 8 | 6–8 PM 📍 Clark Branch Library, Ladue luma.com/2ip4twgr

Did my best Casey Newton impression and crashed the livestream from the famous SFO gate E8 podcasting studio 😅 (the iconic chairs were, sadly, already full)

Sitting at gate E8 in SFO right before my colleagues start the next #Shipaton livestream and I just realized I have the opportunity to do the deepest of deep cuts that will only be funny to fellow Hard Fork podcast fans 😅

Quick 24 hour stop in Seoul on the way home was a blast! I really love the Dev Lorea community 😁 Just sad that I have to leave so early (and am missing KWDC this weekend 😭)