Bizarre that Apple deprecated MKPlacemark in favour of MKMapItem when the latter seems like a huge step back ????

Bought Civilization VII today, so that's the next week sorted.

Mark your calendars for July 2026 because we have another conference in this hemisphere of the world friends! No other than Calgary, Canada! And in the amazing rockies next to the national park Banff 🇨🇦 🏔️🌊 swiftrockies.com

Your bucket lists just got smarter ✨ Söka 3.1 is now live, introducing a whole new way to discover fresh goals for your lists. Just open any bucket list and tap the lightbulb to see what Söka suggests (Söka+ required).

Your bucket lists just got smarter ✨ Söka 3.1 is now live, introducing a whole new way to discover fresh goals for your lists. Just open any bucket list and tap the lightbulb to see what Söka suggests (Söka+ required).

Over 340 apps and counting! Hey #IndieDev - is your app listed yet? Black Friday is only a few days away - make sure your app is added to the banner! indieappsales.com #IndieAp#IndieAppSales

Söka and Classifier are both set up to participate in Indie App Sales once again this year! Get up to 40% off your lifetime membership, from 26th November to 1st December. Thanks again to @matt1corey.bsky.social for organising.

Finishing the year off strong! Söka 3.1 - launching later this month - introduces smart bucket list suggestions. Built on top of Foundation Models, Söka+ subscribers will now get fresh goal suggestions tailored to their existing bucket lists.

👋 It's been a while since I've publicly asked for help! I've been working on Söka 3.1, which not only introduces multiple new features (including goal suggestions for existing bucket lists and Image Playground support), but also a fairly large code refactor under-the-hood.

Join us next week for another iOS meetup in Toronto! I'll be giving a talk on "10 skills to level up your career". Hope to see you there. I promise it will be fun! luma.com/erbo0n3k?trk...

I wrote a blog post about my adventure in the UK giving my first conference talk, which was at @swiftleeds.co.uk . Thanks to @flarup.bsky.social @0xtim.bsky.social @joshdholtz.com and Adam for inspiring me to do this. chriswu.com/posts/speaki...

This is why everybody hates the Dodgers, they ruin everything.

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So how 'bout them Blue Jays

My talk from @swiftleeds.co.uk has been posted!! 😱 I had to force myself to apply for this (my first talk ever) but I'm so glad that I did because it was an incredible experience. Thank you Swift Leeds team! Blog post coming eventually... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXl...

Refactored Söka's navigation logic to use the Coordinator pattern, instead of whatever the heck I was doing before. The codebase feels so much lighter now, and I finally have clear separation between feature modules.

obviously the best episode

This is the FINAL day you can buy tickets for Swift Leeds. There's nothing like a talk about time zones in person.

Transcrybe has been updated for macOS 26 and brings BIG improvements to transcription accuracy for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish!!! 🎉 Live translate + subtitle ANYTHING on your Mac: apps.apple.com/app/id667077...

Söka is an intelligent bucket list app, updated with Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence: apps.apple.com/us/app/s%C3%... bsky.app/profile/rodd...

Day 1 tradition 😅

It wouldn’t be iOS update day if I didn’t join the party. 😉 Söka 3.0 is here with a refreshed experience, now with Liquid Glass support! Plus, “Ask AI” can use Foundation Models for lightning-fast bucket list creation. Download for free! soka.appdeco.ca/download

I'm proud of all my Swift friends working hard this summer updating their apps for tomorrow's release! ✨ I hope the launch day goes well and your hard work pays off 🥂

Söka has been liquid glass-ified! Version 3 will introduce support for liquid glass, as well as a new “Ask AI” that is built using Apple’s own Foundation Models. Just waiting for approval from Apple now 👀

Edging closer and closer to the completion of Söka 3.0, which is essentially the iOS 26 upgrade. Whether it'll be ready for Monday, well, that's anybody's guess. Totally not biased, but the app looks and feels great. 😉

Haha, well you learned!

@danijelavrzan.com showing me how to do Japanese Barbecue right 😋

Hey everyone 👋 I'm excited to finally share what I've been working on since WWDC! It’s an idea I've had for years but could only now realize with #AlarmKit in #iOS26 🤓 It's almost ready for #beta testing! ✈️ #TestFlight waitlist: join.daylish.app #LiquidGlass #SwiftUI #productivity

Current status: liquifying everything

Foundation Models is looking good in Söka! This was always the standout announcement for me at WWDC, and to have it integrated in to Söka’s “Ask AI” feature makes me really happy. I love how easy it is to stream real-time to the UI, instead of having a boring loading screen.

Today's an indie day for me! Time to have some fun with the new iOS 26 APIs.

Söka v2.2 is out! The focus of this update is on maps. Toggle goal clustering on or off, whichever you prefer. Also, a ton of bug fixes! There’s still plenty of summer left. soka.appdeco.ca/download

I’m giving my first talk EVER. 😱😳😱 The other speakers: “You’ll love this topic. It will spark joy. 🤗” Me: “I’m going to be talking about time zones. 💀” Just kidding of course. Very grateful to the @swiftleeds.co.uk team for picking my talk and giving me this opportunity. My first trip to the UK!

Summer of (PR number) 69! Söka is getting a lil update soon

SwiftUI WebView 🥰

Interesting use case for the Foundations model there... 😉 @soka.appdeco.ca

New indie dev goal: make it into the App Store Reviews song

Looks like there is a new dedicated app for creating icons.

Okay, is this thing on? 🎙️ I haven't done one of these in a while... ✨ New Blog Post Meet - Nunch! I'm happy I can *finally* introduce you all to Nunch - an iOS app I've been working on for the past year, and longer. This is its story... www.danijelavrzan.com/posts/2025/0...

My 9-5 is hiring a Senior iOS Engineer for their platform team! Remote in Canada and the US is a possibility for this role. Please repost for visibility 💫 grnh.se/4be246e94us

i need an iOS app icon designer 👀 tag your favourite app icon designers please and thank you

Really excited to finally show everyone what I've been up to and why you haven't heard from me in a while 👀 The app should be out before WWDC, but do come and we can talk more about it!

🏅 INDIE FAIR SPOTLIGHT 🏅 @danijelavrzan.com joins the Fair! "Say hello to Nunch! Your new favorite macronutrient tracker app. No distractions, simple, and private. Learn more: nunch.app." Bring YOUR app at shorturl.at/FqAq6

if you told me when I got my first iOS developer role in August 2021 that I would be leading a team of 6 iOS developers in less than 4 years working with one of the world's most iconic and well-known brands, I'd have laughed in your face alas, here we are 🫠