⭐️ OPENER ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐️ 👏🏻Put your hands together for our OPENER SPEAKERS at SWIFTSONIC! ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKNg...

oh look @swiftconnection.bsky.social has announced some speakers swiftconnection.io

Tomorrow I begin my journey to Prague for @mdevcamp.bsky.social! I can't think of a better (or at least more in-character) way to be introduced to Prague, than by gathering with a bunch of fellow mobile devs. Looking forward to helping folks cut their teeth on the workings of the iOS Keychain!

I always make sure that my performance self-reflections at work consider my audience. It's important to highlight what management wants to see, in their infinite wisdom 😌 (This is an actual message I sent my boss)

I’m super excited for this one. After days of learning about Apple’s new APIs from WWDC videos, what could be better than an opportunity to discuss, learn, and share!

💸 The APP MONEY LUNCH CLUB presented by RevenueCat is happening! 📱 Talk pricing, subscriptions, paywalls, and growth 🍱 Bring your lunch and join the conversation 💬 No talks, no pitches: just honest app business chat 🎟️ Sign up NOW: luma.com/vv8rdeci

As much as we all love the Xcode MCP permission prompts that never end, you can proxy the MCP so that you’re just approving it once. I do not feel a need to approve it more than once. Once is approvey enough. gist.github.com/bfreiband/db...

The Interface is back WWDC 2026! ✨ Join us as we celebrate past & present Apple Design Award winners and finalists – highlighting the stories and craft behind great products. June 9, 3–6PM, Cupertino.💙 RSVP Here👇 luma.com/j7hmf0gm #WWDC26 #TheInterface #AppleDesignAwards #Design

A quote I heard yesterday: “We need to make it accessible, otherwise AI will have a hard time!” I applaud your commitment to accessibility and invite you to explore further motivations for why it matters (please) (I beg of you)

The sadness of trying to use custom slackmoji in a different app and not being able to do so is unparalleled

@deepdishswift.com had an amazing new speaker lineup this year, but it also brought together the same amazing dev community and friends. Now to simply become a hermit and recharge for the couple months before #WWDC26 when I get to see people again!

I’m so excited to be hosting Swift Small Talks! Our community has SO many clever people doing amazing things, so show up and propose a topic and learn something new! 😊

According to the website, #WWDC26 emails may start going out today! While we’re all hoping for a golden ticket, I’m excited to see everyone in Cupertino regardless. With or without a golden ticket, all are welcome to join the fun at @communitykit.social! 😊

Don’t miss it 😁

✈️ Now boarding: CommunityKit 2026. youtu.be/6guxo7AHrbA

🚨 #WWDC26 is coming! You know what that means: ✈️ Time to clear the runway. 📆 We're back and we'll share more soon! 💻 In the meantime, we’ve got work to do. 👀 communitykit.social

#WWDC26 requests to join are live! Fingers crossed, and excited to see y’all there 😊

Friends don’t let friends store everything in UserDefaults 😉 Can’t wait to dive deep into the keychain with everyone and share some real world examples!

🍕 Deep Dish Swift 2026 is just around the corner... And we have a STACKED lineup announced so far 🤯 And even more to come! Do you have your tickets yet? Get your @deepdishswift.com tickets while you can! 👀 ti.to/deep-dish-sw...

Today I have made zero progress on the things I *should* be doing. But on the other hand, I’ve been wildly successful at over-engineering CI infrastructure for an app I haven’t even released. And you know what? I learned a ton from it :)

Hey I know some of these people! So excited for mDevCamp 🤩

Get your pass to see @benfreiband.bsky.social LIVE at SWIFTSONIC! dashboard.tito.io/swiftsonic/s...

Can’t wait to take the stage! Swiftsonic is shaping up to be incredible, and I can’t wait to meet and learn from everyone 🤩

Heads-up, the command to add the new Xcode MCP to Codex is `codex mcp add xcode -- xcrun mcpbridge`, different from what's in the docs.

🎟️ Passes are LIVE for SWIFTSONIC! 🎸 Swift & iOS in Nashville—built like a festival: headliners, openers, live builds, after-hours jams. 🫵🏻 All we need is YOU! ti.to/swiftsonic/s...

SwiftCraft 2026 Call for Speakers is OPEN! Deadline: Jan 30, 2026 Theme: The *craft* of Swift development We cover travel, accommodation & conference dinner. Share your expertise with the UK & European Swift community! swiftcraft.uk/callforspeak... #SwiftLang #iOSDev #SwiftCraft

🎸 Talks run in opener–headliner pairs, spotlighting new voices alongside experienced speakers.

 📣 Find out more and apply to speak: CFP is open today! 🔗 swiftsonicconf.com

Brb marking my calendar right now

In the latest Tahoe beta, sign-in prompts show you what source your passkey is from! @rmondello.com apologies, I apparently took this picture on a potato

Well, rats, now I really need to hurry up at writing my blog post 😛

My talk at @swiftconnection.bsky.social has been posted! 😁 Meeting the incredible attendees and speakers was just as much a delight as presenting for the first time, so thank you to everyone who made it such a great experience! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZ_...

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...

Yesterday, I made my debut as a speaker at @swiftconnection.bsky.social in Paris, and I’m so excited I got to talk about accessibility on iOS! With so many other great talks, and a lovely audience, the entire experience was a delight. I mightttt just have to keep speaking 😊

failed an email phishing test at work. just been informed i have to redo the phishing training, via an email they sent asking to click on a link. im not falling for that one again haha.

Incredible talks at Swift Connection so far on day 1! I want to name names, but everyone is crushing it

Somehow it’s happening already, and I’m flying out tonight for @swiftconnection.bsky.social next week! Say hi if you’re in the area or hit me with any food recommendations 😄

If you need another reason to make sure your app’s permission usage descriptions are informative, remember that all of your permission prompts will be shown immediately if someone adds your app to Assistive Access – all without having the context of the running app

Accidentally wrote an entire blog post about going to @deepdishswift.com and meeting awesome people and realizing I wanted to speak at conferences. So I needed a blog to post it on! Check it out if you want :) benfreiband.me/2025/08/18/o...

So, there are some really awesome people speaking at @swiftconnection.bsky.social in October… and I’ll be making my international speaking debut there too! Don’t miss it 😄🇫🇷

Join #CommunityKitAppJam THIS WEEKEND! If you’ve wanted to participate in @revenuecat.com Shipaton, and don’t know where to start, now you’ve found it! Join us throughout the week in Discord and get started shipping 🚢 lu.ma/oyvtw770?tk=...

If both AirPods were consistently detected, I wonder if we’d have world peace

So excited to join the team! Make sure to swing by AppJam for a good time and to ship the idea you’ve been considering 😄

Nice quality-of-life improvement in Xcode 26 if you use SwiftUI previews - the preview panel now preserves the size you made it even if you leave and return to a file with a preview. Previously, it was returning to default width every time

This year’s WWDC was even more incredible than last year’s. But now that I’ve recharged my social battery, I can’t wait to get back to working on new projects :)

Love that you included one with me Where’s Waldo-ing 😆 It was so much fun hanging out!

Thanks everyone who showed up to Code Crawl @ WWDC! It was an awesome crowd and a great time. We can’t wait to see folks next year! Thanks to Adrian and Matt for being amazing co-conspirators

Haha yess! The camera loves him💙 @revenuecat.com @communitykit.bsky.social @joshdholtz.com @benfreiband.bsky.social

The glass is totally full: CommunityKit will return in 2026.

I’m fabulous

Indie Fair has begun at CommunityKit! Don’t forget to come check out the amazing booths here (I swear I’m not being bribed to post so much, it’s just so fun)