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)

The energy at CommunityKit was incredible today. This community is amazing. I love it.

WWDC Day 1 was incredible. The keynote and SotU in person absolutely have a different energy. The labs were invaluable as always for asking questions and learning the new tech. Make sure to send your feedback items! Apple really does read them

There comes a time in a person’s life where one must see how good they are at using GIMP at 11:30pm the night before day 1 of WWDC, to make stickers. It’s me. I’m the person. Turn up for Code Crawl

In town for WWDC? Looking for something fun to do on Thursday? Join us for Code Crawl! Bounce around coffee shops with us, grab a drink, and hack together features using Apple’s new APIs as you wrap up the week ☕️🔥 lu.ma/lc8o9js7

I wish I could respond to someone’s post on one twitterlike platform, and have the response visible across all of them

They say never ship on Fridays... we highly disagree 😈 🎟️ TOMORROW we ship Early Bird tickets for Deep Dish Swift 2026! Get your ticket to reserve your spot at another year of great fun, knowledge, friendship, and pizza 🍕

I’m rapidly realizing that if I want to work on side iOS projects, it is going to eat into my TikTok brainrot time 🥲

Deep Dish Swift 2025 is over but… we aren’t done yet 👀 (🔊 Sound on)

Time to add another app to the social media bucket! Mostly posting so I look less like a bot