Production code wouldn't look like this but I was experimenting with different wordings and realized that in this scenario only hello0 and hello1 would get extracted to the Xcode String Catalog. FB22086506

My prediction: neat digital watch faces that won’t be allowed to be used on the regular Apple Watch.

📣 Speaker Announcement We're thrilled to welcome @ikenndac.bsky.social 🎉 Daniel will share the reality of going all-in on Swift across iOS, Android, and even Windows 🖥️ Betting the Farm on Swift: Adventures in Extreme Crossplatforming 🍕

Me when I get a customer request for a new feature that I know is going to have a nasty time zone component.

Introducing my first macOS app: Docomments—A delightful way to add notes to your files 📝 Recently, I’ve felt the need to add short comments to files as a kind of change log. So I built my own app! If it fits your workflow, why not give it a try?👇 docomments.app #BuildInPublic

📣 Speaker Announcement We're thrilled to welcome @joeallenpro.com 🎉 Joe will show how a small, well-nurtured audience can help your indie apps launch, survive, and grow 📈 Building an Audience for Your Apps 🍕

I just searched for a song in Apple Music, started playing it, and then switched to doing some work. When the song was over Apple Music took over the foreground, switched to full screen mode, and then started playing the music video for the song I just listened to. Who would want that behavior? 😵‍💫

Between time zone work on @pleasedontrain.com and dealing with iOS Dev Happy Hour schedules I am on this website so much. I love it! everytimezone.com

Hey folks, do you ever find yourself scrolling TikTok/Instagram, see an amazing-looking restaurant, and think "I need to go there." Then you save the video, forget about it, and never find it again... Give this app a try! I'm really happy with it. #indiedev #foodie apps.apple.com/by/app/spots...

This is the future I envisioned for code creation.

When they announced a new Robocop game was being made I assumed it was going to be terrible and put it low in my queue. Was delighted to find that overall I loved it (even with a little clunkiness). Nostalgia overload getting to walk around locations from the movies.

Introducing WireView, a new tool for the iOS developer workflow. It’s primarily for me but you can have it, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ9X... apps.apple.com/us/app/wirev...

*Every* single time that I help my mom with something on her iPhone I see UI elements that make me cringe. She has a pro and really doesn't have her text size set that large! 🤦🏻‍♂️

📣 Speaker Announcement We're thrilled to welcome Erica Engle 🎉 Erica will show how to level up your app with the tools your users never see 🔧 Debugging Tools: how to level up your app behind the scenes 🍕

I got a response to feedback that this was fixed in Xcode 26.4 beta, which I can't run because I'm not on Tahoe yet. BUT I just got another response today that it should also be fixed in Xcode 26.3 RC 2, which I have verified is the case. 🎉

I wrote a blog post about how I used Claude Code to bring my app, Museum Shuffle, back from the dead. chriswu.com/posts/ai/mus...

📣 Speaker Announcement We're thrilled to welcome David Beck 🎉 David will show how to keep your app working even when the cell connection isn't 📱 Surviving in low connectivity — one bite at a time 🍕

The "upgrade" my Google Nest Hub recently made to Gemini has been the must frustrating, bewildering downgrade of a product I've ever experienced. I needed a place to vent so I wrote a blog post about it. chriswu.com/posts/rambli...

Not me deleting and reinstalling the YouTube app on my Apple TV before checking if there’s a global outage. 🤦🏻‍♂️ 9to5mac.com/2026/02/17/p...

The vibe coders dilemma

📣 Speaker Announcement We're thrilled to welcome @pepicrft.bsky.social 🎉 Pedro will share how Tuist went from CLI tool to developer platform used by Fortune 500 companies 🚀 Real mistakes, real learnings for the founder path 💡

✈️ MIKAELA GOES ON TOUR 🦄 @mikaelacaron.com is a senior iOS Engineer at M1 Finance and a member of the Swift Ecosystem Steering Group who shares her expertise on social media, focuses on iOS development builds apps in public, and freelances. She’s also an iOSDevHappyHour organizer.

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In a WWDC accessibility lab I was (rightly) dinged for removing some UI elements if I detected large text. I wrote "Accessibility users shouldn’t be left out of seeing a stylized interface." in a blog post about it. It's a shame that larger text means you don't get to see the moon in Apple Weather

they literally cannot delete my google workspace account at bluesky because of this calendar item. they're afraid if they lose the item we'll never end up shipping ipad support at all...

If I search Google for news stories about "Predator Badlands box office" the top result is a slop website with quite inaccurate reporting. 😐

Appreciate the patience of our wonderful speakers because I am sooooo behind on editing videos. Here's world famous @stefanblos.com giving a talk.

The deprecated Rijksmuseum API that Museum Shuffle used is very different from its replacement. I’m 100% certain that it would have taken me weeks to adapt to it in my little free time I’d devote to it. I did it in a few hours with Claude Code. 🤯

I could not wipe the smile off of my face while I was playing this demo. It’s absolutely fantastic! youtu.be/mApJ2KPJ5iU

My mom continues to be my best beta tester. Got a call from her saying that Museum Shuffle was broken. Turns out the Rijksmuseum API that I use was deprecated and uses a completely different API now. I had no idea!

📣 Podcast Announcement Slices is back! 🍕 The Deep Dish Swift podcast returns with your hosts @malinsundberg.com & @kaidombrowski.com 🎙️ Get ready for more conversations with the speakers of Deep Dish Swift 2026 🎉 🎧 deepdishswift.com/slices

I had a VoiceOver user point out an issue with my app that I’ve definitely known about but have never been able to fix. With Swift Charts when I tap part of a chart it summarizes the 3 hours and then you can swipe vertically to hear it read out details of each hour. (1/2)

I normally hate survival type games but these two got their claws in me. Love love love.

And tickets are now live for my Concurrency lab at Swift Rockies. I'm pretty excited for this format and cannot wait to see what kinds of questions people have. Oh, and the conference seems cool too 😉 swiftrockies.com/matt-concurr...

We’re lining up talks for 2026! If you’re building, learning, experimenting, or shipping things across iOS, Swift, Apple platforms, design, or AI, we’d love to hear from you. Please fill out our Call for Speakers Form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I tried to catch Joseph with some time zone shenanigans but so far he has defeated me.

I never noticed before that an iMessage preview can change to match the content being shown. Here the text area has a gold background apparently to match the gold cartridge in the photo!

📣 Speaker Announcement We're thrilled to welcome @riley.social 🎉 Riley will share the decade-long journey behind Delta — from passion project to the most popular retro game emulator on iPhone 🎮 10 years of creativity, persistence, and pushing iOS to its limits 📱

🎤 BEN STRIKES A CHORD 🎭 @benfreiband.bsky.social is a software engineer working on the Duo Mobile app, and is a lover of all things nerdy. He’s passionate about building products people love and environments where people learn. He’s excited to join the show at Swiftsonic!

If you’ve ever wanted a dedicated way to hear me complain about cold weather I have incredible news for you.

📣 Speaker Announcement From building indie apps like Tasks & Karo, we're thrilled to welcome @mufasayc.com 🎉 Mustafa will take us from zero to sync with CloudKit — covering containers, databases, and real-world lessons ☁️ Practical tips and laughs along the way 😄

Something that I get a good deal of use out of that I never see anyone talk about is Bitwarden send. You can send sensitive information anywhere in a message that self destructs after some criteria you specify. Things like my email or phone number don't have to live forever in a chat on a server.

I just found my majora‘s mask cartridge! 😱 I don’t even remember there being a 3-D sticker on the cartridge.

I really feel like my 2018 iPad Pro might be the best value I’ve ever gotten for my money. I bought it on launch day and still use it every day and it performs like a champ. The only other device I’ve used this long was my iMac and it was so painful using that at the end.

I opened feedback in July 2024 (FB14239014) that the Shortcuts app is not adjusting properly to accessibility text sizes. Such a bummer to see that's still the case. I also just realized that the Shortcuts app ignores any per-app accessibility text settings when you run a shortcut for that app.

Proud brother moment. I bought my sister something called "The Antser", which keeps pesky ants out of food you put on it. (you can faintly see the name) She decided to spruce it up with some acrylic markers. Look at what she did! 😱

📣 Speaker Announcement From 5 years at Apple to indie apps, we're thrilled to welcome Chad Etzel 🎉 Chad will take us on a journey reverse engineering the macOS Genie animation and the beauty of Bezier curves 🪄 Expect SwiftUI tricks, Metal shaders, and maybe some jazz 🎷

🎉 Happy 1st Birthday, Art of Fauna! 🎉 Celebrating a year with a special gift: "The Lost Puzzles". Available now! ✨ No AI-slop. Just beautiful historical images ♿ Accessibility-first design 🏆 App Store & Apple Design Award Winner #indiedev #ArtofFauna #puzzlegames #a11y

There are no hurricanes when it’s cold. There are no hurricanes when it’s cold. There are no hurricanes when it’s cold.

I showed my 12-year-old daughter how to chat to Claude using Xcode's Coding Assistant tab, and she spent the next two weeks building a game. It's out now on the App Store, and she's feeling very proud of herself ✨ apps.apple.com/gb/app/scram...