This may not mean much to non-devs, but this my custom UI running on Android. Programmed entirely in Swift, the language I know the best, and so fits my needs well. It feels good to be here! #Swift #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #Android #AndroidDev #Crossplatform Music by Nver Avetyan via Pixabay.com

I've updated my website for my apps, over at lightbeamapps.com I'm much happier with it now than the old stack of html/css, and it's a bit more cohesive! #BuildInPublic #IndieDev

I'm really debating upgrading my Mac. More RAM/Storage, and going back to a laptop after 2.5 years or so on a desktop Mac Studio. I have money saved, and the 14" MBP with 64GB ram, and the M5 Pro chip is within budget...

Big Hummingbird 2 improvement 🎉 We've managed to speed up your typical HTTP response by 25%, by batching writes into the network stack. This change, while small, increases the req/sec by 25%, and reduces the latency to a response by the same 25%. All that at 165K req/sec, in only ~20MB of RAM

Modern #DevLife be like:

Presenting my talk earlier was an exception to my not-touching-computers rule for last week/this next week. Now back to staying out of Xcode etc and back to reset-brain things. This means art, chilling, and catching up on DIY/house jobs. I've some fancy posca marker pens calling me 🤩

It was great fun giving my presentation on building my own GUI to @iosdevhappyhour.com - thanks to the team for having me, and to folks who came along! #iOSDevHappyHour

Join us TOMORROW for this month's #iOSDevHappyHour! Meet and chat with other iOS developers in breakout rooms and hear from our guest speakers! RSVP for the Zoom link! idhh-mar2026.eventbrite.com

I’ll be speaking online tomorrow at the next #iOSDevHappyHour 🙌 “Building my own GUI” www.eventbrite.com/e/iosdevhapp... @iosdevhappyhour.com

I’ll be speaking online tomorrow at the next #iOSDevHappyHour 🙌 “Building my own GUI” www.eventbrite.com/e/iosdevhapp... @iosdevhappyhour.com

The @flowvi.be coding moment this Saturday evening was all about overengineering a knob. Still some glitches to iron out but it glows :)

I've never been particularly inclined to sell Obscura.. but if anyone at Apple wanted to pay me a consulting fee to come and share a decade's worth of opinions on pro camera apps, I could do with the money 😜

Anyone running local LLMs on their shiny new M5 Max MacBook Pros? I’m curious as to how you’re getting on. #LocalLLM #M5 #Mac #MacbookPro

Reconnecting with video art at the moment, it’s nice to “come home”

I struggle with self-promotion sometimes because all I see is the bugs, the shortcomings, the things I want to improve.. But occasionally I look at what I've built and remind myself that a lot of it fucking rocks

Playing with some beats… A Keruru’s wing beats ran through Koala and a bit of simple sequencing + an old video loop, and some video effects and mixing 😀 #GoVJ #koalasampler #Kereru #Glitch

Excited about the new app. It’ll be a while before I start developing it, as I have a bit of a computer/social media break coming up. But the ideas are brewing and the direction is clear 😊

Each Covid-19 wave wrecks your health. Here's what you can do. www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

ProjectM, the spiritual successor to Milkdrop, is worth a ⭐️ if you’re on Github: github.com/projectM-vis... They’re modernising the library and making it better for integrating with applications. #OpenSource #ProjectM #Visuals #Milkdrop #appdevelopment #indiedev

Posting my #pixelfie 👾

S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡 @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y #Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev

S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡 @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y #Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev

Catherine O’Hara 😭

S5E19: It plays all the Dooms 🚀 @breakth-esystem.bsky.social deep dives into the intricacies of @telemetrydeck.com Meanwhile @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social is hard at work on building his GUI for Swift, VXKit www.waitingforreview.com/s5e19 #Podcast #iOSDev #SwiftDev #IndieDev

A couple of folks asked me about the name of @flowvi.be and how I came up with it so I decided to write a post about it flowvi.be/posts/the-ap... #IndieDev #Music #Flowvibe #Playlist

Got distracted and added initial support for Widgets and Shortcuts 😅. Create mood playlists via your own workflows sounds cool. What shortcuts would you find useful? #IndieDev #AppleMusic #IoT

Some adjustments to external playlists in my app flowvi.be: after you import a Spotify, Tidal, SoundCloud or Apple Music link, you can now manage the playlist and use it as the basis of a new mood! 🎵 #Music #Playlist

In the next update for flowvi.be, you will be able to set if the app will automatically turn on connected lights when you play a song.

My mother one of the biggest Tetris fans ever, was compelled by me to try Tetris in VR. She was really hyped and her smile during and after was worth getting the thing by itself. ☺️ All this in addition to a loving Christmas with family visiting me in the new far away city. 🎄

I updated “Three Daily Goals”. And I wrote why I did that software at all: newsletter.threedailygoals.com/p/i-built-a-...

I went to a new years concert yesterday and it was truly amazing! 🤩 something I’ve been feeling positive about is my internship. It’s a super nice group of people and a great place to work. 🥳🤩 I’m happy to go back next week (Currently I’m looking forward to a small vacation with my best friend.🏔️)

I did a really big overhaul of Bartab, which not only makes it much more crisp and responsive but also sets up future development to be much more straightforward and easy to reason about. Plus I get to dive into server side Swift some more which is always fun 😁

Book 3!

My feed is full of negative takes. I can prune and filter, or just not log in, but I’m wondering… what are your positive takes ? What have you made, or felt really fucking positive about lately?

Sync lights with music, if you have any colour lights connected to the Home app, flowvi.be can now setup a scene from your Apple Music library

Deleting socials for a few days, have a merry one folks who celebrate ! 🎄

I created a list of the ones I think are very valuable, with a focus on 3D: rokojori.com/en/labs/godo...

Developers that work with #Godot game engine… What are some good tutorials / YouTube channels for someone getting started in 2025 with the latest release? #GodotEngine #libgodot #IndieDev

While working on the next version of flowvi.be, I stumbled on the Color.gradient API - combined with some materials ... I honestly can't get enough of it 😍 #IndieDev #Music #AppleMusic #Flowvibe

Today's work on VXKit (my GUI) involves being able to pass state values from views to children as bindings. Claude is hammering this out while I go tend things in the garden. I'm 'dogfooding' now, with a small utility app for editing my Symbols mappings to fonts. It's fun 🤩 #IndieDev #iOSDev

I built a gaming PC out of spares, after upgrading my teen's machines recently. Installed Nobara project (linux) on it. Hooked it up to my projector and a controller, and boom. I'm straight back in the early 2000's playing Rez Infinite 😊

S5E18: Becoming more than a concept💡 @breakth-esystem.bsky.social asks @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social to talk about his special interest… Which he’ll gladly do! Dave is building a GUI for his apps to replace SwiftUI. #Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev www.waitingforreview.com/s5e18

⚙️ Swift Configuration 1.0 is here! 🎉 No more juggling environment variables, config files, and command-line flags separately. One unified, type-safe API to read configuration from any source, and swap providers without refactoring your code. More here... www.swift.org/blog/swift-c...

🥳 The new version of my mood tracker app Emo is now on the App Store: 📱 apps.apple.com/app/id644351... ✅ It’s now free to download ✅ With Liquid Glass ✅ And Tags and Bookmarks with Emo+ #buildinpublic #mentalhealth

iOS devs… I have a talk (“Building My Own GUI”) that I’d love to give in an online space - but I’m out of the loop - what’s going that would be good for this ? It’s fair high level, but shows the SwiftUI like DSL I have and the process I’ve taken to get there. #iOSDev #IndieDev

I gave my talk “Building My Own GUI” at the first Wellington Swift Language User Group event this evening! It went well, and I had a blast doing it. Some great questions from people there too! 🙌

I've stayed up far too late pulling together slides for my talk ..

I'm available to hire as an iOS dev! 👋 I'm open to remote, in-person, or hybrid. Either in the US or Europe. Looking for full time, something new and exciting I'm ready for a new adventure! Reposts appreciated and DM's are open

🖤 My apps are on a Black Friday sale! apple.co/3MblwxW It was brought to my attention that Black Friday is today - not last week 😅 So I’ve extended the discounts until next Tuesday (December 2nd) Track your goals, scores, time and money - now at lower prices! #BuildInPublic #indieDev #BlackFriday