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You've probably been annoyed by it a lot: iOS users that swipe up and kill all their running apps. I've decided to clear this up once and for all and make it clear that it doesn't necessarily improve your battery life.
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Learn moreWhat if AI could access your app’s metrics and suggest exactly what to focus on? That’s exactly what Fload is doing. Link your App Store Connect data and ask AI where to optimize next!
Copycat apps: they’re more current now that AI helps us build apps faster. I’m glad to see these new App Review Guidelines as you should come up with your own ideas. You can still use AI, but be original!
Do you know the SwiftUI @TabContentBuilder? I did not! But it’s useful if you want to decouple your tab definitions. Artem Mirzabekian explains how it works.
Many CFPs for Swift conferences opened up recently, so how do you get yourself in as a speaker? Danijela Vrzan shares her experiences to help you out.
The @Observable macro in SwiftUI is powerful, but only when used correctly. Natalia Panferova explains the pitfalls and their solutions.
Last week's Swift proposal state changes. Review-stage proposals are your chance to influence Swift's future.
As briefly mentioned before, I'm building a new app idea and documenting all the decisions. A lot has happened already:
I started an idea Decided the POC was not good enough Switched gears toward a new app idea
This week, I'm in the process of recording this all, editing it, and preparing a before-christmas launch. I originally planned for January 2026, but AI makes me move so fast that I'm likely launching the app much sooner than anticipated.
Kickstarting Codex tasks when walking the dog, launching an AI agent just before the day finishes, and using Cursor AI while manually optimizing the code in Xcode. My productivity and AI workflow optimizes by the day and I'm absolutely planning to share this all with you later.
I've also started working on an optimized AGENTS.md file specifically for Swift development and a focus on concurrency. It's sharable, but I want to optimize it further. Expect a release of that in January.
Giveaway winner
Meanwhile, I picked a random winner for last week's AirPods Pro giveaway. I'm happy to share K. Gupta as the winner! I'll contact you shortly.
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