✨ Another personal blog post has been dropped I’ve been reengineering my life to build the best me but I there is one thing I can’t figure out… Them: “How are you?” Me: 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ www.joshholtz.com/blog/2026/08...

Biggest commitment in life is deciding when your inside clothes become outside clothes

✍️ New blog post drop... and one that is a hot take against myself??? "Is the Terminal Too Accessible for Me?" www.joshholtz.com/blog/2026/07...

Is the Terminal Too Accessible for Me?

For years I thought overstimulation was my bottleneck. Now that I’m healthier, and AI has made starting anything effortless, I’m realizing the friction of the terminal was quietly helping me focus.

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Had to wear proper attire for the inaugural visit to my long awaited local Portillos out here. @joshdholtz.com

I’m soooo excited for this one 😁Will I see you at @deepdishswift.com next year? 👀

Deep Dish Swift 2027 • April 4th to 6th@deepdishswift.com · 3mo ago

Are you ready for the next iteration of Deep Dish Swift? DDS 2027 is going back in time (again). Back to 8-bit games and MIDI sounds. Back to when a handful of tokens meant a full day of fun. Join us April 4-6, 2027! 🎟️ Early Bird tickets available now at deepdishswift.com

I’m soooo excited for this one 😁Will I see you at @deepdishswift.com next year? 👀

Deep Dish Swift 2027 • April 4th to 6th@deepdishswift.com · 3mo ago

Are you ready for the next iteration of Deep Dish Swift? DDS 2027 is going back in time (again). Back to 8-bit games and MIDI sounds. Back to when a handful of tokens meant a full day of fun. Join us April 4-6, 2027! 🎟️ Early Bird tickets available now at deepdishswift.com

🍕Anybody want some @deepdishswift.com news? Say like… tomorrow? 👀

📣 Life update… It’s been a confusing last few years and a rough last 9 months. I was trying to discover how I function and I find out in a completely wrong way… However, as of yesterday, I know the exact operating system I’m running ☺️ joshholtz.com/blog/2026/05... Meme here to grab your eyes 👇

Bought a new domain for a new blog post coming tomorrow… Enjoy the teaser of it 😁 joshholtz.app

JoshHoltz.app — Unexpected Architecture Detected

For 34 years I assumed this system was running standard firmware. Turns out I was debugging the wrong operating system. Full report tomorrow.

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@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!

AltStore PAL launched 2 years ago today 🎉 And to celebrate, we thought it would be fun to do a talk at @deepdishswift.com 2026 and share the full story leading up to release day! The VOD is coming soon, and we promise there will be some fun, untold stories — stay tuned 👀

We had such an amazing time at #DeepDishSwift, and the last 3 days absolutely flew by!😝🍕 Huge thanks to @joshdholtz.com and everyone involved in making it a success. Some photos of @mbbischoff.com giving her closing keynote. 📷Credits go to @charliemchapman.com & @katesloan.com❤️ See you next year?👀

Flying home from @deepdishswift.com and overcome with how special this event is. I’m not eloquent (or rested 😄) enough to put it properly into words. But my word, what a gift @joshdholtz.com and his family have given our community

Just got home from @deepdishswift.com, can't thank @joshdholtz.com and Kari enough. Thank you! A great conference with excellent folks. Got the opportunity to talk about building apps for customers before you ship to the App Store.

My first Deep Dish Swift was such a great experience. I am again reminded how friendly and interesting iOS/Apple/Swift folks are. I had so many great conversations with new and old friends in such a short time. Thanks so much to @joshdholtz.com and Kari for organizing it!

Kicking off @deepdishswift.com with @joshdholtz.com and @cassidoo.co

Stoked to be attending @deepdishswift.com this year. 🍕👍🏻 And for those interested, I’ll have Swift Remote Studio and iOS Dev Break stickers with me at the conference. 😁 See you there! @swiftremotestudio.bsky.social @iosdevbreak.bsky.social #iOSDev #DeepDishSwift

🍕 Call for community… 4 Apple Developer Academy students from Detroit want to attend @deepdishswift.com We've had amazing scholarship support but we're just short for these 4 😔 Do you or your company want to sponsor? DM or email team AT deepdishswift DOT com 🙏

🍕 It’s almost time for me to bust out my @deepdishswift.com shoes! Everybody ready for 3 days of pizza, friends, pizza, networking, pizza, Swift, and pizza? 👀

This conference is so much fun. If you're thinking about going, go!

Josh Holtz@joshdholtz.com · 6mo ago

🍕 You know what's fun? Setting crazy goals So, I'm hustling to sell 50 more @deepdishswift.com tickets this weekend 🤷‍♂️ But I need YOUR help 👀 - Bring a friend - Tell a coworker - Convince your boss to send the team Repost. Share in Slack. Anything 🙏 More people = More fun 🫶 deepdishswift.com

🍕 You know what's fun? Setting crazy goals So, I'm hustling to sell 50 more @deepdishswift.com tickets this weekend 🤷‍♂️ But I need YOUR help 👀 - Bring a friend - Tell a coworker - Convince your boss to send the team Repost. Share in Slack. Anything 🙏 More people = More fun 🫶 deepdishswift.com

🍕 I don't usually do this but I need to be distracted from my aging joints and desires to have 5am McDonald's coffee with other seniors... There are 37 @deepdishswift.com tickets available for $37 off with the code GETOFFMYLAWN Sales ends when the birthday weekend is over 🎂 ti.to/deep-dish-sw...

This is going to be an edition you don’t want to miss out on! See you’ll there!!

Josh Holtz@joshdholtz.com · 6mo ago

🍕 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...

🍕 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...

📣 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 📱

The Deep Dish Swift website got some MUCH needed love today 😊 We _finally_ got some of our speakers up and the design is feeling leathery smooth!

📣 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 🎷

📣 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 😄

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

Josh Holtz@joshdholtz.com · 7mo ago

🍕 The @deepdishswift.com Discord server is up for 2026... And we have our dedicated "Wu with the weather" channel where @chriswu.com gives us his hot takes on Chicago weather ☺️ Get your ticket and join the conversation! 💬

🍕 The @deepdishswift.com Discord server is up for 2026... And we have our dedicated "Wu with the weather" channel where @chriswu.com gives us his hot takes on Chicago weather ☺️ Get your ticket and join the conversation! 💬