Image from a specially designed camera that is destined to go to Mars 🚀 in 2028. The camera is a collab of Computer Science and Physics departments at @aberuni.bsky.social Image is a little blurry, because humans aren't very good at keeping still for the number of images taken. The post explains…

Aberystwyth Uni Computer Science@abercompsci.bsky.social · 8h ago

Last week we hosted fellow future PanCam operators from the Open University and MSSL (UCL). We were training them to operate AUPE for the field trial and testing out software we’ve been working on. AUPE is the Aberystwyth University PanCam Emulator. It is very 🧵 1/4

A #Wheeknesday photo of Fergus, a very calm guinea pig.

We are delighted to introduce InfernoRed Technology as our Platinum Sponsor for iOSDevUK. InfernoRed Technology (infernored.com) is a software development, building full-stack AI, mobile, web, and cloud solutions. Thank you to InfernoRed Technology for their support for iOSDevUK 2026, this Sept. 1/2

CloudKit has excellent documentation for iOS, but backend services using the Web Services API are far less known. Leo Dion will share his insights of using "CloudKit as your Backend: From iOS to Server-Side Swift" at iOSDevUK in Sept. www.iosdevuk.com @leogdion.bsky.social @iosdevuk.bsky.social

Hothouse Earth: an inhabitant’s guide - a book from 2022 - I (finally) read this weekend. A page turner. More of a thriller than humanity should allow. Recommended. Available in good bookshops (I expect) but also in your library. A library link below ceredigion.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...

Is distrust of software and software companies becoming more common, and what can we do as engineers to help rebuild this trust? Jonathan Rothwell will explore this in the talk "Everyone hates programmers now (but how do we fix it?)" at iOSDevUK in September. www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

Working outside yesterday. Sea looked amazing. Great again today. ☀️

With Swift's updated test ecosystem, how easy is it to migrate an existing production codebase with the latest tools? Vaishali Desai is talking about "The Great Swift Testing Migration: Migrating a large iOS codebase to modern Swift testing" @ iOSDevUK in Sept www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

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Matthew Highton@matthighton.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film Idea: Old Man Paddington An ageing Paddington Bear wanders post apocalyptic London tracking the man who stole his last jar of marmalade and by tooth or claw he'll kill anyone who tries to slow him down.

How can spec-driven development help you stay in the pilot seat when using Agentic AI? Ed Snider will walk through the full mobile development lifecycle, in the talk "Developer-Piloted AI: Building Production iOS Apps with Agentic AI". www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

Interested in Apple's Foundation Models? Avi Tsadok will be speaking at iOSDevUK in September, about 'Foundation Models on iOS: The Missing Manual' - how to build real products with on-device LLMs. www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

That is big. From BBC article. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

visionOS is often associated with immersive entertainment, but its real impact is across multiple industries. Matvei Novoselov is at iOSDevUK in Sept: "visionOS in Production: real business use cases.” Learn how spatial computing solves practical problems & delivers value www.iosdevuk.com

Has a friend sent you a Spotify link and only for it to sit unopened because you're an Apple Music user, or vice-versa? Make music the foundation of friendships again. Marina & Tim talk about "The Mixtape Manifesto: How we built an AI peacekeeper for the streaming wars" @ iOSDevUK www.iosdevuk.com

Despite continuous learning, many engineers can feel like they are moving in circles. How can we move from feeling stuck? Ekaterina Volkova will be explore this in "Your Career GPS has no signal. What happens after you hit the peak?" at iOSDevUK in Sept. www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

Mobile identity is moving from "future tech" to something your users will expect. Daiki Matsudate will help us understand the mobile identity ecosystem in his talk "Mobile Identity on iOS: mdoc/mDL Standards, Apple Wallet Verification, and Real World Pitfalls" at iOSDevUK in Sept. www.iosdevuk.com

Learn how Apple's Focus APIs provide a powerful and predictable systems for building intuitive navigation across platforms. Claire Sivadier will be speaking about "Focus Pocus ✨ - Unveiling the Magic of Apple's Focus APIs with SwiftUI" at iOSDevUK in Sept www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social 1/2

Building secure mobile applications is no longer optional - it's expected by users, businesses + the ecosystem. Peter Kurzok will give a practical, beginner-friendly intro to mobile security for iOS in "Mobile Security Fundamentals: Build Apps that Fight Back" at iOSDevUK in Sept. www.iosdevuk.com

This little piggie is recovering from a gentle wash with some medicated shampoo to try and help his skin. All credit to him for being so calm.

Watching Only Connect with @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social is very inclusive. Sarah gets some of the clues, but generously says “we” got it right. Sometimes it is collaborative, so justified. Mostly it is down to her sharp mind. I take the lead on solving one this evening, so I contributed tonight.

I guess the British interpretation could be “Gosh, that is a predicament.” But the source title also works.

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My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

Use Swift to develop a production-ready sports streaming architecture with a high-performance Vapor gRPC server to iOS and macOS clients. Audrey Zebaze will be talking about "Goal-oriented Architecture: end-to-end Swift development for a live sports app" @ iOSDevUK in Sept www.iosdevuk.com 1/2

Another day, another set of people who don’t seem to mind spoiling plot points for programmes that came out yesterday 🙁 I think even Rosebud and Keyser Söze are better protected (respected) secrets and they were in 1941 and 1995.

Firstly. 45 years?!? Goodness. But it will be great to see this at the cinema again.

Film Stories@filmstories.bsky.social · 2w ago

Steven Spielberg's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, the first Indiana Jones film, is 45 years old. As such, it's back in cinemas this September. filmstories.co.uk/news/raiders...

Silo Series 3 developing nicely … with more 👀😮 story points 🍿 S3 trailer shows glimpses of the story, raising questions and expectations. Reminds me of sense of expectation when watching Empire Strikes Back trailer years ago. Watch Silo from start… tv.apple.com/gb/show/silo...

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In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously…

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Learn about the experience of using AI coding assistants as core development tools rather than occasional helpers. Boris Bugor will be speaking at iOSDevUK in September about "The Modern Craft of AI Assisted iOS Development: Metrics, Methods and Reality. www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

Swift is safe, expressive, and performance-focused, but there's another modern programming language with many of the same goals: Rust. Douglas Hill will introduce you to Rust and its ecosystem in his talk "Rust for iOS developers: more Swifty than Swift" at iOSDevUK in September. www.iosdevuk.com

Did you see all of the announcements about Apple Intelligence at WWDC? Daniel Steinberg will untangle the hype and tell you what you really need to know about AI, in his talk "Making sense of Apple Intelligence" at iOSDevUK in September. www.iosdevuk.com 1/2

After the first wave of adding dark mode to apps, how do we improve our systems in lots of ways? Erica Engle will be talking about this in "True Dark: elevating dark mode in your app" at iOSDevUK in September. www.iosdevuk.com @iosdevuk.bsky.social

What do you do when a weather app tells UK that a fictional hurricane was about to hit? With media attention and a changing situation, Hannah Downey was handling the tech response. Learn about a practical approach to live incidents in "How to delete a hurricane?" at iOSDevUK in Sept www.iosdevuk.com