My apps are participating #IndieAppSales Get Padlok, or SharePal for a reduced price before tomorrow evening! Also check out all incredible other indie apps participating! www.indieappsales.com apps.apple.com/app/id154671... apps.apple.com/app/id645726...

Indie App Sales - July 2026 Edition

Discover amazing apps from indie developers at exclusive discounts. July 28-30, 2026. From productivity tools to creative software, find hidden gems at unbeatable prices!

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I'm sure that @manuelkehl.bsky.social will be very happy to learn that the app I'm currently building is being designed for the Watch first. Help me to make sure the watch experience will be chief kiss from day one, which I find important in my case.

After so long, I wrote a new story! This one is very personal, and share my sight regarding the current transformation of our industry. blog.thomasdurand.fr/story/20...

Indie Diary #9 — What do we do now?

I’ve been looking forward to writing this new diary entry for a while, and it only took me about two years to come back to writing it. Why so long? Plenty of reasons. And they have been piling up one after another, delaying it even more. But…

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Because Apple is open-sourcing FoundationModels soon enough, Swift on the server will benefit a great abstraction for dealing with LLMs. But what about the gaps? I've extracted what FoundationModels don't provide from swift-ai (that will die) ; and here come 3 distinct new libraries (a thread 🧵)

Might started writing again. It's been so long I haven't posted only my blog. It's about time.

swift-ai comes with a meaningful docc documentation, available on SPI. Start building your AI logic once, and use it with any model/provider, whether it's on device with Apple Intelligence, or on your server with Gemini,Anthropic or OpenAI. swiftpackageindex.com/Dean151/swif...

Dean@thomasdurand.fr · 2mo ago

Introducing swift-ai. One API for chat, embeddings, images, agents & RAG. Swap Apple Intelligence ↔︎ OpenAI ↔︎ Anthropic ↔︎ Gemini ↔︎ Mistral ↔︎ Ollama in a single line — every provider hides behind the same protocols. Server-side compatible! github.com/Dean151/swif... #Swift #iOSDev #ServerSideSwift

Introducing swift-ai. One API for chat, embeddings, images, agents & RAG. Swap Apple Intelligence ↔︎ OpenAI ↔︎ Anthropic ↔︎ Gemini ↔︎ Mistral ↔︎ Ollama in a single line — every provider hides behind the same protocols. Server-side compatible! github.com/Dean151/swif... #Swift #iOSDev #ServerSideSwift

GitHub - Dean151/swift-ai

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I'm so glad to be part of #SymfonyDay 's lineup in Montreal next week! I'll be my first talk for the @symfony.com community. I'll be giving tips on how building cli tools for our devs to use drive and simplify conception of features at DiliTrust. See you there! live.symfony.com/2026-montrea...

At #SymfonyDay Montreal, Thomas Durand will show how leveraging interactive Symfony Console commands can supercharge your debugging and code validation! 💻 https://symfony.com/blog/symfonyday-montreal-2026-cli-driven-development-an-ode-to-symfony-console

I might just bought a new domain name 😬

I'm really thrilled to be part of #SymfonyDay lineup next June in Montreal! It's an honor to speak alongside incredible other speakers there!

Symfony@symfony.com · 4mo ago

#SymfonyDay Montreal 2026 schedule is LIVE! Check out the amazing lineup featuring @fabpot, @nicolasgrekas, and more. Seats are limited, so don't wait to grab yours! Faites vite ! 🎟️ #Symfony #PHP #MontrealTech https://symfony.com/blog/symfonyday-montreal-2026-schedule-is-live

I'm about to lose 20-25°C in just two flights' worth of time. #ArcticConference

It's been about a year I haven't brought an update to ButtonKit. But this one is a big update, with SFSymbol effect driven styles, and a reworked event system! Available now! github.com/Dean151/ButtonKit/...

Releases · Dean151/ButtonKit

Asynchronous and Throwable button implementation for SwiftUI, with animations and progress tracking - Dean151/ButtonKit

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I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8

I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7

I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6

I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5

I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4

I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3

I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

I'm excited to share that I'll give a SwiftUI API design workshop in Oulu next February! Thank you @arcticconference.bsky.social for having me on board!

ARCtic Conference (Feb 10-12 2026)@arcticconference.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Speakers for the confrence has been released and we are so excited! There’s also a Black Friday ticket discount for this week. More on both at arcticonference.com

Do iOS is already over, and I had such a good time there. Meeting new folks, and catching up with already known people. I really enjoyed talking there. Thank you so much for having me on stage, and big up to @appforce1.net and the organizing team for putting the conference together! #DoiOS #DoiOS25

Next up, we turn to SwiftUi at Do iOS with @thomasdurand.fr talking about “Crafting SwiftUI components in the same way Apple does!” #doios

Fixing Keynote magic move animation using zero-width spaces the night before my presentation is my passion #DoiOS #DoiOS25

On my way to Do iOS in Amsterdam! Can wait to be there! #DoiOS #DoiOS25

Retrieving a message. Siri: "You received a message from ***" Siri then read the entire message in the AirPod Siri then proceed by asking: "should I read it?" What a delightful experience. Wonder if it'll be better or worse when it'll be powered by LLM

So, where are M5 Pro/Max/Ultra ? 🙃

Those two days happened so fast! @swiftconnection.bsky.social is already over! It was an honor to be part of this incredible lineup. 🤯 I was so happy meeting people I wanted to meet for a long time, but also to reconnect with community friends from past years. Thank you La Tech Connection for havin

The talk before the coffee break at @swiftconnection.bsky.social dives into designing components for SwiftUI, presented by @thomasdurand.bsky.social and called “Crafting Reusable SwiftUI Components the Same Way Apple Does!”