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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Woke up to the weirdest #iOSDeveloper dream: At the #iPhoneDuo workshop I asked an Apple engineer about a hidden API and they escorted me into a backroom to undergo the #Severance procedure so my "innie" can implement the feature without my "outie" knowing the hidden API 😅

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Super cool: In the Apple Developer Group Lab they just confirmed that apps using AlarmKit will also get the "iPhone Duo standing folded like a tent with glowing light fading in as the alarm is about to ring" mode Got a bunch of exciting ideas for @daylish.bsky.social based on this 🤓

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seeing @zenitizer.bsky.social featured this prominently on the App Store is such an honor! 🥹💙 Big thanks to the #AppStore team for this opportunity and to @yanlu.chat for designing such beautiful promo artwork once again 🙏

A screenshot of the App Store app on my iPhone showing a prominent featuring for Zenitizer with a beautiful promo artwork and the text “Take a Deep Breath In…and Out - Explore Zenitizer’s new updates”

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here's a fun little demo of me using the new Siri AI to manage my calendar with @daylish.bsky.social on #iOS27 🍿

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Zenitizer App @zenitizer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Zenitizer is ready for #iOS27 with a fresh, fully responsive UI, new extra large widgets and #Siri AI support. This update should be available as soon as iOS 27 is out. In the meantime, you can already get a sneak peek here:

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So cool that Ghostty, herder.dev and pi.dev all support the kitty graphics protocol! My agent can render #Xcode previews through MCP and I see the results in real time right in the terminal. Makes iterating over multiple Dynamic Type sizes and polishing the UI super smooth! #iOSDev #herdr

A screenshot showing multiple pi agents running in herdr. The rightmost herdr pane has a Coder Sidekick agent, which is calling Xcode MCP tools to render SwiftUI previews, and they show up in the terminal pane right between the text output. In this particular screen you can see a Zenitizer widget with meditation stats for the last 7 days.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Automatic hotspot (📱⇢💻) is pure Apple magic IMO I am sitting in my car (parked! don't worry 😅) with time to kill, so I pull out my MBP to get some work done. Without even thinking about it, I'm online. Just like that. Small feature but makes such a difference!

A screenshot showing my menu bar with a number of app icons and the personal hotspot icon for my wifi indicator. The wifi menu is open and shows iphone319 connected as personal hotspot

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you're an #iOSDev and not already using www.xcodes.app/ do yourselves a favor and install it right now. It is by far the smoothest way to download and manage installed Xcode versions - especially during a hot beta period like this!

A screenshot of Xcodes app showing in-progress installation of Xcode 27 Beta 6

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm not even a minute into the latest @atp.fm episode but I just exclaimed and cheered out loud along with @liss.bsky.social when @marcoarment.bsky.social said he'd possibly be finally looking into home assistant haha 😆 (I'm at the gym right now and people give me weird looks 🫣 🤷‍♂️ )

Screen shot of overcast on my lock screen showing 0:45 played of the latest ATP episode.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

📢 PSA: if you're an indie #iOSDev working on #iOS27 features and want to maximize your chances of getting featured on the #AppStore this fall, fill out a nomination soon if you haven't already! (iOS27 launch likely mid September, nomination at least 3 weeks in advance!)

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wow, I gotta say that #Cohere Transcribe has completely dethroned Parakeet for multi-lingual dictation for me. It transcribes English and German perfectly and instantly running completely locally on my M1 Max MacBook Pro. Quality and speed you'd only get with cloud models before 🤯

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Fighting all day to get @zenitizer.bsky.social to play nicely with #SiriAI. All this worked so well with "Old Siri" via #Shortcuts / #AppIntents but this is a lot trickier 😞 At least querying, playing and stopping meditations through media playback schema works now 😅 #iOSDev #iOS27 #Siri

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

As excited as I am about the latest #DeepSeek v4 Flash release, I've been comparing it to GPT 5.6 #Luna, and I gotta say I prefer Luna's output style and instruction-following in the personal use cases I've tested head-to-head: 3 practical examples 🧵👇

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My first month of dabbling in the wild world of open weight models (and #OpenCode as my new coding harness of choice) has come to an end and I'm sold! Been a Max subscriber since Claude Code came out and this is the first time I felt confident to cancel it. #iOSDev #AI

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

And the journey continues for another year 🚀 #iOSDev

A screenshot of email app window on macOS showing the beginning of a Apple Developer Program renewal notice. It is addressed to Manuel.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

For my fellow iOS nerds living on the edge: how's #iOS27 beta 3 been in day-to-day use? Any dealbreaker issues for you that weren't on beta 1 already? Still on beta 1 myself, deciding whether to upgrade or not haha 🫣

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Apple's post-WWDC event in Berlin was such a blast! Great energy, interesting presentations and a chance to hang out with folks from the amazing #iOSDev community 🤗 One of my highlights were the inspiring talks by fellow indies @strasser.bsky.social and @leomehlig.bsky.social 👏

A hand holding a tag with lanyard from the Apple event with my name Manuel Kehl printed on it and the Berlin Cathedral in the background

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ah man, not even made it to 50% of #iOS27 #Spotlight indexing… Anyone done already? How's spotlight and mail search for you in practice? Hope it's going to be a notable improvement 🤞 Thanks to @9to5mac.com for sharing the log line to filter for 🤓 9to5mac.com/2026/06/15/still-...

A screenshot of Console.app showing that my phone is currently at 40% of the new Spotlight indexing progress after installing iOS 27 last week.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

As an #iOSDeveloper, I gotta say that #DeviceHub has been a huge productivity boost in those few days since #Xcode27 was released! All simulators in one window, quick access to accessibility settings and mirroring + controlling physical test devices 🤯 It is a real game changer IMO 🤓

A screenshot of device app showing a simulator running for a branch of my app where I'm currently working on some spacing related issues. There's a red outline around the text size accessibility setting and an arrow pointing from that Bad setting to the simulator.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

So I've been doing this whole spiel long enough to know better than installing developer seed one on my daily driver iPhone… And just like every year, I do it anyways. 🫠 So far no regrets actually 🤞

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Matt Massicotte @massicotte.org · 10/06/2026

Did you catch the WWDC Swift Group Lab session? It was great! But, there wasn't time for all the questions. So I copied them down and took a shot at answering some. www.massicotte.org/blog/wwdc26-...

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(Some) Unanswered Swift Group Questions

Here's my attempt at answers to some Swift Group Lab session questions that there wasn't time for.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Wait, are there no individual labs this year? #WWDC26 State of the union is over, normally the schedule and sign up would open now, wouldn't it?

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

They did it. The sidebars on #macOS !!! 😱 🥲 I told myself not to install beta seed 1 for any fancy new features… I might do it just for the sidebars hahah 🫠 🔥

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Less than 20 hours to go until the keynote starts! So excited 🍿 Wishing everyone who gets to be there in person an amazing time! Can't make it myself, but watching virtually with friends helps a little with the FOMO 🥲 #WWDC26

A screenshot of the Daylish app's "Peeking Ahead" view showing tomorrow's schedule (Jun 8). A stack of back-to-back events: "Get Ready for Watch Party" 6:20 to 6:30 PM, a "Virtual Keynote Watch Party" on FaceTime 6:30 to 9:30 PM, the "WWDC26 Keynote" 7 to 9 PM with Apple event links and a countdown reading "In 19 hr, 59 min," and "WWDC26 Platforms State of the Union" 10 to 11 PM.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Me, grocery shopping: Not buying snacks, so we only have healthy food at home. So smart💡 Me at 10pm: Okay let's see… we got butter, sugar and a frying pan to make some caramel and then throw in some almond chips and pine nuts 👨‍🍳 Past me isn't feeling so smart anymore. But it turned out delish 🤷‍♂️

A close up shot of roasted almonds and pine nuts covered in sticky caramel

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Making sure everyone can use your app is a great first step, but allowing everyone to have a great time using it is the actual goal. I hope the last few weeks of accessibility polish on @daylish.bsky.social got me a couple steps closer to that goal 😊 #a11y #iOSDev #BuildInPublic

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hey everyone 👋 I'm in the final stages of wrapping up a big #accessibility update for @daylish.bsky.social in time for this year's #GAAD Looking for more #TestFlight users (esp. #a11y folks, but everyone is welcome) 🤗

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Kristoffer Johansson @kristofferjohansson.com · 17/05/2026

I’ve been working on some accessibility adjustments, and couldn’t get the exact result I wanted using ViewThatFits, but the simple AccessibleStack in this excellent post by @useyourloaf.com did the trick. useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui...

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SwiftUI Adaptive Stack Views

How do you adapt your SwiftUI layouts for varying dynamic type size and available horizontal space?

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

@soapboxsoftware.bsky.social we got cross-reply and cross-quote in Indigo which is amazing but I can't seem to figure out how to cross-like a post? (Bonus points if we can set that as the default action for the 🩵 button)

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Probably obvious to most #iOS devs out there but when you're working on #VoiceOver, it really helps to challenge yourself to use your app with eyes closed while iterating on the UI. That'll make the VO #accessibility pain points and rough edges *very* notable!

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Super useful set of SF symbols if you want to link out to your apps' social profiles 🤓 Thank you for your wonderful work @jeremieberduck.bsky.social 👏 Using your symbols in both of my apps: @zenitizer.bsky.social and @daylish.bsky.social

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Okay, so cross-quoting is a thing now too, eh? Sorry @kylehugh.es, I just wanted to try this feature out and your post is funny and describes how I feel about the whole thing so you're being quoted out of context 😅

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🎙️ Obligatory "is this thing on" post… If you can read this, sending posts via Indigo by @soapboxsoftware.bsky.social works smoothly for me 🤓 The (completely free!) reader experience has already phenomenal so far - such a wonderful way to stay in sync with both timelines 🦋 🐘 💜

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

As a one-person company, I gotta wear all the hats, even the boring ones: Q2 accounting's due Monday evening 🫣. I could wrap it up tonight, but it's been a busy and productive week... I know it's cliche to procrastinate this until the last moment, but I'm just not feeling it.

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Hiro @hiro.report · 06/05/2026

I'm geeking out on the generous feedback from early beta testers on Capture 🥹 My first Mac app launches tomorrow, I'm so excited to get it out there! capture.surf #buildinpublic

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Just realized @zenitizer.bsky.social got featured in two App Store editorial stories: "Learn to Meditate" and "Build a Meditation Practice". "Sometimes a timer is all you need" - Couldn't have said it better myself ☺️ Thanks App Store team 🙏 #iOSDev #BuildInPublic

Three iPhones on a coral-to-mint gradient showing Zenitizer in two App Store editorial features. Left phone: a highlighted pull-quote "Sometimes a timer is all you need" above a Meditation Timer Zenitizer app card. Center phone: Zenitizer's App Store page with a "Featured In" section displaying both story tiles — "Build a Meditation Practice" and "Learn to Meditate". Right phone: the "Set aside the time" timers list featuring Meditation Timer Zenitizer alongside Insight Timer.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Grouped lots of feedback for different parts of @daylish.bsky.social widgets into a nicely bundled update 🚀 So happy to ship this and ping folks who emailed me (I keep track track who recommends what, so I can personally follow up when it’s ready). So rewarding ☺️

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The best part of building apps for everyday life? I get to use my own product every day 🤓 This is what my mornings look like now: laundry, deep focus, bread in the oven, daycare pickup, all in a single @daylish.bsky.social timeline! In separate apps? no chance I'd stay on top of it 😅

Screenshot of the Daylish iOS app showing today's timeline for April 23, 2026. Laundry runs from 9:25 AM to 1:40 PM (4h 15m) with a Focus Work block (9:31 to 11:35 AM, 2h 3m) nested inside it, and Oven Bread Baking (9:50 to 11:00 AM, 1h 10m) nested inside Focus Work. After a 5-minute gap, "Get ready for Daycare Pickup" runs from 11:40 to 11:50 AM, followed by a 10-minute bike journey to daycare at 11:50 AM, and Daycare Pickup itself starting at 12:00 PM. Each task shows a progress bar, with the morning block in warm peach tones and the pickup tasks in soft blue.

iPhone lock screen at 10:53 on Thursday, April 23, showing the Daylish Live Activity expanded with three running timers: Laundry at 2:47:27 elapsed (9:25 AM to 1:40 PM), Focus Work at 41:39 (9:31 to 11:35 AM), and Oven Bread Baking at 6:50 (9:50 to 11:00 AM). Below, a widget shows the next Oven Bread Baking task, a Deep Work streak counter at 0 out of 5 minutes, and shortcut buttons for flashlight and camera.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

📣 PSA: if you're migrating from #Affinity Designer, the "Export Persona" features are now in the "Slices Studio". Was happy to find this as I need it to export layers for iOS 26 Icon Composer app icons 🤓 (Btw. you can show which "studios" should be visible and hide the Canva AI stuff altogether 😏)

A screenshot of the new affinity app with the “Slices” studio selected. It offers complex exporting logic that used to be under the export persona in Affinity Designer.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

💡 Did you know that using the #AppleTV app without a subscription to Apple's own video streaming service is now referred to as "Apple TV-" 🤔

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Such an honor to give my first conference talk at @swiftconnection.bsky.social yesterday - an amazing conference in a beautiful city! Thanks to the organizers and helpers who made this possible and to the #iOS community as a whole for being so supportive and welcoming ☺️

Me on stage presenting my talk. There is a banner saying “Swift Connection 25” in front.

A snippet of the conference schedule showing my talk right after the coffee break. The title is “SwiftUI Apps that Effortlessly Scale from your Smallest to your Biggest Screen”

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

On the train to Paris for #SwiftConnection 🚄 First time speaking at a conference! Little nervous tbh… 😳 Oh and of course I'm not just wrapping up the final polish of my slides on the literal train there - who would do such a thing? 😅 Looking forward to meeting many fellow iOS folks again soon ☺️

A screenshot showing my plan for the day with the Eurostar train ride from Cologne to Paris and a focus timer that is nested DURING that time… :)

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Wohoo 🥳 Finally submitted @daylish.bsky.social to the @revenuecat.com Shipaton last night 🚢 Since my original demo was too long, I needed to rewrite the script and record it all again 🫠 ... much catchier now IMO 😌 🚀 Good luck to all participants - excited to see what y'all have been building 🙌

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

☕️ Good morning! My morning's all scheduled and if things go as planned I should get a nice bike ride in AND finally wrap up recording my @daylish.bsky.social demo video for the @@revenuecat.com shipaton (last minute, I know - been a busy couple months 😅) #BuildInPublic

A screenshot of Daylish with my morning schedule. It shows a current focus timer with the task of finalizing the demo video script, followed by preparation and bike ride to day care drop off and then bike ride back from there. After that until lunch I scheduled a time block to actually record the demo video.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Oh wow, thank you so much for including @daylish.bsky.social in your #TechCrunch article about #AppleIntelligence in 3rd party apps, @mehtology.bsky.social 🙏 Really appreciate the mention despite the feature still being in unreleased beta stage at this point 🤓 Excited to share more soon! techcru

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How developers are using Apple's local AI models with iOS 26 | TechCrunch

As iOS 26 is rolling out to all users, developers have been updating their apps to include features powered by Apple's local AI models.

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Manuel Kehl @manuelkehl.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Oooooh nice, iTerm2 got the Liquid Glass treatment on #macOS26 and I think it's looking really cool 😎 That tab bar is 😙🤌

A screenshot of item 2 running in drop down terminal mode on my Mac. There are two tabs open for each of my main app projects: Daylish and Zenitizer.

The tab bar has a nice, modern Liquid Glass appearance with a matching plus button in the top right corner.

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