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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026

proud about how much nice feedback and support I got. Being MC‘d by Daniel Steinberg was another highlight 🔥 I can’t wait to show you the recording of my talk once it’s up. A special thanks goes out to @fsolleveld.bsky.social for your fantastic talk. I was that boy you were back then too and (3/4)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026

full of happiness, gratitude and memories. Thanks to @cppevents.bsky.social, @philsquared.bsky.social and the whole team at @swiftcraft.bsky.social for taking so much effort in making it a great conference. I couldn’t have wished for a better conference to have my first talk at. I’m really (2/4)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026

Now, that I’m on my way back to the airport and have time to reflect about the last three days at Swift Craft 2026, I’m (1/4) #BuildInPublic #CreateWithSwift #Dev #Education #IndieDev #iOS #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI #Conference #Speaker #SwiftCraft #TechTalk #UK #Folkestone #ComeToSwiftCraftWithMe

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 17/04/2026

Absolutely love it, instant donation 😍🙌🏻

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 17/12/2025

Thank you @tiagogogo.bsky.social for creating a space for the Apple Developer Community in Napoli. It was such a nice closing to the year and it made me really happy to share an evening with (1/2) #CreateWithSwift #Dev #IndieDev #iOS #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI #Italy #Meetup #Naples #Napoli

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 01/09/2025

ideas to life with her creativity and Gabriele and me are hard at work in the background to provide the best SwiftUI experience. Big ideas 💡don’t fit into little boxes 📦 That’s why we built PostSplit ✂️ (2/2)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 01/09/2025

Shipaton is already some time in the making and finally we can unveil the gorgeous app icon for our app PostSplit and the journey it took during its creation 🚀 @piolacampanile.bsky.social brought our (1/2) #BuildInPublic #Dev #IndieDev #iOS #iOSDev #RevenueCat #Swift #SwiftUI #Shipaton #PostSplit

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 29/06/2025

Academy is over but new challenges await 🔥 I just applied at the Call for Speakers of @nsspain.bsky.social to continue my passion for public speaking I discovered, improved and enjoyed a lot thanks du to my amazing friends and (1/2) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 27/06/2025

Today I graduated from the most amazing academy in the world, the Apple Developer Academy @Unina Federico II 👨‍🎓 Thank you to all the people guiding me through this 9 months. You’ll be my family forever ☺️ FORZA NAPOLI! 🌋🩵 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/06/2025

Full of happiness and joy today about giving my first talk at the @createwithswift.bsky.social Napoli Meetup 😍🥹 Being in a room with so many smart people that taught me a lot makes it really easy to enjoy it. I recorded the talk and (1/2) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 20/04/2025

Amalfi coast 🍋🌊 in spring is the real indie dev dream 🥹 Happy Easter from Salerno 🇮🇹 #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 15/04/2025

My friend Gennaro built a fantastic app getting back nostalgia of OG analogue photographing. Go try it out, it’s a great achievement to release your first app 🥹🙌🏻☀️ #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 27/03/2025

submission 2025: Purrspectives (4/4)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 27/03/2025

New day, other emotion. I‘m always committed to share reality of being a developer. And this is one of the ones that are not great. I did not win the first and only shot I ever had on the Swift (1/4) #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI #SwiftStudentChallenge #DoTheSSCWithMe #BuildInPublic

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 26/03/2025

It might be emotional but since my journey at the academy is going to end in JUST 3 months, I want to say this to inspire other people to come here: I’m 32. I’ve had a lot of jobs, met a lot of people and got along with some and also (1/3) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 24/03/2025

If you see that, post your lockscreen

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 23/03/2025

Finally got some time and energy today to work on Post Split again 😍🙌🏻 I added a bunch of new stuff! You can delete platforms now and the platform selector will now always remember the last selected platform, even when the app was (1/4) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOS #Dev #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 19/03/2025

You can now somewhat properly use Post Split on iPadOS and macOS. I opted against a native macOS version for now, because I’d have to make too many UI changes. But I optimized the iPad version so macOS is now usable because of that. (1/4) #BuildInPublic #Dev #IndieDev #iOS #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025

update, please delete and reinstall the app. It’s due to the SwiftData model that changed… But yeah that’s how it is to be part of a rough early beta 😅 (3/3)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025

sets, reorder hashtags in a set. Once added you just quickly select the set you want to add to a post and you’re done. Let me know what you like or dislike and send me a DM, if you wanna get added to the beta! Also as a warning to current beta testers: If you app crashes on launch after the (2/3)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025

Today was a productive morning 😍💻 I’m really having fun building Post Split! I refined a lot of the SwiftData logic in the background and it should work without crashes and other issues now. You can add and remove hashtags or hashtag (1/3) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #Swift #SwiftUI #iOS #Dev #iOSDev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025

Being at the academy in Napoli also comes with other perks 🙌🏻😅 Pretty unique to visit an underground techno club in a village near Napoli. Probably the only non Neapolitan here. Really cool party culture. #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 15/03/2025

New feature requested by @chriswu.com 😍🙌🏻 Meet hashtag sets! You can now add customized sets of hashtags to Post Split to quickly switch context if you post about different topics. Even more support to focus on your content. Every (1/3) #BuildInPublic #IndieDev #Swift #SwiftUI #iOS #Dev #iOSDev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 14/03/2025

topic. I chose 7 people around me to interview them and ask them those questions. Some of them had experience with mental struggles, some not. I asked different age groups and genders, even different nationalities, to get a bigger picture. The questions I asked them are this ones 👆 (3/3)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 11/03/2025

This update was harder than I thought. I refined the algorithm to split the posts, because it was misbehaving in edge case scenarios like long sentences with a lot of hashtags. So if you go crazy on hashtags now, I’ll tell you when (1/3) #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 10/03/2025

You folks got me motivated, so here is an update! 👨‍🍳🚀 You can decide now, if you wanna apply hashtags only to the first or to all posts. You can also select to split based on sentences than on words. (1/2) #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 10/03/2025

Yesterday out of frustration with all the different character limits, I built an app to auto split longer posts for me so that I can focus on what I want to communicate and not on if it fits nicely into a post on a certain platform. (1/2) #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 09/03/2025

this moment on a photo. Later I thought about the fact that I would have probably never seen or experienced that, when I wasn't actively looking around and listening to some podcast instead. I reflected on it and realized, that this moment of discomfort made me experience something (11/13)

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 01/03/2025

Equipped with my Essential Question I did some brainstorming to find out what I want to transport with my submission. I wanted to submit something meaningful, that helps people. (1/2) #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev #swiftstudentchallenge #dothesscwithme

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 26/02/2025

After settling on my Big Idea, I began thinking which Essential Question could lead me to my Challenge Statement. I prompted for some questions that came to my mind around my Big Idea and (1/2) #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev #swiftstudentchallenge #dothesscwithme

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 25/02/2025

To tackle the Swift Student Challenge, I chose the CBL Cycle based on the Challenge Based Learning framework. It consists of 3 phase: Engage, Investigate and Act. In the Engage phase I searched (1/3) #BuildInPublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev #swiftstudentchallenge #dothesscwithme

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 24/02/2025

Being late to the party is my superpower 😅🤪 I diiiiiiiid it! 😍😭😍 I submitted my #swiftstudentchallenge App Playground 🎉 It was an up and down of emotions but now I’m relieved and happy but also very tired. I’m going to sleep now 😴 #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/02/2025

This moments are one of the reasons why it’s my dream to be an indie developer 🥹☀️ #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/02/2025

Love the simple design focusing on the necessary stuff ☺️🙌🏻 Using it to track when Swift Student Challenge submissions will close!

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 31/01/2025

Beer with Swift meetup in Napoli is amazing 🙌🏻🥰🍺 Thanks for doing so much for the Napoli Swift community @createwithswift.bsky.social 🥹 #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 29/01/2025

Got a lot out of todays workshop about App Intents, thank you to the whole team 🙌🏻 #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev #visitanappleeventwithme

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 29/01/2025

The perks of Apple Workshops in Roma 😍🇮🇹 Had amazing pasta caccio e pepe yesterday for lunch 🙌🏻 #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev #visitanappleeventwithme

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 16/12/2024

How about 12 countries in one trip 😏 The app was perfect for it btw. ☺️

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 09/12/2024

Would be lovely to be included ☺️ Nice idea btw.!

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 05/12/2024

Alright let’s do this 😅 I bought a domain, created the first rough TestFlight build and submitted it for review 🔥 Let’s see how it goes and I’ll take you with me on the journey here and over at @promokit.bsky.social 🚀 #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

Screenshot of the domain name promokit.app registered in my account

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 28/11/2024

Thanks to @matt1corey.bsky.social for the amazing project indieappsales.com 🙌 Head over there to grab the new version of @appexhibit.bsky.social for 66 % off 💸🫰 Get it here: apps.apple.com/app/apple-st... #indieappsales #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev #RCGrowthChallenge

A bento box showcasing the features of the new update for my app App Exhibit like in the bento boxes of Apple presentations

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Jan Armbrust  @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social · 24/11/2024

Thanks for being my follower number 500 @adamlyttleapps.bsky.social 🙌🏻🎉 And thanks to all of you, it really motivates me to keep posting interesting content for the community 🥳 #buildinpublic #indiedev #swift #swiftui #iOS #dev #iosdev

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