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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Has anyone been lucky enough to take part in an event like this recently? I've registered again, but no luck this time. The last time I managed to get in was in 2024 :( developer.apple.com/events/vi...

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out FOSEVCYI: Fear Of Someone Else Vibe Coding Your Idea

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wtf sometimes I'm really surprised how I could miss certain new APIs. I have been working with navigation stuff in SwiftUI for years now, and only TIL there is toolbarTitleDisplayMode in addition to navigationBarDisplayMode, and it offers .inlineLarge which was EXACTLY the style I was trying to get

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Experimenting with a small calendar view in CannotWait for the unfolded state.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Waking up and the first thing I do is going back to my desk I already sat at until 2:30AM last night and opening up Xcode again 🤓 The iPhone Duo surely got me a bit excited! I'm finding it super fun experimenting and brainstorming the possibilities for my apps.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Device Hub generally feels a lot faster and more responsive in Xcode 27.1!

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The app idea a colleague and I've had for the iPhone Duo works absolutely great 🤩 Can't wait to reveal it once it's ready!

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very happy with how CannotWait is looking on the iPhone Duo put of the box! The unfolded state can use the space a lot better of course but hey, nothing is broken! 🥳

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The iPhone Duo simulator feels surprisingly smooth!

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#AlarmKit #iOS After months of occasional user reports complaining that their alarm would sometimes not ring randomly, I finally had this issue myself today and could track down the root cause (at least one potential root cause of perhaps more)

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Hey Siri, how many days until the iOS 27 release?"

A mockup showing an iPhone with Siri AI showing a question when iOS 27 will release, answering with an event from the CannotWait countdown app, saying it will be tomorrow.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Soooo… where is the Xcode 27 RC?

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Okay, the new Apple Watch's live rewind feature is… concerning?

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

CannotWait's app icons are ready for iOS 27! 👀

A collage of my countdown app CannotWait’s updated app icons showing a light, dark and glassy icon version.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What a @cocoaheads_hh today 😍 Really glad so many people came and the talks have been simply amazing. I'm so grateful for this community ❤️ Posting some pics the next days.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I always feel like developing iOS apps and producing music on the same machine are the most incompatible hobbies I could have. For iOS dev, my mac always needs to be up-to-date, sometimes even running a beta. For music production, it feels like it would be better to keep it on Snow Leopard forever 😂

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

How cool! 😄 Siri just reminded me in iOS 27 for the first time that a friend has his birthday today while I was calling him!

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sometimes, I dream of a magic keyboard that is actually magical and can switch devices on the fly, just like the AirPods.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I just remembered there was a time when the Apple Compass app told us to "re-calibrate by waving iPhone in a figure 8 motion"

Screenshot from the Apple Compass app from pre iOS 7 era saying:
Compass Interference
Move away from any interference,
or re-calibrate by waving iPhone
in a figure 8 motion.
40°42'56"N, 74°0'33"W

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's really wholesome seeing more and cases against #AI being won and the #EU finally taking their chance to do something 🙏 Looking forward to watermarks everywhere exposing AI generated media 👊 Now can we do something like this also with vibe-coded apps in the AppStore please #Apple ? 🥺

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Wow it seems to me Siri AI has made a huge leap forward in DB6! It's the first time all interactions I've tested in my app worked without an issue. Before there was always a time when Siri threw an error or made a mistake in the response. This time all worked out perfectly! Absolutely magical 🧙‍♂️

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I started asking for reviews earlier in my free side project app, hoping it might boost the ratings a bit. Now I got some bad ratings that lowered my score without any reviews or support mails explaining why 🫠 And my AppStore ranking is tanked after I worked hard to improve it, AWESOME.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Only 8h waiting for review today! 🥳 Guess I'm lucky? 😅

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The first time in years, I left my laptop at home and did not work on my personal projects during vacation. And it was the best idea. I haven't felt this refreshed in a long time. 10 days and the only decisions I needed to take: where to eat, when to go swimming in the ocean and which book to read.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is really getting out of hand…

A screenshot of a reddit post of a user who built an AI auto automated “app factory” with 74 apps making “$7k MRR“

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

iOS 27 beta 4 now continuously displays these dialogs for different apps. 🧵1/7

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Me: I really should do taxes today! Also me: Let's build pull to refresh indicator that looks like a film reel 🌝 #SwiftUI #BuildInPublic

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It would be great if it would be possible to answer to screenshot feedback from TestFlight.

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cynedyne.bsky.social @cynedyne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Welcome to CyneDyne 🎬 Join the TestFlight public beta: testflight.apple.com/join/O7RkpPES #BuildInPublic #iOS #TestFlight #Beta #SwiftUI #Movies #TVTime

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Looking for a TV Time alternative? We built one! Actually we ARE building one, and it’s a lot more than just a TV Time replacement. And we decided this is the perfect time to give you early access. Check out our TestFlight, we’d love your feedback!

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In times of agentic coding, it's funny that it now takes longer for a damn SwiftUI preview to finally finish loading and show up than building the actual screen.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In iOS 27 beta 3 it takes constant reminders for me so that Siri remembers implemented app schema intents. Me: “Create an event in X app” Siri: “Sorry I can’t do that in X app” Me: “Yes you can.” Siri: “I created an event in X app for you.”

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Doing an indie app hacker day with these awesome guys at my place today 😄 And we accidentally picked the independence day for that 😆 So also happy 4th of July to those who celebrate it! @Sören Gade @bastian-advntrr.bsky.social

A photo of 4 guys sitting / standing on a room behind their laptops, smiling on the camera.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Is anyone else already developing intents for Siri AI? I can't get it to detect my requests reliably. It always works the first couple times, then I'm getting "Something went wrong" for no reason and then it's like my app is blocked and NO request works anymore until I try again after a longer break

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yesterday I found out that @mertbulan.com has recently launched the app that I wanted to build for over two years now but never found the time 😄 A simple routine app with iCloud Sharing for coordinating morning routines with my wife. I love it! Go check it out: apps.apple.com/de/app/chores-...

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Chores Tracker: Again‑App – App Store

Lade „Chores Tracker: Again“ von Mert Bulan im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Bildschirmfotos, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere Apps wie „…

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Icon Composer 2.0 is honestly the funnest thing ever. Playing with refraction, blend modes, transparency and blur on the different layers creates endless possibilities, and it all looks so cool 😍

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Wellll, in northern Germany it's 39 °C today (102 °F) and while I'm sitting in sunshine, 35km away from me (22 miles) it's hailing.

A handful of hailstones the size of a golf ball to nearly a tennis ball.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Why do so many pure SwiftUI apps feel so glitchy and slow? Is it really the framework or is possible to have a super performant pure SwiftUI app and just too many "holding it wrong"? Our phones are faster than ever, modern iOS apps should feel better than ever, not slower!

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Now that they discontinued support for my Apple Watch Ultra relatively early, I must say I don't feel any excitement about getting a new one. I've bought it hoping a top tier device will get at least 5-6 years of support, maybe even 7. (Yes, maybe I was being naive).

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Built a custom segmented control in #SwiftUI today because the system one wasn't customizable enough and the glass effect was too much / too playful for our use case. Pretty happy with the outcome. Though it would be cool if this wouldn't be necessary in the first place 😌

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

God, I really can't stand the old Siri anymore 🫩 Now that I know there's a better alternative but I can't use it, it makes me all the more annoyed to have to use the old Siri. Not to mention how much I'd love to try out the new APIs. And I don't even know when or if I can look forward to use it.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The iOS 27 app resizing is probably also a SLIGHT hint towards what kind of screens we might get on iOS devices soon… 📂

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The agentic UI testing in Xcode 27 looks reaaaally promising and is something I was desperately waiting for 😍

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Also really excited to see if #Xcode really is as improved as promised 👀 #wwdc26

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Haha nice to see this finally getting addressed 👏

A photo of a WWDC26 slide in Platform State of the Union showing a change in Swift 6.4 that shows more precise build errors than „The compiler is unable to type-check this expression in a reasonable time“ that often happened in SwiftUI.

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Vincent Friedrich @vincefried.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I actually liked Liquid Glass in iOS 26. But I'm really digging the iOS 27 look!

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