April 14th, 2025

Right now, I’ve got what I like to call a “comfort food” project. And it's my favorite thing in the world. It’s the best.

It’s a fresh Xcode project for an app I’m genuinely excited to build. No old code that I hate, no weird architecture, no mysterious bugs... Just a clean slate.

Making videos is a grind. Building a course? Also a grind. Working on a big, established app? A fucking grind.

So working on a small, simple project that's full of potential has been pure joy for the past week. The complexity and the bugs; they will come. That early-project magic always fades with time.

But for now? I’m loving every minute of it.

​Swift News - Video Version - Get my thoughts on the articles below.

​WWDC 2025 Wishlist​

In this article Majid shares his wishes for WWDC 2025. I agree with his first point, we need better AI tooling from Apple. Check out the article to see what else Majid is hoping for from dub dub this year.

​Why I stopped using AI code editors​

Luciano discusses the dangers of skill atrophy due to the heavy reliance on AI code editors and possibly becoming a "forever junior". He also has a great analogy to driving with Tesla FSD.

​SwiftUI Craftsmanship: State Management​

Keeping your SwiftUI views small with minimal state is a foundational skill when building apps with SwiftUI. Danny breaks that all down for you in this article.

​The great app that nobody knows about​

So many indie devs are building amazing apps that only get a few downloads per day. Why? Because we neglect marketing (or suck at it). Here, Jordan gives some tips on how to improve that.

​Is monetization hurting your app's user experience?​

It can be tempting to flirt with the line of being unethical when it comes to monetization strategies for your app. In this article from RevenueCat, they showcase some monetization dark patterns to avoid and provide suggestions for a better alternative.

What I'm Working On

Swift Concurrency Course

Aside from working on the "comfort food" app (mostly for my sanity), I'm head's down on my next course all about Swift Concurrency. Still targeting a WWDC release date, which requires me to go hard for the next few weeks.

I have to cut back on YouTube videos, but you'll still get the weekly Swift News episode and I'll finish out the current sponsor commitments. Once the course is release, it's back to 2-3 videos per week. Just in time for WWDC (hopefully).

Till next time,

Sean