August 11th, 2025

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

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​Forget MVVM in SwiftUI​

Looks like it's time for the annual MVVM in SwiftUI debate. Personally, I've moved on from MVVM in my apps a couple years ago so I tend to agree with this articles line of thinking. At the same time... I think arguing about architecture on the internet is a giant waste of time. But, I wanted to share this article for those that may only know MVVM and have never considered another way.

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​Retention Messaging API​

This is a big deal. Apple is allowing us to offer the user a different subscription plan (like switching to annual) or a promo offer to win back customers at the point of cancellation. This is something we all absolutely MUST implement.

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​Swift Chart Design Inspiration​

The charts in this link are not specific to Swift or iOS. However, they are a bunch of well-designed charts that can give you inspiration and ideas for the charts in your app. This is especially helpful if you have some type of dashboard or widgets in your app.

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​VStack vs. LazyVStack vs. List​

If you need a list of things in your app, should you use a LazyVStack or a List? What are the pros and cons of each? Do you want the standard look and functionality across all platforms or do you want something highly customizable? Find out by clicking that orange link above.

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​Foundation Models Ideas​

This GitHub repo has a TON of ideas for how you can use Foundation Models in your app, or hell, maybe it will even spark an idea to build an entire new app. The code in this repo isn't anything revolutionary, but the ideas here just might lead to your next big thing.

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​Vibe Coding is Killing your Critical Thinking​

I've felt this myself a lot lately. When coming up on a boring, mundane problem I find myself saying "I don't want to think about this" and I pass it off to ChatGPT Codex. There's no doubt my skills are slowly deteriorating. This isn't as bad since I have 10 years experience doing it the old fashioned way, however if I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone early in their career. It scared me. I can't imagine how much my growth would be stunted if I started relying on AI this much early in my career.

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​Business & Boutique​

If you can get there as an indie dev it's a beautiful place when you can have a "business" app and a "boutique" app where you can play with all the fun new toys and not worry about monetization. Jordan Morgan talks all about it in this article.

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Till next time,

Sean