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Posts by Ben Freiband

The sadness of trying to use custom slackmoji in a different app and not being able to do so is unparalleled

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@deepdishswift.com had an amazing new speaker lineup this year, but it also brought together the same amazing dev community and friends. Now to simply become a hermit and recharge for the couple months before #WWDC26 when I get to see people again!

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Why would you need to handle errors if you never make any, after all

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I’m so excited to be hosting Swift Small Talks! Our community has SO many clever people doing amazing things, so show up and propose a topic and learn something new! 😊

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According to the website, #WWDC26 emails may start going out today! While we’re all hoping for a golden ticket, I’m excited to see everyone in Cupertino regardless.

With or without a golden ticket, all are welcome to join the fun at @communitykit.social! 😊

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Don’t miss it 😁

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✈️ Now boarding: CommunityKit 2026.

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🚨 #WWDC26 is coming! You know what that means:

✈️ Time to clear the runway.

📆 We're back and we'll share more soon!

💻 In the meantime, we’ve got work to do.

👀 communitykit.social

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#WWDC26 requests to join are live! Fingers crossed, and excited to see y’all there 😊

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Friends don’t let friends store everything in UserDefaults 😉 Can’t wait to dive deep into the keychain with everyone and share some real world examples!

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🍕 Deep Dish Swift 2026 is just around the corner...

And we have a STACKED lineup announced so far 🤯 And even more to come!

Do you have your tickets yet? Get your @deepdishswift.com tickets while you can! 👀

ti.to/deep-dish-sw...

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Today I have made zero progress on the things I *should* be doing. But on the other hand, I’ve been wildly successful at over-engineering CI infrastructure for an app I haven’t even released.

And you know what? I learned a ton from it :)

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To be fair, it doesn’t get more secure than utterly incapable of authenticating

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Hey I know some of these people! So excited for mDevCamp 🤩

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Get your pass to see @benfreiband.bsky.social LIVE at SWIFTSONIC!

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Can’t wait to take the stage! Swiftsonic is shaping up to be incredible, and I can’t wait to meet and learn from everyone 🤩

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Heads-up, the command to add the new Xcode MCP to Codex is `codex mcp add xcode -- xcrun mcpbridge`, different from what's in the docs.

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Swiftsonic ’26 Swiftsonic is a community-driven Swift & iOS conference in Nashville with opener × headliner energy.

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Brb marking my calendar right now

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In the latest Tahoe beta, sign-in prompts show you what source your passkey is from!

@rmondello.com apologies, I apparently took this picture on a potato

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. With how absent my recap blog post still is, just think how fond of it you'll be!

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Historically, probably a firmware update

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Well, rats, now I really need to hurry up at writing my blog post 😛

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Amusingly, this further supports Chris' point that time zones are vindictive and they want him to suffer

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Swift Connection 2025 - Ben Freiband - What People Get Wrong with Accessibility
Swift Connection 2025 - Ben Freiband - What People Get Wrong with Accessibility Find more talks of our conferences and meetups on 👉 https://async.techconnection.io/ 👈. It's common to hear people talk about "adding accessibility" to their apps, but in many cases the best…

My talk at @swiftconnection.bsky.social has been posted! 😁

Meeting the incredible attendees and speakers was just as much a delight as presenting for the first time, so thank you to everyone who made it such a great experience!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZ_...

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I loved watching this recording two hours from now!

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Don't Let Time Zones Ruin Your Day - Chris Wu | SwiftLeeds 2025
Don't Let Time Zones Ruin Your Day - Chris Wu | SwiftLeeds 2025 YouTube video by SwiftLeeds

My talk from @swiftleeds.co.uk has been posted!! 😱

I had to force myself to apply for this (my first talk ever) but I'm so glad that I did because it was an incredible experience.

Thank you Swift Leeds team!

Blog post coming eventually...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXl...

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I was in the middle of writing a heartfelt message about how we worked toward our talks together 😂 Rudeeeeee

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