Kicking off @deepdishswift.com with @joshdholtz.com and @cassidoo.co

Were you taking pictures of me again without my knowledge??!! 👀

Stoked to be attending @deepdishswift.com this year. 🍕👍🏻

And for those interested, I’ll have Swift Remote Studio and iOS Dev Break stickers with me at the conference. 😁

See you there!

@swiftremotestudio.bsky.social
@iosdevbreak.bsky.social
#iOSDev #DeepDishSwift

🍕 Call for community…

4 Apple Developer Academy students from Detroit want to attend @deepdishswift.com

We've had amazing scholarship support but we're just short for these 4 😔

Do you or your company want to sponsor?
DM or email team AT deepdishswift DOT com 🙏

🍕 It’s almost time for me to bust out my @deepdishswift.com shoes!

Everybody ready for 3 days of pizza, friends, pizza, networking, pizza, Swift, and pizza? 👀

This conference is so much fun. If you're thinking about going, go!

🍕 You know what's fun? Setting crazy goals

So, I'm hustling to sell 50 more @deepdishswift.com tickets this weekend 🤷‍♂️

But I need YOUR help 👀
- Bring a friend
- Tell a coworker
- Convince your boss to send the team

Repost. Share in Slack. Anything 🙏

More people = More fun 🫶

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🍕 I don't usually do this but I need to be distracted from my aging joints and desires to have 5am McDonald's coffee with other seniors...

There are 37 @deepdishswift.com tickets available for $37 off with the code GETOFFMYLAWN

Sales ends when the birthday weekend is over 🎂

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I also missed it ☹️ Do we still get a prize for trying?

This is going to be an edition you don’t want to miss out on! See you’ll there!!

🍕 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! 👀

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📣 Speaker Announcement

We're thrilled to welcome @riley.social 🎉

Riley will share the decade-long journey behind Delta — from passion project to the most popular retro game emulator on iPhone 🎮

10 years of creativity, persistence, and pushing iOS to its limits 📱

The Deep Dish Swift website got some MUCH needed love today 😊

We _finally_ got some of our speakers up and the design is feeling leathery smooth!

📣 Speaker Announcement

From 5 years at Apple to indie apps, we're thrilled to welcome Chad Etzel 🎉

Chad will take us on a journey reverse engineering the macOS Genie animation and the beauty of Bezier curves 🪄

Expect SwiftUI tricks, Metal shaders, and maybe some jazz 🎷

📣 Speaker Announcement

From building indie apps like Tasks & Karo, we're thrilled to welcome @mufasayc.com 🎉

Mustafa will take us from zero to sync with CloudKit — covering containers, databases, and real-world lessons ☁️

Practical tips and laughs along the way 😄

If you’ve ever wanted a dedicated way to hear me complain about cold weather I have incredible news for you.

🍕 The @deepdishswift.com Discord server is up for 2026...

And we have our dedicated "Wu with the weather" channel where @chriswu.com gives us his hot takes on Chicago weather ☺️

Get your ticket and join the conversation! 💬

I've spent weeks working on this big release of Please Don't Rain and it's finally out today.

I made a thread that shows the most significant changes.

Please Don't Rain showing a forecast for Rosemont, IL. The weather stats are using a more compact interface with the sections grouped nicely together. It's going to be a high of 18F and a low of 9F. Left side shows old interface and right side shows new interface.

Please Don't Rain is starting the year off with a big update!

Version 5.20 is rolling out now.

The UI of the main forecast has a fresh new look which adjusts much better to some sizes and orientations.

Glad that @joshdholtz.com is no longer making me keep this secret!

I’ll be giving an updated rendition of AI (Without the Hype), to account for how much has changed in AI since I gave the talk in…

*checks notes*

September 2025.

And of course I’ll be teaching many evergreen AI lessons as well.

📣 Speaker Announcement

The title might say "Without the Hype" but there is big hype for this speaker as he's been a huge part of this community 🎉

We're so excited that @mergesort.me will be on the Deep Dish stage this year giving us a much needed talk on AI 🙌

I think this somehow has to be the theme of your talk now 😇

👀👀👀

📣 Keynote Speaker Announcement

We're thrilled to have @mbbischoff.com as a Deep Dish 26 keynote speaker 🎉

In "Transitions", mb explores major shifts in Apple’s history (ARC, Swift, SwiftUI) alongside personal transition, offering insight on navigating change in tech, careers, and life.

Get excited! 😁

It’s the new year so it’s time to get going on Deep Dish Swift 2026 speakers and schedule!

First keynote speaker announcement coming tomorrow… 👀

I Gave My First Conference Talk! Stories from my first conference talk.

I wrote a blog post about my adventure in the UK giving my first conference talk, which was at @swiftleeds.co.uk .

Thanks to @flarup.bsky.social @0xtim.bsky.social @joshdholtz.com and Adam for inspiring me to do this.

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It’s less than half now. See y’all there. 😉

No, but for real, @deepdishswift.com is amazing. Highly recommended as a conference, as a way to meet cool folks AND as a way to enjoy Chicago and our many pizzas (but especially deep dish).

Half of the remaining Early Bird tickets were taken yesterday!

Will you get yours today? 👀

I got a pizza slice instead 🤷‍♂️