Sofia

A huuuuge shoutout to the team @ Create With Swift for how well they prepare the meetups!

They are incredibly kind, welcoming, and thoughtful people ❤️

This week I was also a speaker at the @createwithswift.bsky.social Napoli meetup!

The first meetup with speakers was back in April, and I was thrilled to give a talk on accessibility then.

6 months + many new experiences later, I came back to spread the word on the new SwiftUI instrument 😁

I spent the weekend building a fun little project with this amazing group for the Big Hack, and guess what? We won the hackaton! 🥳

We dug deep into psychology papers and made a pretty neat AR game out of them.

Even with the sleep deprivation, it was a pretty cool way to spend the weekend 😁

We had a great time yesterday with you at the Napoli Meetup #5!

It's always great to see familiar faces and meet new people. 🥰

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Thanks to everyone who showed up. It made the whole evening special.

See you in the next one! ✨

I’m super excited to be a speaker at the Napoli meetup again! 🥳

I’ll share a bit of what I’ve learned about analyzing and improving the performance of your SwiftUI code with the new SwiftUI instrument.

Day three of @serversideswift.info is in full swing and I have a lot of notes for tools, toys and tricks I need to play with. @soficodes.bsky.social @mikaelacaron.com

The workshop day of the @serversideswift.info is a wrap. I learned a lot, learned that there is much more I do not know, but I know tomorrow will be a great official first day of the conference.

A small project me and a handful of folks have been working on over the summer.
We love Swift and we love swifts.
We want to show support for the namesake of our language, and to get you out into nature.
Follow for more.
#SwiftForSwifts

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Swift 6.2 is out. The Swift language is thriving but the birds need our help.
Join us to help keep swifts flying, show your support, and get out into nature.
👉 swiftforswifts.org 🐦‍⬛
#SwiftForSwifts #SwiftLang

+ I got to spend an entire week with developers that I admire.

Honestly, these people are definetly one of the best parts about working with Swift.

Looking forward to the next time I get to share knowledge with such an amazing community!

Last week I had the joy of presenting a workshop on the new SwiftUI Instrument at @swiftisland.bsky.social!

The process of creating this workshop was already a great learning experience for me. By the end of it I could recite the documentation by heart haha.

But beyond that, +

It’s WWDC time! I’ve been browsing what’s new in accessibility and here’s a thread with what I’ve found so far 🧵

Labs - WWDC25 - Apple Developer

Interested in App Intents? Come watch me take live questions on it and other Apple intelligence technologies! Thursday, 3 pm pacific. developer.apple.com/wwdc25/labs/...

Props to everyone involved in the WWDC Group labs!!

Today I joined the Swift group lab and got to understand the new features and language behaviors a little better

It was a very very pleasant surprise how didactic the discussions were :)

Bring advanced speech-to-text to your app with SpeechAnalyzer - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Discover the new SpeechAnalyzer API for speech to text. We'll learn about the Swift API and its capabilities, which power features in...

Some accessibility and inclusion related #wwdc videos coming today

Bring advanced speech-to-text to your app with SpeechAnalyzer
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...

Explore localization with Xcode
developer.apple.com/videos/play/...

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Rich text for SwiftUI?? Thank you thank you thank you 🥹🥹 #WWDC25

This final song was A M A Z I N G!!

I never knew I needed a medley of App Store reviews 😂

One of the most fun parts of being in a wwdc watch party is seeing what people respond to the most

the new macOS color-changing folders, for example, got a big chorus of “oooh”s and applauses haha

Nothing makes me want to code more than watching WWDC, so I’m currently taking notes on everything I want to try 🥹
#WWDC25

accessibilityReduceTransparency | Apple Developer Documentation Whether the system preference for Reduce Transparency is enabled.

Feels like a good time to remind everyone of the reduce transparency setting on iOS. This lets users tell you they find it easier to use UI with solid colours.
Listen to the environment property in SwiftUI and remove/reduce transparency in your ui.
#WWDC25

developer.apple.com/documentatio...

WWDC has barely started and I’m already bubbling with energy!! This week will be great 🔎🔎

🗳️ It's almost time for @twostraws.bsky.social and me to record the next #SwiftOverCoffee episode and we want YOUR answers to our open ballot: how do you monetize your apps? How do you set prices? Do you prefer subscriptions or inapp purchases, and how do you implement it all? Let us know!

Sofia’s hand holds a matcha cookie in the center of the photo. In the background, people walk around a food market

A big stretch of grass in a park, with people sitting and laying around in groups, and the sunny London sky

In the foreground, a medium-sized body of water, with a long boat. The boat has multiple passengers. In the background, the sky is blue and there armrest trees.

Coming to the UK for Swift Craft has given me the chance to explore London a bit more.

I finally got to see the Big Ben and some of the beautiful parks and markets here 🥹

Also got super lucky with the weather 😅

S4E7: Progress over perfection Swift over Coffee · Episode

I listened to this Swift Over Coffee ep on my way to Swift Craft and I enjoyed it so much I’ve been recommending it to everyone, so I’ll share it here as well :)

SO MUCH admiration for everyone that participated!!

open.spotify.com/episode/20SL...

Thank you! 😊

Also big thanks to @oliverbinns.co.uk for the pic on the left!!

Sofia Diniz standing on a stage mid-talk pointing to a slide that describes the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

An auditorium with rows of foldable chairs and a stage with a slide that contains the Swift Craft logo

I’ve had such an amazing day at Swift Craft! The talks were incredibly interesting + they had this really fun initiative of letting participants sign up for “lightning talks”. I gave it a shot and did a super super simple version of a talk I gave recently on accessibility :)