Josh Holtz
@joshdholtz.com
Hudson’s and Oaklyn’s dad 👨👩👧👦 Paywalls and stuff at RevenueCat 💼 Lead maintainer of fastlane 🚀 Organizer of Deep Dish Swift 🍕 Opinions are mine (he/him)
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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 📱
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 📱
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
📣 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 📱
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 📱
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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!
We _finally_ got some of our speakers up and the design is feeling leathery smooth!
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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!
We _finally_ got some of our speakers up and the design is feeling leathery smooth!
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📣 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 🎷
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 🎷
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
📣 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 🎷
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 🎷
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📣 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 😄
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 😄
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
📣 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 😄
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 😄
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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! 💬
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! 💬
February 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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! 💬
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! 💬
February 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
🍕 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! 💬
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! 💬
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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.
I made a thread that shows the most significant changes.
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.
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.
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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.
I made a thread that shows the most significant changes.
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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.
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.
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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.
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.
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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.
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 🙌
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 🙌
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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.
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.
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📣 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 🙌
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 🙌
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
📣 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 🙌
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 🙌
👀👀👀
📣 Keynote Speaker Announcement
We’re thrilled to have @cassidoo.co at Deep Dish 26 🎉
Chicago native & Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub, passionate about education and building the developer community.
She’s giving an opening keynote you won’t want to miss 😁
We’re thrilled to have @cassidoo.co at Deep Dish 26 🎉
Chicago native & Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub, passionate about education and building the developer community.
She’s giving an opening keynote you won’t want to miss 😁
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
👀👀👀
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📣 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.
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.
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
📣 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.
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.
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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… 👀
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… 👀
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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… 👀
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… 👀
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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.
chriswu.com/posts/speaki...
Thanks to @flarup.bsky.social @0xtim.bsky.social @joshdholtz.com and Adam for inspiring me to do this.
chriswu.com/posts/speaki...
I Gave My First Conference Talk!
Stories from my first conference talk.
chriswu.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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.
chriswu.com/posts/speaki...
Thanks to @flarup.bsky.social @0xtim.bsky.social @joshdholtz.com and Adam for inspiring me to do this.
chriswu.com/posts/speaki...
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It’s less than half now. See y’all there. 😉
Half of the remaining Early Bird tickets were taken yesterday!
Will you get yours today? 👀
Will you get yours today? 👀
🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! Want to hear something spooky?
We have less than 10 Early Bird tickets remaining for Dee Dish Swift 2026 😱
Today _might_ be a good day to get yours before the Early Bird tickets ghost you 👻
deepdishswift.com
We have less than 10 Early Bird tickets remaining for Dee Dish Swift 2026 😱
Today _might_ be a good day to get yours before the Early Bird tickets ghost you 👻
deepdishswift.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s less than half now. See y’all there. 😉
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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).
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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).
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Half of the remaining Early Bird tickets were taken yesterday!
Will you get yours today? 👀
Will you get yours today? 👀
🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! Want to hear something spooky?
We have less than 10 Early Bird tickets remaining for Dee Dish Swift 2026 😱
Today _might_ be a good day to get yours before the Early Bird tickets ghost you 👻
deepdishswift.com
We have less than 10 Early Bird tickets remaining for Dee Dish Swift 2026 😱
Today _might_ be a good day to get yours before the Early Bird tickets ghost you 👻
deepdishswift.com
Deep Dish Swift 2026 | April 12th to 14th
A supreme Swift developer conference being served in Chicago, Illinois
deepdishswift.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Half of the remaining Early Bird tickets were taken yesterday!
Will you get yours today? 👀
Will you get yours today? 👀
👏 Come 👏 work 👏 with 👏 me at @revenuecat.com
I need an Android Engineer who is excited to…
1️⃣ Work on SDKs as a product
2️⃣ Quickly take ownership of features
3️⃣ Contribute to more than just Android
Is this you? Do you know someone?
jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/0...
I need an Android Engineer who is excited to…
1️⃣ Work on SDKs as a product
2️⃣ Quickly take ownership of features
3️⃣ Contribute to more than just Android
Is this you? Do you know someone?
jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/0...
Senior Android SDK Engineer
RevenueCat removes the headaches of building and scaling in‑app subscriptions. Since graduating from YC’s S18 batch we’ve grown into the default monetization platform for mobile: we’re in >40% of newl...
jobs.ashbyhq.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
👏 Come 👏 work 👏 with 👏 me at @revenuecat.com
I need an Android Engineer who is excited to…
1️⃣ Work on SDKs as a product
2️⃣ Quickly take ownership of features
3️⃣ Contribute to more than just Android
Is this you? Do you know someone?
jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/0...
I need an Android Engineer who is excited to…
1️⃣ Work on SDKs as a product
2️⃣ Quickly take ownership of features
3️⃣ Contribute to more than just Android
Is this you? Do you know someone?
jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/0...
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There's no one way to give a conference talk, but is there a way to do two ways in the same talk? Join the incredible duo @joshdholtz.com Zach Brass in Paris!
👉 https://swiftconnection.io
👉 https://swiftconnection.io
September 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There's no one way to give a conference talk, but is there a way to do two ways in the same talk? Join the incredible duo @joshdholtz.com Zach Brass in Paris!
👉 https://swiftconnection.io
👉 https://swiftconnection.io
👀👀👀
👉🎤 Tap tap tap… is this thing on?
That’s right… Deep Dish Swift is cooking again and getting ready to bring you the 2026 edition
One of the first steps is the Call for Papers 👀
Should we open the CFP this week?
- Reply with “🍕” for YES
- Reply with “🍕🍕🍕” for SUPER YES
That’s right… Deep Dish Swift is cooking again and getting ready to bring you the 2026 edition
One of the first steps is the Call for Papers 👀
Should we open the CFP this week?
- Reply with “🍕” for YES
- Reply with “🍕🍕🍕” for SUPER YES
August 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
👀👀👀
☀️Sky’s out, vibes out
Working on some @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social quest sequences and dialogs from the backyard with #VibeTunnel😊
Working on some @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social quest sequences and dialogs from the backyard with #VibeTunnel😊
July 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
☀️Sky’s out, vibes out
Working on some @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social quest sequences and dialogs from the backyard with #VibeTunnel😊
Working on some @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social quest sequences and dialogs from the backyard with #VibeTunnel😊
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We are incredibly excited to announce our new app, PocketShelf!
It’s a reading tracker built for iOS 26, featuring a Liquid Glass design and an integration with Apple’s Foundation Models framework for some fun AI features.
We = @fsolleveld.bsky.social and I!
(1/3)
It’s a reading tracker built for iOS 26, featuring a Liquid Glass design and an integration with Apple’s Foundation Models framework for some fun AI features.
We = @fsolleveld.bsky.social and I!
(1/3)
July 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We are incredibly excited to announce our new app, PocketShelf!
It’s a reading tracker built for iOS 26, featuring a Liquid Glass design and an integration with Apple’s Foundation Models framework for some fun AI features.
We = @fsolleveld.bsky.social and I!
(1/3)
It’s a reading tracker built for iOS 26, featuring a Liquid Glass design and an integration with Apple’s Foundation Models framework for some fun AI features.
We = @fsolleveld.bsky.social and I!
(1/3)
🎣 I can’t believe how much @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social is starting to feel like an actual game…
✔️ Quests
✔️ Achievements
✔️ Dialog with choices
✔️ In-game notifications for quests, achievements, and more
Closing in on shipshape 👀
#ScreenshotSunday #indiedev
✔️ Quests
✔️ Achievements
✔️ Dialog with choices
✔️ In-game notifications for quests, achievements, and more
Closing in on shipshape 👀
#ScreenshotSunday #indiedev
July 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎣 I can’t believe how much @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social is starting to feel like an actual game…
✔️ Quests
✔️ Achievements
✔️ Dialog with choices
✔️ In-game notifications for quests, achievements, and more
Closing in on shipshape 👀
#ScreenshotSunday #indiedev
✔️ Quests
✔️ Achievements
✔️ Dialog with choices
✔️ In-game notifications for quests, achievements, and more
Closing in on shipshape 👀
#ScreenshotSunday #indiedev
🎣 The story for @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social has started!
Grandpa Kenny makes his first appearance in the game and starts to teach the main character about fishing 🥹
Can’t wait to ship this for the @revenuecat.com #Shipaton 🫶
#buildinpublic
Grandpa Kenny makes his first appearance in the game and starts to teach the main character about fishing 🥹
Can’t wait to ship this for the @revenuecat.com #Shipaton 🫶
#buildinpublic
July 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🎣 The story for @fishingwithkenny.bsky.social has started!
Grandpa Kenny makes his first appearance in the game and starts to teach the main character about fishing 🥹
Can’t wait to ship this for the @revenuecat.com #Shipaton 🫶
#buildinpublic
Grandpa Kenny makes his first appearance in the game and starts to teach the main character about fishing 🥹
Can’t wait to ship this for the @revenuecat.com #Shipaton 🫶
#buildinpublic
Me: “I’ll take an Old Fashioned”
Them: “Brandy?”
I’m so home 🫶
Them: “Brandy?”
I’m so home 🫶
July 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Me: “I’ll take an Old Fashioned”
Them: “Brandy?”
I’m so home 🫶
Them: “Brandy?”
I’m so home 🫶