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Thorsten Stark
@thostark.bsky.social
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iOS Developer since 2009 – doing Swift, SwiftUI, Objc, macOS, UI/UX, CI/CD, git, automation and a bit more.
Developer of @batteriesapp.bsky.social
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nfc.cool
iOS 26 features that you might not know yet 📲
June 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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telemetrydeck.com
🔋 Batteries At Home by @thostark.bsky.social keeps track of all your household batteries so you’re never caught without power. Smart, simple, and essential! Part of our #AprilMemberShoutout about European Apps! ⚡
👉 apps.apple.com/us/app/great...
May 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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telemetrydeck.com
Who says the EU can’t build brilliant apps? ✨

This month’s #MemberShoutout highlights creative, clever, and useful apps made in the European Union. From mood tracking to book journaling — discover the developers behind them:

telemetrydeck.com/blog/eu-apps...
Member Shoutout April 2025 | TelemetryDeck
Explore useful, privacy-friendly apps from the EU in our April 2025 Member Shoutout!
telemetrydeck.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
thostark.bsky.social
Built this for myself.
Realized it’s actually kinda useful.
So hey — meet DevMatic Tools 🛠️
A lightweight toolkit for devs who just want to check how different formatter options and their code look like.
apps.apple.com/de/app/devma...
#devtools #macOS #indiedev #iosdev
‎DevMatic Tools im Mac App Store
‎DevMatic ist Ihr unverzichtbarer Begleiter für die Entwicklung von iOS und macOS und bietet eine leistungsstarke Suite von Formatierungs- und Umwandlungstools. Transformieren und validieren Sie Datumsformate, Zahlen und Zeitintervalle mit Leichtigkeit. Egal, ob Sie debuggen, testen oder schnelle Fo…
apps.apple.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
thostark.bsky.social
Wir wollen unser Team erweitern und würden uns über einen oder eine erfahrene iOS EntwicklerIn freuen. Zu erwarten ist ein tolles, inspirierendes Umfeld, ein mega Team, sehr spannende Projekte und Kunden. 🖖
#ios #swift #developer #jobsearch #berlin
https://tbo.de/jobs/senior-ios-entwickler-in/
Wir suchen: Senior iOS Entwickler (m/w/d), der unser Team verstärkt
Für die Entwicklung anspruchsvoller Mobile-Projekte suchen wir einen Senior iOS Entwickler [m/w/d], der unsere Mobile-Abteilung verstärkt.
tbo.de
March 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
thostark.bsky.social
I just discovered that @raycast.com now has its own #hyperkey feature. So you don't need any other tool for that anymore. To enable the hyper key got to raycast settings > advanced > hyper key #dev #macos #tools #iosdev
Screenshot of Raycast settings showing how to activate the hyper key feature
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
thostark.bsky.social
Wir suchen ebenso iOS-Unterstützung von studentischer Seite. Bei Fragen gerne melden 😉 #ios #iosdev #jobs #swiftlang #berlin https://tbo.de/jobs/werkstudent-in-im-ios-entwicklerteam/
Werkstudent im iOS Entwicklerteam (m/w/d) - TBO | Design & Tech Agency
tbo.de
February 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
thostark.bsky.social
Wir suchen eine/n erfahrene/n iOS EntwicklerIn für unser Team. Idealerweise in Berlin, damit wir uns auch mal im Office treffen können 😉
Bei Fragen auch gerne an mich wenden. #ios #jobs #iosjobs #berlin #swiftlang https://tbo.de/jobs/senior-ios-entwickler-in/
Wir suchen: Senior iOS Entwickler (m/w/d), der unser Team verstärkt
Für die Entwicklung anspruchsvoller Mobile-Projekte suchen wir einen Senior iOS Entwickler [m/w/d], der unsere Mobile-Abteilung verstärkt.
tbo.de
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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mecid.bsky.social
I’m curious if there are any Swift Data experts out there. I’m trying to optimize a batch insert operation for 200k entities. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
January 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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kakape.bsky.social
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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natpanferova.bsky.social
For case-insensitive string comparison in #SwiftLang, converting strings to a common case and using == can give incorrect results in some languages. Instead, we can use compare(_:options:) or localizedStandardCompare(_:) for accurate locale-aware comparisons:
nilcoalescing.com/blog/CaseIns...
Case insensitive string comparison in Swift
Discover how string comparison methods from Foundation outperform basic case conversion, ensuring precise, efficient, and culturally aware comparisons in our applications.
nilcoalescing.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
thostark.bsky.social
I recently discovered the idea of an UnknownDecodable. It makes our lives with enums and api changes a lot easier: gist.github.com/nh7a/e4d93a6... #iosdev #swiftlang
UnknownDecodable.swift
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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mikaelacaron.com
Follow all the iOS devs! 😍
Here’s a ton of starter packs
#swiftLang

bsky.app/profile/rudr...

bsky.app/profile/timo...

bsky.app/profile/sett...

go.bsky.app/L23yEQ5

bsky.app/profile/deep...

go.bsky.app/66G7TY4

go.bsky.app/M8xLgeS
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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warp.dev
🎁 From now until the end of December, each referral to Warp is 1 entry into our Holiday Referrals Giveaway!

Here’s what’s up for grabs:

- North Face backpacks
- Moleskin notebooks
- Hydroflasks
- Hoodies

We’ll randomly send out swag to some of the first 200 to repost this!

youtu.be/ZRk7I0Np1hk
We have new swag
YouTube video by warpdotdev
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December 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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matt1corey.bsky.social
It's here - Indie App Sales is officially on! 🎉

Indie App Sales is currently highlighting an astounding 511 apps, all created with love by Indie Developers!

Check out a few Indie Apps, and if you find some you love, give them a nice review!🙏

https://indieappsales.com

#IndieAppSales #BlackFriday
511 Indie Apps, all offering deals!
November 29, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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jeehut.bsky.social
I'm making a YouTube video: "All You Need to Know About Localization in Xcode" 🌍📱

❓ What’s been your biggest challenge with L10n?
❓ What questions do you have—big or small?

Whether you're a beginner or experienced dev, I want to cover it all! Tell me: 👇 💬
#iOSDev #Localization #Swift #Xcode
November 29, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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czechboy0.dev
Our team is looking for an Intern to work on our team for 3-6 months in London - you'll get a chance to contribute to Swift Server libraries across the ecosystem 🚀🏎️ Apply now!

jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Swift Server Networking Intern - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Swift Server Networking Intern job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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batteriesapp.bsky.social
And don’t forget today started #indieappsales and BatteriesAtHome is part of it: indieappsales.com#app-FB0BB35E...
November 29, 2024 at 10:22 AM
thostark.bsky.social
Just remembered I had a tool to cleanup my large list of iOS simulators in Xcode. Got 7GB more space now on disk 😄 github.com/thorstenstar... #iosdev #ios #xcode
GitHub - thorstenstark/simbuddy: A Ruby Tool to configure only selected iOS Simulators
A Ruby Tool to configure only selected iOS Simulators - GitHub - thorstenstark/simbuddy: A Ruby Tool to configure only selected iOS Simulators
github.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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mecid.bsky.social
The great thing about the PreviewModifier is that the Xcode Preview system caches instances returned from the makeSharedContext function. Which makes significant performance boost whenever you preview multiple instances with the same trait.
https://buff.ly/3AOFmyt
November 27, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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dimillian.app
If you want to play with a #Swift 6 & #SwiftUI codebase using an architecture I'm happy about, feel free to poke with IcySky. A maybe future Bluesky Client! github.com/Dimillian/Ic...
GitHub - Dimillian/IcySky: A BlueSky Client. TBD.
A BlueSky Client. TBD. Contribute to Dimillian/IcySky development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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gans.lena.fancygoose.dev
My app “The Assembler” is now available on iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro!
Of all my projects, this is my favorite one, if you try it, I hope you like it too! 🫂🤩
I originally made it as an iPad app for Swift Student Challenge 2022, and it’s come so far since then.

apps.apple.com/de/app/assem...
This is my current AppStore screenshots, I made them with pixelmator this time, so it’s multiple iPhones sort of moving over the screen A binary to decimal converter I made in SwiftUI on iPad that’s hidden in the “help” page of my app. (There is one for signed and one for unsigned integers) In 2022 I got to present my app to Tim Cook, it was in a Video call because of Covid. Also I hadn’t moved into my apartment so the whole room behind me is just empty. I only had my Laptop setup for that phone call because my room was too much chaos. This is one of the first sketches I made for the app, just in two colors (light and dark purple) and a badly drawn robot. It shows the layout of the app and has some features that I never actually made for it.
November 23, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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dimillian.app
This is the best version of my #SwiftUI router! Paths for each tab are exposed as a subscription, which you can bind on!
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
thostark.bsky.social
Finally I can test the new App Store Connect Marketing assets because of a new app release #swiftlang #iosdev #builtinpublic
November 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
thostark.bsky.social
I started a new side project: a clock that shows the remaining time until a selected target time. It is meant to help my kid to see how much time is left until we have to leave. Not sure if this will work, but we will see… #swiftlang #builtinpublic #iosdev
Screenshot of the app showing a clock with 20 minutes highlighted
November 18, 2024 at 11:40 PM