Indie dev blending Swift, AI, and web. Previously at Buffer and Strong. Building tools, products, and ideas since 1998.
Swift 6 marks a major evolution in the language’s concurrency model, bringing powerful new tools and refinements that make asynchronous programming safer, faster, and easier to reason about. If you’re new to Swift Concurrency or want a refresher, check out my previous post: A Whirlwind Tour of Swift
A Complete Guide for Swift Concurrency and Clean Architecture Synchronizing local and remote data sources is one of the trickiest parts of app development — especially when you want the result to be clean, reliable, and concurrency-safe. In this guide, I’ll show you how to combine SwiftData for local persistence,
Going indie is a choice that demands clarity, commitment, and a bit of courage. In this post, I want to share how I made the leap — from full-time roles to building on my own terms — and what I’ve learned along the way. Whether you're considering your own
So, I started writing a guide on how to implement an authorization layer in our apps using Firebase Authentication — and before I knew it, I had written well over a thousand words on just the basics of Swift Concurrency. It occurred to me that it might be worthwhile spending some
Updated October 2025 to reflect my current focus on Swift, web, and AI engineering. I'm Stephen — an indie developer and designer building modern apps across Apple platforms, the web, and OpenAI’s ecosystem. For years, my work has focused on Swift and UI design, but as the industry