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Darryl Bayliss
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📱☁️ A software engineer with a soft spot for mobile & the cloud

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Last week's interesting thread for me was this blog post from the creator of ClawdBot / Moltbot / OpenClaw. It's helpful to see developers pull back the curtain on what they are doing to push Agents and help them build software.

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#VibeCoding #Prototyping #Innovation
Shipping at Inference-Speed | Peter Steinberger
Why I stopped reading code and started watching it stream by.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Here's a thread from Hacker News that caught my eye. A user asks COBOL mainframe maintainers whether AI is impacting their jobs. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4667...

#AI #LLMs #COBOL
Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work? | Hacker News
I feel that the mass of code that actually runs the economy is remarkably untouched by AI coding agents.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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With December here its around this time I like to showcase my Apple Development skills and talk about Christmas Chill. The one stop App for all your festive looped videos! 📽️🎄

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#AppleDev #iOSDev #tvOS #AppleVisionPro
Christmas Chill App - App Store
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December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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After more than a year of work I'm excited to share the latest project I've been involved in. The ATG Tickets App, now publically available in the UK! 🎭 🎟️ 📱

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#AndroidDev #iOSDev #MobileDev #Ticketing
ATG Entertainment launches integrated mobile app to elevate live entertainment experience - Theatrefullstop
Screenshot Global leader in live entertainment, ATG Entertainment, today announces the launch of its new ATG Tickets mobile app, delivering a fully integrated, end-to-end experience for UK theatre…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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If you use Apple's Foundational Models inside the Shortcuts App you may find the responses generic. That's because language models on device hit hardware limits.

To solve, you can switch to using Private Cloud Compute in a couple of taps. Resulting in more accurate responses!

#iOSDev #GenAI
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Building your own Generative AI workflows on your iPhone is simple as a few taps using the Shortcuts App.

Super useful if you're looking to prototype what is possible using Apple's foundational models without writing a line of code.

#iOSDev #Apple #GenerativeAI #SLM
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Been playing around with iOS 26 recently. I was pleasantly surprised at how accessible Apple's Language Models are using the Shortcuts App. So much so I thought it was worth writing about in a short post. 🍎

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#iOSDev #Apple #GenerativeAI #SLM
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Thank you to @androidweekly.bsky.social and @kotlinweekly.bsky.social for including my post on running a RAG powered AI model in your Android app in their latest newsletters!

I look forward to their emails each week. Give them a subscribe if you don't already. 😀

#AndroidDev #Kotlin #GenerativeAI
September 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I have a new blog post out! It's all about how to run RAG powered AI models locally in your Android apps! 🦾 🤖

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#AndroidDev #GenerativeAI #LLMs
Running a RAG powered language model on Android using MediaPipe
A couple of months ago I gave a talk about running on device SLMs in apps. It was well recieved and refreshing to be able to give a talk where mobile apps can gain an advantage from the rise in…
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September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Concurrent programming is a technique to allow apps perform multiple actions at once. All while making it appear seamless to the user!📱

To help teach this concept, I have a new set of lessons and videos available @kodeco.com. 🙌

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#iOS #Swift #WWDC
Concurrency & Asynchronous Programming in Swift
This module explores concurrency and asynchronous programming in Swift. You’ll learn about structured concurrency, actors, and advanced optimization techniques.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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With London Tech Week in full swing I'm planning to attend this event about AI and how it can create engaging communities: londontechweek.com/fringe-event...

A little skeptical AI can help here but going with a open mind to see what the future looks like. 😃 🤖 🤝

#LondonTechWeek #AI #Communities
AI future: Communities, Communication and Connectivity
Learn how AI enhances meaningful collaboration and helps transform communities
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June 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Looking for something to help chill out this bank holiday weekend? ☀️

Ocean Chill now supports AppleTV, giving you more ways to enjoy relaxing ocean views from the comfort of your home! 🌊 🐚 📺

Check it out and download here: apps.apple.com/gb/app/ocean...

#AppleVisionPro #AppleTV #AppStore
‎Ocean Chill
‎Love those ocean vibes? With Ocean Chill, you can feel as if you're there - from the comfort of your anywhere! Create your own private wave of calm with relaxing and soothing ocean views and…
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May 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Thank you @kotlinweekly.bsky.social for including my talk about running SLMs on mobile devices in your latest newsletter. Much appreciated! 😀👍 🦾

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#MobileDev #AI #SLMs
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Kotlin Weekly #454 has just been published! - https://mailchi.mp/kotlinweekly/kotlin-weekly-454
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April 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Had a great time discussing Small Language Models and their on-device uses with MediaPipe. Thanks to everyone who joined! 🎤🦾

Special thanks to Londroid for organising and Vonage for sponsoring! 🤩

Watch the talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPLG...

#Londroid #AndroidDev #AI
How to run Small Language Models in your App using MediaPipe
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April 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Two days to go until I'll be at Vonage talking about running Small Language Models in your apps as part of Londroid! 📱

To prep I updated my Simon Says repo to use Google DeepMind's new Gemma 3 models.

Hope you find it useful! 🙏

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#Londroid #AndroidDev #AI
GitHub - DarrylBayliss/Simon-Says-Android: An Android App recreating the Simon Says game. Uses MediaPipe to run an LLM on device
An Android App recreating the Simon Says game. Uses MediaPipe to run an LLM on device - DarrylBayliss/Simon-Says-Android
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April 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I'll be speaking at Londroid next week about running Small Language Models in your Apps using MediaPipe. 📱🦾 🪈

Looking forward to it and hopefully see you there! 😀

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#AndroidDev #Londroid #AI
Londroid @Vonage, Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Join us for our next Londroid event on Thursday, 10th April 2025, hosted by Vonage at their London office. Expect an evening of great talks, networking, and refreshments, a
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April 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Learn how to build ViewModels in SwiftUI with this course I worked on with Audrey Tam! 🏗️

Explore Observation, Environment property wrappers, and Dependency Injection, providing practical insights and examples for your next app. 🔭

Dive in now on @kodeco.com for subscribers.

#SwiftUI #iOSDev
Building Robust ViewModels
This course is designed for intermediate iOS developers who want to take their SwiftUI skills to the next level by leveraging the power of Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) architecture. Throughout this…
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March 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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March 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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It's just over a year since attending Google's Gemma Developer Day. I recall learning Gemma was designed as an Open Source model and envisioned to work with developers and researchers on their preferred tech. 🤝 💻

Now with Gemma 3 available I'm thinking of revisiting it. 🤖📱

#Gemma #Google #AI
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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My recent blog post about building for multiple apple platforms is live and on the front page of @hackernoon.com! 😃 👨‍💻🙌

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#iOSDev #VisionOSDev #MultiplatformDev
HackerNoon - read, write and learn about any technology
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February 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Are you working to make your app run across multiple Apple platforms? Then my 1st blog post of 2025 is for you. 🍎📱💻

Expect to read about SwiftUI, Xcode configurations, App Targets and build phases! 🧑‍💻 🏗️ 📁

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#iOSDev #VisionOS #SwiftUI #MultiplatformDevelopment
Multiplatform Development for Apple Devices
In June 2023 as Apple announced the Vision Pro I had an idea that could work well on the headset. A collection of looped videos playing alongside your day to day usage.
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January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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This week I attended the January edition of Londroid in the wise offices. 💸 🤖 🌎

As usual I was connecting with the Android community and also keen to learn something new. I certainly learnt and a thing or two, and wanted to share some of the knowledge from the evening.

#Londroid #AndroidDev
January 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Made a little bit more progress with Android XR. This time adding compose navigation and media3 / exoplayer linking to a video url. It's starting to look like an app! 😀

#AndroidDev #AndroidXR #SpatialComputing
January 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Playing about with textures, lighting & shaders in Unity. I came up with this still life, which shows off a custom shader graph I built to rapidly change the color of a few objects! 🌈 🕹️

#Unity #StillLife #GameDev
January 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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New Year, New Platform, New Fun! 🎆

Initial thoughts on AndroidXR are positive. Very quick to get setup with a fresh project and the emulator does a good job of providing feedback. 🥽

Will carry on playing and see how far I get.💡

#AndroidDev #AndroidXR #SpatialComputing
January 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM