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iOS since iPhone OS • He/Him/His • var opinions = mine • Co-Organiser at @NSLondon.com

Haven’t changed my DNS records to aledsamuel.com yet
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🚀 Join us with Google on Wed 26 Nov, 6:30 PM

📍 1 St Giles High St, WC2H 8AG London

- Peter Friese — “Hybrid AI with Apple + Firebase”
- Hannah Downey — “Compose Yourself: SwiftUI × Compose”
- Giordano Scalzo — “AI-Accelerated Mobile Development”

✍️ RSVPs open soon → www.meetup.com/nslondon/eve...
NSLondon 2025.5 at Google, Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Join us this month for an exciting event hosted by **Google**! **We have three great talks lined up, plus plenty of time to chat and meet others in the community. Whether
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October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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⭐️ ServerSide.swift “Fundamentals Workshop” Ticket Price Reduction ⭐️

🗣️ Daniel Steinberg
🗓️ Wednesday in London
🎟️ Just £25!

It’s a good fit if you’ve never done server development before or played with Vapor and want to go a little further.

www.serversideswift.info/tickets/
Tickets | ServerSide.swift Conference
ServerSide.swift - the conference for server-side Swift developers
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September 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The sun has come out at Apple Battersea here in London for the “awe dropping” iPhone releases! ☀️

Let us know if you picked up an iPhone 17, iPhone Air, or anything else today 📱

Thanks to the Apple Retail team for all their hard work today 💜
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Swift developers in London - join us for a community meet-up!

We're getting together on Thursday 2nd October from 7 PM at The Hereford Arms, South Kensington to celebrate the return of @serversideswift.info

🍻 Casual pub vibes, food on offer
👉 RSVP here: www.meetup.com/nslondon/eve...
NSLondon × ServerSide.swift pub evening 2025, Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
The [Server-Side Swift Conference](https://www.serversideswift.info/) returns to London this year on 2–3 October. Whether you’re attending the conference or not, you’re ver
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September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Join us at NewDay for the “Awe dropping.” Apple event watch party on Tuesday 9th 📺 

RSVPs are now open!

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NSLondon – “Awe dropping.” keynote viewing party @ NewDay, Tue, Sep 9, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Join fellow developers and iPhone enthusiasts for a lively evening watching Apple’s announcements in their "Awe dropping." keynote, kindly hosted by NewDay. Based on previo
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September 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Continuing our series of informal occasions to meet fellow iOS developers at the weekend, we're meeting for coffee again, this time at WatchHouse by Hyde Park on Sat 23 Aug. www.meetup.com/nslondon/eve...
Coffee and code morning with walk in Hyde Park, Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
Continuing our series of informal occasions to meet fellow iOS developers at the weekend, we're meeting for coffee again, this time at [WatchHouse](https://watchhouse.com/b
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August 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at Deloitte Digital for our latest meetup! Building excellence with Nitisha Sharma, and pipeline time slashing with Vojtech Vrbka 🔥
August 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🚀 Join us with Deloitte Digital on July 23rd, 6:30PM

• Nitisha Sharma — “Building Excellence: Developer journey to Tech Lead”
• Vojtech Vrbka — “Slashing Monzo's Build and Test Pipeline Time by ~70%”

✍️ RSVPs open July 9th at 12:00PM
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NSLondon 2025.4 at Deloitte Digital, Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**About** Join us this month for an exciting event hosted by **Deloitte Digital**! We’ve got two great talks lined up, plus plenty of time to chat and meet others in the c
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July 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Apple have released an immersive hot lap experience from F1: The Movie for Apple Vision Pro, which you can try at an Apple Store as part of the Vision Pro demo

📍 Apple Covent Garden, London (but it’s likely anywhere that is doing the Vision Pro demo will be showing it)
July 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Thanks to Apple Battersea for putting on their #WWDC25 Recap today here in London!

We (@douglashill.co and @tonyshort.bsky.social) were able to attend and it was great to get a reminder on the recent updates and catch up with a few of you 😊
June 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Caught up on all the WWDC25 content? Join us for a coding and coffee social where we’ll chat about the updates and get a chance to work on some of the new features and frameworks, while enjoying a coffee ☕️👩‍💻

🗓️ 29th June (Sunday)
📍 Location TBD

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Post-WWDC25 talking, coding and coffee, Sun, Jun 29, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
With Foundation Models, Liquid Glass and more usable Swift concurrency, there’s a lot to learn and experiment with after WWDC 2025. Join the NSLondon group for hands-on cod
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June 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Apple Battersea is hosting a #WWDC25 recap later this month! developer.apple.com/events/view/...
Meet with Apple - Apple Developer
Join us around the world for a variety of sessions, labs, and workshops — tailored for you.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Join us for a fun evening watching Apple’s announcements in their #WWDC25 kickoff, kindly hosted by Ford.

⭐️ RSVPs open Thurs 22 May at 13:00 ⭐️

📆 Mon 9 June at 17:30 with stream at 18:00
🎟️ Free entry but spaces are limited

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NSLondon WWDC25 kickoff viewing party at Ford, Mon, Jun 9, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Join fellow developers for a fun evening watching Apple’s announcements in their WWDC 2025 kickoff, kindly hosted by Ford. The stream starts at 18:00 and usually runs for a
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May 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at Monzo for our latest meetup! Entertaining and educational talks from Uladzislau Ramanenka and Pol Piella, and a thank you to Monzo for hosting us 3 years in a row 3️⃣💳
May 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Our second speaker for our May event tomorrow is Pol Piella (RevenueCat) 🐈

"Tuning Your App Using Xcode's Instruments"

After years of debugging apps at scale, I’ve built a toolkit of techniques, tools, and processes to help you quickly identify and fix problems like a pro.
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Our first speaker for our May event tomorrow is Uladzislau Ramanenka (Bumble) 💛

"From Breaking Apps to Building One: My iOS Dev Journey"

I’ll share my journey of getting my first app onto the App Store, including the challenges, mistakes, and lessons I learned along the way.
May 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🚀 Join us with Monzo on Wed, 14 May, 6:30PM
📍5 Appold Street, EC2A 2AG, London
• Uladzislau Ramanenka: "From Breaking Apps to Building One”
• Pol Piella: "Tuning Your App Using Xcode's Instruments”
✍️ RSVPs are open!

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NSLondon @ Monzo – Meetup for Apple Devs – 14 May 2025, Wed, May 14, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Join us as we’re back for another evening hosted by our friends at Monzo! With a larger venue than usual, we’re excited to welcome even more of you this time — but spots te
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May 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at Bumble for our latest meetup 💛 informative talks from @rob-w.bsky.social, Aleksei Rozhnov, and Maksim Belenko, and a big thank you to Bumble for hosting us again 🔥
#NSLondon #SwiftCommunity #iOSDev
April 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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💛 Join us at Bumble on Wed, 26 March, 6:30PM
📍 W1F 8BH, London

@rob-w.bsky.social: “Touch-Free Touch Screens”
• Aleksei Rozhnov & Maksim Belenko: “Hidden Gems of App Store API”

✍️ RSVPs open Wed, 19 March, 1PM!

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NSLondon 2025.2 at Bumble, Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**About** Join us this month for an exciting event hosted by **[Bumble](https://bumble.com/)**! We’ve got two great talks lined up, plus plenty of time to chat and meet ot
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March 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Apple Battersea → Apple Regent Street ✅

Thanks to everyone that joined us for our Feb 2025 social, it was a great turnout and we even managed to avoid the rain (for the most part).

If you have any feedback or suggestions for future events we’d love to hear them!
February 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Take a Stroll, Apple Style! 🍏🚶‍♂️☕️

NSLondon is trying something new—bringing the community together in a fresh way! 🎉

On Sunday February 23rd, join us for a 1.5-hour walk (ish) from Apple Battersea to Apple Regent Street

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NSLondon 2025 February Social, Sun, Feb 23, 2025, 11:30 AM | Meetup
**Take a Stroll, Apple Style!** 🍏🚶‍♂️☕️ **NSLondon** is trying something new—bringing the community together in a fresh way! 🎉 On **Sunday February 23rd**, join the NS
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February 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at Goodnotes for an incredible NSLondon meetup! 🎉 Big shoutout to Aleksandr Filimonov and Bret Cheng for their fantastic talks, and to our amazing hosts! 🙌 See you next time! 🚀 #NSLondon #SwiftCommunity #iOSDev
February 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Looking forward to seeing you at Thursday’s event at Goodnotes! 🚀 Can't make it? Please update your RSVP so someone else can attend — cheers, the NSLondon team

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NSLondon 2025.1 at Goodnotes, Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Join us for an exciting evening hosted by Goodnotes! We’ve got some great talks lined up, plus plenty of time to chat and meet others in the community. Whether you’re new
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January 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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🚀 Join us with Goodnotes on Thu, 30 Jan, 6:30PM
📍 WC2H 0LA, London

• Bret Cheng: “Scaling to 27M MAUs w/ local-first architecture” 
• Aleksandr Filimonov: “What Disney Taught Us About iOS Animations” 

✍️ RSVPs open Wed, 22 Jan, 1PM! 
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NSLondon 2025.1 at Goodnotes, Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Join us for an exciting evening hosted by Goodnotes! We’ve got some great talks lined up, plus plenty of time to chat and meet others in the community. Whether you’re new
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January 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM