Ilian Konchev
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Ilian Konchev
@ikonchev.bsky.social
Swift/iOS engineer. Writes code, blows minds.
Here are my notes from Apple's App Performance Optimization Q&A session (Oct 30, 2025): gist.github.com/stinger/6d60...
Q&A Notes from Аpple’s App Performance Optimisation session (Oct 30, 2025)
Q&A Notes from Аpple’s App Performance Optimisation session (Oct 30, 2025) - APSQA.md
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October 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My notes from Apple's FoundationModels code-along Q&A session (Sep 25, 2025) can be found here: gist.github.com/stinger/8189...
Notes from the FoundationModels code-along Q&A session (Sep 25, 2025)
Notes from the FoundationModels code-along Q&A session (Sep 25, 2025) - FMCAQA.md
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September 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Ilian Konchev
📢 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 #𝟓𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭!

This week's packed with insights:
✨ 𝘔𝘝𝘝𝘔 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
🤸 𝘒𝘦𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
🔮 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
🐛 𝘋𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺
🎨 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯
🎁 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵
🤖 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘟𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦
⚙️ 𝘔𝘊𝘗 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳
Snapp Mobile iOS Newsletter 56
Issue 56 • September 5, 2025
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September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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📢 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 #𝟓𝟓 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭!

This week's packed with insights:
⏰ 𝘈𝘋𝘏𝘋 𝘷𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘒𝘪𝘵
📡 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴
📝 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢
📐 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘜𝘐
🎨 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴
📲 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨
🆔 𝘙𝘢𝘸 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴
🤖 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴
Snapp Mobile iOS Newsletter 55
Issue 55 • August 29, 2025
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August 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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🌟 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐎𝐒 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 #𝟱𝟬

This week insights:
🍎 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠
🛠️ 𝐼𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟
📊 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑈𝐼 𝑇𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠
↔️ 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒
🎛️ 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑈𝐼 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠
💧 𝐿𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝐺𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠
📝 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
🤖 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔
Snapp Mobile iOS Newsletter 50
Issue 50 • July 25, 2025
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July 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗢𝗦 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟰𝟴 🚀

This week's is packed with UI goodness. Dive in!

💡 𝘖𝘱𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵
🏗️ 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩
🌐 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘦𝘣𝘒𝘪𝘵
🎨 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮: 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴
✨ 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦
💧 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴
⏰ 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘸: 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘒𝘪𝘵
🤖 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘟𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 26
Snapp Mobile iOS Newsletter 48
Issue 48 • July 11, 2025
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July 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Ilian Konchev
🚦@𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 by @avanderlee.com

@𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 explained — Not quite shipped yet, but Swift 6.2’s 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 direction makes this annotation one to watch. Read with examples.

#SwiftLang #Concurrency
@concurrent explained with code examples
Explore the new @concurrent attribute in Swift 6.2 and its role in Swift Concurrency for better asynchronous function handling.
www.avanderlee.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
More poking around LangChain: a simple agent, able to fetch contextual data.
June 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Toying with LangChain this morning. Here's zero-security poor man translation service in 40 lines of Python.
June 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Reposted by Ilian Konchev
𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗢𝗦 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟰𝟰 🍎🍏

Here's a list of this week's articles: @𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, @𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘜𝘐 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘐𝘒𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘒𝘪𝘵, 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳, and 𝘈𝘴𝘬𝘞𝘞𝘋𝘊.

Epic WWDC week, enjoy the weekend.

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Snapp Mobile iOS Newsletter 44
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June 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The FoundationModels framework and the Generable macro are by far the most exciting WWDC announcements this year. App Intents are getting quite a lot of attention too. Interesting…
June 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tap-tap... Is this thing on?

Today we're proud to introduce Snapp's first open-source framework (and a half).

Meet SnappTheming - a native Swift framework for converting JSON theme tokens to UI primitives

Discover more at: ios-theming.snappmobile.io
SnappTheming
A framework for extracting design themes directly from JSON declarations
ios-theming.snappmobile.io
February 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Got invited by Xcoders Sofia to speak about peer-to-peer communication at their next meetup. Swing by if you're around Barter Community Hub on Feb 11th.
January 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted by Ilian Konchev
Android Automotive could get more apps thanks to this easy-to-use kit [Gallery]
Android Automotive could get more apps thanks to this easy-to-use kit [Gallery]
Google’s Android Automotive platform is growing, but one of the things holding it back somewhat has been a lack of compatible apps. Thanks to a clever developer kit, though, it might be a lot easier for more apps to come to Android Automotive going…
9to5google.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:02 PM
The only feature I miss on Bluesky is bookmarking. So far, so good :)
November 21, 2024 at 11:51 AM
All videos from NSSpain are now available here vimeo.com/showcase/106...
October 21, 2023 at 11:03 AM