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Mikaela Caron 🦄
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👩‍💻 iOS Engineer | Organizer of @iosdevhappyhour | Freelancer | 🎙️ Swift over Coffee | 🐘 @mikaelacaron@swiftdevs.space
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Finished my last 2 talks of the year!! 😍😍 @serversideswift.info and @swiftconnection.bsky.social

I’ve been to 10 conferences this year and spoken at 6 of them

Thanks so much to all the conference organizers volunteers and everyone else ❤️

This year has been an absolute blast, now time to rest 😴
Mikaela speaking on a stage with 8 logos behind her on an iMax screen Mikaela speaking at a podium that says “Swift 25 Connection” and a slide behind her that says “The Technical Side of Liquid Glass”
October 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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2nd day of @serversideswift.info

Getting started with George learning about gRPC
#ServerSideSwift
George standing on a platform and an imax screen behind him with the words “generating Swift code” .proto and arrow pointing to .swift
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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5 years of Server-Side Swift!!
#ServerSideSwift @serversideswift.info
Tim in an orange shirt presenting on a stage with a large iMax screen that says “Five Years of ServerSide.swift”
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Back at the Island! 😍🦭

@swiftisland.bsky.social
People with their backpacks and luggage. Going into a hotel for Swift Island conference
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Think you can build this paywall faster than me? Enter @revenuecat.com ‘s World Paywall Speed Building Championships! By July 22nd!

Your goal is to build this paywall as accurately and quickly as possible!

You could win:
💵$5,000 cash
🗽trip to NYC

And more!
July 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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If this isn't us, I don't want it #WWDC25
Two people wearing a Vision Pro, watching a movie At the Apple WWDC keynote
June 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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#WWDC25 has begun!
Mikaela facing the camera and the WWDC25 screen behind her and attendees spread across lots of seats
June 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Waiting for App Review like:
SpongeBob sitting in a classroom looking eager
June 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Using version number 0.0, it looks like it's a confused owl 🦉

Confused and surprised, that it's coming to….fruition

https://getfruitful.app
PR with the title RELEASE v0.0 (which looks like a confused owl) And a merged tag and mikaelacaron username
May 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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We made it! Starting #iOSKonf with @peterfriese.dev !
Peter speaking on a stage with a podium to the left and a banner on each side, and projector behind him with the slide “why every SwiftUI developer should care about the Environment Filip speaking on a stage with a podium to the left and a banner on each side, and projector behind him
May 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Now’s a great time to book a last minute trip to Macedonia! 😉

See you there at #iOSKonf !
iOSKonf graphic, Mikaela and the words “join me at iOSKonf your first AWS lambda function” logos for Netcetera, Stream, and RevenueCat
May 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Day 3 of @deepdishswift.com !! 😍🍕

App Intents, Actions, and Personal Context Oh My! By @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social

This conference is so amazing I forget to post or take pictures every time

#DeepDishSwift
Matthew speaking on stage
April 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Day 2 of @deepdishswift.com

Kicking off the day with @avanderlee.com speaking about Swift Concurrency

#DeepDishSwift
Antoine speaking on stage and the Deep Dish Swift logo behind him, and a small table with a pizza box, malort, small red cup, and red checkered table cloth
April 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The start of @deepdishswift.com !!! 🍕

#DeepDishSwift
Josh Holtz standing on stage, speaking at Deep Dish Swift
April 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Sprint update day 3:

Still working on this ticket
Image of a cat with a tearful expression, raising one paw in a gesture that resembles a hand giving a thumbs-up.
April 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Omg it's happening!! 😍

This will be my first time attending #WWDC25 with an actual golden ticket! 🎟️

I'm going to try to vlog the whole thing and then make a YouTube about it

Oh and Fruitful will definitely be shipped this time 😉

See you there!
Email screenshot: You're invited to the special event at Apple Park. From Apple Developer. WWDC 25 infinite loop logo Congratulations! You've been selected to join us at the special event at Apple Park on Monday, June 9 - and we're thrilled to invite you to additional activities before and after as well. Here's the full lineup:
April 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Absolutely amazing first time speaking at #trySwift !

Thank you to all the organizers and staff who put on this amazing event!
The organizers posing for a group picture on stage and the screen behind them saying try! swift Tokyo 2025 Organizer / Staff And the try Swift bird with a sign that says hashtag trySwift Mikaela posting with the Try Swift bird
April 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Ending the day with @sond813.bsky.social , Searching for Aliens 👽

#trySwift
Noah speaking on stage and the screen is showing the Drake equation N = rate of habitable plants times fraction of planets with life times length of time they are active
April 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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@pinkerstraws.bsky.social amazing presentation!

Swift WTF: Weirdness Traps Fixes

#trySwift
Sophie speaking on stage and in big red letters “WTF” ok the screen Sophie pointing and smiling and holding a plushie Pikachu in one arm Sophie speaking and a slide behind her that says “Weirdness Traps Fixes” with WTF highlighted a different color
April 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Kicking off #trySwift with @v-pradeilles.bsky.social !
April 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Round 2 🤞🤞
Fruitful you can do it! ❤️
App Store Connect notifications changing status from: Prepare for submission to Ready for Review, to Waiting for Review Phone background is the pride background
April 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Noooo 😫😫 #WWDC25 this was supposed to be the year!

I’m shipping an app just for you! ❤️
I’ll still be there though! Without a 🎟️
Email screenshot: Your request to attend the special event at Apple Park Hello Mikaela, thank you for your interest in attending the special event at Apple Park. While we regret that you are unable to accommodate your request, we encourage you to join us online for WWDC25 to explore the tools frameworks and features that’ll help you create your best apps and games yet. All week long, you can learn to elevate your apps games through video sessions engage with Apple experts and labs and connect with the developer community.
April 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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@designatednerd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy , an AI Skeptic Implements Apple Intelligence

#ARCticConference @arcticconference.bsky.social
Ellen speaking on stage, and a projector screen with a blue hue and strawberry emoji in the middle
March 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Vidit Bhargava about Action Centered Design

The actions apps take that make them feel like apps

#ARCticConference @arcticconference.bsky.social
Vidit standing at a podium speaking with the ARCtic popup behind him, showing F-Secure, Screenshotbot, and RevenueCat
March 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Alaina Kafkes about how and why to write code comments

#ARCticConference @arcticconference.bsky.social
Alaina standing on a stage speaking, and a pink hue slide behind her that says “can well-chosen names replace the need for comments”
March 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM