..."22 isn’t a conference. But it is a pretty great dinner party. We’re not promising a dinner party. But we’re not not promising one either."... #swiftisland #apple #ios #swift #swiftlang
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-062026 edition @ 7-11 Sept. An experimental Swift conference on an actual Island. Organized by @sidneydekoning and @nvh@mastodon.social. Awarded Best Swift Conference (2019)
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Designer turned indie developer and creator of Helm, NowPlaying & Gola. @hidde@mastodon.design is joining Swift Island 2026 as a mentor.
If you care about building thoughtful, well-crafted apps, this is for you. 🏝️
https://swiftisland.nl/mentors
We’re excited to welcome @dvrzan@iosdev.space as a mentor for Swift Island 2026 🇨🇦
Indie iOS developer, creator of Nunch, and passionate about the human side of software.
Two days of hands-on workshops, pair programming, and real conversations — on an island. 🏝️
Our resident in house iOS security hardware hacker @NinjaLikesCheez@chaos.social helped us create a hardware kit running embedded Swift that could afterwards be used as an smart-home accessory - this is what people made with it.
Get your ticket to Swift Island 2026 here https://swiftisland.nl/#tickets
Twenty-two. That's how much tickets we've sold up to today. We have always been a small conference, but 22 is not enough.
So we are asking you to reply to this post: if you have been thinking about buying a ticket for Swift Island, why haven't you yet?
We have been breaking our heads over this: people have always been very enthusiastic about Swift Island, so why is it so difficult to sell tickets this year?
Feli Bernutz talks about being a women at a tech conference, connections and being at the right place.
Get your ticket to Swift Island 2026 here https://swiftisland.nl/#tickets
"What is the best connection you made here?" Watch Swift Island Vibes with Feli Bernutz and find out.
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Monika Mateska is mentoring at Swift Island 2026.
Senior iOS Engineer with deep experience in scalable architecture, subscriptions and growing sustainable codebases — and a strong community builder.
We’re proud to have her on the island. 🏝️
https://swiftisland.nl/mentors
Katharina Ruhleder will be mentoring at Swift Island 2026.
From Widgets to Apple Watch to CarPlay, she brings broad, practical iOS experience and a deep curiosity for learning.
Small groups. Hands-on coding. Real depth. 🦭
https://swiftisland.nl/mentors
🦭 Working on the last bits before we set sail to Texel again! ⛵️
👨💻 Frank has been building for Apple platforms since 1985. He’s a freelance dev focused on low-level & AV tech for macOS, iOS, visionOS, and server-side Swift. Also an Apple-certified trainer & mentor in SwiftUI and backend Swift. #SwiftIsland #AppleDev #SwiftLang
#wwdc25 #apple #swift
Get your ticket for Swift Island 2025 at https://swiftisland.nl
🌴 Say hello to Bruno Scheele! Bruno Scheele has been developing apps since 2010 and has worked for many different clients, from small to big. Catch them on Texel at Swift Island 2025. #SwiftIsland #iOSDev #wwdc25 #apple #swift
Get your ticket for Swift Island 2025 at https://swiftisland.nl
What would you tell another woman in tech about Swift Island? More wisdom from Feli Bernutz.
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Ryan McLeod @warpling@mastodon.social from @BlackBox@mastodon.social talks about bragging to his friends, the hottub (again), and good food.
Get your ticket to Swift Island 2026 here https://swiftisland.nl/#tickets
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@dandylyons @dvrzan no typo - we actually run two conferences at the same time. Swift Island for the Swift workshops by amazing mentors like Danijela and Shift Island is our ‘personal development’ track with talks , sports, meditation, electronics hacking and a bunch more side activities. Come join us and see for yourself
Creator of Sourcery & Inject.
20+ tools. Used in 80,000+ apps.
Krzysztof Zabłocki is mentoring at Swift Island 2026 🔥
If the engineering craft matters to you, don’t miss this.
Workshops. Pair programming. Sea breeze.
https://swiftisland.nl/mentors
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@dimsumthinking @dvrzan @dandylyons Daniel was one of the speakers with an incredible talk about storytelling
🚀 Meet Celina: iOS dev crafting smooth apps with SwiftUI & async/await, now venturing into backend with NestJS. A natural mentor & acro yoga fan (hello icarian!), she’s hyped to lead her first workshop at Swift Island! 🌴💻 #AcroYoga #SwiftIsland #iOSDev #wwdc25 #apple #swift
Get your ticket for Swift Island 2025 at https://swiftisland.nl
🌊 Introducing Burcu K. Kutluay, one of our island mentors! Burcu is a Senior iOS engineer, engineering mentor, and passionate public speaker with 10+ years of experience turning ideas into powerful mobile apps across finance, e-commerce, travel, and startups. Learn with them in the salty breeze of Swift Island. #SwiftIsland #iOSDev #wwdc25 #apple #swift
Get your ticket for Swift Island 2025 at https://swiftisland.nl
🔥 John Solsma is joining us as a mentor! John is a Senior Engineering Manager and iOS Solution Architect with 12 years of mobile app development experience. Ready to dive into code and sand. #SwiftIsland #iOSDev #wwdc25 #apple #swift
Get your ticket for Swift Island 2025 at https://swiftisland.nl
WWDC just dropped.
Excited? Or slightly overwhelmed?
We’ve been there.
Swift Island is where you turn WWDC ideas into real skills — with mentors, time, and focus.
Learn Swift. Without the noise.
Jari Koopman joins Swift Island 2026 as a mentor.
From starting as an iOS intern at 15 to working as a fractional CTO, Jari brings experience across mobile, backend and data engineering.
Come think bigger about your code. 🏝️
https://swiftisland.nl/mentors
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@feli hahaha right? She had such good answers as well. Hope to see you again at the island, was a treat having you there doing the workshop 👩💻🏝️
Ryan McLeod @warpling@mastodon.social from @BlackBox@mastodon.social talks about hottubs, WWDC videos and getting an edge as a developer.
Get your ticket to Swift Island 2026 here https://swiftisland.nl/#tickets