‘Networking’ is a word to strike fear into the heart of any developer, and upsettingly we’re dealing with both types this episodes: talking to other humans at conferences, but mostly trying to coax computers to talk to each other too.

Plus, our Open Ballot this episode is the trifling little matter of the major changes you’re hoping to see in Xcode, SwiftUI, SwiftData and more as WWDC25 rolls around.

Essential links from the episode:

• Apple Intelligence delay
• Original announcement: https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/apple_is_delaying_the_more_personalized_siri_apple_intelligence_features
  • Gruber’s rant: https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino
  • Apple introduces age-checking systems https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/apple-introduces-new-child-safety-initiatives-including-an-age-checking-system-for-apps/
• Testing Workgroup https://www.swift.org/testing-workgroup/

Conferences:

• Swift Heroes (8–9 April): https://swiftheroes.com/2025/
• try! Swift Tokyo (9–11 April): ⁠⁠https://tryswift.jp/

Conference organizers: we’d love to feature more events here on a regular basis. Get in touch with us when early bird tickets go on sale, or when you announce speakers or something else, and we’ll do our best to feature you!