Mikaela Caron 🦄

Thanks!! So assuming someone has personal projects, is currently practicing leetcode, and is a good person

Is there really anything else they can do for getting a job in this AI world, where AI can do the basics of what they can do?

In this day with AI, and job searching, what are the top 3 skills you think a junior iOS dev should have without needing to look it up?

What are the essentials for landing a junior position?

Swift at scale: building the TelemetryDeck analytics service TelemetryDeck is an app analytics service specifically for developers, designed to manage usage analytics that are anonymized, privacy-focused, and really easy to use. TelemetryDeck is managing the da...

I wrote about @telemetrydeck.com on the official Swift blog swift.org/blog/buildin...

What's new in Swift: February 2026 Edition Welcome to this edition of “What’s New in Swift,” where we share interesting projects and updates in the Swift community that deserve visibility to a broader audience.

Lots of great things happening with Swift: here’s the latest edition of our news digest: www.swift.org/blog/whats-n...

Drippy for macOS menu bar Drippy is a delightful macOS menu bar app that reminds you to drink water with a beautiful (cute, really) animated water droplet. Customize your drip-reminder times: every minute, every hour, every 15...

🚀 I'm excited to announce: Drippy! 🚀

A delightful macOS menu bar app that reminds you to drink water with a beautiful (cute, really) animated water droplet.

Any support would mean the world!
(Can’t wait for Drippy to help y'all stay hydrated!)

scottsmithstuff.gumroad.com/l/drippy

We all need money to live, it’s okay

Hahaha if it’s possible! 🤪

S4E7: Progress over perfection Podcast Episode · Swift over Coffee · 15 May 2025 · 36m

Just a year ago, I was sitting in exactly the same spot with @strasser.bsky.social and @rob-w.bsky.social, recording a Swift over Cofee episode with co-hosts @mikaelacaron.com & @twostraws.bsky.social.

If you ask me, it's a pretty good one 😉:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Highly recommend! I’ve been to them all, feel free to DM me and ask any questions about the conference / Chicago area

Hope to see ya there!

“Is it bad to have a job cause it pays you money?”

Nah, just do it, it’s where it’s scammy and has dark patterns and deceives users that’s bad.

But building something solely for money is fine

I will! 😍 and of course gotta drop 5 stars
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

That looks fun!! Is it SwiftUI or like SpriteKit?

This is so cool!!! 😍😍 #vaporswift @vapor.codes

Is it even spicy? 🌶️

I felt spicy this morning, I guess.

Mikaela smiling at the camera, in a black tshirt and wearing a black snapback hat with a unicorn on it.

✈️ MIKAELA GOES ON TOUR

🦄 @mikaelacaron.com is a senior iOS Engineer at M1 Finance and a member of the Swift Ecosystem Steering Group who shares her expertise on social media, focuses on iOS development builds apps in public, and freelances. She’s also an iOSDevHappyHour organizer.

iOS Dev Happy Hour - Sep 2025 (Stefan Blos - Foundation Models Framework) Stefan is an iOS Developer Relations Engineer at Stream who regularly shares his knowledge via blog posts, conference talks, streams, etc. Thank you for speaking to us Stefan! iOSDevHappyHour🍻 is…

Our expert speaker for Sept was Stefan Blos ( @stefanblos.com ) who gave the talk "Foundation Models Framework".

Thank you so much for speaking to us Stefan!

youtu.be/hs0xfx6p31k

You’re doing amazing! ❤️

Thanks!!

Thanks Rob!

Thanks Johan! ❤️

Thanks Kuba!

Thanks Dan! 😍 ooohh exciting!

❤️❤️ thank you for your positivity Kris

Thanks Lena!

Thanks Tibör!

I am officially 30, flirty, and thriving! 🎂🥳

A new job, a new place, new projects, this decade is going to be unmatched compared to the last

See you tomorrow! #iOSDevHappyHour

“After 20 years of shipping web applications, I have never seen fewer crashes and bugs make it to production. Performance has also been excellent, especially after moving our templates to Elementary. Our heaviest pages make it to the browser in less than 100ms.” (Nick Sloan, Studioworks)

🗞️News from Swift: web apps, a new mail stack, 3D printing, embedded Swift updates, and some community events. Read all about it in the latest Swift blog post: www.swift.org/blog/whats-n...

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