iOS 26, SwiftUI and Accessibility with Natalia Panferova

Swift Academy Podcast — Episode 5, Season 2 iOS 26, SwiftUI & Accessibility A conversation with Natalia Panferova — former Apple SwiftUI engineer, author of three essential Swift books, and champion of accessible iOS experiences. 🎧 Swift Academy Podcast · Episode 5 — Season 2 · iOS 26 • SwiftUI • Accessibility “Accessibility is not a feature you add at the end. It’s a design principle that shapes every decision you make as an iOS developer.” — Natalia Panferova, Co-founder of Nil Coalescing Watch the Episode About This Episode Few people are better positioned to talk about the future of SwiftUI and iOS 26 than Natalia Panferova. A former member of Apple’s SwiftUI team, she brings rare insider perspective to the frameworks that millions of developers use every day. Today, she channels that expertise as co-founder of Nil Coalescing alongside Matthaus Woolard — a studio dedicated to world-class Swift education and tooling. ...

November 2, 2025 · 6 min · Walid Sassi

Open Source & Spring: How a Side Project Became a VMware Career

Swift Academy Podcast — Episode 4, Season 2 Open Source & Spring How a personal side project became the launchpad for a career at VMware — a conversation with Spring Batch lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine. 🎧 Swift Academy Podcast · Episode 4 — Season 2 · Open Source • Backend Engineering • Career “Open source is not just about code. It’s about building trust, solving real problems, and creating opportunities that no job board can offer.” — Mahmoud Ben Hassine, Principal Engineer at VMware About This Episode In this special installment of the Swift Academy podcast, we step outside the Apple and iOS ecosystem to venture into the broader world of open source software — a domain that transcends languages and platforms and touches the very heart of modern software engineering. ...

September 28, 2025 · 4 min · Walid Sassi