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EPISODE · Jul 4, 2026 · 8 MIN

Independence Update

from Empower Apps · host Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit

After almost 250 episodes, Leo gives an update on what he's working on and what he's interested in. From passive timer apps, static site generation, to sub repos and RSS feeds. Related Links WWDC 2026 & Celestra Celestra WWDC26: What's new in the Foundation Models framework WWDC26: Meet Core AI Bushel swift-build brightdigit/swift-build Introducing swift-build (blog post) Swift.org Nightly Toolchains At Least At Least brightdigit/SundialKit brightdigit/SundialKitStream brightdigit.com Website Upgrade brightdigit.com repo JohnSundell/Publish JohnSundell/ShellOut JohnSundell/Ink swiftlang/swift-subprocess swiftlang/swift-markdown kabiroberai/node-swift (NodeSwift) Tailwind CSS git-subrepo ingydotnet/git-subrepo Ben Scheirman Community & Outro Consultation (ZCal) Patreon Newsletter Donny Wals Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) Swift on Windows Related Episodes Actually Really Useful 120% Likely with Cihat Gündüz Platforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter Witham Who's Wendy with Joannis Orlandos Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas Deconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir Oberai The Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 2 with Ben Scheirman The Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 1 with Ben Scheirman Hacking with Ignite with Paul Hudson Now You Know What I'm Doing This Summer Chapters (00:00) - WWDC 2026 and Celestra (01:35) - swift-build (02:23) - AtLeast (05:26) - brightdigit.com (05:45) - git-subrepo (06:47) - Join the Community Watch Click here to watch a video of this episode. Transcript Click here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdion GitHub - @brightdigit GitHub - @leogdion Mastodon - @[email protected] YouTube - @brightdigit X - @leogdion X - @brightdigit Credits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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