Dave Lightbeam
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social
By day I lead mobile developers in collaborative, high performing teams.
By night I make my own apps and put them in the App Store!
I podcast fortnightly on a show called Waiting For Review with my friend Daniel Jilg.
Interested in all things tech📱
By night I make my own apps and put them in the App Store!
I podcast fortnightly on a show called Waiting For Review with my friend Daniel Jilg.
Interested in all things tech📱
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Introduction:
I’m a long time member of the iOS dev indie community. I work as an engineering manager with a bunch of amazing people in my teams.
I podcast, fortnightly with @breakth-esystem.bsky.social on @waitingforreview.bsky.social
I make apps that let people play with video govjapp.com 🔥
I’m a long time member of the iOS dev indie community. I work as an engineering manager with a bunch of amazing people in my teams.
I podcast, fortnightly with @breakth-esystem.bsky.social on @waitingforreview.bsky.social
I make apps that let people play with video govjapp.com 🔥
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S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡
YouTube video by Waiting For Review
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 AM
S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡
YouTube video by Waiting For Review
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 AM
S5E21: All of the Dooms 🫡
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social has the Dooms (is his GUI project long for this world?), meanwhile @breakth-esystem.bsky.social is streaming data
Join us for a podcast about indie dev, with a focus on mobile platforms
youtu.be/IO9QxYMqd9Y
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
Catherine O’Hara 😭
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Catherine O’Hara 😭
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S5E19: It plays all the Dooms 🚀
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social deep dives into the intricacies of @telemetrydeck.com
Meanwhile @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social is hard at work on building his GUI for Swift, VXKit
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e19
#Podcast #iOSDev #SwiftDev #IndieDev
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social deep dives into the intricacies of @telemetrydeck.com
Meanwhile @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social is hard at work on building his GUI for Swift, VXKit
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e19
#Podcast #iOSDev #SwiftDev #IndieDev
S5E19: It plays all the Dooms 🚀
Daniel deep dives into the intricacies of TelemetryDeck, meanwhile Dave is hard at work on bringing his Swift based GUI to life!
www.waitingforreview.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM
S5E19: It plays all the Dooms 🚀
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social deep dives into the intricacies of @telemetrydeck.com
Meanwhile @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social is hard at work on building his GUI for Swift, VXKit
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e19
#Podcast #iOSDev #SwiftDev #IndieDev
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social deep dives into the intricacies of @telemetrydeck.com
Meanwhile @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social is hard at work on building his GUI for Swift, VXKit
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e19
#Podcast #iOSDev #SwiftDev #IndieDev
Reposted by Dave Lightbeam
A couple of folks asked me about the name of @flowvi.be and how I came up with it so I decided to write a post about it flowvi.be/posts/the-ap...
#IndieDev #Music #Flowvibe #Playlist
#IndieDev #Music #Flowvibe #Playlist
The app is called flowvi.be
The story behind the name - from early prototypes to the final shipping name
flowvi.be
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A couple of folks asked me about the name of @flowvi.be and how I came up with it so I decided to write a post about it flowvi.be/posts/the-ap...
#IndieDev #Music #Flowvibe #Playlist
#IndieDev #Music #Flowvibe #Playlist
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Got distracted and added initial support for Widgets and Shortcuts 😅. Create mood playlists via your own workflows sounds cool. What shortcuts would you find useful?
#IndieDev #AppleMusic #IoT
#IndieDev #AppleMusic #IoT
January 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Got distracted and added initial support for Widgets and Shortcuts 😅. Create mood playlists via your own workflows sounds cool. What shortcuts would you find useful?
#IndieDev #AppleMusic #IoT
#IndieDev #AppleMusic #IoT
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Reposted by Dave Lightbeam
My mother one of the biggest Tetris fans ever, was compelled by me to try Tetris in VR. She was really hyped and her smile during and after was worth getting the thing by itself. ☺️ All this in addition to a loving Christmas with family visiting me in the new far away city. 🎄
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
My mother one of the biggest Tetris fans ever, was compelled by me to try Tetris in VR. She was really hyped and her smile during and after was worth getting the thing by itself. ☺️ All this in addition to a loving Christmas with family visiting me in the new far away city. 🎄
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I updated “Three Daily Goals”.
And I wrote why I did that software at all: newsletter.threedailygoals.com/p/i-built-a-...
And I wrote why I did that software at all: newsletter.threedailygoals.com/p/i-built-a-...
I Built a Task Manager That Automatically Kills Tasks You’re Ignoring
30% of my tasks are in the graveyard. I don't miss a single one.
newsletter.threedailygoals.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I updated “Three Daily Goals”.
And I wrote why I did that software at all: newsletter.threedailygoals.com/p/i-built-a-...
And I wrote why I did that software at all: newsletter.threedailygoals.com/p/i-built-a-...
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I went to a new years concert yesterday and it was truly amazing! 🤩 something I’ve been feeling positive about is my internship. It’s a super nice group of people and a great place to work. 🥳🤩 I’m happy to go back next week (Currently I’m looking forward to a small vacation with my best friend.🏔️)
January 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I went to a new years concert yesterday and it was truly amazing! 🤩 something I’ve been feeling positive about is my internship. It’s a super nice group of people and a great place to work. 🥳🤩 I’m happy to go back next week (Currently I’m looking forward to a small vacation with my best friend.🏔️)
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I did a really big overhaul of Bartab, which not only makes it much more crisp and responsive but also sets up future development to be much more straightforward and easy to reason about.
Plus I get to dive into server side Swift some more which is always fun 😁
Plus I get to dive into server side Swift some more which is always fun 😁
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I did a really big overhaul of Bartab, which not only makes it much more crisp and responsive but also sets up future development to be much more straightforward and easy to reason about.
Plus I get to dive into server side Swift some more which is always fun 😁
Plus I get to dive into server side Swift some more which is always fun 😁
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My feed is full of negative takes. I can prune and filter, or just not log in, but I’m wondering… what are your positive takes ?
What have you made, or felt really fucking positive about lately?
What have you made, or felt really fucking positive about lately?
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 AM
My feed is full of negative takes. I can prune and filter, or just not log in, but I’m wondering… what are your positive takes ?
What have you made, or felt really fucking positive about lately?
What have you made, or felt really fucking positive about lately?
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Sync lights with music, if you have any colour lights connected to the Home app, flowvi.be can now setup a scene from your Apple Music library
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sync lights with music, if you have any colour lights connected to the Home app, flowvi.be can now setup a scene from your Apple Music library
Deleting socials for a few days, have a merry one folks who celebrate ! 🎄
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Deleting socials for a few days, have a merry one folks who celebrate ! 🎄
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I created a list of the ones I think are very valuable, with a focus on 3D:
rokojori.com/en/labs/godo...
rokojori.com/en/labs/godo...
Godot Tutorials | ROKOJORI Labs
Godot Tutorials about General Game Dev, 3D Basics, 3D Characters, Environmental, VFX & Particles, Screen FX, Shaders, Audio and Plugins/Addons.
rokojori.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I created a list of the ones I think are very valuable, with a focus on 3D:
rokojori.com/en/labs/godo...
rokojori.com/en/labs/godo...
Developers that work with #Godot game engine…
What are some good tutorials / YouTube channels for someone getting started in 2025 with the latest release?
#GodotEngine #libgodot #IndieDev
What are some good tutorials / YouTube channels for someone getting started in 2025 with the latest release?
#GodotEngine #libgodot #IndieDev
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Developers that work with #Godot game engine…
What are some good tutorials / YouTube channels for someone getting started in 2025 with the latest release?
#GodotEngine #libgodot #IndieDev
What are some good tutorials / YouTube channels for someone getting started in 2025 with the latest release?
#GodotEngine #libgodot #IndieDev
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While working on the next version of flowvi.be, I stumbled on the Color.gradient API - combined with some materials ... I honestly can't get enough of it 😍
#IndieDev #Music #AppleMusic #Flowvibe
#IndieDev #Music #AppleMusic #Flowvibe
December 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
While working on the next version of flowvi.be, I stumbled on the Color.gradient API - combined with some materials ... I honestly can't get enough of it 😍
#IndieDev #Music #AppleMusic #Flowvibe
#IndieDev #Music #AppleMusic #Flowvibe
Today's work on VXKit (my GUI) involves being able to pass state values from views to children as bindings. Claude is hammering this out while I go tend things in the garden.
I'm 'dogfooding' now, with a small utility app for editing my Symbols mappings to fonts. It's fun 🤩
#IndieDev #iOSDev
I'm 'dogfooding' now, with a small utility app for editing my Symbols mappings to fonts. It's fun 🤩
#IndieDev #iOSDev
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I built a gaming PC out of spares, after upgrading my teen's machines recently. Installed Nobara project (linux) on it.
Hooked it up to my projector and a controller, and boom. I'm straight back in the early 2000's playing Rez Infinite 😊
Hooked it up to my projector and a controller, and boom. I'm straight back in the early 2000's playing Rez Infinite 😊
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I built a gaming PC out of spares, after upgrading my teen's machines recently. Installed Nobara project (linux) on it.
Hooked it up to my projector and a controller, and boom. I'm straight back in the early 2000's playing Rez Infinite 😊
Hooked it up to my projector and a controller, and boom. I'm straight back in the early 2000's playing Rez Infinite 😊
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S5E18: Becoming more than a concept💡
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social
asks
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social
to talk about his special interest… Which he’ll gladly do!
Dave is building a GUI for his apps to replace SwiftUI.
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e18
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social
asks
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social
to talk about his special interest… Which he’ll gladly do!
Dave is building a GUI for his apps to replace SwiftUI.
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e18
S5E18: Becoming more than a concept💡
Dave is building his own GUI for his apps to replace SwiftUI...
www.waitingforreview.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
S5E18: Becoming more than a concept💡
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social
asks
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social
to talk about his special interest… Which he’ll gladly do!
Dave is building a GUI for his apps to replace SwiftUI.
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e18
@breakth-esystem.bsky.social
asks
@lightbeaminsight.bsky.social
to talk about his special interest… Which he’ll gladly do!
Dave is building a GUI for his apps to replace SwiftUI.
#Podcast #IndieDev #iOSDev
www.waitingforreview.com/s5e18
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⚙️ Swift Configuration 1.0 is here! 🎉 No more juggling environment variables, config files, and command-line flags separately. One unified, type-safe API to read configuration from any source, and swap providers without refactoring your code. More here... www.swift.org/blog/swift-c...
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
⚙️ Swift Configuration 1.0 is here! 🎉 No more juggling environment variables, config files, and command-line flags separately. One unified, type-safe API to read configuration from any source, and swap providers without refactoring your code. More here... www.swift.org/blog/swift-c...
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🥳 The new version of my mood tracker app Emo is now on the App Store:
📱 apps.apple.com/app/id644351...
✅ It’s now free to download
✅ With Liquid Glass
✅ And Tags and Bookmarks with Emo+
#buildinpublic #mentalhealth
📱 apps.apple.com/app/id644351...
✅ It’s now free to download
✅ With Liquid Glass
✅ And Tags and Bookmarks with Emo+
#buildinpublic #mentalhealth
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🥳 The new version of my mood tracker app Emo is now on the App Store:
📱 apps.apple.com/app/id644351...
✅ It’s now free to download
✅ With Liquid Glass
✅ And Tags and Bookmarks with Emo+
#buildinpublic #mentalhealth
📱 apps.apple.com/app/id644351...
✅ It’s now free to download
✅ With Liquid Glass
✅ And Tags and Bookmarks with Emo+
#buildinpublic #mentalhealth