I love vocoders. I love them so much I spent around two years researching the vocal effects of Daft Punk, and ended up discovering a bunch of previously unknown or at least not-well-known facts about the hardware they used, and the history of the companies involved. I emailed Imogen Heap’s team, and they replied! Why is Imogen Heap involved? You’ll have to watch the talk to learn that one, sorry. Daft Punk used a DigiTech Talker vocoder for a lot of their famous songs. As a result, it has now become one of the most sought after vocoders on the planet. During my research, I learned so much about the Talker that I wondered if it would be possible to replicate its sound as a plugin, using the same techniques (linear predictive coding). I tried, and I failed. I then turned to my friend Russell to help. Neither of us had built a plugin prior to this project. The goal is to create an Audio Unit v3 plugin that can be used in Logic Pro and other audio apps. Will we succeed?

Marc Edwards is the founder and designer at Bjango. Russell Ivanovic is a legendary Australian developer who previously owned Shifty Jelly, the creators of Pocket Casts, Pocket Weather, and other apps. Marc and Russell currently both work on Skala, Pinwheel and other apps at Bjango.

This year, Apple announced it was opening up its on-device LLMs to third party developers on supported Apple Intelligence devices. This has the potential to unlock new categories of use cases and experiences for apps in the Apple ecosystem. This talk covers how to use this new framework in your own apps, discusses potential use cases, as well as an opportunity to discuss the use of AI in iOS apps as a whole.

Tim is an Aussie iOS developer from Perth, WA. He's been a huge fan of making iPhone apps since the 3G era and has been presenting at /dev/world since shortly after. He currently works for Instagram at the Meta office in Tokyo, Japan.

Whether you’re building at scale or sprinting through a weekend hackathon, every developer faces the same challenge: how do you build something quickly that doesn’t fall apart later? Apple gives us some powerful tools to help us ship great apps—but deciding how to structure and scale them is up to us. In this talk, we’ll explore practical techniques and design patterns that support maintainability, testability, and platform adaptability. From architecture and dependency management to leveraging compiler-assisted tooling, you’ll gain insights into what makes apps robust in the long run. Expect inspiration drawn from real-world experience and lessons learned from both successes and growing pains.

Sushant is a Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience turning ideas into high-quality software. He has worked across various parts of the software development lifecycle and is passionate about building mobile apps that not only work well for users but are a joy for his fellow developers to work on and maintain. Sushant loves helping teams and products grow, mentoring developers, and sharing practical insights that make a real difference in the day-to-day life of a developer. When he’s not coding, Sushant can be found doomscrolling on social media, binge-watching a TV series, or trying to switch off to spend time with family and friends.

A fun, fast-paced journey through SQL's fascinating history—from Ted Codd's revolutionary 1970 paper to Richard Hipp's warship crisis that birthed SQLite. This talk challenges Swift engineers to rethink their data layer beyond simple storage, exploring advanced SQLite features like FTS, recursive queries, window functions, and reactive patterns with GRDB that can transform how you architect Swift applications.

Steve Prior has worked in the industry for over 25 years, writing mobile applications since the PalmOS era and delivering products throughout the entire evolution of Apple's iPhone platform. He currently manages the ANZ Plus Mobile Transaction team, where he tackles high-volume database operations and fully reactive updates in a cache-first offline banking application.

Usually when we hear the term DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service – we imagine a deliberate and coordinated attack. But something typically overlooked when developing mobile apps intended for millions of users is that it is surprisingly easy to accidentally orchestrate a DDoS on your own infrastructure. In one sense, this is a pretty amazing problem to have – your app now has millions of users! Unfortunately these users will begin to experience increasingly severe outages triggered by otherwise innocuous server errors. As with other classic scaling issues, a business can end up being the victim of its own success. The culprit is usually automated polling or retry behaviour: in other words, the front end application is being overly naive or greedy in its effort to stay up-to-date and seamlessly recover from error states. Of course, these are both noble goals that contribute to a high-quality user experience. In this presentation we describe a solution that allows us to have our cake and eat it – a distributed front end “circuit breaker” inspired by the traffic smoothing and limiting algorithms used for decades in packet-switching networks. Instead of overwhelming servers during spikes in usage, a fleet of mobile apps can be programmed to respond to anomalous patterns of server failure and gracefully ramp down and back up again as the backend’s health is restored. This is also known as the thundering herd problem.

Rob (also known as Bok) started with Objective-C by trying to write an XMLParserDelegate with manual memory management in 2009. He is currently a Principal Engineer at Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ) working with a large team building a new bank from the foundations up and scaling it to 8 million customers. He loves Swift and is always looking for new ways to use it away from building UIs.

This presentation provides a unique insight into how the same mobile app was developed in three different languages, Swift, Kotlin, and Dart (Flutter), within just 13 weeks as part of the Mobile Application Development unit in the Master of Information Technology and Systems program at the University of Tasmania. The app, designed to record and display live statistics for team sports in real time, was developed from the ground up by two students starting with no coding experience. Yu Wang will share her journey from complete beginner to confident developer, outlining how she overcame challenges such as learning syntax, debugging, and mastering multiple languages in a short period. Her experience highlights the value of hands-on practice, peer learning, and rapid immersion in real-world development tools. Nida will then guide the audience through the end-to-end development process, including prototype design, usability testing, and implementation across all three programming languages. She will offer an engaging comparison of these languages through relatable analogies, revealing how language design choices shape the developer experience. This session is not only an inspiring story of learning but also a valuable technical comparison for experienced developers curious about cross-platform development from a fresh perspective.

Onnida Hempattawee and Yu Wang are postgraduate students in the Master of Information Technology and Systems at the University of Tasmania. Despite having no prior coding experience, they successfully developed a fully functioning mobile application in Swift, Kotlin, and Dart (Flutter) within just 13 weeks as part of the Mobile Application Development unit. Their dedication, adaptability, and technical achievement were recognised when their apps were selected for presentation at the ICT Capstone Project Expo at UTAS. Their unique journey offers valuable insights into cross-platform development, hands-on learning, and rapid skill acquisition.

The Swift Package Manager (SwiftPM) enables Swift projects to directly depend on libraries available on GitHub. This feature previously required third-party tools like Carthage or CocoaPods for dependency management. However, SwiftPM has limitations. Dependencies must be either globally available on GitHub or stored on a local file system path. It doesn’t support distributing versioned packages outside of GitHub. To address this gap, Swift introduced the Swift Package Registry Specification (SE-0292) through an Evolution proposal. This specification outlines the means of publishing and distributing versioned Swift Packages through a Registry. Initially released in Swift 5.7 and Xcode 14, it provides a solution for this limitation. This talk will delve into the capabilities and workflows of Swift registries and explore scenarios where its adoption would be beneficial. It will demonstrate the specification through an open-source reference implementation developerd by the author.

Marcelo Esperidiao is a Senior Software Engineer at ANZx, where he leads the integration of APIs with the ANZ Plus iOS app. With 18 years of experience in mobile development, Marcelo has contributed to companies including LG Mobile, GE Healthcare, Virgin Airlines, and currently ANZ. Originally from Brazil, Marcelo holds an engineering degree from the University of São Paulo and a master’s in electrical engineering from Korea University. He proudly calls Melbourne home, where he enjoys life with his son.

Some developers just seem to fly when things get hectic — when bugs pop up, deadlines tighten, or priorities shift overnight. What’s their secret sauce? In this talk, I’ll share the habits, mindsets, and workflows that help you move fast without cutting corners or sacrificing quality. You’ll learn how to shorten your debug loop, master your IDE, terminal tricks, and build a mental map of your team’s work to avoid reinventing the wheel. We’ll explore why sometimes slowing down to really understand a problem can actually speed you up, and how small automations and smart documentation can multiply your impact. Whether you’re at a scrappy startup or a big company, junior or senior, this session is for anyone who wants to get sharper, stay calm under pressure, and deliver better, faster.

Sam Jarman is a Kiwi engineering manager based in Sydney, Australia, with over 15 years of experience in software development. His background includes development and leadership roles in iOS, frontend, backend across startups, agencies, small businesses, and medtech. Sam currently leads a team of engineers at Cochlear, where he focuses on helping the team work efficiently and grow their skills.

As developers, we're pretty overwhelmed with AI-everything right now. You've probably heard all the arguments ranging from "all programmers will be out of a job by December" to "lying autocompletion engines have no practical uses." You've probably seen posts from people claiming incredible "one-shot" prompting that rewrites Safari from scratch in an afternoon. Maybe you've tried it out, and it wasn't quite...that. Are you doing it wrong? Is everyone lying? What's going on? I spend much of my work time developing software and processes based on LLMs. I've talked extensively to people in other teams and other companies about what does and doesn't work. And I've learned a few things that aren't obvious. AI is not particularly good at most of the things your boss probably wants it for. But there are problems it can help you solve that would be impractical without it. In this talk, I'll help you think a little more clearly about where AI will probably be unhelpful, where it may be harmful, and where it's worth considering.

Rob has been a Cocoa developer since 2003, and began developing for iPhone when the first public SDK came out. Before coming to Cocoa, he made his living sneaking into Chinese facilities in broad daylight, among other InfoSec risk assessment duties. He's given dozens of talks internationally on software development, infosec, and cryptography. Today he's a senior developer for Audible's iOS team.

Mere days before the time of writing, Apple introduced its new design language for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS. It called this design…The New Design. A centrepiece of The New Design is Liquid Glass, a magical digital meta material that [only Apple could achieve || seems a bit Vista]. This material [uses the optical qualities of glass such as translucency and specular highlights to transform your content or context || looks nice]. In this session we will [celebrate the triumph || lament the problems] of The New Design. You’ll hear tips and tricks from an experienced iOS designer who’s seen it all, about how to [embrace The New Design || turn it all off]. Come along and be part of the [future || past].

James is a long time AUC member who has attended /dev/world, and spoken at it, numerous times. He's an iOS [designer || developer] who spends a lot of time thinking about how to make nice apps.

Uncover VFX production workflows in Godot and on the iPad! Gain exclusive insight into Godot’s lesser known features and just how much it offers by crafting stunning visual effects. Want to learn mind bending shader techniques or wondering if Godot is right for you? Don’t miss the chance to hear what it’s all about from the perspective of a technical wizard. Topics include: How to support stereoscopic VR rendering in Godot shaders, utilising sensor input for unique interactive artwork, and working with Godot’s shader language to maximize platform compatibility.

Kyle is a Technical Artist and Teacher based in NSW. For years he has assisted the Godot community by providing guidance, tools, and bug fixes. With a deep passion for graphics programming and generative art, he creates novel experiences using the latest technology.