The people who make Apple better.
A gratitude project. We celebrate the humans who quietly make the Apple developer community awesome — Swift and SwiftUI educators, open-source tool makers, and craftspeople — and we're building toward 1024 of them, one carefully, honestly.
Celebration from public information — not endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship.
Champions we celebrate.
Each champion is modeled as a public Personal World Model — rendered through the same consent logic Agent One uses (public scope only). We show what they made, why it matters, and links straight back to their own sources of truth.
Paul Hudson
Creator and editor of Hacking with Swift
- Hacking with Swift: a vast library of free Swift and SwiftUI tutorials, books, and example code that has taught a generation of iOS developers.
- "100 Days of SwiftUI" and 20+ books that turned learning Apple development into a free, structured, joyful path.
- Kickstart: an app to help indie developers succeed on the App Store - written entirely in Swift and built on his book "Everything but the Code" - including his Control Room tooling for the iOS Simulator.
Why we celebrate them. For making the craft of Apple development free and welcoming to everyone, and for the relentless generosity of teaching in the open. Simplicity is the signature of experience, and Paul makes hard things simple.
Creator & editor, Hacking with Swift
John Sundell
Creator of Swift by Sundell; open-source Swift tool maker
- Swift by Sundell: weekly articles and a podcast that are a staple of the Swift community.
- Open-source tooling written entirely in Swift - Publish, Plot, and Ink (a composable static-site stack) - plus Files, ShellOut, and more.
- A body of work that shows Swift is a great language far beyond the app, and shares it all in the open.
Why we celebrate them. For proving how far a small, modular, well-crafted piece of Swift can travel, and for teaching the community to build in the open. Bacterial DNA, done beautifully.
Writer & podcaster, Swift by Sundell
Antoine van der Lee
Creator of SwiftLee and RocketSim
- SwiftLee: a weekly Swift and Xcode blog running since 2017, and a companion newsletter.
- RocketSim: a developer tool that extends Xcode's iOS Simulator with dozens of everyday workflow enhancements.
- A steady, years-long cadence of teaching that meets developers where they are.
Why we celebrate them. For turning up every single week to teach, and for building the small tools that quietly save every iOS developer time. Craft plus consistency.
Indie developer & educator, SwiftLee & RocketSim
Sean Allen
iOS educator; creator of Swift News and Swiftly Speaking
- YouTube tutorials and courses that have helped countless beginners land their first iOS job.
- Swift News: a weekly show rounding up what matters in Swift and iOS, plus the Swiftly Speaking podcast.
- iOS Dev Launchpad: a full beginner Swift course, released free.
Why we celebrate them. For being a generous on-ramp into the Apple developer community, and for helping so many people change their careers. The champion who helps others become champions.
iOS educator & creator, seanallen.co
Directory. Communication. Commerce.
Community directory
LiveA living, cited celebration of the people who make Apple products better. Live now, growing toward 1024.
Community communication
SoonTalk on your terms, by consent — champions and members connect over the open PCHP rails, never a data grab. On the roadmap.
Community commerce
SoonSupport the makers directly — their tools, courses, and work — with clean, consented commerce on the Commerce Rails. On the roadmap.
We celebrate these champions with gratitude, from public information, and link back to their own sources of truth. Inclusion implies no affiliation with, endorsement by, or sponsorship by any individual. If you are featured and would like your entry updated or removed, just ask. The directory is in production and growing toward 1024; we add a champion only with cited, public facts.