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September 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#sundaybuild

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September 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Every Sunday I’m going to post a Sunday Build – a complete app you can build from scratch. Each one includes a full build tutorial with video and finished source code, so follow along and ship something! (And if you don’t want a weekly stream of app ideas, mute #SundayBuild.)
March 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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#sundaybuild
September 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Here's the first Sunday Build with HWS+: Got an old iPad collecting dust? 🖼️ Turn it into a digital photo slideshow app with SwiftData, albums, and adjustable playback speed. #SundayBuild Check it out: www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Framed – Hacking with Swift+
What can be done with old iPads? Rather than contributing to increasing amounts of e-waste, we can give them a nice lease of life as a digital photo slideshow!
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March 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Build a complete Reversi game in SwiftUI with a strong AI opponent powered by GameplayKit. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Flip – Hacking with Swift+
In this project we’re going to build a complete Reversi game with SwiftUI, including a strong AI opponent powered by Apple’s GameplayKit. It will look great and play great, and it’s easier to implemen...
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March 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Bake a slice of Pi! Create a macOS app that helps you memorize the digits of pi by mapping numbers to letters, then building stories from them. 🥧 #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Slice of Pi – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we're going to build a macOS app that helps you remember the digits of pi. The concept is simple, and a rough implementation is simple, but then we'll make it better!
www.hackingwithswift.com
September 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Calendar notifications are easy to miss, but alarms aren't. This app combines EventKit with AlarmKit to turn your events into unmissable alerts that sync to Apple Watch. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
NeverForget – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we’ll build a trivial app that solves a real problem – my favorite kind of project! Even better, EventKit and AlarmKit do almost all the work for us…
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May 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Minesweeper, built entirely in SwiftUI? Oh yes! Simple rules, surprisingly tricky logic, and a great exercise in grid-based game design. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Minesweeper – Hacking with Swift+
Despite this game originally being made in the early 80s, Minesweeper remains as popular as ever. But can we make it wholly with SwiftUI? Of course we can!
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September 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Create a one-touch physics game built with SpriteKit, proving you don't need complex controls to make something fun and addictive. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Infinite Bounce – Hacking with Swift+
Is it possible to make a fun physics game that can be played with just one touch? It certainly is – and with SpriteKit it’s not even that difficult!
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May 24, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Apple's Translation framework makes it almost trivially easy to translate text in SwiftUI. This app takes it further, translating into multiple languages and exporting strings ready for Xcode. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
AutoTranslate – Hacking with Swift+
We're going to build an app that translates English into multiple other languages, then exports it ready for Xcode to use in localizations.
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July 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Visualize sorting algorithms step by step in SwiftUI, helping learners see exactly how bubble sort, insertion sort, and others actually work. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
SortVis – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we're going to build an app that visualizes sorting algorithms, to help learners understand how they work. This requires some algorithm coding wrapped up in a surprisingly small amount ...
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June 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: I mean who *doesn't* love Regex? Create a SwiftUI app that lets you experiment with regular expressions in real time, with pattern matching, group highlighting, and Swift code generation. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
RegexCoach – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we’re going to build a SwiftUI app that lets the user experiment with regular expressions: searching for patterns, matching groups, and even generating Swift code.
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April 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Build a live Markdown previewer for macOS using test-driven development from start to finish. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
LiveScribe – Hacking with Swift+
We're going to build a macOS app that lets users write Markdown and see exactly how it looks as they type. More importantly, we're going to do so using test-driven development, so get ready to write s...
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April 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Build a full clone of Apple News's Quartiles word game in SwiftUI, where players combine letter tiles to spell words with increasing point values. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Quartet – Hacking with Swift+
We're going to build a clone of the Apple News game Quartiles, entirely in SwiftUI. There's a lot to explore, so let's get straight into it!
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August 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Ship a language learning app designed to help you master hiragana and katakana, introducing new characters one at a time and reinforcing them through repetition. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Kana Quest – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we're going to build a small app for language learners, then add some upgrades to make it both more pretty and more useful.
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September 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Bake a slice of Pi! Create a macOS app that helps you memorize the digits of pi by mapping numbers to letters, then building stories from them. 🥧 #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Slice of Pi – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we're going to build a macOS app that helps you remember the digits of pi. The concept is simple, and a rough implementation is simple, but then we'll make it better!
www.hackingwithswift.com
September 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
twostraws.bsky.social
Sunday Build with HWS+: Flashcard apps are great for studying, but making the cards is tedious. This one uses Apple's Foundation Models framework to generate study cards automatically from any text you paste in. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
SnapCards – Hacking with Swift+
Flashcard apps are a fantastic way to study, but making the cards themselves is tedious. We’re going to build a flashcard app that uses Apple's on-device Foundation Models framework to generate study ...
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May 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Build a multi-page web browser for iPad where users can display several sites at once, perfect for following breaking news or live events. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Grid Browser – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we’ll build a web browser for iPad with a twist: users can display multiple pages at the same time, which is perfect for people watching breaking news stories or following major events.
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June 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Visualize algorithm complexity with Swift Charts, from O(n) to O(n!), in a way that makes Big O notation click. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Complexity Explorer – Hacking with Swift+
We're going to build an app that helps users learn about algorithm complexity, visualizing things like O(n²) and O(n!) using Swift Charts.
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April 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Build a macOS app that simulates an assembly language and virtual machine, mixing regex parsing with document-based app features. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
TOM – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we’re going to build a macOS app that simulates a small assembly language and virtual machine, which is great for learners. Along the way we’ll explore some fun features such as regular...
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May 31, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Craft a word game where players spell words from a grid of letters, but each word must match a special rule like "must contain at least 5 letters" or "must start and end with the same letter." #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Wordcraft – Hacking with Swift+
This month we're going to make another game, and it's one that been rattling around my head for so long that I'm glad to finally be able to share it with you!
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August 23, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Ever struggled with a complicated document? 🥴 This app uses Apple's Foundation Models to summarize it, then lets you talk to it to find exactly what you need. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
DocQuery – Hacking with Swift+
Ever had a hard time understanding a complicated document? With AI we can not only summarize it clearly, but we can also let the user talk to the document to learn exactly what they need to know.
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March 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Wanted! Build a fun little app that creates custom "Wanted" posters from user input, complete with a weathered paper texture and easy sharing. 🤠 #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Wanted! – Hacking with Swift+
We're going to build a fun little app that creates a custom "Wanted" poster based on user input, letting users export their finished product for sharing. Let's get to it!
www.hackingwithswift.com
July 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Sunday Build with HWS+: Build an iMessage-style chat interface powered by OpenAI's API. It's a flexible starting point you can customize for all sorts of AI-driven features. #SundayBuild www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-st...
Chatterbox – Hacking with Swift+
In this stream we're going to build an app that uses OpenAI's API to let users chat in an iMessage-like interface. This kind of app can trivially be customized to do a wide range of things – it's a fa...
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July 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM