I’m an indie app developer that has been making apps for Apple products since 2017. I love being a part of this vibrant community.
Socials
| Handle | ||
|---|---|---|
 | Bluesky | @chriswu.com |
 | Mastodon | @MuseumShuffle@mastodon.social |
Speaking
I gave my first talk, Don’t Let Time Zones Ruin Your Day (Days?), at Swift Leeds in October 2025. Learn from the mistakes I made when dealing with time zones when developing Please Don’t Rain.
I’m speaking at SwiftSonic in Nashville in Nov 2026.
Development
What’s My Set
What’s My Set is my first new app in three years! I kept losing track of what set I was on when my rest periods were over during my workouts. The built-in workout app wasn’t helping with tracking that. I also couldn’t find anything on the App Store that met my needs for simplicity, usability, and accessibility. So I wrote a solution for myself with accessibility being a priority from day one. I wrote a blog post about its features and accessibility support.
What’s My Set Press KitPlease Don’t Rain
My app Please Don’t Rain tracks whether rain (or snow) will affect a day that’s important to you. When I had a theme park day coming up I really only cared about the weather for that day and looking it up over and over again was annoying. Hence an app idea was born! I wanted to learn how to use WeatherKit and this was the perfect opportunity. The app has changed so much since I initially launched it in 2023 and my accessibility support got the app nominated for a 2023 Golden Apple award by AppleVis (which I am very proud of).
Museum Shuffle
My first app, Museum Shuffle, has a special place in my heart. It retrieves random artwork from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In 2020 I rewrote it in SwiftUI and I just recently updated it for Liquid Glass!
CommunityKit
I’m one of the organizers of CommunityKit, a new in-person, week long, FREE event we hold in Cupertino during WWDC. We wanted to help bring the community together through events such as WWDC watch parties, meetups, and our crown jewel - the Indie App Fair. The Indie App Fair lets indie developers show their products to the community. And we’re doing it for a third time in 2027!
iOS Dev Happy Hour
I’m one of the organizers of iOS Dev Happy Hour, a monthly online meetup that has been running continuously since 2020. We also hold in person events around Cupertino during WWDC. Feel free to join us and meet some great people if you haven’t done so already. We welcome people of all skill levels. If you’re an introvert on the fence about attending I can relate and would be happy to give insight into the event.
We also have a YouTube Channel!
Here’s an example of some of the expert speakers we’ve have. (We also put the spotlight on new devs also.)
Featured In
- iOS Dev Weekly #527 - “Vim, awk, and iOS translation files”
- iOS Dev Weekly #566 - “Using UICalendarView in a SwiftUI app”
- iOS Dev Weekly #607 - “YOLO (You Only Launch Once)”
- iOS Dev Weekly #620 - “My WWDC Design Lab Experience”
- iOS Dev Weekly #734 - “I Gave My First Conference Talk!”
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