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Hidde van der Ploeg
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Hidde van der Ploeg
@hiddevdploeg
App maker, design engineer & public speaker. Building @helm_app, and other apps at @AnimaSoftware
Amsterdam
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    Apr 16
    🎶 Our new app Gigs: Concert Tracking is now available on the App Store! Your new personal concert diary, beautifully designed and intelligently powered. Please help us spread the word! Tag that friend of yours you love going to concerts or festivals with. Link and a 30% launch
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    Jun 9, 2025
    #WWDC25
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    Jul 3, 2023
    📢 Meet Billboard, a Swift Package that lets you add beautiful and privacy-friendly Ads to your app. 📲 Customizable Ad overlay in SwiftUI 🎨 Use the default list of high-quality Ads or use your own source 🎁 Ideal to get an ad-free premium tier. github.com/hiddevdploeg/B…
    An promo-image that highlights some of the apps that will be presented as an advertisement when you use the default configuration of Billboard
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    Jun 8, 2023
    So nice that this is now possible with a single line of code in SwiftUI (hold to repeat the action) It even speeds up as you hold it 😍
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    Mar 9, 2023
    I can’t believe I’m the number 4 paid app in the US (as a watchOS standalone app) 🤯😍 thank you all for the support! ♥️
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    Feb 12, 2025
    Here's a 1-minute (not 30-seconds, Hidde!) tutorial on how you can easily create custom SF Symbols and how to use them for everyone who needs to know!
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    Jun 10, 2024
    Let’s go! #WWDC24
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    Nov 5, 2023
    If Self._printChanges() was your best friend debugging #SwiftUI views. Go ahead and try the new Self._logChanges() instead! var body: some View { #if DEBUG let _ = Self._logChanges() #endif // … rest of view body … } It does the exact
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    Feb 21, 2023
    I've had some users that didn't know about the reminders feature so I just added it to the onboarding 😊 Normally I don't care if they'd like to be reminded, but for goal tracking, it's quite crucial not to forget about them. apps.apple.com/nl/app/gola-go…
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    Oct 25, 2024
    I’ve spend most of today working like this. AMA
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    Apr 18, 2025
    Hot take: Xcode is my favourite IDE by far (and yes, I work in VScode every week as well, because of web stuff)
    Leaving an App Store review with 5 stars
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    Feb 5, 2024
    📣✨ I’m excited to share that I’m working on a new app called Helm, which is designed to make it easier and more enjoyable for users of App Store Connect to ship apps and updates. The app is focused on providing a fast user experience and will be available for early access
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    Jun 12, 2023
    I’ve asked the amazing @joshmobleymusic to help me with some sound design for Gola and here’s a little sneak preview 😍 Coming very soon (tweaking the haptics as we speak)
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    Sep 30, 2022
    Happy Friday! Here’s a little sneak preview of my next app 👀
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