Oliver Binns 

@oliver_binns
175 Followers
224 Following
390 Posts
he|him|his
💼: Lead Mobile Developer @ Deloitte Digital
🏆: Finalist for Engineer of the Year @ UK IT Industry Awards 2024
🗣️: Conference Speaker
🎙️: SwiftLounge Podcast Host
🧑‍🎓: MEng @UoY_CS Alumnus
WWDC15&16 Scholar
Websitehttps://oliverbinns.co.uk
Twitteroliver_binns
GitHuboliver-binns
Really enjoyed seeing Rachel Joyce & Passenger’s new musical, “The Unexpected Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,” last night! The storytelling, music, and atmosphere were incredible. If you’re in London, make sure to catch it before it wraps up in April. You won’t regret it!
Swift on the Server - we ARE there now with @0xTim! 💾
Back in the talks, @ebariaux talked us through Apple’s open source offerings including argument parser, OpenAPI generator and numerics-
Really really enjoyed @feli’s sketchnoting session at @SwiftLeeds today, what do you think of my attempts? 😄

Had an absolute blast at @swiftserverconf this week!

I’m very glad that I didn’t realise that folks who built the App Attest framework covered by my talk were in the audience until AFTER my talk 👀😅 (thanks for the photo @tracymiranda.bsky.social!)

@SwiftForSwifts it looks like there’s some good work going on here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw1vdw2825o
Westminster Abbey's quest to save swifts

The London landmark has installed swift boxes to help boost numbers of the unique birds.

I actually wrote a blog. My first one in over 3 years, AND It’s not about accessibility!

This came out of a great conversation with some folks at @swiftcraft, and covers how I approach planning and delivering tech presentations.
If you're thinking about speaking — or looking to improve — I hope it offers something useful.
I would love to hear your thoughts on what makes a great tech talk.

👉 https://www.rwapp.co.uk/blog/speaking

My tips on making effective tech presentations

I have had the opportunity to speak in public, presenting my thoughts on tech in many settings— from the most incredible tech conferences, to online courses, and small workshops. I’ve also attended countless talks at meetups and conferences, both in the tech world and outside.

Rob Whitaker
Impressive, for a first go at building a boat !
Foundation Models API seems somewhat helpful for generating placeholder data which is gonna be great for testing and generating product screenshots. #WWDC25
Has anyone worked out if the Foundation Models API can take non-text based inputs? For example: summarising contents of an image.