Beyond the Simulator: Perspectives on Modern App Development

PhillyCocoa is having our second IRL meetup of 2026!

Hosted by Vanguard at 2300 Chestnut, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Enjoy wonderful talks by fellow developers/designers on a diverse range of topics from UI design to AI integration.

Don't miss out on this chance to meet your fellow colleagues building new and exciting tech.

## Evening Talks:

Talk 1: TBA
Talk 2: TBA
Metals shaders: Adding juice to your app - Kotaro Fujita
Claude Code with Xcode - Mark Arais

Format:
5:45-6:15: Meet-and-greeting
6:20-6:30: Introduction and news
6:40-6:50: 1st talk: TBD
7-7:10: 2nd talk: TBD
7:15-7:30: 3rd talk: Kotaro Fujita
7:30-7:45: 4th talk: Mark Arais
7:45-8: Closing speech and cleanup

Capacity is limited to 25 people so please RSVP quickly to claim your spot. We do have a waiting list. If you do not plan to show up in person, please give up the spot so someone else can attend in person.

Please RSVP here as it will be the preferred way to RSVP going forward:
https://luma.com/i00ll61z

We will have a Teams link so you can watch the presentation live.

PhillyCocoa's mission is to help local developers learn and master Apple developer technologies through social events and community. This includes iOS/Mac/tvOS/watchOS/visionOS. All skill levels are welcome.