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Dave Lightbeam

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Indie dev founder of Lightbeam Apps, video performance apps for mobile 🌟

Co-host of Waiting for Review with Daniel Jilg 🎙️

Lately:

- Available for freelance/contract work from June 🤙

- Making my own GUI for Swift (hopefully going cross platform)

- Working on a new app for video performance

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Joined July 08, 2025

Lightbeam Apps:

https://lightbeamapps.com

GoVJ:

https://govjapp.com

Waiting For Review:

https://www.waitingforreview.com

BlueSky:

https://bsky.app/profile/lightbeaminsight.bsky.social

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Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

I've updated my website for my apps, over at https://lightbeamapps.com

I'm much happier with it now than the old stack of html/css, and it's a bit more cohesive!

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

A small step, and lots more smaller steps to do before it's working but I have the beginnings of my custom swift GUI running on Android 🙌

#Swift #SwiftOnAndroid #SwiftLang #Android #iOSDev #IndieDev

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Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026

Replying to @b_cavello@mastodon.publicinterest.town

@b_cavello @augieray @Brad_Rosenheim Immune compromised + living with nerve damage for 4 years due to COVID infection… I definitely appreciate folks masking in public places and at events, as the more who do the easier it is for me to not stand out so much! 🙏

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026

Alright burnout, you’ve worn out your welcome since you arrived 😤

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social

@danluu The bit I found myself wondering was; “ok, this looks interesting, how do I apply this to my Swift custom GUI project though?” And then searching for tools and getting a bit lost on next steps

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @danluu@mastodon.social

@danluu I enjoyed the post, even if some references and parts went over my head some. I think I’d really love to see a video recording of you setting up a fuzzer with someone who’s not a convert as it were, going through the process of set up, through to success. Other than that, it might be interesting to have people who you’ve helped blog about the process and what they’ve ended up doing

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

Boosted by

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse

Replying to @MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online nuking your past to free your future, can also work !

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

Oh and while I appear to be making status posts for a moment: damn, he missed🙈

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

I've predicted for a little while, that the ram price issue combined with the big AI companies either running out of investment capital or deciding to pivot and remove some of their subsidised tiers would result in a few innovations for local LLM development.

I'm interested in this. It feels ridiculous running capable dev machines that increasingly have multiple cores, AI co-processors etc and then sending all of your code out to an API somewhere.

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

I had a branded hoodie and t-shirt made up, with my new logo for my app business, just 'cos. PrintMighty in NZ - and it's a nice hoodie and I think has turned out well!

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 13, 2026

Replying to @jelly@jellystyle.social

@jelly@jellystyle.social like a cat, crossed with a … damnit no reference… a cat who likes to read?

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 11, 2026

Replying to @daniel@social.telemetrydeck.com

@daniel also, the world isn’t ready for Blue Steel…

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 11, 2026

Replying to @daniel@social.telemetrydeck.com

@daniel this sounds like it belongs on a specific one of your TD alternate domains 😉

Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight@mastodon.social · Apr 11, 2026

“Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride.

Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”

Bill Hicks

#BillHicks #ArtemisII #MoonMission