Lukáš Kubánek

Hi there, my name is Lukáš.

I love building things in the digital space. I enjoy the entire process, but I especially like the engineering part. My passion lies in getting all the details right.

I’m a software developer, and I make apps for Apple platforms in the Swift programming language.

I’ve founded a small company, created Diagrams for Mac, and have expanded into freelancing.

I’m originally from the Czechia and currently based in Dresden, Germany. Every now and then, I take advantage of my location independence and work from different spots across Europe, including my home country, the Canary Islands, and Bulgaria.

What am I doing now?

See my Now page.

Interested in working with me?

If you’re looking for a Swift developer to join your iOS or macOS projects and you’d be interested in collaborating, I’m eager to hear from you.

These are my areas of expertise:

AppKit: My journey began with Mac development, so this is the framework I grew up on. Still in NSLove!
UIKit: Confidently navigating what I consider the backbone of top-notch iOS apps.
SwiftUI: Adopted it right from its introduction. I’m familiar with its techniques as well as approaches for working around its limitations. Declarative UI FTW!
Combine: I’ve been a long-time fan of FRP frameworks and a user of ReactiveSwift, which made the switch to Apple’s first-party framework quite smooth.
TCA: With its growing buzz in the Swift community, I’ve recently hopped on the TCA train. I’ve always been inclined towards Redux-based systems, so it was an obvious choice for the architecture of my new app.
Reverse Engineering: Peeking under the hood of Apple’s frameworks to bend their behavior or work around bugs has always been my passion.
CloudKit: Sync in the context of CloudKit was my primary topic of 2023, and while I’m still a newcomer, I’ve found it surprisingly enjoyable!

Where can you find me online?

On my blog, you can find infrequent posts about technical topics, insights from my work and hobby projects, as well as my yearly reviews.
Mastodon has become my go-to social network. Here, I post about development for Apple platforms, repost interesting content about the indie business, and share bits from my life.
I still keep an account on X, but as the good ol’ Twitter is gone, I’m not very active there anymore. Sometimes, I crosspost from Mastodon, though.
For everything related to code, see my GitHub.
And as for my outdoor activities, I track my runs on Strava and log my hikes on Komoot.

How to get in touch?

Via email at lukas@structuredpath.eu for work-related matters and at lukas.kubanek@me.com for everything else.