CocoaHeadsNL is the international representative of CocoaHeads in The Netherlands. We organise monthly meetings for iOS and macOS developers which are hosted by our sponsors or companies that our members work at. If you want to join us, please visit our Meetup page (https://www.meetup.com/CocoaHeadsNL/) and become a member. All our meetups are free!

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Juice Sucking Servers, by Axel Roest (English)

Explores how server energy use drives hosting costs for app backends and websites, and why reducing power draw matters. Outlines practical ways to lower energy and spend via smarter provisioning and efficiency, noting trade-offs between cost, performance, and reliability. Takeaway: build energy‑aware infrastructure.

Custom component styles in SwiftUI, by Eskil Sviggum (English)

Explains how SwiftUI components choose platform/contextual styles and shows how to define and apply custom styles when defaults aren’t enough. Touches on style protocols and using environment modifiers to scope styling, plus when to respect automatic behavior for consistency and accessibility. Takeaway: reusable, platform‑aware looks.

CocoaHeadsNL Meetup, 22 April 2026

Livestream of the CocoaHeadsNL meetup at Q42 (Rotterdam) on Apr 22, 2026. Agenda lists an intro to Q42/Eidra (19:00) and a “Custom …” session (19:15). The description provides no technical details or specific iOS APIs; expect general iOS development talks.

Guiding the Golden Age: Rebuilding Indoor Navigation for Rijksmuseum, by Rens Verhoeven (English)

Case study on adding indoor wayfinding to the Rijksmuseum app. Explores modeling indoor maps, indoor positioning, and pathfinding to route across rooms and floors. Covers UX for turn‑by‑turn directions, accuracy limitations, and maintenance/scalability trade‑offs when rebuilding an indoor navigation system.

CocoaHeadsNL Meetup, 22 January 2025

Live stream of the CocoaHeadsNL meetup at Q42 (The Hague) on Jan 22, 2025. Schedule mentions a session titled “Guiding the Golden Age: Rebuilding Indoor …”. The description includes no concrete technical details or APIs; this looks like a general community meetup recording.