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Rodrigo Schmitt
iOS Developer · Dublin

I build iOS apps
people actually use.

Software engineer, 25+ years. Building for iOS since 2009, back when the SDK was new and Objective-C was the only option. I’ve led mobile teams, taught at the Apple Developer Academy, and now I ship the app that gets you on the plane.

Currently
Ryanair · Mobile team
Based in
Swords, Dublin
Shipping since
iPhone OS 3
On the App Store
PressNote · 2026
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Hi, I’m Rodrigo
iOS Developer · since 2009
PressNote app icon
PressNote
iPad & Mac · 2026
App Store
On-device AI turns live audio into a finished, publishable note — offline.
Scan to open
pressnote.app

Now

Currently at Ryanair on the Mobile team, letting passengers check in and drop off bags from their phone. Outside work I’m building SpecDrive, an iPad & Mac app that brings Spec-Driven Development to non-technical builders.

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PressNote
01 · RECORD
Record & translate
every word — live.

On-device speech recognition with instant, side-by-side bilingual transcription.

REC · 01:16:42 On-device · EN → PT
PressNote on Mac: a live WWDC keynote transcript with side-by-side English and Portuguese and an on-device AI-drafted summary.
SpecDrive
01 · DEFINE PRINCIPLES
Apple Intelligence
drafts your rules — on device.

Suggested coding principles generated privately on your Mac, then carried into every spec. Nothing leaves the device.

✦ Apple Intelligence On-device · GitHub sync
SpecDrive on Mac: the Define Principles phase, with Apple Intelligence suggesting on-device coding principles for the project.
How I work now

Fifteen years of judgment, paired with AI.

I use Claude (at Ryanair and on side projects like SpecDrive) as a force multiplier, not autopilot. Experience is what tells you when the suggestion is wrong, when the architecture is off, when the “working” code will break in production.

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Judgment first

Fifteen years of shipping iOS means I know what “good” looks like. AI drafts; I decide what survives the review.

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Velocity, not vibes

Boilerplate, scaffolding, refactors, tests: all handed off to Claude. The interesting decisions stay mine.

03
Quality gates stay

Every line still gets read, profiled, and questioned. AI doesn't get to skip code review just because it types fast.

In production today: Ryanair iOS, PressNote & SpecDrive

Career timeline

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Skills

Swift95
SwiftUI88
Objective-C90
JavaScript80
C#70

Recognition

Apple WWDC Scholarship

Awarded by Apple to attend the Worldwide Developers Conference.

Patent: Synchronized A/V Display

Apparatus and system for synchronized display of visual and audio information.