Our next guest is Artem Novichkov.
Bearded iOS Developer (as he calls himself) is an iOS engineer and Swift enthusiast currently working at Salmon Group, where he helps build the Salmon fintech super-app focused on delivering accessible financial services to millions of users. Alongside his professional work, he mentors developers and consults companies on solving complex iOS development challenges.
Outside of coding, Artem enjoys FPV drone flying, video editing, and gaming, and he maintains several experimental side projects and developer tools, including examples of new iOS features and utilities for working with Apple platforms.
What’s your workspace like?
What devices and gadgets do you use in your daily work?
Besides Nintendo Switch 2, I’m using:
Monitor: Xiaomi 4K Monitor A27Ui-EU
Keyboard: Ergohaven K:03 v3
Mouse: Logitech MX Ergo S
Camera: Logitech StreamCam
Earbuds: Sony WF-1000XM5
This set allows me to fully dive into development with minimum distractions.
What applications and tools do you use?
The list is:
What AI tools (IDE, CLI, Skills) are you using?
For daily work and personal projects I use Xcode/Visual Studio Code, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Perplexity
Where can people find more about you?
Kindly sharing my personal blog, where I talk about Swift and SwiftUI. Also, my GitHub is full of useful tools for developer: from ClaudeAgentBar to horoscope for developers.
