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Lumen โ Habits
A calm habit tracker built entirely in SwiftUI with delightful spring physics, widgets, and Live Activities. Featured by Apple in "Apps We Love."
Available for select projects ยท New York
Designing software that feels effortless.
I'm Alivia Palmer โ an iOS developer with five years of turning ambitious ideas into App Store products people love. Swift, SwiftUI, and an obsession with the small details.
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Years shipping iOS
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Apps & features released
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Avg. App Store rating
9:41
Good morning,
Alivia
Build passing ยท TestFlight live
Daily active128k
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SwiftUI120 fps, buttery
A New Yorker who believes great apps are felt, not just used.
I studied Computer Science at Columbia University, where I fell for the intersection of engineering precision and human-centered design. Five years and countless ship dates later, that's still what gets me out of bed.
I build iOS apps that respect people's time and attention โ fluid, accessible, and quietly powerful. From architecture to the last spring animation, I care about how it all feels in the hand.
- ๔ Columbia University ยท B.S. Computer Science
- ๔ 30 years old ยท based in New York City
- ๔ 5 years of focused, full-time iOS work
- ๔ Shipped to millions of devices worldwide
Things I've shipped.
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Northbound โ Maps
Real-time transit companion for NYC commuters. Custom Metal-rendered map layers, offline routing, and sub-16ms scroll performance on every device.
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Cadence โ Music
A social listening app with synchronized playback across friends. Built on Combine and async/await with a fully accessible, VoiceOver-first interface.
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Atlas โ AR Try-On
An ARKit experience letting shoppers place furniture in their space with realistic lighting and physics. Reduced returns by 34% for the retail partner.
The toolkit.
Swift & SwiftUI98%
UIKit & Auto Layout95%
Architecture (MVVM, TCA)92%
Concurrency & Combine90%
Animations & Metal88%
Testing & CI/CD86%
Five years, one craft.
2021
iOS Engineer ยท Fintech startup
Joined as the second mobile hire. Built the Swift codebase from scratch and shipped the v1 app to the App Store in four months.
2022
Migrated to SwiftUI
Led the team's transition to SwiftUI and async/await, cutting screen build time in half and reducing crash rate by 60%.
2023
Senior iOS Developer
Owned performance and accessibility across the app. Two products featured by Apple. Mentored three junior engineers.
2024โ25
Independent & consulting
Partnering with founders and studios in New York to design and build standout iOS experiences end-to-end.
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Have something worth building?
I take on a small number of projects at a time. Tell me what you're dreaming up โ I usually reply within a day.