Armend Belallari
Senior Software Developer
I'm a Senior Mobile Software Engineer at OpenResearch GmbH, with 13+ years experience in Mobile Development, passionate about building high-quality mobile applications and exploring emerging technologies. I work across Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, and Kotlin Multiplatform, focusing on scalable mobile architectures, AI-powered experiences, and developer productivity. I enjoy turning new ideas into working prototypes, experimenting with the latest Apple technologies, and sharing practical lessons learned with the developer community through talks, meetups, and hands-on demos.
Apple Intelligence Beyond the Hype: Building Features That Actually Matter
Apple Intelligence is much more than Writing Tools and the new Siri. Behind the scenes, Apple has introduced a collection of frameworks that allow developers to build smarter, privacy-first experiences running directly on the device.
In this lightning talk I'll walk through a real demo application built entirely on Apple Intelligence. We'll explore how on-device Large Language Models, Foundation Models, semantic search, and intelligent ranking can solve real user problems without sending data to the cloud.
Instead of focusing on marketing slides, we'll look at practical implementation patterns, common pitfalls, and what developers should actually start experimenting with today. You'll leave with concrete ideas you can immediately apply to your own iOS apps.