Zach Tarvin

@zachtarvin.com

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iOS developer. Dog fan. Beep-booper?

A napkin from Hello Kitty Cafe Chicago
Screenshot showing metrics from an outdoor walk in Apple Fitness. 7.71 miles in Chicago over two hours. 73 degrees, 65% humidity. 57 AQI.
An App Clip card for PolitiCall. The image has a captiol dome against a blue gradient. Text reads “PolitiCall: Find Your Reps. See who represents you.” with a View button.
A screenshot of a trivia challenge. The prompt reads “This Chicago-headquartered airline giant and Golin Ketchum client has been flying in Chicago for nearly 100 years. What is the original name of the first Chicagoland airport they were primarily operating out of in the late 1920’s?” Options are Orchard Field, Chicago Municipal Airport, Midway, or Gary.
A screenshot of the Golin Ketchum brand device in yellow running through a Pac-Man maze, pursued by ghosts.
A shot of clouds in the evening sky.
A Candygrams screenshot showing an orange heart reading “we love farts” against a lighter orange gradient background.
A screenshot from the App Store Connect “Notes for Reviewers” field reading “Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to review this app. It's been a while since it had an update, but proud of the way it's adopted Liquid Glass and more accessibility features. Hope you and the team are gearing up for a great WWDC!”
A push notification for “Showcased,” outlining a new showcase request for a Miranda Priestly visit.
Screenshot from Apple Fitness showing 6 hours and 24 minutes of walking workouts, totaling 21.33 miles for the week.
An emergency pizza widget. Press button, instant delivery.
A giant inflatable space man waves from in front of Masada.
A 1960’s era Arby’s hat illuminated in neon reading “Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwich is Delicious.”
The anniversaries screen of Showcased’s macOS app. A grid of team member headshots, titles, and start years are arranged in sections based on the month they joined.
A screenshot from Carrot Weather showing Chicago at -9 degrees, feeling like -22. Carrot’s text reads “These clouds taste like cotton candy. Earwax-flavored cotton candy.”
A message saying “You must complete age assurance in order to access this screen.” Followed by instructions on verifying your age.
The before view of PolitiCall’s chamber tab. This view shows just the Senate.
A screenshot of PolitiCall showing a tab for the current Congress.
A screenshot of the Senate tab of PolitiCall. Beneath the Senate title and search bar, a series of buttons reminiscent of Apple's Mail app offers to sort by political party. "Show All" is selected. Beneath that, a repeating grid of senators in a two-up grid for each state. Senators appear with their headshots as cards. A thin material overlay beneath shows their name and title.
A katsu curry rice bowl neatly divided in thirds. Hot curry on the left, thick white rice, and then sliced katsu cutlet. A Diet Coke lingers just out of frame.
A still from Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" video. Orange text is superimposed that reads "It's now safe to wake up your Green Day."
A ranch and a spicy Snack Wrap arranged on a McDonald's tray.
Screengrab of Hacking With Swift's "What's new in SwiftUI for iOS 26" the selected portion reads "But in talking to developers, it's interesting to see how smaller features are often more popular, usually because they finally resolve long-standing annoyances with SwiftUI." The first bullet reads "How to add list section index labels."
The "For You" tab of PolitiCall, showing a list of rep collections. In order, they are "My Reps," "LGBTQIA+ Reps," and "Oldest Reps." Each collection contains a set of of rows of up to four reps, with their headshots shown in a rounded rectangle.
A rainbow appears to beam directly through the roof of a building.
A screenshot showing SnackWrapFiles.com on an iPhone. The modal on the site announces that the Snack Wrap is back July 10
The icons screen from PolitiCall showing three Pride-focused icons.
An ube mochi donut and a ube matcha boba tea shown on a cafe table.
The Deep Dish Swift logo on a projection screen in a darkened conference space.
A mural of a giant robot with a big heart looking lovingly at a pet bird.
The deck and discard pile of a game of Giant Uno. My hand included for scale. These cards are significantly larger.
A tricycle is enclosed in metal and plastic, looking like a windowed yellow and electric blue shack. A pink electric sign is illuminated on the back door. Barely visible through the rear window, a chubby-cheeked Shiba Inu stares out at the Chicago boulevard.
A piece of public art shown above the grass of Chicago’s 606. A collection of a dozen eyes in different colors—mostly golds and oranges. The largest looks like an owl’s and sits in the center.
A modular Apple Watch face. At 10:02 pm on a Friday, the center complication is a new one for a drink logging app. “Today’s Drinks” shows two Contigo bottles. Were hydrated tonight.
A tonkatsu sando (consisting of sliced pork cutlet, cabbage, katsu sauce, and spicy aoili) served in halves in deep compostable tray. A side of sweet potato chips are included.
An old fashioned served on the raised claw of a tin crab statuette. Beneath the statue, a platter of dry ice releases a shroud of smoke.
A Chicago sidewalk covered in a layer of snow. Trees stretch gently against the cold morning.
A restaurant sign reading “#ILoveNoods Noodles, Dim Sum, Bubble Tea” over a storefront
A snow covered bridge crossing the Chicago river. In the foreground, two American flags fly in a strong flurry. A construction crane looms paused over the closed bridge. In the background, strong flurries obscure downtown Chicago in a wall of fog, ice, and haze.
A screenshot of Apple Intelligence’s visual intelligence interface. The camera has a Pepsi Zero Sugar can in focus on a desk. A chat box at the top of a keyword lists “How many calories in this?”
The prop spell book used in Disney’s Hocus Pocus.
Remi, a tiny black dog, is curled up between a blanket and her dog bed.
A Target mannequin shown on a holiday display, wearing pink plaid pants and pink Grinch sweater. To the right, a neon green grinch sweater.
A night mode shot of my living room. Double glass doors are closed, blinds shut. Above, a high window on a second level casts orange, blue, and red patches of light on the wall.
Screenshot of a visionOS app for logging movies shown in a museum environment. The left column of the window shows the heading “Movies” with a searchable list of two titles showing the name, number of actors, and the release year of a movie. The right column reads “No movie selected. Choose a movie to begin.”