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Jiang Hongye, a first-year student at Chung Yuan Christian University, has won awards in the Apple Swift Student Challenge for two consecutive years. His latest work, the SwiftHub App, aims to provide a learning and交流 platform for Swift enthusiasts. This year, he is also working as an iOS software engineer, successfully balancing his studies and work. His previous project, the MyGoal App, helps users manage their goals, while SwiftHub places a greater emphasis on community interaction and supports communication in Chinese. Jiang Hongye enhances development efficiency with AI technology and is currently planning a new app, V-Cook, which generates recipes through images. Additionally, he looks forward to the AI feature updates at this year's WWDC developer conference and hopes to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook. For participating students, he encourages everyone to bravely present their ideas and take action at any time.

Currently a first-year student in the Department of Computer Science at Chung Yuan Christian University, 江竑燁 won the grand prize at the Apple Swift Student Challenge last year and has once again caught the judges' attention this year with his new creation, the SwiftHub App. This app aims to provide development resources and learning opportunities for the Swift programming language. This year, he has also become an iOS software engineer, balancing his studies while still being full of passion.

Apple recently announced the winners of the 2025 Swift Student Challenge, with a total of 350 winners worldwide, including only 3 from Taiwan. Fifty outstanding winners will be invited to attend a three-day event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. 江竑燁 participated in the challenge in 2023, where his project was an app to help users manage their home food inventory. Although he did not win at that time, he did not feel discouraged and won an award last year with the MyGoal App, which helps users create to-do lists and check their goal progress at any time. This year, he received recognition again with SwiftHub App, being favored by the judges for two consecutive years.

江竑燁 reflects on how he started learning the Swift programming language in middle school when he was in a sports class. He found the interaction with computers very interesting, which led him to delve deeper into programming. The inspiration for this year's SwiftHub came from a Today at Apple event he attended in May last year. At that time, he heard several college students discussing how to "care for others," but felt confused, which sparked the idea of creating a platform for sharing ideas, finding collaborators, or learning development resources.

The SwiftHub App is positioned as a communication hub for Swift enthusiasts, with the homepage providing various event information and experience sharing, while the second page lists the members and contact information of Swift clubs from different regions, along with a guide for founding clubs, especially aimed at Taiwanese students. He mentioned that while many developers share their experiences on the social platform X (formerly Twitter), a lot of foreign resources are in English, which can be a barrier for those with limited English proficiency. Therefore, 江竑燁 wanted to create SwiftHub to support Chinese communication, and this concept was thoroughly developed over about eight months, until he quickly completed it during the Lunar New Year when the submission for the Swift Student Challenge opened in February this year.

Compared to his previous work, which took 2 to 3 months to develop, SwiftHub only took 2 to 3 weeks, significantly improving efficiency. 江竑燁 attributes this to the assistance of AI development tools, which can read app pages and automatically generate code after inputting commands, saving him time on repetitive coding and allowing him to focus more on functionality design and interface adjustments. Last summer, 江竑燁 interned and performed excellently, earning a spot at the company as an iOS software engineer. His current life consists of attending classes during the day and working at night. He humorously states, "Being busy is my leisure."

When facing the dual pressures of school and work, AI has become his lifesaver. However, he also senses the differences between academia and industry, believing that "what is taught in school is completely different from what is used in companies." In school, it's mainly about handling exams, while at work, he faces various daily challenges. Despite this, he still finds joy in the experience, striving to find a balance between work and studies, paving the way for his future career.

In addition to his award-winning project, 江竑燁 is also developing another app called "V-Cook," which allows users to generate recipes through images or text, adjust ingredients based on portions, provide alternative suggestions, and create shopping lists. He mentioned, "Using an image of a matcha mille crepe cake to generate a recipe, the final product tasted quite good." Currently, this app is in the beta testing phase, and the next steps will involve optimizing the design and interface.

Regarding the upcoming Apple WWDC developer conference to be held in June this year, 江竑燁 looks forward to Xcode's development tools integrating stronger AI functionalities. He hopes for genuine upgrades this year and is paying attention to the interface changes in iOS 19. As a loyal Apple fan, his video background and phone wallpaper are both images of Apple's headquarters, Apple Park. He has applied to participate in this year’s WWDC in-person event, and if he is able to attend, hopes to meet more developers and possibly have a chance to meet Apple's CEO, stating, "I might be too nervous to say anything when the time comes." 江竑燁 connects creativity, technology, and life, and advises students looking to participate in the Apple Swift Student Challenge, "Don’t be afraid of time constraints; good ideas can start at any time."