Peter Friese

Staff Developer Advocate, Firebase

Peter is a Staff Developer Advocate on the Firebase at Google, helping developers build amazing experiences and high quality apps using Firebase and AI.

With a passion for empowering developers and fostering innovation, Peter works tirelessly with the Firebase team to make his vision of “cutting short the time to magic” a reality.

Peter is also the author of the book "Asynchronous Programming with SwiftUI and Combine: Functional Programming to Build UIs on Apple Platforms" and host of the YouTube show "Firebase After Hours", in which he and his colleagues explore Firebase in a light-hearted and fun setting.

He has written code in BASIC, C, ObjectPascal, Java, Kotlin, Xtext, JavaScript, TypeScript, Objective-C, and a number of home-grown DSLs - but his all-time favourite is Swift.

Speaking

• Zero to Shipped: Build a Full-Stack AI App in 90 Minutes (09:50 CET, Crime Lab)

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Peter Friese at DevFest.cz 2026, 30 October 2026, Uhelný Mlýn, Libčice nad Vltavou, Czech Republic.