The iDeveloper Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, the boys discuss the adoption of SwiftUI, the newly released iPhone 16, and iOS 18. John shares insights from his recent hackathon, focusing on Netflix’s new companion mode. Meanwhile, Scotty tackles the discontinuation of Realm by MongoDB, exploring possible replacement options and how this impacts the development of MoneyWell.

This week, the guys dive into ‘office politics’ and share their thoughts on the upcoming iPhone announcement. John discusses his preparations for an upcoming hackathon, while Scotty gives updates on his ongoing work with the iPad.

This week the boys open up about their thoughts and personal experiences with tech interviews, discussing the ups and downs of the process. They also explore the possible role of AI in software development and share their expectations for WWDC24. John recounts his recent trip back East and provides insights into his work on transitioning a codebase to SwiftUI from UIKit, highlighting the challenges and rewards of the process.

UIKit vs SwiftUI Performance Comparison

This week the boys talk this years WWDC and how its changed over the course of the pandemic. John talks his continued work on video and animation with AVComposition and his newfound love for double.random(in:). Scotty talks the ever-developing nature of client work and when it's best to move on. Also some results on last weeks question of user onboarding.

UserOnboard | A frequently-updated compendium of web app first-run experiences

Show me, don't tell me | Adding demonstrations and tutorials to a SwiftUI app

A week of object success stories with John sharing his recent praise and developed conversations of last week's release of his Dynamic Type success. Also talks about his find of a great music isolation app with a great first-run experience. Scotty shares his recent commit successes on a new project from an existing client and keeping the balance of working on multiple projects simultaneously.

Moises | AI platform for musicians looking to isolate instrument and vocal tracks from any digital music file.

John shares his latest adventures into AVMutableComposition and also his latest ship which contains his recent Dynamic Type work. Scotty talks his not-so-much-a-failure of his recent work on CoreData and sync within MoneyWell, namely, when is the best time to persist the data?

Dynamic Type for the Netflix iOS app’s Detail Pages

This week the boys talks the progression of technologies using MemoryMiner as a yardstick. John talks the difficulty in finding the right feature set for software for use by human beings. Scotty talks his recent frustrations with debugging CloudKit and his deep dive into the iDeveloper archives by listening back to Episode 1 and how much things have changed vs. the similarities.

After finding an additional fractional listener from down the back of the couch thanks to the new Apple AirTags, this week the boys talk the nature of social media companies tracking and privacy policies. John talks his recent dynamic type BugBash and the world of high speed text rendering, namely the problems with widows and orphans. And the boys talk the culture of consuming content, from Netflix's new 'Play Something' feature to the seemingly infinite choice of possible content.

Signal trolling Facebook over privacy

Dynamic Type Shuffle Dance

John shares his recent hold up with a failed screenshot test with some dynamic type on a certain canvas with some certain languages. Also talks the surprise joy of SwiftUI Buttons. Scotty talks his recent client work on a more complex Mac app after a 6 month hiatus and the joy of finding a few helpful comments. Scotty also attempts to liken software development to electrician.

Hacking With Swift: well-worth the subscription fee

This week the boys discuss the recently announced Spring Apple Event. John shares his successes with the debug tool mentioned last week and some accessibility improvements being made off the back of it. Scotty shares his more successful week of working with test data on some recent client work and his work in graphic contexts and the complexity of drawing to different outputs.

Monty Python skit: Whizzo Chocolate Company, Spring Surprise