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Send me a text Jonathan is a fellow podcaster. Together with Mark Fransen he creates the podcast Everyday Robots . In his spare time he created the iOS apps Vizard and Lockne . https://everydayrobots.tech/ Jonathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/refactoredd Vizard on the App Store Lockne on the App Store Everyday Robots on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_everydayrobots Mark Fransen on Twitter: http...

Send me a text Happy Holidays. Final regular episode of 2022. Building an asynchronous SwiftUI button | Swift by Sundell Supporting async/await as a module owner Unit Testing UIViewController Dismiss closure argument in Swift The Vim "tip of the day" for Xcode | Chris Wu Swift Heroes iOS Conf SG Indie Life Unfolding (@IndieLifeComics) / Twitter Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tick...

Send me a text Frank is one of the people currently running iOS Dev Happy Hour. I’ve had several people from that community on my podcast before. Frank is another great story of switching careers and getting into iOS Software Development. More on Frank online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankefoster Frank's website and blog: https://www.frankefoster.com/ iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://www.iosd...

Send me a text It is a bit of everything this week. Links if this week How to change UIImage color in Swift | Sarunw Attempting SonarQube Analysis on Xcode Cloud – Oliver Binns Sorting data with KeyPathComparator – Augmented Code Loading Images on iOS 15 | PSPDFKit Using @SceneStorage With @FetchRequest Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 15 Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and d...

Send me a text Tim worked in cyber security, ended up at the BBC and started working on server-side Swift fulltime in 2019. He is also the server-side Swift team lead at raywenderlich.com Next to that he organizes several meetups and conferences. More on Tim online: His website: https://www.timc.dev/ Twitter: @0xTim Swift Server Work Group Vapor framework NSManchester Meetup page Join me in Amster...

Send me a text Here are this weeks links. Implementing and testing Universal Links Make rounding specific corners easier with extension | Filip Němeček How to make custom XCTest assertions show an error at the call site | Sarunw Lightweight dependency injection and unit testing using async functions | Swift by Sundell I also mentioned CocoaHeadsNL and the content release by Stream . Join me in Ams...

Send me a text Michael wrote a book on App Icons. The Kickstarter on this book ends on December 10. So get in there if there’s still time. He also runs a company called North Play. A graphic designer with many interests, who happened to create an awesome book on iOS app icons. The first thing an end user will likely see of your product as an app developer.  The iOS App Icon Book Michael on Twitter...

Send me a text Some nice articles that might get you to think out of the box this week. Backpressure is a concept I pretty much have not thought about for years. And Sarun has a nice tip on dealing with inconsistent APIs. Result builders in Swift - The. Swift. Dev Using CloudKit for content hosting and feature flags | Rambo Codes Create your first HTTP endpoint with Swift on AWS Lambda Backpressur...

Send me a text Ulf started Centered app. Before that he did tons of other things. Mostly he was involved with being part of or starting start-ups. It is a great story of an App developer growing way beyond his/her initial technical roots. Centered offers Flow Music & automated Productivity Coaching, Mono-Tasking, Do-Not-Disturb on Mac, Notification Blocking, Distraction Nudges and an elegant T...

Send me a text This week’s episode is mostly about SwiftUI. Adding DocC to an existing swift package – Rhonabwy How to Digitally Sign a PDF Using a YubiKey | PSPDFKit Confirmation Dialogs in SwiftUI - Replicating Apple's Reminders app Mastering ProgressView in SwiftUI | Swift with Majid Swift actors: How do they work, and what kinds of problems do they solve? | Swift by Sundell Donny on Monda...

Send me a text Denise worked at SAP before joining CARIAD , a company within the Volkswagen Group. She works on the iOS app related to their ID line of car models. A great app keeping you connected to your car. She's also one of the maintainers of DeviceKit . You can connect with Denise online at Twitter @denisenepraunig Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details available now...

Send me a text A really quick recording this week, enjoy this week’s articles. Checking if a SwiftUI View is in Preview How to make a macOS menu bar app | Sarunw AsyncView – Asynchronous loading operations in SwiftUI Composition vs. Inheritance: code architecture solutions explained in Swift Building a Blockchain in Swift (Intro) | by Felipe Ricieri | Kin + Carta Created | Nov, 2021 | Medium Donny...

Send me a text Tim Oliver works on DriveMode, an interesting app with a Bluetooth hardware component. He also worked at Realm, yes the Core Data and SQLite alternative. He is originally from Australia, but for work he has been pretty much around the globe. You can find Tim: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/timoliverau on his website: https://timoliver.blog/ More on DriveMode: https://twitter.com/dr...

Send me a text First impressions and presenting at a conference. How cool is that? NSSpain is happening this week, and I am part of that. Now that's even cooler. First impressions of SwiftUI · Jesse Squires Awaiting WebSockets in SwiftUI Using count vs isEmpty to check whether a collection contains any elements | Swift by Sundell Swift in Depth The Defer Statement in Swift – SerialCoder.dev D...

Send me a text Bobby created Filtru. A coffee app for iOS that helps you brew the perfect cup. Bobby sheds some light into what it takes to create an amazing cup of coffee. Along the way we touch upon Bluetooth smart scales and integration with those. Learn more about Filtru: https://filtru.coffee/ Follow Bobby on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobek_balinek The smart scales we talked about are call...

Send me a text A bit later then usual, I’ll explain why in this episode. Just was unable to finish the last bits of processing last night and only just now I had the extra 10 minutes I needed to finish things. Enjoy this weeks episode here are this week’s links: SwiftUI: Displaying mathematical fractions | by coderExMachina | Nov, 2021 | Medium Understanding how and when SwiftUI decides to redraw...

Send me a text Tunde was suggested to me by one of my previous guests. And boy was he right. It is amazing to just see what Tunde has achieved in such short time. Best part, he actually wanted to sell icecream when he was a kid. Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details available now. Lead Software Developer   Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Su...

Send me a text Had a big day today. But Josh released a big video with blog post as well. So lots of good stuff again this week. This week's links: Dangerous Logging in Swift | Indie Stack What's new in Xcode 13.2 beta 1 | FIVE STARS iOS How-to — Capture Touch Events Outside UIView Bounds | by Pete Smith | Zendesk Engineering | Oct, 2021 | Medium Josh’s M1 Mac Development Environment - h...

Send me a text Dmitry works on iOS and blockchain. An interesting combination if you ask me. He works as the tech lead on Gnosis Safe for iOS and also contributes to WalletConnect , an important bit functionality enabling mobile Web3 wallet interactions. You can learn more about Dmitry on: LinkedIn Twitter: @_dmitrybespalov Github Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details availabl...

Send me a text I promised a double helping of links this week. And turns out there was a lot of things going on over the last two weeks. I specifically wont mention anything on the new Apple hardware since this is about the developer articles in my podcast. This week's links Khanlou | Download Progress With Awaited Network Tasks What is a KeyPath in Swift | Sarunw Unit Testing Weak References...

Send me a text Peter works as a Developer Advocate for Google’s Firebase platform . His focus is the iOS/Mac side of things. It is a role that has him doing all kinds of things all around the world. Mostly he works from his home office though. Peter on: His blog: https://peterfriese.dev/  Twitter: @peterfriese Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details available now. Lead Software...

Send me a text Listen in on me reflecting on the past year of podcasting. I share some of my thoughts on how I think things are going. As always feedback is welcome. Especially this week. Keep on listening I love it when you reach out to me. My podcasting gear. One of my favourite gadgets, an Atreus keyboard. This is CocoaHeadsNL. This Shure Beta 87A is high on my wishlist. Buzzsprout golobal plat...

Send me a text Listen in on my conversation with Matteo. He creates advances iOS courses. Being self employed teaching people is what he wanted to do. In his goals along his path into iOS development he seems to have always kept his current work in mind. Matteo's website: https://matteomanferdini.com/ Matteo's app website: https://www.purecreek.com/ Matteo on Twitter (He is active on Twi...

Send me a text A bit of a reflective episode. Some cringeworthy content even. Lots of people working hard in our community. Stuff about Actors, ifs and becoming profitable. Links of this week`s contents: Case study: Building a profitable app in 30 days | by Arthur Van Siclen Jordi's content on Gumroad Should every if statement has an else clause | Sarunw How Sendable Can Help in Preventing Da...

Send me a text Mihaela and I got introduces on Clubhouse. I loved how she respectfully was able to tell people if they were wrong on many topics. Sometimes she was not subtle on purpose. But she has always been right. And that’s impressive. Learn more about Mihaela. I would love to meet her in person one day on a conference. You can find her on Twitter: @civeljahim The Instant Pots mentioned.  The...