Under the Radar

131: Dot-App and Microsoft's 95% 10.05.2018 29:49 ↓

Whether you need one of the new .app domains, and the ramifications of Microsoft's lower app-store commissions.

130: Lightning Round V 03.05.2018 28:59 ↓

Lessons from Android's success, hot new things from past WWDCs that didn't pan out, and trying to improve or avoid social problems with our apps.

129: Lightning Round IV 27.04.2018 29:53 ↓

Planning out our apps before writing any code, deciding which ideas NOT to pursue, a converged "Marzipan" world, and accessibility.

128: Lightning Round III: Servers 19.04.2018 29:05 ↓

In our third Q&A episode, we address the many questions we received about running servers.

127: Lightning Round II 13.04.2018 29:48 ↓

Our second-ever Q&A episode, including questions on React Native, reusable code vs. duplication, learning beyond Hello World, and the art of packing lightly for travel.

126: Retention 05.04.2018 29:41 ↓

The fast drop-off of typical usage over time, and how to improve our customer-retention rates.

125: Privacy Policies and GDPR 29.03.2018 29:34 ↓

Minimizing the collection and storage of your users' personal data, and high-level strategies to think about in the dawn of the EU's new GDPR law.

124: Sleep++ and Permission Prompts 23.03.2018 29:43 ↓

The development and release of Sleep++ 3.0, and best practices for prompting the user for permission to access iOS-protected data or features.

123: WWDC 2018 Preview, Watch Stats 16.03.2018 29:06 ↓

Whether to sign up for a WWDC 2018 ticket and what to do if you don't get one, and the ramifications of David's latest Apple Watch usage stats.

122: Ten Years of the iPhone SDK 08.03.2018 27:53 ↓

Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the first iPhone SDK release, imagining alternate timelines that could have been, and remembering what we were doing ten years ago.

121: Fear and Change 01.03.2018 27:53 ↓

Considering the temptation and pitfalls of developing features out of fear of missing an opportunity. Also, how best to communicate changes to customers.

120: Productivity by Inefficiency 23.02.2018 29:16 ↓

Adopting inefficient hacks to save developer time, since hardware is so fast that it's often a worthwhile tradeoff.

119: Second Locations 15.02.2018 29:28 ↓

Considerations for travel, coffeeshops, offices, vacations, and other secondary work setups.

118: Original Research 09.02.2018 29:25 ↓

Tackling complex math, data analysis, or other challenging problems to give your app a competitive advantage.

117: The iMac Pro 01.02.2018 29:29 ↓

Desktops vs. laptops, single vs. multiple monitors, and how we're enjoying our iMac Pros so far.

116: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 2 25.01.2018 29:48 ↓

A two-part crash course in starting an indie business. In part 2, we cover health insurance, retirement planning, professional services, and other common expenses.

115: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 1 18.01.2018 29:40 ↓

A two-part crash course in starting an indie business. In part 1, we cover business entities, taxes, and income.

114: Platform Wish List for 2018 12.01.2018 29:39 ↓

What we're hoping to see from Apple's APIs and developer platforms in 2018.

113: Grading the App Store in 2017 05.01.2018 29:46 ↓

How the App Store's 2017 changes have panned out so far, and our hopes for 2018.

112: Ideal vs. Pragmatic 29.12.2017 28:09 ↓

Being pressured by users or reality into features or choices we don't think we should need to do.

111: Universal Mac Apps? 21.12.2017 29:18 ↓

Considering the potential benefits and ramifications of the rumored unified app framework between macOS and iOS.

110: Workouts++ 2.0 Launch Diary 14.12.2017 29:29 ↓

David keeps a diary of what the day was like while he launched Workouts++ 2.0. It didn't turn out exactly how he'd hoped.

109: Search Ads in Practice 08.12.2017 29:42 ↓

Our experiences and best practices we've found for App Store Search Ads after a year of use, and whether to use the new Search Ads Basic.

108: Punch-List Mode 30.11.2017 29:36 ↓

Getting from when you think it's 99% complete to being actually releasable.

107: Free with Benefits 22.11.2017 29:44 ↓

Possibilities for value when apps don't bring in money directly.