Dave Wood

Waiting For Review

The show is a fortnightly catch up between David Gary Wood, and Daniel Jilg! David is the longtime host of the show, an iOS development coach based in Wellington, New Zealand. His side project applications include GoVJ (https://govjapp.com), and he is currently working on several small projects. Daniel is an establish independent developer based in the south of Germany. He is the founder of: Telemetry Deck (https://telemetrydeck.com), "Lightweight Analytics That's Not Evil", an analytics service for apps that provides speedy and accurate analytics whilst keeping user's data private and anonymi...

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Dave Wood

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www.waitingforreview.com

Latest episode

Mar 1, 2026

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Episodes

S3E27: Launching Topiary 🌳 and AB Testing 🧪 06.05.2023

Dave has launched Topiary, and version 1.1 is on it's way with some extra features already 🚀 Daniel has been hard at work laying the plumbing in TelemetryDeck for features like AB testing, and is nearly there.... Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 and Dave ✨ Show Notes Topiary Calckey Taking automatic screenshots using XCUITest Shift-F1 podcast Swift Community Awards TelemetryDeck issues on Github Our Li...

S3E26: Little green men, floating in space 🚀👽 13.04.2023

Daniel's been playing the new Kerbal Space program, and launching new features for TelemetryDeck. Meanwhile Dave is bringing his first Fediverse app to completion, Topiary. Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ und Daniel 🚀 Our Links TootSDK Waiting For Review TelemetryDeck Topiary Social Media Fediverse: WFR on Mastodon Dave on Mastodon Daniel on Mastodon Twitter: Daniel on Twitter WFRPodcast

S3E25: Funnels all the way down 🔍 23.03.2023

Daniel has delivered funnels into TelemetryDeck and tells all about it's launch on product hunt, and celebratory sushi! 🍱 Dave waxes lyrical about TootSDK and community contributions 🤝 Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 and Dave ✨ Our Links Daniel's product video Sushi TöótSDK Waiting For Review TelemetryDeck GoVJ in the AppStore Social Media Fediverse: WFR on Mastodon Dave on Mastodon Daniel on Mastodo...

S3E24: The Superhero Maker Show 🦸‍♀️ 26.02.2023

ChatGPT has made an entire backstory, podcast, and persona for Dave. David Gary Wood is a self-help Guru, podcaster, and author, who has written the book "Get Re-Inspired: Embrace your inner superhero"... None of this is true, but that hasn't stopped the wayward API from leaning into the mythology and inventing an entire theme song for David and his new podcast. Meanwhile Daniel has been building...

S3E23: TootSDK is released! 📣 14.02.2023

Daniel asks Dave all about the release of TootSDK, the iOS framework for Mastodon and the Fediverse. We get into all the details of the SDK and its launch. In the second half of the show, we talk about online gaming and streaming gaming services! Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 and Dave ✨ Our Links TootSDK Waiting For Review TelemetryDeck GoVJ in the AppStore Social Media Fediverse: WFR on Mastodon Dav...

S3E22: It's like auto-tune for your words ✍🏻 05.02.2023

Eagle eyed listeners may have noticed that our last episode was the first to be provided with and audio transcript. In this episode Dave lifts the lid on that process. We also talk about how Daniel has used chatGPT based AI to assist with writing copy, and the uncanny valley that it can lend to your written content if you're not careful. Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ und Daniel 🚀 Our Links Waiting For...

S3E21: One Billion and counting! 🚀 🥳 21.01.2023

Daniel celebrates TelemetryDeck reaching over one billion signals! 🎉 We talk agile development; when it really doesn't work, and when it really does. Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 and Dave ✨ Our Links Waiting For Review TelemetryDeck GoVJ in the AppStore Social Media Fediverse: WFR on Mastodon Dave on Mastodon Daniel on Mastodon Twitter: WFRPodcast Daniel on Twitter Special Guests: Mimi and Momo.

S3E20: Best laid plans, and all of that (Goodbye '22! 👋) 31.12.2022

We look back across 2022, the year that was,, and everything it brought for us. This is our year in review, with a look towards what we hope for in '23! Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ and Daniel 🚀 Our Links Waiting For Review TelemetryDeck GoVJ in the AppStore Social Media Fediverse: WFR on Mastodon Dave on Mastodon Daniel on Mastodon Twitter: WFRPodcast Daniel on Twitter Special Guests: Mimi and Momo.

S3E19: It's not actually that big...🙊 17.12.2022

In this episode... Dave has become a 2-app indie developer again, with the release of his newest app "Video to Audio" . Dave's descent into the Fediverse has also progressed further as he prepares to release TootSDK with his fellow maintainer, Konstantin. Daniel has been hard at work adding intersection to TelemetryDeck to support new features like funnels, and other cuts of the analytics data 🎉...

S3E18: We're poddin' 🎙️ 04.12.2022

Daniel updates on: Is moving data from his old server to his new one for TelemetryDeck. Putting together his "Orbital Survey" blog post for iOS 16 market share, leading him to play with Blender for an image too Meanwhile, Dave has been: Working on a new Swift SDK for Mastodon/Fediverse with Konstantin Kostov: TootSDK. Preparing his app VITA (Video to Audio) for release Configuring his personal Mas...

S3E17: It should just work 🛠️ 24.11.2022

Dave falls further and further into the Fediverse and Mastodon (again), and we talk about Twitter's new ownership and the impacts of that. Meanwhile Daniel has been fighting Kubernetes and ingesting data into TelemetryDeck's new stack. And more. Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 und Dave ✨ Our Links: TelemetryDeck Waiting For Review GoVJ in the AppStore Social Media Fediverse: WFR on Mastodon Dave on Mas...

S3E16: Side projects for my side projects 🙊 06.11.2022

Catching up after a month (For Dave and Daniel, not for y'all!), we catch up about: Apple Products that have been released recently 🍏 TVs and privacy 🫢 TelemetryDeck has funding 🚀 Kubernetes, Azure and letsencrypt 🤓 Screenshots, Vita and GoVJ 📱 NDI 📽️ And more. Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ and Daniel 🚀 Our Links: TelemetryDeck Waiting For Review GoVJ in the AppStore Social Media Fediverse: WFR on...

S3E15: Only birds need landing pages🐧 26.10.2022

We catch up about Daniel's open sourcing of the TelemetryDeck apps (you can submit PRs), SwiftUI vs Catalyst vs macOS, and the new TelemetryDeck website is now live. Dave's new app "Vita" inches closer to release, and needs a landing page... Meanwhile despite being on holiday for a week, Daniel has created a new app (Only Birds!) 🐧 Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 und Dave ✨ Mentioned in the show: Impr...

S3E14: Open source the things! 🤘 02.10.2022

Daniel has open sourced TelemetryDeck's Swift apps, as his development time is focusing primarily on TelemetryDeck's web application. Dave talks a little about his new day-job,paywalls and his balance of pricing for GoVJ subscriptions, and has been spending some time on another side project app ( VITA: Video to Audio , thank you Kris!). Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ and Daniel 🚀 Mentioned in the show:...

S3E13: Funemployment 🥳 07.09.2022

Dave is "funemployed" between jobs, debating how to spend his holiday before starting his new jobby job. Playing games, updating blog posts, or making a new app? Daniel is building out the new website for TelemetryDeck and getting things just so in a clean new set up 🧹 Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 und Dave ✨ Links: [ https://delightful-plant-0a2373503.1.azurestaticapps.net/](New TelemetryDeck Site)...

S3E12: I've experienced carousal 🎠 16.08.2022

Dave loses his extra sales for GoVJ 2.0, as a lower baseline starts to form post launch. Dave has diverted himself into exploring Vapor (Swift on the Server), for a test project... Daniel prepares the wagging finger to remind Dave to get marketing. Daniel is now employed by Telemetry Deck, as his company reaches it's next stage. As a good employee, he's setting up automated tests in github actions...

S3E11: Post-launch blip 📈 31.07.2022

Dave talks about his blip of extra sales, after launching GoVJ 2.0. Daniel is getting into Funnels, and TelemetryDeck's custom query language (TQL!), and sprucing up TelemetryDeck's documentation site. Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 und Dave ✨ Links: govjapp.com Go VJ in the AppStore TelemetryDeck Waiting For Review Social Media Twitter: WFRPodcast Daniel on Twitter Dave on Twitter GoVJ on Twitter Fed...

S3E10: Dave has finally released GoVJ 2.0 to the world 🎉 15.07.2022

Dave has finally released GoVJ 2.0 to the world 🎉 Meanwhile, Daniel has been chilling and relaxing, and resetting himself before heading back into TelemetryDeck development ⚙️ Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ and Daniel 🚀 Links: govjapp.com GoVJ in the AppStore TelemetryDeck Waiting For Review Social Media Twitter: WFRPodcast Daniel on Twitter Dave on Twitter GoVJ on Twitter Fediverse: Dave on Mastodon/F...

S3E9: Excuse my Language! 02.07.2022

Life interrupted the release of this episode - but better late than never ! Originally recorded in early June. Packed with all the things: Our favourite items from WWDC22! Daniel is back on a Magic Keyboard after his clackety diversion! Dave is preparing GoVJ for App Store release! Daniel is moving TelemetryDeck to Containerization! Dave swearing! 🤬 Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 und Dave ✨ Links: da...

S3E8: Banned from touching my Mac ⛔️ 30.05.2022

Daniel has destroyed his keyboard and is exploring the world of clackety key caps with lots of options. Meanwhile, Dave is resting and recovering and is banned from the use of his Mac, so of course, he's fallen into Mastodon and the Fediverse. Ideas for apps are of course front of his mind. Enjoy the show, Dave ✨ and Daniel 🚀 If you're interested in checking GoVJ 2 out, WFR users can use this pu...

S3E7: Have co-working space will code 🚲🧑‍💻 15.05.2022

A wide ranging episode this time, including: How we're using Async/Await in our apps. Dave aspires to find an excuse for server side Swift (and Daniel offers to help) Dave is adding in-app purchases and subscriptions to his app GoVJ Daniel shows off TelemetryDeck's live signal stats 🚀📈 Daniel's new cyclable co-working space! 🚲 Dave will visit, when Daniel gets an espresso machine ☕️ Enjoy the...

S3E6: To test, or not to test? ✅ 15.04.2022

We catch up on Daniel's ProductHunt debut of TelemetryDeck . Dave inches closer to releasing GoVJ 2 as he uses some time off from his day-job to bug-fix, and clean things up. We discuss automated testing. Daniel quizzes Dave on how he approaches automated testing in his day-job vs his solo indie app endeavours. How much is too much for a solo developer? What's a good depth of testing for different...

S3E5: ProductHunt and TestFlight 🚀 29.03.2022

Daniel launches TelemetryDeck on ProductHunt, learning lessons along the away 🚀 and Dave tries to give him more 'work' to do in sharing his journey and story to the wider world 😀 Dave has sent GoVJ 2 out to TestFlight, as he starts trying to progress version 2.0 towards release. If you're interested in checking GoVJ 2 out, WFR users can use this public link: TestFlight Links: TelemetryDeck on Pr...

S3E4: Just keep shipping 🛳 12.03.2022

Dave has hit a mental block with "Project Magnum", with a lagging ARView, and may be focusing on his app GoVJ 2 in the meantime. Daniel has created a queuing system for his server-side Swift backend for TelemetryDeck, that enables him to give much better performance to his users. We hit on how slicing features into smaller chunks to ship can give our users more, instead of waiting for things to be...

S3E3: Will Bishop, building Pestle from a van 🚐 27.02.2022

Daniel and David are joined by Australian special guest Will Bishop. Will is the developer of the cooking and recipes app, Pestle, along with Chirp for Twitter, Nano for Reddit, and MiniWiki. Will is currently on the road in Australia, travelling by van. He takes time out to catch up with us and tell us all about his apps, lifestyle, and developer journey. Enjoy the show, Daniel 🚀 and David ✨ Li...

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