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01:31:56

110: “Intel’s Blackberry moment?”

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2020/11/18

Apple’s lower App Store commission, the future of Swift by Sundell, shipping AirBuddy 2, M1 Mac benchmarks, SwiftUI’s potential as a cross-platform technology, and a review of the Xbox Series X. Yes, all of that in one episode — let’s dive in!

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01:30:03

109: “The Mac Mini stole my heart”, the November 2020...

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2020/11/11

The first round of Apple Silicon Macs is finally here, and John and Rambo have lots of thoughts on them. Also, adventures into Multipeer Connectivity and Bluetooth, and mixing development work with design.

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01:08:38

108: “The future could be next week”, the November...

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2020/11/04

It’s time for John and Rambo to place their bets on what Apple might announce at their upcoming “One More Thing” event. Will we see the first Apple Silicon-powered Macs, and if so, which ones, and what features will they have? Also, artisanal, hand-crafted JSON from Brazil, and computer-generated CSS from Poland.

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01:30:39

107: “Context is key”

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2020/10/28

The story and implementation behind Swift by Sundell Discover, how and why AirBuddy 2 will have an onboarding process, thoughts and comments on the new Apple Silicon-powered iMac rumors, home screen customization hacks, and a deep dive into balancing code-level details with shipping great products.

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00:58:23

106: “Do you buy your HomePods in bulk?”

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2020/10/21

The success of the AirBuddy 2 pre-orders is immediately followed by a classic Rambo shopping spree, John continues to explore Swift’s function builders feature, and the two discuss the initial reviews of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, the new HomePod home theatre mode, and how their names are actually pronounced.

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01:25:58

105: “An old man yelling at an iCloud”, the October...

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2020/10/14

On this extra long episode of Stacktrace, John and Rambo discuss all of the exciting new announcements from Apple’s October 2020 event, including the new iPhones, the new HomePod Mini, and more. Also, John is building a major new feature for his website and Rambo launches the pre-orders for AirBuddy 2.

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01:02:30

104: “Did it smell like an Apple product?”

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2020/10/07

Building and using iOS widgets, the community’s adoption of SwiftUI, an update on whether game streaming services are now viable on iOS, multiple ways of using view models, and Swift’s new Windows compatibility.

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01:04:04

103: “Widgets are data”

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2020/09/30

Building and using iOS widgets, the community’s adoption of SwiftUI, an update on whether game streaming services are now viable on iOS, multiple ways of using view models, and Swift’s new Windows compatibility.

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00:54:32

102: “It compiles — ship it!”

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2020/09/23

Building responsive app UIs, the launch of iOS 14, and thoughts on the Apple One bundle and some of its international pricing. Also, the return of both #askstacktrace and Stacktrace Arcade, as well as how using iCloud might affect the transferability of an app.

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01:18:04

101: “The iPad Prosumer”

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2020/09/16

It’s Apple event analysis time! John and Rambo discuss all of the major announcements from Apple’s “Time Flies” event — including the Apple Watch Series 6 and SE, the new iPads, and of course, the surprise release of iOS 14.

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01:10:22

100: “It was all planned”

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2020/09/09

On this special 100th episode of the show, John and Rambo reflect on their personal milestones since episode one, and play another round of Apple Keynote Poker in preparation for next week’s Apple event.

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01:07:46

99: “Untangle some spaghetti”

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2020/09/02

Behind the scenes of building an App Clip, progressive disclosure when designing UIs, Rambo's struggles with App Translocation on macOS, and speculation around what Apple might have in store for us this fall.

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01:01:38

98: “A chip volcano”

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2020/08/26

A deep dive into syncing systems and what goes into writing code for synchronizing user data using tools like CloudKit, a look under the hood of what AirPower could’ve been, and your regular weekly updates from John and Rambo.

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01:12:44

97: “You can’t be Springboard”

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2020/08/19

Analysis of the ongoing battle between Apple and Epic Games from a technical perspective, the benefit of writing cross-platform Swift code, logging and debugging strategies, and how Rambo merged two apps into one.

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01:03:47

96: “The Pandora’s Box of software”

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2020/08/12

Combining SwiftUI with other rendering technologies, Rambo’s preparations for the launch of the AirBuddy 2.0 Beta, and lots of thoughts on the recent App Store controversy involving Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming service. Also, custom Swift keywords, yay or nay?

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01:15:08

95: “We’re not lawyers”

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2020/08/05

What differentiates server-side and client-side development, Tim Cook’s testimony in front of the US Congress, the new iMac, Rambo’s secret new project, and more on John’s not-so-secret use of SwiftUI to build games.

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01:04:41

94: “The great app idea incubator”

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2020/07/29

Is FaceID coming to the Mac, what could a Swift version of async/await end up looking like, and what makes SwiftUI a nice fit for game UI development?

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00:57:29

93: “Life is not paper”

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2020/07/22

Rambo shuts down two of his projects and battles Dark Mode on macOS, John re-evaluates his goals and work priorities, and the two discuss the big Twitter hack, engineering management, and whether Apple has changed their strategy around when to ship new features.

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01:08:19

92: “App Store review lawyer”

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2020/07/15

After an accidental deep dive into SwiftUI, John and Rambo discuss the recent issues with Facebook’s iOS SDK and whether Apple should force developers to adopt more platform features. Then, this episode’s actual deep dive, into backend-driven UIs.

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01:08:31

91: “Just check the checkbox”

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2020/07/08

After a bit of speculation as to whether or not Apple will ship this year’s iPhone without a charger, John and Rambo go on a deep dive into SwiftUI state management, and discuss various approaches for sharing code between an app and an extension.

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