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Bob’s got dinosaurs on the brain; Calvin’s neck deep in betas; Steve’s bread is still nowhere to be seen.

Steve returns from San Jose to talk with Bob and Calvin about the new releases from WWDC, what developer tools and APIs we’re most excited about, and SwiftUI tries to jump in at pretty much every point.

WWDC is fast approaching, so let’s get a few small topics out of the way. We go over some bread and vocabulary updates, plan our museum of old tech, gripe about how awesome working remotely is, and gush over the Playdate. Ok, all done? Good, beta time!

Bob graciously takes some time away from his freaking laser to go over some WWDC rumors, talk about Apple's decisions to block consumer apps that require MDM, and grill Calvin on his new job.

Steve and Calvin, minus Bob this time due to flight delays, talk about Gui Rambo's week of scoops at 9to5Mac, a potential peek into the future of iPad multitasking called PanelKit, and discuss the struggles of staying focused on a side project long enough to ship it.

We’ve been holding off on a big topic for a while now and the time has finally come to talk about one of the most contentious topics in iOS Development. Should you be writing your layout in code, or designing in Storyboards?

We catch up on the last two weeks of Apple announcements, Bob shares his iMac missed connection, and Steve gets excited about Swift 5.

While Steve is away with the flu, Calvin and Bob catch up and briefly discuss Captain Marvel (_no spoilers_), the gross reality of Smart TVs, Xcode file templates, and the rumored Marzipan rollout timeline.

After criticizing the newly announced Android Foldable lineup and musing about what could fix the issues with the Enterprise Development Program, we talk about our testing habits and find the line between useful and pointless tests.

We catch up a bit on the big news of Feburary; Apple, Facebook, and Google are all having a pretty rough month. FaceTime spy scandals competed with Facebook's VPN malware for our attention, and Google mostly avoided attention while admitting to bad behavior. Main topic this week is the social side of the iOS community. Conferences, Meetups, and retreats, oh my!