Core Intuition

Daniel and Manton follow up on RapidWeaver 8 shipping without Mac App Store support. Daniel talks about his recent work on FastScripts, and they talk about the sometimes surprising value of "less successful" apps. They react to Marco Arment's announcement that Overcast will support podcasts embedding a "payment" tag in show notes, and indulge in a little analysis of Twitter's handling of the fiasco around Alex Jones.

Manton and Daniel react to sandboxes woes for RapidWeaver 8 on the Mac, and speculate about changes coming in Mojave that might have enticed Panic and Bare Bones to return to the Mac App Store. They talk about Twitter’s continued support for Alex Jones, and the resulting backlash that is driving some users to Micro.blog and to MarsEdit. Finally, they make a philosophical analysis of the state of social networks, and evaluate their feelings about Twitter's struggle to maintain community standards.

Daniel and Manton react to Apple's latest earnings announcement, on the eve of the company reaching a $1 trillion valuation. They assess the company's rising services revenues, and how it relates to Apple's 30% App Store cut, and stingy pricing for consumer-facing cloud services. Daniel reports on his resumption of iOS development and the feelings of being a relative newbie on the platform. Finally, they talk about the importance of focusing on a smaller number of features that you know you can follow through on well.

Manton and Daniel talk about the new MacBook Pro, and how it affects Manton's purchasing plans for his daughters' college computers. Daniel talks about his experience with macOS Mojave, the increasing stability of the OS, and the improvements to dragging from Photos.app.

Daniel and Manton react to rumors that Apple has site-licensed 1Password to its entire workforce, and what such a move might mean for the future of Apple's own Keychain features. They talk about the recent uptick in Lime and Bird-style scooter and bike sharing, and how bigger players like Lyft and Uber are starting to get involved. Finally they brainstorms ideas for Manton to market upcoming changes to Sunlit ... on a budget.

Manton and Daniel talk about migrating Manton.org to run on Micro.blog. They reflect on the nostalgia and inspiration of old web conventions like webrings and blogrolls. Finally, they talk about macOS Mojave's forthcoming AppleEvent sandboxing and the effect it has on a wide variety of apps.

Daniel and Manton catch up after traveling to Portland and Chicago, respectively. Manton reflects on the IndieWeb Summit and the inspiration he took away from that event. They talk about learning to balance “business emergencies” with other obligations, and other indie business skills. Finally, they respond to Apple’s new Maps announcements, and whether Apple's stance on privacy is an excuse for poor user experiences.

Manton and Daniel talk about the upcoming Dark Mode in macOS Mojave, and the challenges and joys of accommodating it as a developer. They bemoan Skype’s emotionally intrusive notifications, and reflect on other overly-touchy-feely interface designs. And Manton shares his experience booting up an older 2008 Mac Pro and taking it for a spin.

Daniel and Manton talk about upcoming travel plans, and the challenge of carving out time for work during the summer. Daniel shares his experience hacking on macOS Mojave's new "Marzipan" support for iOS apps. They both talk about the deprecation of WebView and their respective plans for migrating code to WebKit2's WKWebView.

Manton and Daniel talk about Daniel’s latest MarsEdit updates and the speed record of one's App Store review. Daniel talks about a quick fix he made to a crashing bug, and whether using Swift would Swift have prevented it. They reflect on Dominik Wagner’s criticism of Swift, but carefully avoid a full-on Swift debate. They follow up about the shortcuts of Siri Shortcuts and hope for similar, but slightly different long-term improvements. Finally, they talk about a new open source IAPKit from Black Pixel, supporting developers who want to provide App Store Trials, and talk about the improvements coming to the Mac App Store in Mojave.