Wolf Rentzsch talks with Andrew Pontious about obsolescence. Do older machines really have to be cut off from the latest OS and application updates? Does higher-level software design (and open source data formats) help or hurt?

Andrew Pontious tries with guest cohost Uli Kusterer to make the case that C++ is a perfectly acceptable language for Objective-C developers to use under certain circumstances.

Andrew Pontious uses his new microphone to communicate with Wolf Rentzsch about...the ways developers communicate: in interviews, on the job, and on the Internet.

Wolf Rentzsch follows up with Andrew Pontious about AppleScript, Apple events, appscript, Distributed Objects, distributed computing, JSTalk, and sandboxing's IPC implications.

Andrew Pontious explains with Wolf Rentzsch some of his maintenance best practices, so that you can perform your own "slide" with the greatest of ease. (Andrew's audio drops occasionally throughout. Sorry, everyone!)

Wolf Rentzsch talks with Andrew Pontious about why AppleScript is a really awesome language and why it's basically dead. (And why you should use JSTalk instead.)

Andrew Pontious talks with Wolf Rentzsch about the JetBrains AppCode IDE, which you can use instead of Xcode to write your iOS apps.

Wolf Rentzsch talks with Andrew Pontious about Mac App Store irrelevance, the Sparrow acquisition, and so-called "pop software" and its impact upon independent software developer livelihoods.

Andrew Pontious explores with Wolf Rentzsch why and for how long you should stay in the "veal pen", whether it's as a Twitter client developer or an iOS/Mac developer. Bonus: the cat noises are back!

Wolf Rentzsch enumerates with Andrew Pontious the 5 benefits and 6 issues he sees with Apple's new Automatic Retain Count system in the longest, most anticipated episode yet!