Empower Apps

Guest

• Matt Braun (@mattbraun)
  • Twitter (@mattbraun)
  • SketchParty TV

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/HRfciIxoSMo

Related Episodes

• E27 - Media Outreach with Jeff Gamet
• E71 - App Dev Stack with Jordan Morgan
• E78 - Apple Silicon Review with Gui Rambo
• E113 - Indie Dev #2 - Tasks by Mustafa Yusuf

Related Links

• Matt's Empower Station Tweet
• Leo's Empower Station Specs
• Eddy Cue mentions SketchParty TV
• Buy Hacking with tvOS and build apps and games for Apple TV
• Beginning Native tvOS Apps | raywenderlich.com
• SwiftUI on tvOS | raywenderlich.com
• tvOS Top Shelf Tutorial: Static and Interactive | raywenderlich.com
• Beginning tvOS Development with TVML Tutorial | raywenderlich.com
• Disney bought baseball’s tech team to take on Netflix
• Paper by WeTransfer
• MacStories - SketchParty TV By Federico Viticci
• CocoaAsyncSocket

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Sentry
From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

• Source code, error filters, stack locals — Sentry enhances application performance monitoring with stack traces.
• Quickly identify performance issues before they become downtime. 
• Breadcrumbs make application development a little easier by showing you the trails of events that lead to the error(s).
• Real-time application monitoring means data, in real-time. 
• Dashboards add a visual element to our application monitoring.

Over 1M developers and 80K organizations already ship better software faster with Sentry application monitoring.
Check out their great iOS dev docs at:
https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast
Sign up today for free at:
http://sentry.io/for/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast

AppFigures
The tools you need to monitor, optimize, and get more downloads.

There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.

The folks at Appfigures have easy step-by-step guides and intuitive tools to do that, which many indie developers are using to get more downloads:
https://appfigures.com/resources/aso

Also check out our episode with CEO Ariel Michaeli:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b7ff63

Try Appfigures for free, and if you like it use the special link to get 30% off for the next 3 months:
https://appfigures.com/account/upgrade?p=empower3030

Show Notes

• Home Button is here to stay
• M1 on the iPad Air
• What the Mac Studio Means
• Leo's Choice of Configuration 
• Future of Apple TV 
• How the market of the Apple TV works
• The power of being mentioned at an Apple Event
• Testing Apple TV Software
• TVML vs UIKit vs SwiftUI on the TV
• Games on the Apple TV

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• David Barnard (blog)
  • Twitter @drbarnard
  • The Sub Club Podcast
  • Contrast

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/LaCj_Oaw1uo

Related Episodes

• E115 - Indie Dev #4 - Making an App Best-in-Class with Jordan Morgan
• E114 - Indie Dev #3 - Focused Work with Michael Tigas
• E113 - Indie Dev #2 - Tasks by Mustafa Yusuf
• E112 - Indie Dev #1 - Dark Noise by Charlie Chapman
• E104 - In-App Purchases and the StoreKit API with Andy Boedo
• E68 - App Store Review Guidelines with Paweł Madej
• E27 - Media Outreach with Jeff Gamet
• E26 - App Store Optimization with Ariel Michaeli
• Sub Club - Eric Owens, App Business Brokers — How to Sell Your App
• Sub Club - Ben Bajarin, Creative Strategies — Quantifying Apple’s Developer Sentiment Problem
• Sub Club - David Smith, Widgetsmith - Lessons From 50 Million Downloads
• Sub Club - Ben Thompson, Stratechery - Apple’s App Store Conundrum

Related Links

• How to Game the App Store
• RevenueCat - The Ultimate Guide to Subscription Testing on iOS
• RevenueCat - Managing Cross-Platform Subscriptions
• RevenueCat - Subscribers Are Your True Fans 
• RevenueCat - Cashing Out: How to Sell Your App
• Why Amazon Has A Fake Review Problem by CNBC

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Sentry
From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

• Source code, error filters, stack locals — Sentry enhances application performance monitoring with stack traces.
• Quickly identify performance issues before they become downtime. 
• Breadcrumbs make application development a little easier by showing you the trails of events that lead to the error(s).
• Real-time application monitoring means data, in real-time. 
• Dashboards add a visual element to our application monitoring.

Over 1M developers and 80K organizations already ship better software faster with Sentry application monitoring.
Check out their great iOS dev docs at:
https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast
Sign up today for free at:
http://sentry.io/for/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast

AppFigures
The tools you need to monitor, optimize, and get more downloads.

There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.

The folks at Appfigures have easy step-by-step guides and intuitive tools to do that, which many indie developers are using to get more downloads:
https://appfigures.com/resources/aso

Also check out our episode with CEO Ariel Michaeli:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b7ff63

Try Appfigures for free, and if you like it use the special link to get 30% off for the next 3 months:
https://appfigures.com/account/upgrade?p=empower3030

Show Notes

• Does not being a developer help?
• How to check if there's market for your idea?
• What markets attract “scammy” apps?
• The Future of App Store
• Building a Better App Store
• Biggest Mistake Indies Do

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Jordan Morgan - @jordanmorgan10
  • Swiftjective-C
  • A Best-in-Class iOS App - A Five Book Series

Youtube Video -  https://youtu.be/aMBoJDnBuSo

Related Episodes

• E111 - Indie Dev #1 - Dark Noise by Charlie Chapman
• E27 - Media Outreach with Jeff Gamet
• E26 - App Store Optimization with Ariel Michaeli
• E62 - Local Database Storage on iOS with Aaron Douglas
• E112 - Indie Dev #2 - Tasks by Mustafa Yusuf
• E106 - Mac Dev in 2021 with Daniel Jalkut
• E94 - iPad Development with Adam Shaw
• E71 - App Dev Stack with Jordan Morgan
• E113 - Indie Dev #3 - Focused Work with Michael Tigas

Related Links

• Spend Stack
• Try out the new SwiftUI Tour in the Buffer beta
• A New Home for Spend Stack
• Dailyios 
• RevenueCat - Cashing Out: How to Sell Your App by David Barnard
• Can you learn design
• Microacquire
• Flippa

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Sentry
From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

• Source code, error filters, stack locals — Sentry enhances application performance monitoring with stack traces.
• Quickly identify performance issues before they become downtime. 
• Breadcrumbs make application development a little easier by showing you the trails of events that lead to the error(s).
• Real-time application monitoring means data, in real-time. 
• Dashboards add a visual element to our application monitoring.

Over 1M developers and 80K organizations already ship better software faster with Sentry application monitoring.
Check out their great iOS dev docs at:
https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast
Sign up today for free at:
http://sentry.io/for/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast

AppFigures
The tools you need to monitor, optimize, and get more downloads.

There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.

The folks at Appfigures have easy step-by-step guides and intuitive tools to do that, which many indie developers are using to get more downloads:
https://appfigures.com/resources/aso

Also check out our episode with CEO Ariel Michaeli:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b7ff63

Try Appfigures for free, and if you like it use the special link to get 30% off for the next 3 months:
https://appfigures.com/account/upgrade?p=empower3030

Show Notes

• How to manage your time as a side gig
• How to decide what apps to work on
• Why learning about the competition is important
• Using SwiftUI and CloudKit in 2022
• How getting an acquired works
• On writing his book series - The Best-in-Class iOS App
• Why accessibility is important
• Can you learn design
• Why you shouldn't start with design
• Why you need to be able to describe your app in one sentence
• Pros and cons of low vs high fidelity
• Why the tone of your app is important

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Michael Tigas (@michael_tigas)
  • Hey I Make Apps
    • Launching an Indie App Series
  • Focused Work App
  • Ochi App

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/HwC2_dETDFs

Related Episodes

• E111 - Indie Dev #1 - Dark Noise by Charlie Chapman
• E112 - Indie Dev #2 - Tasks by Mustafa Yusuf
• E106 - Mac Dev in 2021 with Daniel Jalkut
• E94 - iPad Development with Adam Shaw
• E71 - App Dev Stack with Jordan Morgan

Related Links

• Pre-Order Ochi Today!
• Suggested People to Follow by Michael:
  • Jordi Bruin (@jordibruin): Soosee, Navi
  • Emmanuel Crouvisier (@emcro): CardPointers
  • Aaron Pearce (@aaron_pearce): HomeCam/Run/Pass/Scan
  • Mustafa Yusuf (@mufasaYC): Tasks

Sponsors

Sentry
From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

• Source code, error filters, stack locals — Sentry enhances application performance monitoring with stack traces.
• Quickly identify performance issues before they become downtime. 
• Breadcrumbs make application development a little easier by showing you the trails of events that lead to the error(s).
• Real-time application monitoring means data, in real-time. 
• Dashboards add a visual element to our application monitoring.

Over 1M developers and 80K organizations already ship better software faster with Sentry application monitoring.
Check out their great iOS dev docs at:
https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast
Sign up today for free at:
http://sentry.io/for/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast

AppFigures
The tools you need to monitor, optimize, and get more downloads.

There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.

The folks at Appfigures have easy step-by-step guides and intuitive tools to do that, which many indie developers are using to get more downloads:
https://appfigures.com/resources/aso

Also check out our episode with CEO Ariel Michaeli:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b7ff63

Try Appfigures for free, and if you like it use the special link to get 30% off for the next 3 months:
https://appfigures.com/account/upgrade?p=empower3030

Transistor.Fm
Your podcast's publishing platform
Transistor not only hosts your podcast but also:

• Help distribute your podcast with integrations to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, and Mailchimp
• Deep analytics including average downloads per episode, popular podcast apps, number of subscribers, trends
• Professional support for creatives, businesses, and professional podcasters when it comes to hosting and analytics

How do you start a podcast?
https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=empowerapps

Try it today with this special link:
https://transistor.fm/?via=empowerapps

Show Notes

• How to find the "right" idea
• Using Catalyst to migrate Focused Work from iOS to the Mac
• What is AppKit Bridging?
• How to get started designing your app
• How to get beta testers
• How to build interest
• How to decide what APIs and Features to tap into

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Mustafa Yusuf (@mufasaYC)
  • Tasks App

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/u_7Ow5dN0lc

Related Episodes

• E111 - Indie Dev #1 - Dark Noise by Charlie Chapman
• E27 - Media Outreach with Jeff Gamet
• E26 - App Store Optimization with Ariel Michaeli

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Sentry
From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

• Source code, error filters, stack locals — Sentry enhances application performance monitoring with stack traces.
• Quickly identify performance issues before they become downtime. 
• Breadcrumbs make application development a little easier by showing you the trails of events that lead to the error(s).
• Real-time application monitoring means data, in real-time. 
• Dashboards add a visual element to our application monitoring.

Over 1M developers and 80K organizations already ship better software faster with Sentry application monitoring.
Check out their great iOS dev docs at:
https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/apple/guides/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast
Sign up today for free at:
http://sentry.io/for/ios?utm_source=empowerapps&utm_medium=paid-podcast

AppFigures
The tools you need to monitor, optimize, and get more downloads.

There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.

The folks at Appfigures have easy step-by-step guides and intuitive tools to do that, which many indie developers are using to get more downloads:
https://appfigures.com/resources/aso

Also check out our episode with CEO Ariel Michaeli:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b7ff63

Try Appfigures for free, and if you like it use the special link to get 30% off for the next 3 months:
https://appfigures.com/account/upgrade?p=empower3030

Show Notes

• Working culture differences
• Balancing Architecture and Progress
• Benefits and Drawbacks of CloudKit
• Understanding Your Audience
• Differentiating Your Product

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Charlie Chapman (Blog)
  • Charlie Chapman (Twitter @_chuckyc)
  • Dark Noise App
  • Launched Podcast

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/UXvCBj6SAEA

Related Episodes

• E110 - Connecting Wirelessly with Gui Rambo
• E91 - Fastlane with Josh Holtz
• E84 - Automation Fun with Jared Sorge
• E27 - Media Outreach with Jeff Gamet
• E26 - App Store Optimization with Ariel Michaeli

Related Links

• Charlie Chapman - Marketing Dark Noise
• Launched - Episode 34: Flighty - Ryan Jones
• Patrick (H) Willems - I Accidentally Made a Feature Film - Here's What I Learned

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Linode
A cloud experience developers love

• Great for Setting Up a Backend for Your App
• Variety of VM Configurations and Settings
• Reasonable Pricing Starting at $5 per month
• Global Data Centers
• The Developer Cloud Simplified

Try it today with this special link:
https://www.linode.com/?r=97e09acbd5d304d87dadef749491d245e71c74e7

Check out OrchardNest Today:
https://orchardnest.com

Show Notes

• How to keep track of ideas?
• How to get help?
• What features to prioritize?
• Why having a story for your app is important?
• What skills have transferred to a day time job?

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Peter Witham - Compileswift.com - Twitter
  • Peter's New Livestream - compileswift.live

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/3MOK_smitUU

Related Episodes

• Episode 110 - Connecting Wirelessly with Gui Rambo
• Episode 106 - Mac Dev in 2021 with Daniel Jalkut
• Episode 98 - Async, Await, and Combine with Marin Todorov
• Episode 95 - Swift Playgrounds with Steve Lipton
• Episode 94 - iPad Development with Adam Shaw
• Episode 92 - WWDC 2021 - Platforms State of the Union with Peter Witham
• Episode 91 - Fastlane with Josh Holtz
• Episode 89 - Cryptography with Marcin Krzyżanowski
• Episode 84 - Automation Fun with Jared Sorge
• Episode 81 - Awaiting for Async with Vincent Pradeilles
• Episode 68 - App Store Review Guidelines with Paweł Madej
• Episode 24 - Continuous Integration with Kyle Newsome

Related Links

• Xcode Cloud Beta Signup
• CoreInt Episode 487 - I Spent A Week On It
• Apple Developer Tech Talks
• Steve Lipton - Swift Playgrounds Course
• Apple SwiftUI Sample App Tutorials
• NSSpain 15 - Xcode Cloud: What is it? How to use it? Is it for me? - Josh Holtz
• HWS - How to build your first SwiftUI app with Swift Playgrounds
• CompileSwift Live Stream Highlight - macOS UI Design with Sketch
• Apple Design Resources
• Swift Studio by Marcin Krzyzanowski
• "Swift Light" by Marin Todorov
• Nova by Panic

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Transistor.Fm
Your podcast's publishing platform
Transistor not only hosts your podcast but also:

• Help distribute your podcast with integrations to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, and Mailchimp
• Deep analytics including average downloads per episode, popular podcast apps, number of subscribers, trends
• Professional support for creatives, businesses, and professional podcasters when it comes to hosting and analytics

How do you start a podcast?
https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=empowerapps

Try it today with this special link:
https://transistor.fm/?via=empowerapps

Indie Developer Spotlight - KalWoche by Matthias Deuschl

Give a try to the first of many Indie Developer Spotlights with KalWoche by Matthias Deuschl

With this Independent Watch app, scroll through the calendar with the Digital Crown. Count days / weeks with the date calculator. Multiple complications including weekday, week of year, date.

• Practical calendar for quick flipping: scroll through time month by month with the Digital Crown.
  • What weekday is April 1st? When is week 18? Which week of the year is beginning of November? → Just scroll until you see.
  • How long until date x? → Simply scroll, tap, see.
• date calculator: add days, weeks, months or years from today or the selected date and the result is displayed as a date with weekday and calendar week. In addition, the duration from today or the selected date until then is displayed.
• Clean watchface complications help to always keep the current weekday, date and week of year in view. Find your perfect fit with numerous options.

Give this app a try today at:
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1554477157

Show Notes

• Future of ...

Guest

• Gui Rambo - Twitter @_inside
  • Blog
  • Github
  • Stacktrace Podcast
  • 9to5Mac

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/U97HwkmKpg8

Related Episodes

• Episode 58 - Big Bad Bluetooth with Leah Vogel
• Episode 78 - Apple Silicon Review with Gui Rambo
• Episode 31 - Future Proofing Your Apps with Gui Rambo

Related Links

• AirBuddy
• MultipeerKit - high-level abstraction built on top of the MultipeerConnectivity framework

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

Linode
A cloud experience developers love

• Great for Setting Up a Backend for Your App
• Variety of VM Configurations and Settings
• Reasonable Pricing Starting at $5 per month
• Global Data Centers
• The Developer Cloud Simplified

Try it today with this special link:
https://www.linode.com/?r=97e09acbd5d304d87dadef749491d245e71c74e7

Check out OrchardNest Today:
https://orchardnest.com

Show Notes

• Dealing with the Menu Bar
• AirPods Thoughts
• Lessons learned working on AirBuddy
• Bluetooth Terminology Lesson
• Dealing with AirPod Issues as a user
• How Bluetooth works and differs from Networking
• How the Nearby Interaction framework works
• How the Multi-peer Connectivity framework works

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Graham Lee - Twitter @iwasleeg
  • Graham's Blog - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
  • Graham's Book - APPropriate Behaviour

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/H8O0rj1It1w

Related Episodes

• Episode 107 - Expert Swift with Shai Mishali
• Episode 105 - Navigating DocC with Ellen Shapiro
• Episode 70 - Maintaining & Migrating with Antoine van der Lee - Part 2
• Episode 69 - Maintaining & Migrating with Antoine van der Lee - Part 1
• Episode 48 - Alternative Backends with Kristaps Grinbergs

Related Links

• DosAmigans Twitch Stream - Programming on the Amiga 
• [objc retain]
• GNUstep
• Cocotron
• ObjFW
• mulle-objc
• WWDC 2020 - Refine Objective-C frameworks for Swift
• sicpers.info - …and in the end there will be the command line
• sicpers.info - In which I misunderstood Objective-C
• Integrating ​​​C++ Libraries with Swift - BrightDigit
• CairoSVG Objective-C++ Swift Package Example

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

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Show Notes

• Why you should know something about Objective-C
• Why is Objective-C so different from Swift?
• Is there a purpose for Objective-C outside of Swift?
• Should you still write Objective-C?
• What steps to migrate Objective-C over to Swift?
• How to make sure your Swift is consumable by Objective-C?
• How to work with C++ through Objective-C?
• What are the differences between Dynamic and Static Typed languages?
• What are the benefits of Dynamic vs Static Typed languages?
• What does a PhD in Software Engineering do at Oxford?

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Guest

• Peter Friese - Blog
  • Twitter - @peterfriese
  • YouTube - @peterfriese
  • GitHub - @peterfriese

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/8m8oppa-Los

Related Episodes

• Episode 87 - Core Data Fun with Tim Mitra
• Episode 85 - AWS Amplify with Kilo Loco
• Episode 75 - Year of the Server with Tim Condon - Part 2
• Episode 35 - SwiftUI - The Good, the Bad, and the Benefits
• Episode 8 - Cloud and Backend Services For Apps with Erik Gillespie

Related Links

• Firebase Summit - November 10th
• Firebase YouTube Channel
• Firebase Blog
• Firebase Medium channel
• Firebase vs GCP Videos
  • Projects & storage
  • Functions & Firestore
• the LansingCodes app that never was
• Authenticate with Firebase Anonymously on Apple Platforms
• Make It So - Replicating Apple's Reminders app with SwiftUI and Firebase
• Swift on Cloud Run by Grant Timmerman from GCP

Sponsors

RevenueCat

Using RevenueCat to power your in-app purchase infrastructure solves:

• For edge cases you don’t even know you have
• Protects from outages your team hasn’t seen yet
• Saves you time on future maintenance 
• As well as new features released by the app stores
• Empowers your marketing teams with clean, reliable IAP data

All that to say, RevenueCat handles all the headaches of in-app purchases so you can get back to building your app. Try RevenueCat today at revenuecat.com.

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Show Notes

• What does Firebase consist of
• How to use it properly in your iOS app
• How Firestore's NoSQL DB works
• How to work with Firestore and SwiftUI
• What are Firebase's authentication features
• Setting up security properly
• How to authenticate with Firebase anonymously?
• Register for Firebase Summit

Social Media

Email
[email protected]
GitHub - @brightdigit

Twitter
BrightDigit - @brightdigit
Leo - @leogdion

Reddit
Leo - /u/leogdion

LinkedIn
BrightDigit
Leo

Instagram - @brightdigit
Patreon - empowerappshow

Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)