Empower Apps

Empower Apps

By Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigitBusinessTechnology
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Empower Apps episodes

  • Swift Server Workgroup with Joannis Orlandos

    Joannis Orlandos comes on to talk about the exciting work being done by the Swift Server Workground such as the new HTTP Types, Open API Kit, and Distributed Actors as well as the effects Macros will have on server-side development.

    Guest

    • Joannis Orlandos
      • Twitter (@JoannisOrlandos)
      • Github (@joannis)
      • Mastodon (@[email protected])
      • Unbeatable Software
      • LinkedIn

    Related Episodes

    • Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham
    • Episode 127 - Backend Decisions with Mikaela Caron 
    • Episode 154 - Supercharged with Pedro Piñera 
    • Episode 90 - AWS and SOTO with Adam Fowler 
    • Episode 75 - Year of the Server with Tim Condon - Part 2 
    • Episode 49 - Vapor 4 with Tibor Bödecs  
    • Episode 48 - Alternative Backends with Kristaps Grinbergs 

    Related Links

    • Vapor Discord
    • Hummingbird Discord
    • Swift Open Source Slack 
    • Open Source Projects
      • Open API Generator
      • HTTP Types
      • webauthn-swift (Passkey)
      • OpenAPIKit
      • VaporOpenAPI
      • Macros
      • MongoNIO

    We talked about 

    • (00:00) - Swift Server Workgroup with Joannis Orlandos
  • (00:04) - Origin Stories
  • (06:39) - What is the Swift Server Workgroup
  • (10:18) - HTTP Types
  • (12:59) - WebAssembly
  • (15:54) - Swift Language Features
  • (22:36) - Authentication
  • (27:11) - OpenAPIKit
  • (33:06) - Macros
  • (37:24) - What's next for the SSWG
  • Social Media

    Twitter Leo - @leogdion
    Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
    LinkedIn - @leogdion
    GitHub - @brightdigit
    GitHub - @leogdion
    TikTok - @brightdigit
    Mastodon - @[email protected]
    Youtube - @brightdigit

    Credits

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

    Thanks to our monthly supporters
    • work design
    • Steven Lipton
    • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
      42 min
    • Now You Know What I'm Doing This Summer

      In this episode, Leo goes over what he's working on this Summer of WWDC 2023 such as deep diving into watchOS 10 for Heartwitch, migrating from Combine to Observation in Bushel, and really taking advantage of a microapps architecture.

      Related Episodes

      • Episode 155 - macOS Indie Deep Cuts with Aaron Vegh
      • Episode 154 - Supercharged with Pedro Piñera
      • Episode 153 - Arm Sling for Apple Watch Developers with Hidde van der Ploeg
      • Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham
      • Episode 152 - Spatial Experiences of the Wild with Adrian Eves
      • Episode 130 - macOS by Tutorials with Sarah Reichelt

      Related Links

      • What are the benefits of microapps?
      • Heartwitch
      • Bushel
      • Virtualization Changes
      • How to run older versions of Xcode
      • SwiftyPlace (Karin Prater)
      • Address for Stickers - 5859 W Saginaw #182 Lansing MI 48917

      We talked about 

      • (00:00) - WWDC 2023 Stuff
    • (03:02) - Playing around with watchOS 10
    • (06:54) - Bushel and WWDC 2023
    • (08:32) - Swift Observation
    • (09:56) - Macros Macrons Macaroons Macros
    • (13:39) - Microapps and Bushel
    • (15:50) - Final Thoughts
    • Social Media

      Twitter Leo - @leogdion
      Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
      LinkedIn - @leogdion
      GitHub - @brightdigit
      GitHub - @leogdion
      TikTok - @brightdigit
      Mastodon - @[email protected]
      Youtube - @brightdigit

      Credits

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

      Thanks to our monthly supporters
      • work design
      • Steven Lipton
      • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
        18 min
      • macOS Indie Deep Cuts with Aaron Vegh

        Aaron Vegh, indie macOS developer comes on to talk about building Quantum Author, a long-form writing app. We talk about how he decides what UI SDK to use, how to make money, and what the Vision Pro means for AppKit and the iPad.

        Guest

        Related Episodes

        • Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham
        • Episode 152 - Spatial Experiences of the Wild with Adrian Eves
        • Episode 130 - macOS by Tutorials with Sarah Reichelt
        • Episode 106 - Mac Dev in 2021 with Daniel Jalkut
        • Episode 59 - The Future of Mac Development with Lucas Derraugh - Part 1

        Related Links

        • Quantum Author

        We talked about 

        • (00:00) - Why Mac?
      • (05:27) - Where to Start?
      • (10:26) - On Vision OS
      • (13:40) - On the iPad
      • (24:47) - The "other" stuff
      • (30:34) - Making Money
      • (34:44) - What is Quantum Author?
      • Social Media

        Twitter Leo - @leogdion
        Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
        LinkedIn - @leogdion
        GitHub - @brightdigit
        GitHub - @leogdion
        TikTok - @brightdigit
        Mastodon - @[email protected]
        Youtube - @brightdigit

        Credits

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

        Thanks to our monthly supporters
        • work design
        • Steven Lipton
        • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
          40 min
        • Supercharged with Pedro Piñera

          Pedro Piñera of Tuist comes on to talk about his work on Tuist, thoughts on Mergable Libraries, Server-Side Swift, SwiftData, and the future of Tuist Cloud.

          Guest

          • Pedro Piñera

          Related Episodes

          • Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham
          • Episode 126 - Developer Productivity with Rudrank Riyam
          • Episode 120 - Xcode Tips with Dominik Hauser
          • Episode 84 - Automation Fun with Jared Sorge

          Related Links

          • Tuist
            • Github @Tuist
          • XcodeGen
          • WWDC 2023 - Meet mergeable libraries
          • WWDC 2023 - Meet SwiftData
          • WWDC 2023 - Meet Swift OpenAPI Generator

          We talked about 

          • (00:00) - What is Tuist
        • (05:25) - What are Mergable Libraries
        • (09:48) - Modularity and SPM
        • (18:16) - Future of Tuist
        • Social Media

          Twitter Leo - @leogdion
          Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
          LinkedIn - @leogdion
          GitHub - @brightdigit
          GitHub - @leogdion
          TikTok - @brightdigit
          Mastodon - @[email protected]
          Youtube - @brightdigit

          Credits

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

          Thanks to our monthly supporters
          • work design
          • Steven Lipton
          • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
            35 min
          • Arm Sling for Apple Watch Developers with Hidde van der Ploeg

            Hidde van der Ploeg comes on to talk about all the big updates coming to watchOS 10 such as new UIs, better developer experience, and more.

            Guest

            Related Episodes

            • Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham
            • Episode 63 - Apple Watch 2020 with Steve Lipton
            • Episode 18 - WWDC 2019 - Apple Watch with Gary Sabo

            Related Links

            • WWDC 2023 - Design dynamic Live Activities
            • WWDC 2023- Update your app for watchOS 10
            • Hidde's Apps
            • SundialKit

            We talked about 

            • (00:00) - Apple Watch Blues
          • (02:51) - Everything is Different
          • (12:25) - Hidde's Favorite Talks from WWDC 2023
          • (16:36) - SwiftUI Animations
          • (27:08) - visionOS
          • (32:58) - Watch App Store
          • Social Media

            Twitter Leo - @leogdion
            Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
            LinkedIn - @leogdion
            GitHub - @brightdigit
            GitHub - @leogdion
            TikTok - @brightdigit
            Mastodon - @[email protected]
            Youtube - @brightdigit

            Credits

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

            Thanks to our monthly supporters
            • work design
            • Steven Lipton
            • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
              42 min
            • Spatial Experiences of the Wild with Adrian Eves

              Adrian Eves tells us about what it was like meeting folks at WWDC and what it was like watching some his work and his colleagues' work come to fruition.

              Guest

              Related Episodes

              • Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham
              • Episode 82 - Game Development
              • Episode 38 - Accessibility with Kim Arnett

              Related Links

              • WWDC 2023 - Meet Assistive Access
              • WWDC 2023 - Create accessible spatial experiences
              • WWDC 2023 - Enhance your iPad and iPhone apps for the Shared Space

              We talked about 

              • (00:00) - Tears of the Layoffs
            • (03:48) - Spatial Experiences of the Wild
            • (28:23) - Partnership of Unity
            • (30:31) - Macros of the Swift
            • Social Media

              Twitter Leo - @leogdion
              Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
              LinkedIn - @leogdion
              GitHub - @brightdigit
              GitHub - @leogdion
              TikTok - @brightdigit
              Mastodon - @[email protected]
              Youtube - @brightdigit

              Credits

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

              Thanks to our monthly supporters
              • work design
              • Steven Lipton
              • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
                43 min
              • Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham

                Peter comes on for our annual discussion of the WWDC 2023 Platforms State of the Union including Macs, Macros, Swift Data, watchOS, and the other thing 🥽.

                Guest

                • Peter Witham - Compileswift.com - Twitter

                Related Episodes

                • CompileSwift - Apple WWDC23 Keynote reactions and analysis with Leo G. Dion
                • Episode 149 - How to WWDC with Peter Witham
                • Episode 124 - WWDC 2022 - Platforms State of the Union with Peter Witham

                We talked about 

                • (00:00) - Mac Hardware
              • (01:46) - Swift Macros
              • (06:48) - SwiftUI (4.0)
              • (14:54) - iOS 17
              • (16:53) - Swift Data
              • (23:47) - Camera Stuff
              • (28:38) - Xcode 15
              • (35:02) - watchOS 10
              • (44:28) - Vision Pro
              • Social Media

                Twitter Leo - @leogdion
                Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
                LinkedIn - @leogdion
                GitHub - @brightdigit
                GitHub - @leogdion
                TikTok - @brightdigit
                Mastodon - @[email protected]
                Youtube - @brightdigit

                Credits

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

                Thanks to our monthly supporters
                • work design
                • Steven Lipton
                • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
                  1 hr 11 min
                • My Taylor Deep Dish Swift Heroes World Tour

                  For the 150th episode, Leo talks about his travels to Deep Dish Swift and Swift Heroes, his experience speaking at Swift Heroes, his thoughts on 32 talks, and what concerns he heard from other developers overall and concerning WWDC 2023.

                  Related Episodes

                  • Episode 148 - Pizza, Playpen, and Fastlane Funding with Josh Holtz
                  • Episode 139 - Elephant in the Room
                  • Episode 133 - The Composable Architecture with Zev Eisenberg
                  • Episode 131 - Dynamic Island with Steve Lipton
                  • Episode 129 - NSSpain X with Luis Ascorbe
                  • Episode 100 - 100th Episode Spectacular
                  • Episode 88 - Conferences with John Wilker
                  • Episode 50 - 50th Episode Extravaganza

                  Related Links

                  • DeepDishSwift 2023: That's a Wrap by Danijela Vrzan
                  • Themes from Deep Dish by Theo Vora

                  We talked about 

                  • (00:00) - My Travels
                • (03:55) - My Talk
                • (09:05) - 32 Talks
                • (33:53) - WWDC and Other Thoughts
                • Social Media

                  Twitter Leo - @leogdion
                  Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
                  LinkedIn - @leogdion
                  GitHub - @brightdigit
                  GitHub - @leogdion
                  TikTok - @brightdigit
                  Mastodon - @[email protected]
                  Youtube - @brightdigit

                  Credits

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

                  Thanks to our monthly supporters
                  • work design
                  • Steven Lipton
                  • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
                    40 min
                  • How to WWDC with Peter Witham

                    Peter comes on to discuss how to prepare for WWDC, what to really do that week, and what to focus on during the summer.

                    Guest

                    • Peter Witham - Compileswift.com - Twitter

                    Related Episodes

                    • Episode 124 - WWDC 2022 - Platforms State of the Union with Peter Witham
                    • Episode 111 - 2021 - Year in Review with Peter Witham
                    • Episode 92 - WWDC 2021 - Platforms State of the Union with Peter Witham
                    • Episode 53 - WWDC 2020 - Quick Thoughts
                    • Episode 44 - WWDC Spectacular (Part 2) with Peter Witham
                    • Episode 43 - WWDC Spectacular (Part 1) with Peter Witham
                    • Episode 29 - Managing iOS Development with Peter Witham
                    • Episode 1 - WWDC 2018 - What Does It Mean For Businesses?

                    Related Links

                    • Hacking with Swift - What's New in Swift 5.8 
                    • WWDC 2023 Discord
                    • Dub Dub Together
                    • WWDC Notes
                    • iOS Dev Happy Hour

                    We talked about 

                    • (00:00) - Pace Yourself
                  • (10:29) - Installing Betas
                  • (19:11) - Headset Apps
                  • (22:22) - Remote vs Live WWDC
                  • Social Media

                    Twitter Leo - @leogdion
                    Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
                    LinkedIn - @leogdion
                    GitHub - @brightdigit
                    GitHub - @leogdion
                    TikTok - @brightdigit
                    Mastodon - @[email protected]
                    Youtube - @brightdigit

                    Credits

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

                    Thanks to our monthly supporters
                    • work design
                    • Steven Lipton
                    • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
                      31 min
                    • Pizza, Playpen, and Fastlane Funding with Josh Holtz

                      Josh Holtz comes on to talk about a certain conference in a few weeks, the future of Fastlane, building kids apps with guided access and learning the other mobile programming language.

                      Guest

                      Related Episodes

                      • Episode 84 - Automation Fun with Jared Sorge
                      • Episode 24 - Continuous Integration with Kyle Newsome
                      • Episode 91 - Fastlane with Josh Holtz 
                      • Episode 129 - NSSpain X with Luis Ascorbe
                      • Episode 88 - Conferences with John Wilker

                      Related Links

                      • fastlane.tools
                      • fastlane screencasts 
                      • deep dish swift
                      • RevenueCat

                      We talked about 

                      • (00:00) - Fastlane
                    • (11:40) - Playpen
                    • (25:53) - Dish Dish Swift
                    • (37:43) - Trigger Warning
                    • Social Media

                      Twitter Leo - @leogdion
                      Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit
                      LinkedIn - @leogdion
                      GitHub - @brightdigit
                      GitHub - @leogdion
                      TikTok - @brightdigit
                      Mastodon - @[email protected]
                      Youtube - @brightdigit

                      Credits

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

                      Thanks to our monthly supporters
                      • work design
                      • Steven Lipton
                      • ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
                        48 min

                      About Empower Apps

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                      An exploration of Apple business news and technology. We talk about how businesses can use new technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit.