Indie Dev Life

Indie Dev Life

By Brian SchraderTechnology
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Indie Dev Life episodes

  • 14: That's Me, not iCloud

    In this episode we discuss the differences between various development ecosystems and platforms, and the importance and usefulness of reading other people's source code.

    (apologies for the wind noise in the background on this one)

    Links:

    • Linode, get a $100 60-day credit
    • Going Indie: A Complete Guide to Becoming and Independent Software Developer
    • NetNewsWire
    • Diffable Data Sources
    • Open CloudKit
    • 17 min
    • 13: I'm Starting to Regret Promising Things

      It's been a while, but we're back! (for now)

      In this episode we talk about Docker and where you should (and shouldn't) use it.

      Links:

      • Linode, get a $100 60-day credit
      • Why All My Servers Have an 8GB Empty File
      • Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming an independent software developer
      • 20 min
      • 12: Good Foundations

        In this episode we dive into some recent changes to Pine.blog and how to decide between tradeoffs during development.

        Links:

        • Linode, get a $100 60-day credit
        • 16 min
        • 11: I Don't Own a Printer (Unaired Pilot)

          This episode is the original pilot that I recorded over the summer as an experiment to see if I enjoyed podcasting.

          This episode has no real topic, but I do discuss the nuances of self-publishing and the complications inherent in writing a book for the first time.

          Oh! And it has unnecessary theme music.

          Links:

          • Linode, get a $100 60-day credit
          • 13 min
          • 10: A Chicken and Egg Scenario

            Today we discuss the recent updates to Pine.blog and the upcoming release of Hewell as well as the history of video podcasting and what podcasting even is.

            Links:

            • Linode, get a $100 60-day credit
            • Podcasts Ahoy! (Pine.blog Announcement)
            • Pine.blog
            • Hewell
            • 15 min
            • 9: I've Reached Bug Parity

              In this episode we discuss the complications of using Apple's CloudKit and the freedom of distributing software outside of the App Store.

              Links:

              • Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming an independent software developer
              • Pine.blog
              • Pine.blog for iOS and macOS
              • 15 min
              • 8: Going Indie Excerpt

                Please enjoy this excerpt from my book, Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming and independent software developer.

                Links:

                • Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming an independent software developer
                • 21 min
                • 7: Checklists are Great

                  In this episode we discuss what it's like to be always on call, how to handle doing stressful migrations or upgrades, and the importance of checklists.

                  Links:

                  • Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming an independent software developer
                  • Hewell: Your Tour Guide to the World
                  • 17 min
                  • 6: This is Obviously a Problem

                    In this episode we dive into the nuances and complications inherent in modern web software and distributed computing using Pine.blog as an example.

                    Links:

                    • Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming an independent software developer
                    • Distributed Computing
                    • Twitter Fanout Design
                    • Recommended Tools:

                      • Celery
                      • RabbitMQ
                      • 16 min
                      • 5: That's Just Because it Looked Better

                        In this episode we discuss how to get started designing your apps when you aren't a UI designer. If you don't have a lot of skill designing UI, don't worry. There are tools to help you.

                        Links:

                        • Coolors.co
                        • Bootswatch
                        • 99designs
                        • Acorn 6
                        • Going Indie: A complete guide to becoming an independent software developer
                        • More Design Resources

                          • iOS Icon Grid
                          • Apple Interface Guidelines
                          • Android Interface Guidelines
                          • 12 min

                          About Indie Dev Life

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                          A show about the ins and outs of independent software development.