In this episode: We reveal the best way to use your Apple developer subscription, discuss our experience of using AI to build software, and share your tips on the best ways to approach debugging. Merry Christmas, folks!
- Everyone gets 25 hours of free Xcode Cloud: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=ik9z4ll6
- How to submit a request to Apple's DTS team: https://developer.apple.com/support/technical
- Apple's Journaling Suggestions API: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/journalingsuggestions
- Never trust a pilot: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1732544903115157981
- Sharpshooter: https://github.com/twostraws/Sharpshooter
- Rob Napier's grim truth: https://x.com/cocoaphony/status/1224364439429881856



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Swift over Coffee is a podcast that helps you keep your Swift skills up to date the easy way, hosted by Paul Hudson and Mikaela Caron. In each episode we chat about the latest developments in the Swift community, and also host an open ballot where you can share your views on important topics.

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Note: all the discussion from Mikaela and Paul is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Our regular intro/outro music is also licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, and is called "Dropping out of School" by Brad Sucks.

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In this episode: We talk about the community events taking place alongside WWDC24, discuss what we're hoping to see change in Apple's APIs this year, and share your tips for getting apps ready for iOS 18.

 One More Thing conference: https://omt-conf.com/
 Sponsoring iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://sponsorships.iosdevhappyhour.com
  Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com/
  Swift Craft: https://swiftcraft.uk/
  Women Who Code is closing down: https://womenwhocode.com/blog/the-end-of-an-era-women-who-code-closing
  Mikaela's open-source library for hand tracking on visionOS: https://github.com/mikaelacaron/HANDS
  Mikaela’s not-so top secret new app: https://getfruitful.app 


S3E13: Zero warnings is a good start

In this episode: We start to get excited about WWDC24, talk about the pros and cons of pair programming, and share your views on how to make apps more accessible.

 try! Swift Tokyo: https://tryswift.jp/_en
 Ignite: ⁠http://github.com/twostraws/Ignite⁠ 
  Vision Pro Dev Camp - ⁠https://visiondevcamp.org⁠ 
  A Beginner’s Guide to Apple Vision Pro, Women Who Code: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x28wNkgdSVi01JXfoc8aNw 
  WWDC 24: ⁠https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/⁠
  Bas Broek on iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://youtu.be/1j6z9guAovI
  Adrian Eves on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swifteves


S3E12: SwiftUI just figures it out

In this episode: We discuss why it's so important to attend conferences and other meetups, share the best moments from your careers, and play an all-new game: guess how many credit cards Mikaela has?


- Exploring Mars from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/exploring-mars/id6475634958
- Paul's iOS Simulator tip: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1760304617441952038?s=20
- Apple's International Women’s Day event: https://developer.apple.com/events/view/M3M552SRZ6/dashboard
- iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://iOSDevHappyHour.com
- Cocoa Conferences: https://cocoaconferences.com
- SwiftCraft in Folkestone: https://swiftcraft.uk
- Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com
- SwiftConf: https://swiftconf.com
- Danielle Lewis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dlewisdev
- Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice initiative: https://www.apple.com/racial-equity-justice-initiative/
- Form to be featured in the App Store: https://developer.apple.com/contact/app-store/promote/
- Mikaela's affiliate link for TelemetryDeck: http://bit.ly/3T9Gfqb
- Mikaela's affiliate link for CardPointers: https://cardpointers.com/unicorn

S3E11: Serendipitous learning

In this episode: Swift 5.10 is here, we share our tips on mentoring and being mentored, and try out your Vision Pro apps.


- Apple Vision Pro is here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/02/apple-vision-pro-arrives-in-apple-store-locations-across-the-us/
- Email to Apple developers from Susan Prescott: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1753526820811452729
- Launched podcast with Charlie, Christian, and Devin: https://x.com/LaunchedFM/status/1755597370975478170
- pkl: https://github.com/apple/pkl
- xkcd Standards: https://xkcd.com/927
- Nominations for the Packages Community Showcase on Swift.org: https://forums.swift.org/t/nominations-for-the-packages-community-showcase-on-swift-org/68168
- Erica Sadun on being humble as a developer: https://x.com/ericasadun/status/1075178908771729409

S3E10: That was a ball of pain

In this episode: Apple's Vision Pro is almost here and we couldn't be more excited, we share our tips for building a great app portfolio, and discuss your answers to the open ballot: where do you find app inspiration?
- Vision Pro is available to pre-order: https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro
- Slopes: https://getslopes.com
- Despair, Inc Demotivator: https://despair.com/products/apathy
- Upgrade your Mac: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-streams/upgrade-your-mac
- xkcd Kerning: https://xkcd.com/1015/
- Logical: https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=689
- Willis Gibson beats Tetris: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67871775
- Zach Tidwell on Twitter: https://x.com/ZachCTidwell/status/1743660293115314653



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