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John reviews the M1 Mac mini, and Rambo reviews the iPhone 12 mini. Two “mini products” that turn out to be not very mini in terms of performance. What’s it like using an M1 Mac for tasks like iOS development, and does the iPhone 12 mini feel like a proper flagship phone in 2020?

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• FusionCast
• Swift by Sundell Discover
• GraphQL
• Cloudflare’s GraphQL-based analytics API
• Combine
• YouTube video about testing Logic Pro X on the M1 Mac mini
• M1 Mac workaround appears to allow up to 6 external displays
• Managing dependencies using the Swift Package Manager

Apple’s lower App Store commission, the future of Swift by Sundell, shipping AirBuddy 2, M1 Mac benchmarks, SwiftUI’s potential as a cross-platform technology, and a review of the Xbox Series X. Yes, all of that in one episode — let’s dive in!

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• The AirBuddy Help Center
• Apple announces App Store Small Business Program
• iOS 14.3 will suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup process
• iOS 14.3 beta includes support for rumored AirTags and third-party tracking accessories
• Matthew Panzarino’s review of the M1 MacBook Pro
• The Verge’s review of the M1 MacBooks
• The new isiOSAppOnMac property
• Xbox Series X

The first round of Apple Silicon Macs is finally here, and John and Rambo have lots of thoughts on them. Also, adventures into Multipeer Connectivity and Bluetooth, and mixing development work with design.

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• AirBuddy 2
• Using compiler directives in Swift
• Multipeer Connectivity
• Swift by Sundell Discover: Unit Testing
• Sketch
• Apple event video

It’s time for John and Rambo to place their bets on what Apple might announce at their upcoming “One More Thing” event. Will we see the first Apple Silicon-powered Macs, and if so, which ones, and what features will they have? Also, artisanal, hand-crafted JSON from Brazil, and computer-generated CSS from Poland.

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• John’s CSS generation experiment
• Function builders
• Phantom types
• The builder pattern
• Poker scorecard

The story and implementation behind Swift by Sundell Discover, how and why AirBuddy 2 will have an onboarding process, thoughts and comments on the new Apple Silicon-powered iMac rumors, home screen customization hacks, and a deep dive into balancing code-level details with shipping great products.

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• Swift by Sundell Discover
• SE-0289: Result Builders on the Swift forums
• Rambo’s talk about app architecture
• objc.io
• Dependency injection using functions

The success of the AirBuddy 2 pre-orders is immediately followed by a classic Rambo shopping spree, John continues to explore Swift’s function builders feature, and the two discuss the initial reviews of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, the new HomePod home theatre mode, and how their names are actually pronounced.

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• AirBuddy 2
• TechCrunch’s coverage of AirBuddy 2
• Swift’s function builders feature
• Plot
• John’s experiment with adding a Component API to Plot
• WWDC by Sundell & Friends
• The upcoming HomePod home theatre mode

On this extra long episode of Stacktrace, John and Rambo discuss all of the exciting new announcements from Apple’s October 2020 event, including the new iPhones, the new HomePod Mini, and more. Also, John is building a major new feature for his website and Rambo launches the pre-orders for AirBuddy 2.

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• Pre-order AirBuddy 2
• Paddle
• Publish
• Pessimists Archive
• Video of the Apple event

Building and using iOS widgets, the community’s adoption of SwiftUI, an update on whether game streaming services are now viable on iOS, multiple ways of using view models, and Swift’s new Windows compatibility.

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• Keynote Poker scorecard
• Getting started with WidgetKit
• John’s experimental Swift by Sundell widget
• The Keychron K2
• xcode-switch
• Tool for creating Xcode playgrounds

Building and using iOS widgets, the community’s adoption of SwiftUI, an update on whether game streaming services are now viable on iOS, multiple ways of using view models, and Swift’s new Windows compatibility.

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• Chibi Studio’s intro clip with Spatial Audio support
• See
• Amazon Luna
• No, iOS 14 widgets can’t secretly steal private info with your keyboard
• Different flavors of view models in Swift
• Swift on Windows
• DirectX

Building responsive app UIs, the launch of iOS 14, and thoughts on the Apple One bundle and some of its international pricing. Also, the return of both #askstacktrace and Stacktrace Arcade, as well as how using iCloud might affect the transferability of an app.

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• SwiftUI’s frame modifier
• CSS media queries
• SwiftUI’s GeometryReader view
• Widgetsmith
• Scriptable
• Chibi Studio’s App Clip
• try! Swift World (Rambo's workshop is sold out)
• AVAudioEngine
• CMHeadphoneMotionManager
• A Monster's Expedition Through Puzzling Exhibitions
• A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
• The Witness