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John and Rambo share their experiences of building apps using SwiftUI, talk about new Mac apps that they love, and discuss what the newly found references to AMD CPUs in macOS might mean. Also, animations, Nintendo 64 copy protection, and thoughts about being a “digital nomad”.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Rambo’s dotSwift talk about MVC

Swift by Sundell episode with Josh Shaffer

Diagrams app

NetNewsWire

New references to AMD processors in macOS

Reversing the Nintendo 64 CIC

Star Trek: The Next Generation In 40 Hours

Rambo’s BA: Swiftable talk about animations

A first look at Xcode 11.4, iOS 13.4, and the suite of betas that Apple released this week. Also, the power of declarative UIs, whether a spiritual successor to AirPower might be in the works, and John’s recipe for oven-baked potatoes.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Swift Crypto

dotSwift

“Recent updates” page on Swift by Sundell

Logic controllers

Model controllers

John’s latest YouTube video

The latest reports from Ming-Chi Kuo

KeyUp and KeyDown events in iOS 13.4

Controlling the mouse cursor using head movements

CarKey

The Swift 5.1 features that power SwiftUI’s API

Reveal

The Sawbones podcast

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Stacktrace is back! The third season of the show kicks off with John and Rambo sharing what they’ve been up to since the last season ended — from beach walks and standing desks, to content deals, new app features and editors that write code themselves. Also, app architecture, refactoring, view controller structure, and so much more. Welcome back everybody!

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

John’s first YouTube video

AirBuddy

Chibi Studio

Publish

John’s latest Swift editor prototype

Pessimists Archive podcast

splash.rambo.codes

Using lazy properties in Swift

Special guest Myke Hurley joins John and Rambo for the grand season two finale of the show! A wrap-up of 2019’s trends, stories, products and services, and what those might mean for Apple and the tech industry in 2020.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Myke on Twitter

Jonathan Morrison’s Mac Pro review

Upgrade #275: Remove All of the Holes

Grindstone

Tetris Attack

Sneaky Sasquatch

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RelayFM’s shows

Mac Pro Day has finally arrived, but John and Rambo have somewhat mixed feelings about it. Also, a big segment on writing high-performance code, a deep dive into iOS splash screens, and much more.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

ngrok

MKBHD’s Mac Pro video

iJustine’s Mac Pro unboxing video

NetNewsWire

Rambo’s article about iOS splash screens

Swift by Sundell episode with Brent Simmons

ChuChu Rocket! Universe

1Password

John open sources another project, Rambo creates more fluid animations and considers crowd-sourcing AirBuddy’s localization, and Apple is apparently using feature flags to improve their overall software quality. Also, loading states, a new trip to the Arcade, and much more.

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Ink

John Gruber’s original Markdown syntax

GitHub Flavored Markdown

CommonMark

Plot

Bloomberg’s story on Apple and feature flags

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Dodo Peak

OneSky

Lokalise

A first-hand impressions review of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, a second opinion on the AirPods Pro, writing system packages in Swift, preparing conference talks, new Stacktrace Arcade picks, and much more.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

John’s conference talks

Ink

Assemble with Care

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Myst

The Witness

The Talos Principle

John and Rambo discuss the announcement of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, software and hardware decoupling, how to make code testable, and much more. Also, John’s 18-year long wait for a video game, and Rambo’s Swift Playgrounds iPhone port.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Shenmue

checkra1n

Swift Playgrounds on iPhone

Upgrade episode with Shruti Haldea

ATP episode about the new MacBook Pro

Cast

Mini Motorways

Pragmatic unit testing in Swift

NoiseBuddy

Launch arguments in Swift

On this week's episode, John and Gui talk about "Sundell as a service", static site generation (act surprised!), then dive deep into a full review of the AirPods Pro, from the audio quality all the way to what's the best technique for taking them out of their case. Also, stay tuned for another edition of Stacktrace Arcade and an #askstacktrace question about... Windows?

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Services for teams

Taking AirPods Pro out of their case

Pilgrims

AirBuddy

WinObjC

From modularizing code and cloud-synced databases to reviews of the first set of Apple TV+ shows — this episode of Stacktrace has it all. Also, what could the implications of Photoshop running on ARM64 be, more speculation about Apple’s AR (or perhaps VR?) efforts, and a short trip to Bermuda.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Files

Demo of Rambo’s recent UI work

Rumor: Apple working with Valve on AR headset

Photoshop for iPad

Rambo’s WWDC by Sundell guest article about AR

Down in Bermuda

CloudKit