Stacktrace

Apple releases the AirPods Pro, and the Rambo Report makes its triumphant return as the name of Apple’s tracking tag is revealed. Also, balancing fixing tech debt with feature development, Swift vs SDK features, and much more.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

AirBuddy

Cloudflare workers

Episode with David

AirPods Pro

AirTag name revealed

Way of the turtle on the AppStore

Card of Darkness on the AppStore

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Using the iPad Pro for coding and presentations, cross-platform code and feature sharing and what that might mean for products like Photoshop for iPad, and could automated tests improve Apple’s software quality? Also, organizing development tasks, and what it’s like to record podcasts in your non-native language.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Swift by Sundell episode with Josh Shaffer from Apple

On the Upcoming Photoshop for iPad — Daring Fireball

WWDC talk: "Sharing code between iOS and OS X"

Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy — TidBITS

Sneaky Sasquatch

What the Golf?

Untitled Goose Game

John podcasting in Swedish on “Kodsnack”

What happens when an indie developer’s product gets copied by Apple, should the App Store review team reject apps based on their visuals or feature set, and what products could we expect Apple to launch in the fall? Also, a brand new segment called “Stacktrace Arcade”, the complexities of releasing software, and much more.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Pragma conference

BA: Swiftable

Server-side Swift conference

“What To Do When You Get Sherlocked By Apple”

Steve Troughton-Smith’s tweet about Lotto Machine being rejected

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Where Cards Fall

“The Swift 5.1 features that power SwiftUI’s API”

Riley Testut has recently been making a big splash in the community with his AltStore and Delta projects, and on this special episode of Stacktrace, he joins John and Rambo to talk about why and how he built them, and how he thinks they might impact the Apple developer community going forward.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Riley on Twitter

AltStore

Episode with Casey Liss

John and Rambo dive into iOS and iPadOS 13 — what’s new, what’s missing, and what’s the overall state of Apple’s operating systems? Also, credit card scanning, and Apple Arcade first impressions.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Interview with Checkm8 developer

Rene’s video on Checkm8

The Vision framework

checkm8

Sneaky Sasquatch

ChuChu Rocket! Universe

Bleak Sword

Reviews of the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and the Apple Watch Series 5 — as well as search engine optimization, what goes into releasing a new open source project, and the science of pizza.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Rambo’s open source sheet for iOS

John’s Swift Package Manager Bash script

Google’s SEO guidelines

Swedish kebab pizza

Review Stacktrace on Apple Podcasts

David Barnard, creator of apps like Launch Center Pro, joins John and Rambo for a special indie development edition of the show. The pros and cons of being indie, how and when to outsource tasks to others, and much more. Also, the state of inter-app communication on iOS, the power of customizable UIs, and what makes us excited about the iPhone 11 Pro.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

David on Twitter

Launch Center Pro

Weather Up

RevenueCat

John and Rambo review Apple’s 2019 iPhone Keynote, and share their first impressions of Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, iPhone 11 and its Pro siblings, the new iPad and Apple Watch models, and much more. Also, is the new iPhone worthy of the name “Pro”, and who won this round of Apple Keynote Poker?

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Watch the keynote

Previous episode’s Keynote Poker bets

It’s once again time for John and Rambo to face off in an epic game of Apple Keynote Poker — this time speculating about what Apple might announce at next week’s September Event. Also, Apple AR hardware, more evidence of an “Apple Tag” device, and Apple Watch sleep tracking.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

‘Apple Glasses’ explained and how iPhone-connected item trackers will work

Apple Watch sleep tracking

Gurman’s piece on what to expect from Apple in the fall

Poker scorecard

Stacktrace turns into the Accidental Web and Hardware Podcast, as John and Rambo go on a deep dive into search algorithms, server-less cloud functions, Raspberry Pi and Arduino hardware hacking. Also, what’s up with the iOS 13.1 beta being released before 13.0 is out?

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Swift by Sundell’s new search feature

Cloudflare Workers

Homebridge

Raspberry Pi

Arduino

Rust

Rambo’s Apple beta API

TextMate

BBEdit

Reveal

Sketch

Transmit

NetNewsWire

Forecast

iA Writer

Ulysses

AirBuddy

iTerm

DaisyDisk