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  • 139: “macOS Monorail”, the WWDC21 keynote review

    John and Rambo discuss some of the major new announcements from Apple’s WWDC21 keynote, and how they might impact developers building apps for Apple’s platforms.

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    Hosts:
    • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
    • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
    • Links
      • Avoiding ‘WWDC stress’
      • Swift by Sundell episode with Sean Allen
      • AVPlayer
      • Apple’s “Made for Spatial Audio” playlist
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        1 hr 35 min
      • 138: “WWDC21 Keynote Poker”

        It’s time for another game of Stacktrace Keynote Poker! This time, John and Rambo place their bets on what Apple might announce at WWDC21, either during the main keynote, or as part of the more developer-focused State of the Union.

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        Hosts:
        • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
        • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
        • Links
          • NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore
          • CloudKit
          • Codable’s Property List-based encoding API
          • WWDC by Sundell & Friends
          • Publish
          • John’s tweet about the upcoming Publish Gallery
          • Combine
          • Docker
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            1 hr 36 min
          • 137: “State of the Union nap”

            WWDC preparations, the challenge of building features that rely on wireless communication between devices, Apple’s latest accessibility announcements, and another semi-deep dive into Swift’s Result Builders feature.

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            Hosts:
            • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
            • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
            • Links
              • AirBuddy
              • Bonjour
              • Multipeer Connectivity
              • The unofficial WWDC app for macOS
              • Apple’s Developer app
              • WWDC by Sundell & Friends
              • The RSS feed for WWDC by Sundell & Friends
              • NetNewsWire
              • iA Writer
              • Apple’s accessibility press release
              • Dark Noise
              • UINavigationBar
              • Result builders
              • Plot’s ComponentBuilder
              • John’s write-JavaScript-in-Swift experiment
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                1 hr 9 min
              • 136: “Cascading Device Sheets”

                After narrowly avoiding an accidental web development deep dive, John and Rambo discuss the challenges of open source maintenance, AirBuddy’s upcoming battery notifications feature, the latest Mac-related rumors, and the new Apple Music hi-fi update.

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                Hosts:
                • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
                • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                • Links
                  • The latest progress update on Plot’s CSS features
                  • Apple Music’s new hi-fi features
                  • “No one actually needs hi-res Apple Music audio”, by Jason Cross
                  • A new MacBook Pro might be coming as soon as this summer
                  • Apple is apparently preparing a revamped MacBook Air with M1 successor
                  • A 40-core Mac Pro with Apple Silicon, plus a high-end Mac mini, are rumored to be in development
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                    59 min
                  • 135: “No overview available”

                    John and Rambo go on a deep dive into Plot’s new SwiftUI-like API for building HTML pages, and discuss 3D printing, API evolution and documentation, whether Apple ever considered letting third party developers ship apps outside of the iOS App Store, and how to pick what projects to pursue.

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                    Hosts:
                    • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
                    • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                    • Links
                      • Rambo’s 3D printer
                      • Thingiverse
                      • 3D printed case for attaching an AirTag to the Apple TV remote
                      • Plot
                      • Publish’s Foundation theme
                      • Swift’s Result Builders feature
                      • “How I hacked the Apple AirTags”, by stacksmashing
                      • “Epic and Apple are now fighting over a naked banana” on The Verge
                      • Apple’s document about third party iOS apps, shared by Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter
                      • Go
                      • Rust
                      • Haskell
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                        1 hr 20 min
                      • 134: “Overthinking is the enemy of shipping”

                        After checking in on the progress of Rambo HQ 2.0 and a visit to John’s Static Site Generation Corner, John and Rambo briefly discuss the ongoing trial between Apple and Epic Games, and then dive into topics like project planning and how to pick what server-side framework to use for a new project.

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                        Hosts:
                        • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
                        • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                        • Links
                          • The Thread network protocol
                          • Plot
                          • Preview of Plot’s new Component-based API
                          • John’s chart of article word counts
                          • Node.js
                          • Vapor
                          • GraphQL
                          • Cloudflare Workers
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                            57 min
                          • 133: “A flowchart in your head”

                            Organizing Combine-based code, the security of smart home devices, whether the Apple TV is gaining eARC support, and how to use compiler directives and launch arguments to customize an app at both compile time and runtime.

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                            Hosts:
                            • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
                            • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                            • Links
                              • Combine
                              • John’s 2017 conference talk “Everyone is an API designer”
                              • August Smart Lock Pro
                              • Apple TV might be getting eARC support
                              • Using compiler directives in Swift
                              • Launch arguments in Swift
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                                1 hr 3 min
                              • 132: “The 'M' stands for 'Marketing'”

                                John and Rambo discuss all of the major announcements from Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event, including the new iMac, AirTags, the M1-powered iPad Pro, and the updated Apple TV. Also, the key factors that can help make a code base easier to navigate, and the benefits of going all-in on HomeKit.

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                                Hosts:
                                • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
                                • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                                • Publish
                                • Annotating properties with result builder attributes
                                • Links
                                  • Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event
                                  • John’s iPad external display demo
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                                    1 hr 16 min
                                  • 131: “Apple product therapy”

                                    It’s finally time for another round of Apple Event Keynote Poker, with John and Rambo placing their bets as to what Apple might announce during their “Spring Loaded” event on April 20th. Also, the power of HTTP, SwiftUI for AR, Swift’s Result Builders feature, and more.

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                                    Hosts:
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                                    • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                                    • Poker scorecard

                                      Play along with this episode’s poker game by filling in the score card and sharing it on Twitter or via email.

                                      Links
                                      • Rambo’s new microphone
                                      • John’s podcasting equipment
                                      • The Blue Yeti microphone
                                      • Google Cloud
                                      • Firebase
                                      • HTTP
                                      • URLSession
                                      • curl
                                      • Paw
                                      • Protobuf
                                      • Dave DeLong’s series on HTTP in Swift
                                      • Managing URLs and endpoints in Swift
                                      • Result builders
                                      • Publish
                                      • Annotating properties with result builder attributes
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                                        1 hr 19 min
                                      • 130: “A comedian with code”

                                        John and Rambo talk about Kara Swisher’s recent interview with Tim Cook, Apple’s upcoming App Tracking Transparency initiative and the new additions to Apple Arcade, and classic vs modern UIKit. Also, behind the scenes of this year’s April Fools’ jokes, and a somewhat unique #askStacktrace segment.

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                                        Hosts:
                                        • Gui on Twitter: @_inside
                                        • John on Twitter: @johnsundell
                                        • Links
                                          • iOS Dev Weekly
                                          • Modern UICollectionView APIs
                                          • UICollectionViewFlowLayout
                                          • Codable
                                          • Using property wrappers to customize Codable
                                          • Codextended
                                          • SwiftSiri
                                          • AirBuddy Buddies
                                          • FanFan
                                          • The source code for FanFan
                                          • Imagine Engine’s macOS display link implementation
                                          • Kara Swisher’s interview with Tim Cook
                                          • App Tracking Transparency
                                          • Apple Arcade’s recent expansion
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                                            1 hr 16 min

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                                          A weekly Apple news and rumors podcast from a developer's perspective. Hosted by 9to5Mac's Gui Rambo and John Sundell.