Under the Radar

It's sometimes fine to ship incomplete features, or technically non-ideal implementations, because you can improve them later if the need arises.

Designing our apps to be comfortably usable by as many people as possible.

This episode is an extension of a YouTube video David recorded discussing the top of Inclusive Design.

The video can be found here: An Inclusive Mindset

This includes visual examples of the design elements we discuss.

We conclude a three-part series with the third pillar of a successful app: customer-retention methods and techniques.

How the Apple Vision Pro is fitting into our lives so far, the usage of our apps on visionOS, and considering how to allocate our attention and resources to the platform.

Thoughts on the new app-distribution options from the EU DMA and the implications for app developers.

"All was well, until one day they met a thunderstorm—more than a thunderstorm, a thunder-battle. You know how terrific a really big thunderstorm can be down in the land and in a river-valley; especially at times when two great thunderstorms meet and clash. More terrible still are thunder and lightning in the mountains at night, when storms come up from East and West and make war."

The Hobbit, Over Hill and Under Hill

In the second of a three-part series, we look at the second pillar of a successful app: choosing a monetization model that fits the app's target market.

Thoughts and motivations behind David's hiring of an employee and what it means to be an indie developer.

Final considerations for the imminent Apple Vision Pro launch, and our expectations for visionOS apps.

In the first of a three-part series, we look at the first pillar of a successful app: customer acquisition, including paid advertising, word-of-mouth marketing, and editorial promotion.

The many roles we need to juggle as independent developers, and considering which roles we can take off our plates.