The iDeveloper Podcast
The iDeveloper Podcast is a magazine style podcast for OS X and iOS developers. Each episode looks at subjects such as recent developer news, technical issues around cocoa and cocoa touch, the latest tools and utilities as well as examining the business side of being an indie Mac or iOS developer.
Wed, January 29, 2025
395 - Back recording but where the hell is the editor.
So after a break of a few months we got back to recording in early January but seems we forgot to get round to doing the editing.. Anyway, in this episode we catch up on what we have been up to for the last few months and reflect on the challenges of mixing evolving technologies with older ones.
Thu, October 24, 2024
394 - Shafted by Sunset
This week, the boys discuss the adoption of SwiftUI, the newly released iPhone 16, and iOS 18. John shares insights from his recent hackathon, focusing on Netflix’s new companion mode. Meanwhile, Scotty tackles the discontinuation of Realm by MongoDB, exploring possible replacement options and how this impacts the development of MoneyWell.
Fri, September 06, 2024
393 - At Least Minimally Excited
This week, the guys dive into ‘office politics’ and share their thoughts on the upcoming iPhone announcement. John discusses his preparations for an upcoming hackathon, while Scotty gives updates on his ongoing work with the iPad.
Thu, August 29, 2024
392 - It Won’t P*ss You off Too Much
This week, John and Scotty dive into the ongoing debate about the iPad: Will it eventually replace the Mac, or is it just a bigger iPhone? John reflects on his return to work, sharing some creative ideas for widgets he’s planning for an upcoming hackday, along with a brief rant about the state of airline systems. Scotty offers his perspective on the iPad, particularly focusing on its UI, and discusses the pros and cons of developing platform-specific versus multi-platform apps.
Thu, August 22, 2024
391 - Always Be Prepared to Be Uncomfortable
This week, John and Scotty chat about John’s recent trip to Italy, weighing the pros and cons of tourism, the joys of taking a holiday, and the challenge of getting back into the office routine. Scotty shares his latest experiences working with SwiftUI on both Mac and iOS, highlighting what he likes and dislikes about each platform. Barcelona overrun with tourists | NYTimes Stormy Naples | YouTube
Thu, July 25, 2024
390 - Less Enthusiasm Please
This week, John and Scotty delve into their experiences with AI. John discusses a particularly useful implementation of AI, while Scotty reflects on his maybe less useful attempt. They also explore the current state and future potential of AI. Scotty shares updates on the future of MoneyWell, providing insights into upcoming features and improvements. Meanwhile, John talks about the fascinating Steve Jobs archive. Steve Jobs Archive Rise and Shine, Diligent Robot | YouTube
Thu, July 18, 2024
389 - Break Me Out of My NSCell
This week, John and Scotty discuss the future of Mac apps as the iPad continues to evolve. Scotty explores how MoneyWell fits into this landscape and whether SwiftData is becoming a viable successor to CoreData. John shares insights into how Netflix strives to stay at the cutting edge of software technology through his recent work. The Psychedelic Fur - President Gas | YouTube
Thu, July 11, 2024
388 - Shut up D!ckhead, You’re Not Special!
After a much-needed break, the boys are back with an “up-to-date” review of WWDC24. John shares his firsthand experience at Apple Park, while they both discuss their key takeaways from the event. They also delve into the lore behind the term “Sherlocked.” Tune in for fresh insights, personal anecdotes, and a deep dive into the latest developments from WWDC24. John’s Dub-Dub Week Adventures | iCloud Shared Album
Thu, June 06, 2024
387 - Virtually Bugger All
This week the boys talk AI, with the rumours surrounding Apple and OpenAI, how AI might make an appearance in the upcoming WWDC and the recent developments into AI, i.e. Google AI’s comical answers. John talks his continued work with deep links and the wild west of URLs. Scotty talks his continued work on MoneyWell analytics and multi-platform apps.
Thu, May 30, 2024
386 - Sorry, I Crushed Your Tiny Love
This week, John and Scotty delve into bridging Objective-C and Swift. John shares insights on his recent work with logging, managing bandwidth efficiently, and recounts some antics in a park. He also brings us the latest news about James Dempsey and the Breakpoints. Meanwhile, Scotty discusses his efforts in replacing bulky analytics packages with custom analytics solutions. Objective-C implementation in Swift
Thu, May 16, 2024
385 - Nobody Expects the Nil Value for User Defaults
This week, John and Scotty share tales from their recent travels, spanning from Valencia to New York. They delve into the intricacies of phased rollouts and navigating user-reported bugs. John discusses his progress with the grand overhaul, highlighting recent work on startup, particularly focusing on interdependent asynchronous tasks and deep links. Scotty reflects on his experiences working with app startup, offering insights into the challenges and rewards of this venture.
Fri, April 26, 2024
384 - Fundamentally Unemployable
This week the boys open up about their thoughts and personal experiences with tech interviews, discussing the ups and downs of the process. They also explore the possible role of AI in software development and share their expectations for WWDC24. John recounts his recent trip back East and provides insights into his work on transitioning a codebase to SwiftUI from UIKit, highlighting the challenges and rewards of the process. UIKit vs SwiftUI Performance Comparison
Thu, April 18, 2024
383 - The Road To Hell
This week the boys delve into WWDC anticipation, with John teasing a secret project and sharing expectations for WWDC24. They also engage with listener interaction, discussing topics ranging from LinnDrum to Skip, a tool for building Android apps from Xcode. Scotty reflects on MoneyWell’s first full year, addressing subscription renewals, challenges with the onboarding process, and his current focus on SwiftUI development. Skip, a Swift to Kotlin transpiler | Skip.tools
Thu, April 04, 2024
382 - Is This a Righteous Dictatorship or a Sloppy Democracy?
This week the boys delve into the announcement of WWDC2024, speculating on what to expect and reflecting on past WWDCs while contemplating the future direction of the event. They also discuss recent news surrounding Apple’s potential monopoly issues, offering insights into the implications for the tech industry. John remains tight-lipped about some of his ongoing projects, keeping the details under wraps once again. Scotty shares his increasing appreciation for SwiftUI and his views of the Composable Architecture framework. Swift Composable Architecture | GitHub
Fri, March 08, 2024
381 - Plus Le Changent
This week, John and Scotty dive into Apple’s latest offerings, discussing the new Apple Wallet API introduced with iOS 17 and the capabilities of Apple Vision Pro. John provides an update on his son’s progress in the Hackday event, sharing insights into the innovative projects underway. Meanwhile, Scotty reflects on the anniversary of MoneyWell’s release, sharing reflections on its first year in the App Store and what to anticipate in the coming month. Topics include user retention strategies and the overall future trajectory of MoneyWell.
Thu, February 29, 2024
380 - A Rather Too Serious Chat About Backends
This week, John and Scotty delve deeper into backend services such as Back4App, AWS S3, Wasabi, and Parse, emphasizing the importance of reliable support. John shares insights into his son’s recent hackday and highlights the benefits of participating in such events. Scotty provides updates on the SwiftUI developments within MoneyWell, offering a glimpse into the ongoing progress. Wasabi Back4App Why Ollie is moving away from SwiftUI | Medium
Fri, February 16, 2024
379 - Still Hard, but a Different Kind of Hard, Happy Valentines Day!
Happy New Year indeed! (Yes, we know it’s February) This week, John and Scotty dive into backend options, discussing Parse and other alternatives. John provides an update on his top-secret project and shares recent developments in SwiftUI. He also recounts lending a hand with the Foul Child’s first college project. Meanwhile, Scotty updates us on his client project, shares progress on MoneyWell, and outlines the plan for the upcoming year. Back4App - Low-code backend to build modern apps Parse
Thu, December 21, 2023
378 - 2023: A Year In Review
With possibly the best gift you’ll receive this year, this week the boys sum up their 2023. With John talking more about his journey with SwiftUI and the importance of Bindings. While Scotty talks the year MoneyWell shipped and whats to come in the new year. To help get the foul taste of Johns singing out of your head | YouTube Apple updated their SwiftUI Tutorial | Apple
Thu, December 07, 2023
377 - Diesel is Red, Violets are Blue...
This week, John and Scotty explore SwitchUI Lists, diving into John’s new project and Scotty’s ongoing efforts on the new banking system for MoneyWell. Shifting gears, they discuss In-App Purchases, as John encounters a bug while attempting to use a purchased feature within an app while flying. Scotty sheds light on MoneyWell’s approach to handling In-App Purchases. Additionally, Scotty touches on the challenges of marketing in the tech landscape. Revenue Cat
Thu, November 30, 2023
376 - To-Duck-Fu
This week John discusses his recent endeavours leading up to the Netflix Quiet Period, shedding light on the technology behind and the onboarding process of the photo tool FindMySnap. Scotty shares insights on bank transaction APIs and addresses a bug within SwiftUI on the Mac platform. FindMySnap | CYME
Fri, November 24, 2023
375 - ILoveScottyUntilMyDyingBreath1
This week, John and Scotty dive into Thanksgiving reflections and tech updates. John shares his excitement about his shiny new M3 MacBook Pro Max and delves into the transfer process when acquiring a new laptop. He also discusses insights into the Apple trade-in program and the age-old question: Is more RAM really more better? Meanwhile, Scotty updates on his continued work with Vapor, Server-Side Swift, and the ongoing development of MoneyWell’s bank connectivity system.
Thu, November 16, 2023
374 - Scotty Securely off the Edge
This week, John and Scotty pick up where they left off, delving deeper into their recent projects. Scotty shares insights about his ongoing work with Vapor and NodeJS, while John dives into his experiences working with GraphQL. John also discusses a recent conversation about software engineering and AI code generation, sparking intriguing insights into the evolving landscape of technology and development practices. The Future of Programming? | YouTube
Thu, November 09, 2023
373 - Cappuccino Thank You
After a few weeks away, the boys are back with chat about John’s latest work with Drag and Drop on iOS, the evolution of user input technology, from keyboard and mouse to touch screen to Apple Vision Pro. Scotty talks the latest MacBook announcement and the future of Macs, his recent work on banking integration within MoneyWell using Vapor. Vapor Hummingbird
Thu, October 19, 2023
372 - It’s Shire, Not Sher!
This week, John and Scotty have a lot to cover. John shares his recent travels, reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of Orange Grove. He delves into the development of Greece and his contributions to various panels. John also highlights the advantages of working while traveling, especially when it comes to testing features under real-world connection conditions and speeds. Scotty provides insights into the ongoing development of MoneyWell, focusing on the upcoming changes to bank connections. Greek Economy Wildly Better Than 10 Years Ago | NYTimes Full Video From Orange Grove 10 Year Retrospective | YouTube Blooper Reel From Johns Presentation on AI | YouTube
Thu, September 28, 2023
371 - Out of the Closet, With Pants!
This week, John and Scotty dive into the latest Apple releases, with Scotty providing his unfiltered thoughts and opinions. John shares his recent visit to a Netflix DVD fulfilment hub, as this marks the end of an era with the last Netflix DVD set to be sent out this week. He also discusses the new challenges that have cropped up with Splice. Scotty opens up about his struggles this week, tackling the daunting tasks of refactoring and writing unit tests. Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope | NYTimes The Wurzels - The Combine Harvester | YouTube John gets sucked into a vat of DVDs | YouTube
Fri, September 08, 2023
370 - Async I Can’t Await for More SwiftUI and Less DrawRect
Content Warning: This episode of The iDeveloper Podcast contains discussions about suicide and related topics. This discussion takes place between: 23:50 - 33:40 We understand that these subjects can be deeply triggering or distressing for some listeners. We urge you to prioritise your mental health and well-being when deciding whether to continue listening. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide or in need of immediate assistance, please reach out to a mental health professional or contact a crisis helpline in your country. Your well-being is important to us, and we encourage you to take care of yourself while listening to this episode. This week, John explores his exciting new adventures with async/await programming, with Scotty chiming in to share his knowledge and recommend a must-read book. Scotty also dives into his newfound love for SwiftUI on the Mac, discussing the ways data is displayed within MoneyWell. The Curiose Case of the Async Cafe | Gumroad The tragic loss of Yohanes Kidane | NBC American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Suicide Prevention UK
Thu, August 31, 2023
369 - Never Skip Step 1!
In this episode, John and Scotty delve into the post-vacation work process and the stark differences in user device preferences. John shares captivating travel stories, the insights gained from a recent diary study, and pays tribute to the late John Warnock. Shifting focus, Scotty tackles the challenges of managing long-running code bases and adapting to changes after extended periods away from the project. RIP John Warnock | NY Times No, I didn’t see your email:
Thu, August 10, 2023
368 - If You Can’t Have a Better Brain, Have Better Tests
In this week’s episode, John delves into his ongoing work with SwiftUI, focusing on sheets that aren’t fullscreen. Meanwhile, Scotty shares his recent experiences with SwiftUI as well. Scotty also opens up about an error that occurred during the Budget Sharing release of MoneyWell, but he assures everyone that the issue has been resolved now.
Thu, August 03, 2023
367 - Oh F*CK I Forgot to Sing
This week, John expresses gratitude to some fractional listeners who reached out with valuable advice and support. He also provides an update on the reception of his latest release. Meanwhile, Scotty dives into the exciting details of the latest MoneyWell release, mainly Budget Sharing, also some hints at what’s next on the horizon for MoneyWell.
Thu, July 27, 2023
366 - John’s Secret, Finally Revealed!
This week, John and Scotty are excited to reveal John’s long-awaited secret: Netflix’s new feature called ‘My Netflix’. Discover the personal place for all your personalised content and recommendations. Scotty shares valuable insights into the challenges of handling differences in causing a problem for 1% of users in a large user base compared to a smaller one. Press coverage of My Netflix: CNET: Your Netflix Phone App Is Getting a New Personalized Hub Feature Engadget: ‘My Netflix’ puts your downloads and in-progress shows first Deadline: Netflix Adds ‘My Netflix’ Mobile Feature To Help Users Organize Downloads And More Easily Resume Viewing TechCrunch: Netflix rolls out ‘My Netflix,’ a new tab for trailers, reminders and more Variety: Netflix Introduces ‘My Netflix’ Tab on Mobile Apps, Which Consolidates Downloads, Watch List, Reminders and More Greta Gerwig on writing to find the plot | Instagram
Thu, July 13, 2023
365 - More Ports Than You Could Shake a Sh*tty Stick At
This week, John and Scotty delve into the world of SwiftUI. John discusses his recent project, highlighting the nuances of working with Buttons and Lists in SwiftUI. Scotty shares his experience of using SwiftUI within MoneyWell 2023, emphasising the progress it brings and how Apple manages transitions. Additionally, Scotty reveals exciting details about his new display. Furthermore, the boys engage in a conversation about the future of social media. Dell UltraSharp 32 6K Monitor - U3224KB | Dell Threads, and their missing Accessibility Features | Threads Friend of the show, Mike Lee's new gig | PlanBlue
Thu, June 15, 2023
364 - Clear The F**king Errors!
Join John and Scotty this week as they discuss WWDC2023, including Vision Pro and the future of tech. John shares his recent HackDay success, while Scotty vents his frustrations with Xcode 14. Flight of the Bumblebee | YouTube James Dempsey & The Breakpoints Livestream | YouTube Take your kid to work on Hack Day and win! JDBP Analog 3D Stickers
Thu, May 04, 2023
363 - Software Engineering - Let’s Talk
Join John and Scotty in this episode as they discuss their latest software engineering endeavors. John shares his recent success in synchronizing activities across multiple devices, as well as his latest work on UI design, complete with tips and tricks. Meanwhile, Scotty has been deep in debugging mode over the past few weeks, working on iCloud sharing. Voice Control and UI | Mastodon
Fri, April 21, 2023
362 - Codename Project Vague…
This week the boys talk the dilemma of the economics of unit tests, John continues to talk more on his recent work on the new Netflix share sheet also of his many mystery projects. Scotty talks his recent work on a client project with a conversion from closure hell to async await heaven.
Fri, April 14, 2023
361 - Bring Me a New Tractor, My Ash Tray Is Full
This week the boys talk Johns latest ship with Netflix’s new Share Sheet, some listener feedback on his report of the recent hackathon. Scotty talks recent MoneyWell developments with life in the App Store.
Thu, March 30, 2023
360 - To Code, or Not to Code
This week John and Scotty discuss their latest projects in the software engineering world. John shares his recent successes with his Share Sheet project, highlighting some of the nuances that may not be immediately intuitive. Meanwhile, Scotty provides insight into the latest developments of the MoneyWell release over the past few weeks.
Thu, March 09, 2023
359 - Shotty's Skipping
This week marks the momentous occasion of Scotty finally shipping MoneyWell 2023 and the trials and tribulations that come bundled with the relief and celebrations. John talks his recent QA testing and the onward road to productising, his work on the Netflix share sheet. MoneyWell Website MoneyWell 2023 | Mac App Store
Thu, February 23, 2023
358 - Knock, Knock?
This week John talks an issue with ChatGPT that he ran into when trying to infringe on some copyrighted material, tabbed interfaces and consolidating UI. While Scotty talks more on the upcoming release of MoneyWell and what’s holding it up.
Thu, February 16, 2023
357 - Shipping != Love
This week the boys talk the current events over at Twitter. John talks data refresh issues, upcoming live broadcasts, new animations on iOS. Scotty talks the reasons behind the delayed release of MoneyWell, mainly a bug in the scheduled creation of transactions. Twitter: All Elon, All the Time
Thu, February 02, 2023
356 - The iDeveloper Shipping Forecast
This week the boys talk their frustrations with Xcode, the new Apple M2 MacBook Pro and the future of Social Media. Also John also talks his latest project to ship, Spacial Audio. Scotty talks another FINAL_FINAL beta of MoneyWell with hopes of shipping in the coming week, the processes leading up to shipping including getting the app ready for review and updating the website. Netflix Spacial Audio Feature
Thu, January 26, 2023
355 - ChatGPT: Is It Really All That AI-mazing?
This week the boys dive into the world of ChatGPT and its impact on software engineering and society. They discuss its potential to change the way we interact with technology and ethical considerations. Scotty also gives an update on the next stage of MoneyWell. PagerDuty Layoff Email ChatGPT Parodied by The Tech Roast Show
Thu, January 05, 2023
354 - New Year, Same Idea
This week John and Scotty welcome in the new year by telling their Holiday tales, sharing what they hope 2023 will bring and what they hope to accomplish. Including John wanting to further pass on and share his knowledge and experience with Scotty looking forward to the very inevitable MoneyWell release after a successful beta program.
Fri, December 16, 2022
353 - Pumpkin Spiced Mock Data
With it being that time of year already… John talks his approaching “Quiet Period” and how the New Year will kick off, also his recent work with mock data. Scotty gives an update on the ever nearing release of MoneyWell and takes a look back at what a year 2022 was. Excerpt from a talk at Obj-Cologne | YouTube
Thu, December 01, 2022
352 - Well It Works in Development?!
As we edge closer to the end of the year John talks more of the work leading up to the upcoming quiet period in the land of Netflix development. While Scotty talks the progress of the MoneyWell Beta with talks of a possible new year release. Slam Poetry About (not) Shipping | YoutTube
Thu, November 24, 2022
351 - No One Expects the Rooster Inquisition
This thankful week the boys talk the heavy reliance on AWS in todays world, the iOS16 feature of isolating the foreground of images. John also talks working with mock data on the lead up to the holiday season and his love and hate for Apple Photos app. Scotty talks working with QA and trudging through bugs. Grandma?
Thu, November 17, 2022
350 - Mmm... Nice Foam
This week John talks more on his recent work using Swift Attributed String API, his past experiences with start ups and the connections and relationships that make it work. Scotty talks his week of modernising MoneyWell including upgrading to ECDSA keys, the correct way of dealing with problems with open source software. Andy Matuschak Sparkle XcodeGen Going Hardcore at Twitter Markdown Images My Mom's Cat Is Famous SNL COVID Parody
Thu, November 10, 2022
349 - We’re Not Here for Anything…
Coming to you live from some bedroom in London, this week the boys talk Johns recent travels, including the latest tech developments happening in Greece, Scotty has another App Review mystery, Johns work on Share Sheet, a little update on the MoneyWell beta progress. The Evolving Greek Start Up Scene
Fri, October 28, 2022
348 - For Forks Sake, Think About It
This week John talks his recent work with using updated APIs, especially AttributedString. Scotty talks the difficulties with historic forks of third party libraries in a client project and an update to MoneyWell sync, including some nuances with iCloud.
Thu, October 20, 2022
347 - A Bong Fuelled Thought Exercise
This week the boys talk the recent Sketch news, the progression to web-based apps, the upcoming Ventura release, John talks more about his UI work with preferred content size, Scotty talks his work with a custom command line tool to replace some manual SQL server queries. Sketch Announement | LinkedIn Swift Argument Parser | GitHub
Thu, October 13, 2022
346 - Nothing if Not a Master-Beta
Bringing John into his new year this week. John shares his wisdom for not only starting out a career in development but starting out at anything new, onboarding and why it’s best to make it easy for the user and the complications of the keyboard on iOS devices. Scotty shares his frustrating week with again more AppStore review complications with a client app, also some sync issues with the latest MoneyWell beta release thanks to some Core Data model issues. Ask Apple Back4App
Thu, October 06, 2022
345 - Last Dog Ever
This week John regales wisdom from a recent dinner party, talks successes with a recent project he’s been working on, some pet peeves with top level windows. And Scotty tells tales of his recent trip to the continent, talks the psychology of syncing and the differences of peoples preferences to UI.
Thu, September 29, 2022
344 - That’s Not Bad, That’s Shit
This week John talks his latest software design triumph with a custom OverflowScrollView, a catch up with some old colleagues, the quality of the iPhone 14's cameras but quite a major complaint when it comes to a certain app and its subscription and cloud based storage when upgrading your device. Scotty talks more on adding a Parse backend for MoneyWell, the 32nd Anniversary of the Macintosh Portable Introduction and his woes with Xcode 14 and iOS 16 with a client project. Macintosh Portable Introduction | YouTube Splice CYME’s Avalanche and Peakto apps Splice does not preserve projects after restoring from backup on a new phone:
Thu, September 22, 2022
343 - Scotty Checks Out Gluttonous Johns Backend
This week the boys show the possibilities of Capionista. Is 1TB of storage on a phone reasonable? The iPhones new Dynamic Island. John talks his work on a cross functional project including 2FA, SMS and phone keyboards. Scotty expands on last weeks discussion of working on the backend of MoneyWell Sync, the decision to move to hosted solutions, and how the perils of his past App Review horrors turned out. Parse Parse Hosting Barky The Failure Dog, Courtesy of Captionista
Thu, September 15, 2022
342 - Tooling Down 280 at 60MPH… on a Bike?
This week John shares an uplifting update to his laptop endeavours from last week, a cycle based commuting story for the ages, and his recent work with using JSON, structured data and different layout systems. Scotty shares an update on the MoneyWell testing process including a syncing scheduling issue and a smart filter predicate issue and the ever long fight to keep your data off our servers. Ensembles Captionista John's Lyft Bike Rental | YouTube
Thu, September 08, 2022
341 - Oh Woe Is Us
This week is a week of sadness as John discusses his hardware issues and dealing with Apple Support while Scotty shares his week of woe with an accidental release to the App Store and his dealings with App Review. The boys also touch on whats expected from the recent Apple announcement. Apple’s dependencies on Chinese manufacturing are hard to unwind
Thu, September 01, 2022
340 - Will Fix… When Elvis Returns
This week the boys discuss the release of Captionista and the world of captioning video. John also talks his recent work on a project which involves a lot of notifications and how to handle mock data, the technicalities of recording live drums in the digital era. Scotty talks his continued work on a custom video player which requires a custom toolbar, having to hack some otherwise well ordered architecture. Captionista Ook Programming EQ'ing drums in Logic Pro | YouTube FabFilter Pro-Q 3 John's being mean to his band's bassist | YouTube Tech Bros | Instagram
Thu, August 25, 2022
339 - Just Too Lazy to Change The Knobs
This week the boys talk The Imitation Game, Johns work on infrastructure for A/B testing (particularly Strings), Scottys work on a video player and his gripes with the AVPlayer, is it viable to go to a subscription model and how will that fare in the future. John Fox, Fox Climate News... ...Made with Splice Video Editor
Thu, August 11, 2022
338 - There Ain’t No Toll Free Bridging!
This week the boys talk Johns continued travels, squeezing optimisation from cells and the complications of doing so with both Objective-C and Swift. Scotty talks feature flagging in a client project, the aversion to running your own servers, MoneyWell Beta issues with duplicate records. Which iOS 15 and macOS 12 features do you actually use?
Fri, July 15, 2022
337 - Professional Bug Creator / Professional Exterminator
Coming to you live from the streets of London. This week the boys talk the complications of working on projects where colleagues are spread worldwide. John talks his international Netflix adventure, the QA of his recent project, updating and using the new Lottie framework. Scotty talks working on a client project and the troubles with third party dependancies, the problems with minor bugs on a large user base and the pressure put on support. Lottie 3.4.0 for iOS supports Core Animation Rendering | GitHub Behind The Scenes | YouTube
Thu, June 23, 2022
336 - Perfectly Clean, Just Radioactive
This week John shares his dip to the bay, from bodies of water to legacy code, a friendly competition amongst coworkers, the start of a new project. Scotty talks the nuclear PL/1, working on migration with a client project, a MoneyWell update and the difficulties of working with iCloud.
Thu, June 16, 2022
335 - “Software Development Is Quite Hard” - Scotty, 2022
This week the boys talk app identity crises and the difficulties of finances, mainly with the results of a recent report on MoneyWell which more clearly points out some issues in the user experience. John talks his recent work with difficulties with testing navigation, especially with tab based apps.
Fri, June 10, 2022
334 - Yesterdays News, Tomorrow
With some WWDC2022 midweek discussion. The boys talk their experience so far, their opinions on the continued predominantly online conference, John’s technique on how to become teachers pet. John talks the possible future of an Apple Car but also the technologies that may be developed alongside. Scotty talks the hopeful future for SwiftUI with the announcement of iOS16.
Tue, June 07, 2022
333 - An Explicitly Losing Proposition
Back with some slightly out-of-date WWDC 2022 predictions and some notes from listeners, the boys talk the UK’s bank holiday customs, the future of SwiftUI, AR progression and the people pushing it forward. Segregation By Design | Instagram Black Terminus AR | Instagram
Thu, May 12, 2022
332 - Grandpa’s Bricked Again
Live from New York, it’s Wednesday Morning (for John at least)! This week John talks his recent work in continuing to share the way of accessibility throughout the development world, one city at a time. Scotty talks the death of the iPod and reminisces back on the innovation that it was, and the progression of devices that have come since.
Thu, April 21, 2022
331 - Be Adaptable, Like Androgynous Berthing
This week John talks his work with adapting code to new technologies, including GraphQL, and some difficulties with updating from Objective-C to Swift when you rely on some Objective-C. Scotty cryptically talks his latest work in ‘Build Toolchain Hell’ and the process of trying debug from past changes that are causing bugs now. GraphQL | A query language for your API
Thu, April 14, 2022
330 - A Not So UniqueID
This week John talks struggling with scrolling collection views when compositional layouts and accessibility elements are involved. Scotty talks the important role of accessibility in the future of development, some updates to the current MoneyWell beta release including some new sync bugs. Ensembles Apple’s suggested technique for navigating horizontal scrolling lists | Apple
Thu, April 07, 2022
329 - Quiet Together for a Moment Together
This week John talks his glorious week of star studded premiers in Hollywood, inter-company communication, accessibility labels in comparison to audio description, his work with VoiceOver and how accessibilityElementDidBecomeFocused() is your friend when trying to scroll a collection view to the correct place after a cell has been selected by VoiceOver. Scotty talks the enlisting of an unbiased fresh set of eyes to produces a report on MoneyWell purely from a user standpoint, the next stage in the beta process for MoneyWell including some sync issues that have cropped up with a few beta users and the opaque-ness of syncing with iCloud. accessibilityElementDidBecomeFocused() | Apple Documentation Warren Zevon: Lawyers, Guns and Money
Thu, March 31, 2022
328 - All the Wood Behind One Arrow
This week the boys talk collaboration when porting a project to new infrastructure, edge cases of analytics when Apple API docs just don’t cover it, trying to fit 3 days into 5, a deep dive into the repeating patterns of software development with hope to not repeat the same mistakes.
Thu, March 24, 2022
327 - The Good, the Bad and the Open Source
This week John talks embedded meta data within the Apple Photo Library, especially in relation to QuickTime video files. Scotty talks CocoaPod hell, weaponised NPM and other open source troubles, interesting Academy Award data analysis theories. Chalamet Coughs, Dune Wins BIG sabotage: Famous NPM package deletes files to protest Ukraine war
Thu, March 17, 2022
326 - *insert some sort of loser music*
This week the boys talk Johns HackDay result with John sharing some details about the project and the process of a HackDay. Scotty talks his week of work on migration within some client work. *SPOILERS* Backing music for Johns HackDay result | YouTube
Thu, March 10, 2022
325 - Keep Your Hands off My Cockles
This week the boys touch on the location sharing outbreak from last week after a listener experiences it too. They share their thoughts on the latest Apple event. John shares an update on his current Hackday week, the changes to the project and the value of teamwork and competition. Scotty has some gripes with the Twitter website, gives an update on his Jenkins progress (with some encouragement from another listener). Protest Songs 1984-2012 by The Specials | Apple Music GitHub Actions
Thu, March 03, 2022
324 - Location, Location, Location
This week the boys touch on some current affairs especially with regards to both the effect on and effects caused by technology. John talks his upcoming Hackday project involving editing and looping existing content. Scotty talks his re-visit to Jenkins, and the process of having to relearn things that you previously mastered, also some 20/20 hindsight about opting for the smaller storage options for devices.
Fri, February 25, 2022
323 - When You Assume There Is No ‘I’ in Team
Following some slight technical difficulties, this week John shares his success with a pair of demos (one with work in accessibility), the benefits of Keynote vs. Google Slides. Scotty shares his work on a bug caused by Right-To-Left languages within collection views and explores the other nuances that different languages can have. Peter Frampton plays the drums | YouTube History of the Voice Box made famous by Peter Frampton | YouTube
Tue, February 22, 2022
322 - Data, Data and More Data
This week the boys talk their ‘productive?’ week with John’s upcoming demo fair and the project that he has been working on for it. the challenges of testing for unknown data using only known data with Scotty talking on how data is used within MoneyWell.
Thu, February 10, 2022
321 - A Much A-Kerfuffle About Nothing
This week John gets deprangry with some data refreshing on a new canvas he’s been working on, but also shares his love of Senegalese music. Scotty talks his mixed week including dealing with changes to server certificates when using SSL pinning, also the recent Apple vs. The Netherlands dispute and how that may not only effect the future of MoneyWell but the App Store itself. Celebrations in Dakar after Senegal wins AFCON 2022 | YouTube Youssou N’Dour - Gaiende (The Lion) | YouTube
Thu, February 03, 2022
320 - It’s About Volume Not Quantity
This week John talks his recent work on refreshing portions of a Collection View, his mastery of JavaScript and a follow up to his work on protocol compliance and inheritance. While Scotty talks barfing (or bathing?) with some data migration, the difficulties of testing with small amounts of data when users can have huge amounts of data with very little storage space, also shares some feedback on the latest MoneyWell beta.
Thu, January 27, 2022
319 - The Long Dark Hour of No Response
This week the boys talk John’s “possible” direct effect on the Netflix stock price as well as his Jedi teaching over some new members to his team. Also the first user responses from the MoneyWell Beta release with some expected problems and some not so expected problems. Also a check in on how the M1's have been holding up to real world work and a hopeful look at what Apple could release in their next hardware drop. Joseph Heck’s Lindenmayer Library Implementation | GitHub What the heck is an L-system? | Wikipedia FRC Team 5700 getting it done in hostile working conditions | YouTube
Thu, January 20, 2022
318 - What a Load of Old Gumbo
This week the boys talk sorting objects with optional properties, protocol compliance and inheritance, 1960's British Dramas, another look at SGLite toolkit, GRDB, problems with notarising MoneyWell for the Beta release, the changing environment of borderless culture appreciation. GRDB | GitHub To Sir, With Love | Wikipedia Two segments from John's talk at Appsterdam. First is about too many notes/ingredients/features leading to indistinct music/food/software. Second is about not copying the Global/American standard in culture if you have the chance to incorporate “local” culture which might be unknown | YouTube Making Gumbo (where by definition, the mix is the ideal) | YouTube Missing Persons - Destination Unknown | YouTube
Thu, January 13, 2022
317 - Data Management and API's: The SQL
This week the boys talk the ever evolving remote workplace, and the best ways of communicating and emulating an office environment. John talks his recent frustration with debugging and context switching as a UI developer to managing various API's, initially setting up an Xcode Project and problems with Swift Packages. Scotty talks the public release of the MoneyWell 3.5 beta. MoneyWell 3.5 Public Beta Closer | Virtual Office
Thu, January 06, 2022
316 - I Know the Truth, but I Just Don’t Give a Sh*t
This week the boys talk their hopes and dreams for whats to come in 2022. For John it's the revival and continuation of some old tech, for Scotty it's the beta release of MoneyWell. The boys also talk 'The Ocean Cleanup', side projects, a refreshed attitude towards the future of MoneyWell, Apples delayed release of SharePlay. Paul Hawken's new book, Regeneration The Ocean Cleanup Revenue Cat
Wed, December 22, 2021
315 - I've Become... Triumphantly Dumb
This week the boys sum up this past year by talking; their holiday plans to their end-of-year wisdoms, their last weeks work, with John working with different designs using real data and Scotty with the release of the MoneyWell beta. John also hopes to get an extra special listener by talking his recent work with JavaScript and Node. Scotty also talks his further research into the world of multi-platform, especially in regards to the possible future of MoneyWell. Life of Brian | IMDB Life of Brian Latin Scene Analysed JavaScript Copy Object Kotlin Multi-Platform Polynome App Polynome Tutorials | YouTube Racket App iOS UI Job Listing for Racket
Thu, December 16, 2021
314 - Good Beta Testers Really Are The GOAT
This week the boys talk; Scotty's off-grid vacation, the challenges of switching off during vacation, and the inevitable mountain of emails upon return; John's pre-holiday-break ships, including Netflix's Fast Laughs feature; the work of Dave Winer; and the imminent MoneyWell beta program.
Fri, November 26, 2021
313 - There Will Always Be More Work to Do
This week, being Turkey(or Duck) Day, the boys share what they're thankful for this year. Scotty talks his latest public PR, MacBook Mix-Up and Apple Support Shenanigans. John talks his recent 6-year Netflix anniversary and the experiences that led to it, especially the feedback from listeners and peers. Implementing Accessibility Custom Actions Ko-Fi, The Tip Platform Music John's Thankful For | YouTube Scotty's DocC PR | GitHub
Thu, November 18, 2021
312 - PR Comment: More JaJa Ding Dong!
This week the boys talk John's further work with VoiceOver and the way that accessibility is experienced both by the end-user and by the test engineers. Scotty talks the frustrations that come with making the first PR against a new project. Icelandverse | YouTube Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga Clip | Netflix
Thu, November 11, 2021
311 - Number One Windows Fans!
This week the boys continue their discussion on the new M1 Macbooks, with John discovering some more issues with RAM and Scotty talks the major decisions being made with his latest business expenditure, Silver or Space Grey? John talks his battle of the browsers after having troubles with the ever-hungry for RAM Chrome, the environmental impact of streaming video, the importance of alt-tags for images in Tweets. Scotty talks the big decisions being made with recent a business expenditure, the upcoming .NET Conf 2021 and how this might affect future MoneyWell development. .NETConf Website .NETConf Videos | YouTube The environmental impact of streaming video | Twitter The importance of alt-tags for images in Tweets | YouTube
Fri, November 05, 2021
310 - Friendships Have Limits
This week John reveals his secret, somewhat, compact package and reviews his first week of Apple M1 ownership, from initial difficulties in data transfer and unexpected high RAM usage to blistering Xcode speeds. Scotty talks his work on migrations and how to deal with time and project management with multiple projects on the go at once.
Wed, October 20, 2021
309 - Lying in the Road, Waiting to Be Run Over
The boys discuss yesterday's Apple event, their purchases, and their thoughts on the continued M1 development and the complete lack of options for monitors. John talks his continued work on accessibility custom actions. Scotty talks his work on transitioning between two systems, what to transition, and what to leave behind.
Thu, October 14, 2021
308 - If You Wish to Be Obscene, Then I’m Going to Hang Up
This week the boys also touch on the upcoming Apple event and the high ratio of job satisfaction within the industry. Scotty shares his week of working on a command line tool and his experience with the swift argument parser. John talks about his ever-growing dynamic component library and its uses within adaptive layouts, especially his recent work on volume control. Swift Argument Parser | GitHub
Thu, October 07, 2021
307 - One More Thing...
This week the boys talk John's recent musical accomplishments and how he's been resolving constraints with UIButtons when the size of the content is dynamic. Scotty talks his recent work on a client's feature set and the inheritance decisions that come with an existing codebase. One More Thing by James Dempsey & The Breakpoints | Apple Music One More Thing by James Dempsey & The Breakpoints | Spotify Behind the Scenes | Instagram
Wed, September 29, 2021
306.2 - Dynamic Type Part Two: Electric Boogaloo
Continuing on from Monday's episode, John reveals the thrilling conclusion to his discussion on his dynamic icon button class. Scotty takes a nostalgic look back at the business and development environments of Mac apps and offers some in-home-office workout tips. Twitter | Drew McCormack
Mon, September 27, 2021
306.1 - The Surface of Jupiter or Localising Dynamic Type?
With a, possibly, un-surprising un-intentional two-parter, we'll let you guess the culprit. John further talks his work on reusable components, also a rather surprising sticking point in some localisation optimisation.
Wed, September 15, 2021
305 - Very Much a Work In Progress
This week the boys share their, very close to the line, pre-Apple event thoughts. John continues his work on reusable components within winning tests, especially in regards to accessibility and dynamic layout. While Scotty continues his investigations into different cross-platform technologies.
Thu, September 02, 2021
304 - We’re on a Roadmap to Nowhere
With a positive start this week, John talks some excitement with a new blank slate project he's working on and the pros and cons of open sourcing. Scotty talks his week of squashing a couple of little bugs and checking off down the to-do list, and investigates the world of cross-platform apps, especially any alternatives to Electron. Liz Phair song Glory, from the album Exile in Guyville Exile in Guyville, a response to Exile on Main Street Charlie Watts supported his Jazz habit by being in a rock band
Thu, August 26, 2021
303 - Nada, Niente, Rien, Нищо, ナッシング
Using his background of language and indie development, John talks the work of localisation, especially indie localisation tools, and the difference between linguistically correct and culturally correct. Scotty shares the extent of his week of primarily client work, with the coordination of some changes for an upcoming 'thing'. Lokalise | Localisation Platform for iOS
Thu, August 19, 2021
302 - Pickled Winkles and Hybrid Apps
Back with some post-vacation clarity, John shares a bug fix (with the help of the Customer Care Team) with voice control when using a custom UIButton class. While Scotty talks his unintentional internet blackout, the lack of cellular service, and how modern apps have developed an evergrowing internet connection addiction. Michael Fey 1Password Blog Post on Electron Example of 1Password Pushback Cleaning Up Twitter
Mon, July 19, 2021
301 - Surely This Thing Must Be Breakable?!
Starting with some swift ridicule this week John attempts to absolve himself from some small indiscretions from last week and talks the latest update to Preferred Content Size support within Netflix. Scotty talks dealing with background errors and how to present them in the UI and the difficulty in creating errors on the ensembles based MoneyWell sync. Netflix iOS App Dynamic Cell Size All About Dan Wood Ensembles Core Data Sync Framework
Thu, July 08, 2021
300 - Tricentennial Men
Celebrating the ripe old age of 300 episodes, this week the boys reminisce on past show titles and attempt to guess the content of the episode. John talks implementing Apple's new SharePlay and Group Activities APIs in his card-based side project and shares his cheat to learning new APIs. Scotty talks the honesty behind remote working, from billing a client to staying on task for personal projects. Remotion | Virtual Office for Hybrid Teams Build custom experiences with Group Activities
Fri, July 02, 2021
299 - Call Me a Tw@ and You're On!
This week the boys read some viewer mail, talk the importance of real human QA people especially in situations where real devices are needed for testing, the nuances of working on larger apps with larger teams, MoneyWell Migration and the synchronisation of attachments and the possible endless cycle of continuously upping the SwfitLint Cyclomatic Complexity level.
Fri, June 25, 2021
298 - The Return of That Syncing Feeling
With John coming live from the east coast and Italian breakdowns, this week the boys talk ever-changing work conditions, from working remotely to the dynamics of works hours and time zones. John talks his week of heavy meetings and presentations around accessibility and inclusion. Scotty shares his week of being back on getting sync back into MoneyWell and diving into the weeds with the Xcode 13 beta.
Thu, June 17, 2021
297 - There, We've Talked About Software
This week the boys talk the possible return to a new 'normal' and how companies like Apple might evolve, especially with the future of WWDC. Johns work on dynamically sized cells for low vision users and the evolution of accessibility. Scotty shares his client work hiatus to better focus on MoneyWell. James Dempsey & The Breakpoints: Write To The Metal Liki Song Rehearsal Liki Song Crowd Singalong Almost Dropped My iPhone
Thu, June 10, 2021
296 - A Couple Of Heads in the Xcode Cloud(s)
This week the boys share their thoughts on Apple's 2021 WWDC Keynote and State of the Union, especially Xcode Cloud, SharePlay, and their expectations for the days ahead. They also reminisce on WWDC's long gone by and the speculations of what WWDC could become in the future.
Thu, June 03, 2021
295 - World Wrestling Developer Competition
This week the boys talk this years WWDC and how its changed over the course of the pandemic. John talks his continued work on video and animation with AVComposition and his newfound love for double.random(in:). Scotty talks the ever-developing nature of client work and when it's best to move on. Also some results on last weeks question of user onboarding. UserOnboard | A frequently-updated compendium of web app first-run experiences Show me, don't tell me | Adding demonstrations and tutorials to a SwiftUI app
Thu, May 27, 2021
294 - Surfing the Tsunami of Glory
A week of object success stories with John sharing his recent praise and developed conversations of last week's release of his Dynamic Type success. Also talks about his find of a great music isolation app with a great first-run experience. Scotty shares his recent commit successes on a new project from an existing client and keeping the balance of working on multiple projects simultaneously. Moises | AI platform for musicians looking to isolate instrument and vocal tracks from any digital music file.
Thu, May 20, 2021
293 - Failed to Succeed, the New Self-Hurt Podcast
John shares his latest adventures into AVMutableComposition and also his latest ship which contains his recent Dynamic Type work. Scotty talks his not-so-much-a-failure of his recent work on CoreData and sync within MoneyWell, namely, when is the best time to persist the data? Dynamic Type for the Netflix iOS app’s Detail Pages
Thu, May 13, 2021
292 - AR You Not Entertained!?
This week the boys talks the progression of technologies using MemoryMiner as a yardstick. John talks the difficulty in finding the right feature set for software for use by human beings. Scotty talks his recent frustrations with debugging CloudKit and his deep dive into the iDeveloper archives by listening back to Episode 1 and how much things have changed vs. the similarities.
Thu, May 06, 2021
291 - High Speed Typography
After finding an additional fractional listener from down the back of the couch thanks to the new Apple AirTags, this week the boys talk the nature of social media companies tracking and privacy policies. John talks his recent dynamic type BugBash and the world of high speed text rendering, namely the problems with widows and orphans. And the boys talk the culture of consuming content, from Netflix's new 'Play Something' feature to the seemingly infinite choice of possible content. Signal trolling Facebook over privacy Dynamic Type Shuffle Dance
Thu, April 29, 2021
290 - The Tech-xas Chainsaw Massacre
John shares his recent hold up with a failed screenshot test with some dynamic type on a certain canvas with some certain languages. Also talks the surprise joy of SwiftUI Buttons. Scotty talks his recent client work on a more complex Mac app after a 6 month hiatus and the joy of finding a few helpful comments. Scotty also attempts to liken software development to electrician. Hacking With Swift: well-worth the subscription fee
Thu, April 15, 2021
289 - A Little Bit More Fuzz Where We're Looking For Clarity
This week the boys discuss the recently announced Spring Apple Event. John shares his successes with the debug tool mentioned last week and some accessibility improvements being made off the back of it. Scotty shares his more successful week of working with test data on some recent client work and his work in graphic contexts and the complexity of drawing to different outputs. Monty Python skit: Whizzo Chocolate Company, Spring Surprise
Fri, April 09, 2021
288 - IngaBeebaBloobaAbbaBoombaAkappaAblooBaDoor
John shares his week of working on a card game based app for a friend, the noticed differences between SwiftUI and UIKit, and some developer decisions that have cropped up. Also his upcoming day of accessibility bug fixing. Scotty shares his week of growing incompetence, starting with the ever more difficult task of recording a podcast, down to his work with NSBitmapImageRep. I Think Therefore I Question Programming Languages That Suck Alex’s next career move after the RubyCocoa re-write fails Alex Repty @ NSConference running away from Obj-C
Thu, April 01, 2021
287 - Finding a Use for My Faff-Hole
With reflections on their WWDC premonitions from last week against the latest announcement and rumours, John shares some surprise praise for the fractional listener and his recent troubles with passing Objective-C to JavaScript. Scotty talks of a Command Line Tool he's been working on this week and the lack of resources that comes bundled with that.
Fri, March 26, 2021
286 - I Want to Joy the F*** Out of Your Heart
This week the boys try and get ahead of the curve and discuss what they want to see at WWDC2021. John shares his continued dive into the mire of AVMutableComposition and the patchwork of available documentation. Scotty talks his unintentional tech news blackout and the best ways to prevent and deal with burnout. It Could Be Worse | YouTube Debugging AVComposition
Mon, March 22, 2021
285 - The Let's Celebrate John Podcast
This week the boys touch on the various ways communicating errors through the user back to the developer. John shares his successes with AVMutableCompostiton from the last few weeks work around his HackDay project. Scotty talks the recent decisions being made with MoneyWell iOS, and the possibly soon to be expansion of the company. Splice | An amazing video editor for iOS Learning AV Foundation Thanking your friendly neighbourhood Apple Engineer
Fri, March 12, 2021
284 - Scotty: Verified Wrongun
This week John has been experimenting with Speech-To-Text with some work relating to his recent HackDay project and shares his thoughts of Apples Voice Recognition API. Scotty shares his distinctly average week of some client work mixed with some MoneyWell error squashing. Are We The Baddies? | YouTube
Thu, March 04, 2021
283 - Tidbit for Tatbit
This week John announces the results of his most recent HackDay and the lessons learnt from HackDays long past, also talks the use of PDF / SVG for Netflix badges. Scotty talks his recent work with reworking the old MoneyWell codebase and his search for views, also a possibly unknown power tool for GitHub. Month Python - "Not Dead Yet" | YouTube One second to read GitHub code with VS Code | GitHub1s
Fri, February 26, 2021
282 - Perfect Storm Of Failure
This week the boys talk the progression of languages in parallel with hardware. John hints at some possible near future success with his most recent HackDay and likens coding in Swift with landing on Mars. Scotty talks his steadily growing pile of dead MacBooks, using XcodeGen in MoneyWell and some work with fastlane including some issues with multi-factor authentication. Die Toten Hosen, predecessors of Scotty's new band Dead Laptops | Wikipedia Thomas Friedman on the dichotomy of American Greatness (Perseverance landing on Mars) and Failure (Texas electrical grid) | NYTimes Making Plans for Nigel, Jenkins CI is the new British Steel | Wikipedia App automation done right | fastlane Automated Organization for Your Mac | Hazel Heroic System Recovery For Mere Mortals | SuperDuper!
Thu, February 18, 2021
281 - Buckets of Love
This week John talks some design issues with Dynamic Type being used within Tab Bars and some problem solving using SwiftUI. Also a bug within Full Keyboard Access. Scotty talks his recent work on MoneyWell and re-implementing sync into the existing codebase and the decisions that need to made on what sync platform to use. Kaleidoscope Magnification View: This is used to help people with low vision read the labels on tab bar items. It’s shown with a long press on a tab bar button when the largest Dynamic Type sizes are set.
Fri, February 05, 2021
280 - Is Uranus in Opposition?
This week Scotty shares his first experience with Apple's new M1 chip with a client's 2021 MacBook Air, how this compares with last years DTK and his 2018 Intel MacBook Pro, as well as some quirks that are still to be ironed out. John share his work this week with A/B tests on VoiceOver, the connection between what's visibly happening on screen through VoiceOver. As well as the difficulty of integrating Voice Control. Nike Hands Free Shoe
Fri, January 29, 2021
279 - Are You Feeling Uncomfortable Yet?
This week the boys continue their discussion of business within the software world and how Scotty has been trying to put business decisions ahead of technical ones, with mixed success. Scotty also talks about updating the MoneyWell website and some decisions being made for the app itself, especially regarding sync possibilities. Paul Hawken | Wikipedia Growing a Business | Good Reads Brad Cox, Inventor of Obj-C | Wikipedia Gus Mueller's Appreciation of Obj-C
Fri, January 22, 2021
278 - Just Too Lazy to Be Angry
This week the boys share their goals for 2021 and talk the difficulty of making better technical vs. better business decisions. John talks the first Netflix release of the year which includes dynamic text support for casting menus also the milestone of over 200 million Netflix users. Scotty again shares his fairly strong thoughts on KVO and how it's been used within the existing MoneyWell codebase. Also his most anticipated return to the world of iOS. Taligent: The MoneyWell 4 equivalent of Modern Mac OSes Amanda Gorman | Wikipedia Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem | YouTube John’s Accessibility Motivation | Twitter
Mon, January 18, 2021
277 - Progress Is Better Than Nogress
Back with the first show of 2021 and amongst the current political quagmires on both sides of the Atlantic John talks Apple's latest Racial Equity & Justice Initiative, Netflix's new show Arsène Lupin, and finally getting some decent internet. Scotty talks taking on more contract work and the hopeful future benefits that could be brought to MoneyWell. Also shares some frustration with certain website chatbot AI. Arsène Lupin | Wikipedia Arsène Lupin | Netflix Apple’s Racial Equity & Justice Initiative Post Brexit Travel
Fri, December 18, 2020
276 - It's Dumas, Dumbass!
With that time of year again already and some tales of childhood french pastries, the boys talk their end of year wrap-up mode. John talks his jubilations with the release of dynamic type support and the response from the accessibility community. Also the use of AttributedString with VoiceOver. Scotty talks the trials of having a simple email address and the tribulations of having a to pick a new one. A bug within MoneyWell causing issues with bigger decisions. And some drawing work with the help of BezierPath.WindingRule. Johns' Dynamic Type Success Accessibility London Retroactive
Thu, December 10, 2020
275 - Your AI Assistant Has Gone to Lunch
After a break over Thanksgiving, the boys are back with an update on how remote working is developing the work environment and the pro's and con's of Auto Layout. John also shares more tales of travel, some Thanksgiving thoughts. While Scotty admits how hard working on MoneyWell part time is. British Movie Villains Run John Run Virtual Volunteer | OFF DUTY
Fri, November 20, 2020
274 - 7000 Warnings Is Fine, Right?
As well as talking build processes and toolchains, Scotty talks the universal MoneyWell 3.1.1 release and the feedback on the 3.1 release, as well as touching on the woes of his 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard. John talks the anatomy of the iOS Netflix transport controls and a re-creation in SwiftUI. Anatomy of the Netflix Forward Button
Tue, November 17, 2020
273 - Apple Silicon - 75 Percent More Amazinger
This week the boys review the latest Apple Event and share their thoughts on the first Apple Silicon machines. John also talks his recent work leading up to 'the quiet period', his ongoing work with languages and translations, and the release of Croatian. Scotty talks the release of MoneyWell 3.1, including the much anticipated full Dark Mode support as well as compatibility for Big Sur. The Cover of Rolling Stone Almost Famous
Mon, November 09, 2020
272 - A Pair Of Unstable Old Folk
This week the boys share their thoughts on the recent US election race, with John showing off his democracy sausage. John also talks his recent work with link previews and getting them to work with multiple languages. Scotty talks his recent work with getting MoneyWell Big Sur ready, as well as some Core Graphics work. New York Times Op-Ed Democracy Sausage Christopher P.Atlan | Duck Hunt
Fri, October 30, 2020
271 - IsScottyDeadYet.com
From the variety of voting practices from country to country and even within the US itself to an honest realisation of MoneyWell. This week the boys talk John's appearance on this seasons Netflix quarterly film thanks to his work with accessibility, while also talking his latest work with dealing with support. Scotty talks the positive feedback on a recent public update to MoneyWell regarding the realisation of exactly what the project is.
Fri, October 23, 2020
270 - Let's Try to Keep This Professional
This week the boys talk more on accessibility based design with John and what he learnt from his recent Data Week, and Scotty's daily use of text size control. Scotty also shares his current work with redesigning the spending plan within MoneyWell and what decisions need to be made going forward with John adding his recent experience with money based consumer software. John Throws Punches - Part 1 John Throws Ounches - Part 2
Fri, October 16, 2020
269 - A Fractionally Interesing Episode
This week John talks his latest translation success with Netflix now being fully localised for Russia and the work that goes into localising an app, from the many translations for singular English words to the expansions of others. Scotty talks the ever growing generational gap as iOS devices change and grow, compared with navigating the maze of Android. Also an update on his new Android life and thoughts on the new iPhone 12 family.
Mon, October 12, 2020
268 - end tell! end tell! end tell!
With John's return to his regularly scheduled programming this week, he announces his appreciation for user feedback, both good and bad. Also sharing some insight into his current WIP with navigation, and talks on how accessibility is starting to be perceived as more of a fundamental than as an afterthought. Scotty talks his recent delve into AppleScript and its system events control, his upcoming Apple Music album and the possible future of MoneyWell amongst the natural progression of tech. Rapping Dr. Seuss over Dr. Dre
Mon, October 05, 2020
267 - L'Assenza Fa Crescere IL Cuore Più Forte
After a much longer than expected break the boys are finally back with a bumper length episode of what's been going on in their world of tech, complete with all the usual incompetence. With Johns recent international adventure, the boys talk what comes with trying to continue to work with a more than significant time difference and how John has experienced both the current world situation and software usage within different cultures. They also share their thoughts on and challenges with the latest changes brought in with iOS 14 and possibly the same again with Big Sur. Scotty talks of the challenges of splitting work time between client work and working on MoneyWell, and his enjoyment of his new Android life.
Mon, August 17, 2020
266 - All Drag, No Control
Following a brief history lesson on English beer, John talks the changes in implementing the MDX (Multi Device Experience) within the new Network Permissions coming with iOS 14. And still firmly on the KVO train, this week Scotty gives more insight into his work on notifications and bindings within MoneyWell. As well as some small updates on the ongoing MoneyWell project.
Tue, August 11, 2020
265 - To Merge, or Not to Merge, That Is the Question
This week Scotty talks more on notifications within the existing MoneyWell and the work being done to bring the code base back up to scratch. Also on the decision on deployment targets, how old is too old? John talks his recent cell sizing problems with dynamic type when viewed on different devices. Also a trip down 'MemoryMiner' lane. Acapulco Cliff Divers Public Appreciation For Sam’s Editing
Fri, July 31, 2020
264 - The Great South American River Program
Continuing on with accessibility, this week John talks bringing age-old techniques to the present. Whereas Scotty talks new techniques with the latest Big Sur beta and the decisions that developers need to make with each new macOS release. The boys also touch on the latest tech congress hearing. The Specials - It's Up To You XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
Fri, July 24, 2020
263 - And the Sh*t Just Worked
John talks his latest victories with accessibility and the hidden benefits that come along with it. Scotty talks his recent work with MoneyWell and updating for Big Sur. Also the boys share some thoughts on the Swift compiler. Share Mouse | Mouse and keyboard sharing to control Mac.
Mon, July 20, 2020
262 - One List, Two List, Old List, New List
This week the boys talk testing with John talking through his recent endeavours with a variety of different tests for dynamic type. Also his recent "travels" and how the process of hiring is changing. Scotty talks about his week of list comparison and the future of NSDocument within MoneyWell.
Fri, July 10, 2020
261 - It's... Passable
John speaks of his rollercoaster of developer emotions this week with some dynamic type within certain cells. And Scotty talks moving MoneyWell from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager, the pros and cons of Firebase and Swift Package Index. Swift Package Index | The place to find the best Swift packages. James Dempsey & The Breakpoints, WWDC 2020
Fri, July 03, 2020
260 - 30 Minutes of Goodness Is All It Takes
A week of refection of WWDC 2020 as John and Scotty share their thoughts on the first online only WWDC and share their own personal highlights. John also talks his teams recent feature ship and the importance of teamwork. While Scotty shares his recent successes with MoneyWell.
Fri, June 19, 2020
259 - Jenkins Zero to Jenkins Hero
This week the boys talk build servers, especially Scotty’s recent mastery of Jenkins. Also the future of App Store vs. Direct sales. And of course they discuss the upcoming WWDC. John talks his week of interactions between Swift and Objective-C. Scotty also talks his recent delve into MoneyWell reconfigurations. PolyNome | Will PolyNome be available on Android ngrok | Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost Jenkins | Open source automations build server XcodeGen | Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project
Fri, June 12, 2020
258 - Source Control? Child’s Play!
This week John talks Netflix’s latest addition of the Black Lives Matter collection, problems with malformed string formatters and gives his opinion on the earliest age to be introduced to GitHub. While Scotty again talks MoneyWell and leading up to the future Alpha release. Also talks how Diligent Robot is managing issue tracking using Zube. Zube | Agile project management with a seamless GitHub integration
Fri, June 05, 2020
257 - When You See It, Fix It, Just Fix It
This week the boys revisit John’s type dilemma and discuss how the modern way of learning programming is changing. John praises some of the more underrated aspects of our favourite fishy friend’s metronome software and shares his thoughts on the community based app - Nextdoor. While Scotty talks the use of Cocoapods within MoneyWell and some processes used to ease some of the issues. PolyNome | The Ultimate Practice Tool Nextdoor | The neighbourhood hub for the exchange of helpful information, goods and services. Codeacademy | Learn to Code - for Free Every Day Parisian | How to order a Baguette in French
Fri, May 29, 2020
256 - A Cascade of Failures
This week the boys talk the process of blaming others for your own mistakes, especially if it’s a previous contractor. And share their thoughts on what WWDC might bring compared to last year. John talks his recent bug fixing with type and design. Scotty talks his recent work with sub classes and the problems with too much inheritance. Also the difficulties that come with dealing with multiple currencies.
Fri, May 22, 2020
255 - Java John & Pascalotty
This weeks the boys try to talk code and whatnot. John adds to his experience with Dynamic Type and also talks about how his son’s recent endeavours into the world of Java brings up some fond memories. Scotty talks more on the process of syncing data within MoneyWell as well as adding his experiences of Java and other older languages.
Fri, May 15, 2020
254 - App Builders 2020 in Review
This weeks the boys talk about their recent experience with the newly online App Builders conference. John shares a glimpse behind the scenes of his preparation for his App Builders 2020 talk. And also talks his most recent work with parental controls. Scotty shares his thoughts on the current state of online conferences and the possible futures that they may have. Also talks this weeks endeavours into the world of sync. Hopin | Online Events Platform Sourcery | Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code
Mon, May 11, 2020
253 - Couple of Well Rounded Guys
This week the boys talk the recent developments with conferences and what they think the future might hold, whether thats physical or digital. John talks his recent work into Accessibility with Dynamic Type. Scotty gives an update on MoneyWell Sync and talks the changes of the work / life balance brought on by quarantine.
Fri, May 01, 2020
252 - Objective-C’wift!?
This week Scotty talks the joy of writing Objective-C and Swift at the same time, within the same code base and some rookie errors that were made. Also a mysterious bug that only appeared during unit testing. While John talks the dangers of a recent cycle tour of San Francisco. Also a rare quarantine success in regards to accessibility within a scrolling list. The boys also add their wishes for the upcoming WWDC.
Thu, April 23, 2020
251 - Recursive Monologues … x2
This week the boys talk pros and cons of agile software development. John talks the success of his latest project, both technically and personally. Also how he repurposed come code to solve an annoying bug. Scotty talks through his recent pains with NSDocument and shares some updates on the ongoing MoneyWell development.
Wed, April 15, 2020
250 - Without Feeling the Need to Kill Yourself.
This week John talks his latest ship, Parental Controls and the obvious and not so obvious benefits to it. Scotty talks about his recent ‘Learning Curve Week’. Including Cocoapods, Firebase and Typescript and the great documentation to support them. Netflix Parental Controls Firebase YouTube Channel
Fri, April 03, 2020
249 - No Pants! The New Business Casual!
This week John touches on dealing with WFH, his current work on Dynamic type and other Accessibility technologies. Also his dip into SwiftUI using NSScreencast. Scotty talks the ever evolving MoneyWell and new decisions being made, creating new private CocoaPods and the problems you can run into when updating the deployment target. WebStorm | The Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains CocoaPods | The Dependency Manager for iOS & Mac projects. NSScreencast | Quality videos on iOS development, released each week. The Great Hummus Takeover John Says Happy Birthday
Fri, March 27, 2020
248 - MFT Compliant
Scotty talks maintaining and calculating totals on differing scales and the complications of supporting multiple currencies. John talk the difficulties of collaborating in world in lockdown, the question of to rebase or to merge your base branch and the life of remote working. GRDB | A toolkit for SQLite databases, with a focus on application development. EW | Why Netflix's 'Crip Camp' is a landmark for disability representation on screen. Netflix | Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.
Fri, March 20, 2020
247 - Broadcasting Live from Camp Corona!
No surprise that this week a topic of conversation is the latest global pandemic, with the boys giving a glimpse into how it’s being handled on both sides of the pond. John’s feeling a little ‘Groovy’ whilst using this Java-syntax-compatible language. Scotty talks the difficulties of processing financial data, especially with the number of banks within the US (over 4000). Groovy | A multi-faceted language for the Java platform. OFX | Some light bedtime reading.
Fri, March 13, 2020
246 - Putting the Ho in Co-Host.
This week the boys touch on the impact of current global events on the upcoming run of tech conferences. Scotty talks the progression of MoneyWell with sync, Continuous Integration and Xcode Test Bots. John talks the precautions that US tech companies are taking and app suites and pricing models. XcodeGitHub | Automated Xcode testing for your GitHub repos. MAJOR INPUT!
Fri, March 06, 2020
245 - Software Dev Podcast - With Stuff In It!
This week the boys talk through the feedback they’ve been getting from the Architecture talks over the last few weeks. John talks his most recent mistake regarding data types and the nill/null/empty problem. Scotty talks importing problems with the latest MoneyWell news. Lyle Troxell | The Man, The Myth
Fri, February 28, 2020
244 - A Whole Load of Copy Pasta.
Scotty asks for assistance for a very particular AppKit problem. John brings yet other question from Sammy Seabass to the discussion. This week it’s about the composition and presentation of views on iOS. Also John talks about his latest endeavours into backend code.
Mon, February 24, 2020
243 - Stop Yanking My Train
This week the boys talk databases and file storage. John, on the evolution and the innovative Apple Files system. Scotty, on the issues that MoneyWell has with databases and file storage. Scotty also stumbles upon some long lost code. AppCoda | How to Integrate Your App with Files App in iOS
Fri, February 14, 2020
242 - Swiftly Dumbass!
The boys share their thoughts on Johns new Apple purchase. John talks about his latest Swift discovery, Scotty talks Swift and and the possibilities that the future could hold for SwiftUI. Also the joint appreciation of SwiftLint. AirBuddy | AirPod to Mac interface SwiftLint | A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions
Fri, February 07, 2020
241 - Mother, May I Rant?
This week, John uncovers an issue he thought was his own but turns out to be company wide and gives his thoughts on what's lacking with Slack. The boys talk the importance of good decision making in development and life in general. And Scotty brings his NSTextView woes to the table. #FractionalListener UIStackView Solution
Fri, January 31, 2020
240 - The Key to iOS Development.
John brings his keyboard woes to discus this week, and briefly reviews his newly acquired iPhone and MacBook Pro 16". Not to be left out, Scotty has his own keyboard woes, along with some Mac development issues.
Fri, January 24, 2020
239 - A Moment of Audio Genius… Maybe.
Moving from Objective-C to Swift. The pros, the cons and the interactivity involved. John talks again of his fond friendship with //print(“\(maleFirstNames.randomElement() ?? “Joe”) \(oceanStuff.randomElement() ?? “Crabtree”)“). Scotty talks of the ongoing development of MoneyWell and how to progress with an existing codebase and customer base. PolyNome | The Ultimate Practice Tool MoneyWell | Personal Budgeting Software for Mac and iOS
Fri, January 17, 2020
238 - The Boys Are Back In Town.
This week Scotty and John talk the testing problems of using the correct test data, the scope of the FRC Robotics Competition and the lessons to learn from theft. Too late for New Years Resolutions? Not for these two. GeekSpeak | A Podcast with Lyle Troxell Core Intuition | Indie development podcast Segway | Prototype wheelchair mishap at tech show FRC Robotic Competition SOTA Cyberdragons Shop Break-Ins
Fri, December 20, 2019
237 - For Fox sake someone get John a scrubber.
Stuck on holiday gifts for the tech head in your life? The boys talk last minute gift ideas from the best programs, apps and tech that makes their lives just that little bit easier. The Money Pit Fork | A fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows. Visual Studio Code | Code Editing. Redefined. Kaleidoscope | The world's most advanced iOS and Mac diff tool. Paw | The most advanced API tool for Mac. Hokusai | A multitrack audio editor for iOS. DEVONthink | A professional document management app for Mac and iOS. ScanSnap iX1500 | A touchscreen WiFi enabled scanner.
Mon, December 16, 2019
236 - Disponsibly Respose.
This week John talks graphics with the success of his hack getting implemented. Scotty talks currency woes and accommodating continually differing bank systems. Also the boys reminisce about tech long past and how they can only just about handle a single button.
Fri, December 06, 2019
235 - This whole thing is just a hack!
To hack or not to hack. That is the question. Well, it's one of the items John and Scotty discuss this week anyway. They also talk about Sourcery and Firebase. Sourcery | Meta-programming for Swift, stop writing boilerplate code. Firebase
Fri, November 29, 2019
234 - Next to useless three week old mail order turkey.
The boys discuss their week and their plans for the holidays. Subjects include testing, dependency management and software pricing. Git Tower Git Fork GRDB | A toolkit for SQLite databases XcodeGen | A Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project Cocoa Pods | The Dependency Manager for iOS & Mac projects
Thu, November 21, 2019
233 - The iFailed Podcast
John has a new recorder, so this week the boys only took two attempts to record a new episode. With yet another of John's recent recording failures still fresh in their memories, they decide to discuss some of John's other failures from the past week mainly focussing on issues in UI testing. With that off their chests, they move on to review the new book from the team at basecamp called Shape Up.
Thu, November 14, 2019
232 - Hacked off about the hack
Scotty and John actually manage to make a successful recording and this week talk about John’s abysmal failure at the latest Netflix hack day. Scotty is also hacked off with UI testing and Core Data but they do eventually find some pleasure in the release of the new 16” MacBook Pro, Scotty’s success at running two laptops from one and his new laptop bag.
Mon, November 04, 2019
231 - Calling our listener names.
This week John and Scotty discuss logging and unit testing as well as generally doing their best to upset their nominal listener.
Mon, October 28, 2019
230 - Testing Testing.
After a few failed attempts the boys have worked out how their audio gear works and managed to record a new episode. This week as well the regular dip into accessibility they talk about their recent UI testing experiences using XCUITest.
Fri, October 04, 2019
229 - Scotty, Scotty where for art thou Scotty.
It's been a while since the chaps have produced an episode. In this episode, they catch up on what they have been up to including some accessibility and NSOutlineView UITesting failures.
Fri, September 13, 2019
228 - A Little Snippet of Hunky Dory.
This week the boys talk graphical rating systems and the challenges of adapting for different cultures, graphing, unit testing and briefly touch on the latest Apple release.
Fri, September 06, 2019
227 - Comedy Gold or Good Filler, the Choice is Yours.
Scotty shares his multi-threading, semaphore locking woes while John moans on about MPVolumeView, changing locals and Voice Control. They both cheer up a bit when they talk about Xcode 11.
Fri, August 23, 2019
226 - Scanning your way over the handlebars.
Scotty and John discuss Johns recent cycling accident, his secret project and yet another award. They also talk about Scotty's new scanner, NSOutlineView, NSTextView and Core Data.
Thu, August 08, 2019
225 - From Fractional Listener to Co-Host.
John throws Scotty under the bus and has a discussion with Joe Crabtree, professional drummer and journeyman software engineer, about his work on the app PolyNome.
Fri, August 02, 2019
224 - Please, for the love of God, STOP!
John discusses how dark mode support highlighted a usability problem and shares whereby ancient technology saved the day while Scotty reveals his concerns that Catalina is going to be the Vista of macOS releases.
Fri, July 26, 2019
223 - Grampa's on too many pills.
Scotty and John discuss marching band, objects vs functional, working remotely, WWDC 2 months on, handling deprecations, knowledge sharing, daily stand ups and vists to the dentist.
Mon, July 22, 2019
222 - Blisters on the Moon.
The boys discuss Scotty's charity, the moon landings and how the world has changed but maybe hasn't.
Fri, July 12, 2019
221 - I, Scotanya.
John becomes a full stack developer and shares his experience with nodeJS and Visual Studio Code. Scotty shared his week setting up a Mac Mini build server to run Xcode bots. Scotty also looks forward to his 100km charity run this weekend.
Tue, July 02, 2019
220 - I Took U Out.
Scotty and John discuss John's rapid rise to stardom with a chain of hack day victories as well as debating should people jump into Swift UI or wait for it to settle as many people did with Swift.
Fri, June 21, 2019
219 - There's a man who DrawsRect.
John sings, but don't let that put you off as it doesn't last long. John continues to give Stack Views high praise, and the boys discuss SwiftUI beta two. Scotty lets loose on the therapy couch about his troubles in making any technology decisions for the next MoneyWell release.
Mon, June 17, 2019
218 - One Week On.
One week on Scotty and John discuss their reactions and theories about what all the things announced at WWDC are going to mean over the next year.
Fri, June 07, 2019
217 - Next Is Dead, React Has Won ... Like it or not!
Scotty and John discuss all that was announced at WWDC and their initial reactions on how it will all affect them.
Fri, May 31, 2019
216 - Nice to hear your stories, again.
John talks about his hack day success and shares his tips and tricks on how to be successful at hack day events. Scotty explains how Marzipan could alter the approach to the next version of MoneyWell.
Tue, May 28, 2019
215 - The dog does a better job than we do
Scotty and John continue their conversation on preparing a presentation, presentation software and accessibility issues and concerns. Scotty talks a little about his new contract while John starts to get excited by the next Netflix hack day. There is also a special guest appearance from Amy the dog.
Fri, May 10, 2019
214 - Too Many Buttons
Scotty and John discuss horrible hardware UX, the different ways to prepare a conference talk and how syncing is far more than just code that syncs data.
Fri, May 03, 2019
213 - Workers Revolution
After a break away from the mic (because John couldn’t find his) the boys are back. Other than reminiscing over the 80’s they discuss team coding standards, focusing on the needs of new users vs existing users and preparing for WWDC.
Tue, April 09, 2019
212 - Where's That Pheasant Gone Grandma?
Scotty & John discuss communication problems, the importance of acknowledging problems and objections when trying to sell to people and how bad indie developers often are at selling and marketing. John also shares how he designs and documents his classes.
Mon, April 01, 2019
211 - Us Noticing Him, Noticing Us, Noticing Him
Scotty & John discuss hard choices when designing app on-boarding and Johns colossal oversight.
Mon, March 25, 2019
210 - Ah $%&k it, just stick it in the bucket
John updates us on how there were a few problems with his efficient xib loading solution and Scotty shares how he is re-writing the ensembles server and making allowances for Wasabi / S3 differences. John also reports on his sons robotic, and Scotty makes a personal appeal for sponsorship to support his run to raise money for MS research.
Fri, March 15, 2019
209 - Maggie Thatcher Naked in The Rain
John talks about his new found fame and a vegetarian free bug bash. Scotty totally forgets what he said he wanted to talk about so discusses the problems indie developers can encounter when they find it hard to set their own boundaries.
Fri, March 08, 2019
208 - Apple's Great Until It's Not
Scotty shares how he recently had some sync issue with an app he uses and how the tech support experience trying to get it resolved has made him totally reconsider how he is going to implement sync in MoneyWell. John also shares about his visit to the Steve Jobs theatre for an Apple shareholders meeting.
Mon, March 04, 2019
207 - Xibception
John talks in depth about optimizing the loading of xib files and Scotty discusses the decision to rewrite 30% of MoneyWell.
Wed, February 27, 2019
206 - Almond Based Frameworks
The week John continues his accessibility campaign both in the world of software and the physical world while Scotty goes on a crusade to rid MoneyWell of warnings. They also discuss how Marzipan might affect future macOS development.
Fri, February 15, 2019
205 - Bindings need a bow of at least 45 degrees.
This week the boys talk about Scotty's restored relationship with Objective-C, a hatred of bindings, broken iPhone X screens and bowing.
Fri, January 25, 2019
204 - You say Unicorn we say ...
John talks about how important it is to have people "critique" your work. Scotty talks about how compiling against newer SDK's is causing issues and his hatred of bindings in macOS and his database syncing decision dilemmas. John also gets to brag about new features in the Netflix iOS app.
Fri, January 18, 2019
203 - Well, Well, Well, MoneyWell
Scotty and John discuss Diligent Robot's acquisition of the app MoneyWell and John talks about how he has been messing things up and teaching kids in a robotics class that screwing up is alright.
Fri, December 21, 2018
202 - 2018, A retrospective with sheep
In this last show for 2018, Scotty and John discuss the highlights of their year and what they are looking forward to next year.
Fri, December 14, 2018
201 - Unbearably Longer John
Scotty and John talk about the recently released video of John's talk from Moscow as well as discussing the general challenges of giving conference talks in a culture that is not your own.
Fri, December 07, 2018
200 - Boring Listener(s) for over 10 years now
It's episode 200, and Scotty and John continue to underwhelm. This week they look back at the beginning of the podcast, talk about an app called Eyespeak and discuss Scotty's future application plans.
Tue, December 04, 2018
199 - Unscripted, as usual
Scotty and John talk about John's new laptop, wireless debugging, self-promotion, boot camps, Apples new development program for women and the concept of it's always about who you know not what you know.
Fri, November 23, 2018
198 - Shipping Product vs Shipping Code
In this weeks episode, Scotty and John introduce Sam, the podcasts new editor, catch up on some responses to Johns newfound fame and the effects of the California fires on the tech industry before heading into a discussion about the differences between shipping code and shipping product.
Mon, November 19, 2018
197 - Dead Polar Bear Free - Guaranteed.
John shares about how his Netflix Hack Day project has raised some interesting press articles. Scotty talks about trying to learn about Docker and Kubernetes to deploy server-based Swift applications. The discussion then moves on to examine the green credentials of Apples latest product announcements.
Thu, October 25, 2018
196 - Tiny Wins
In this episode Scotty shares about his trip to the Swift By Northwest conference in Portland and John shares about his problems sharing.
Thu, October 18, 2018
195 - My Mum Took My Call
In this episode, John gets excited about winning the Netflix hack day while Scotty shares about the talks he has been or is about to give at two conferences.
Fri, October 05, 2018
194 - macOS is a partially debugged Xcode driver
After a couple of weeks apart Scotty and John catch up with what has been going on. John tells of his trip to London, Athens and Moscow while Scotty talks of his upcoming trips to Romania and Portland. This episode has some background noise artefacts.... sorry.
Fri, September 21, 2018
193 - Poor, Sad, Pining Old Men
Scotty and John discuss moving to Xcode 10, John's upcoming talk he is giving in Russia and Scotty's continuing journey with Vapor.
Mon, September 17, 2018
192 - I Feces You Not!
Scotty and John discuss the September Apple event, Scotty's trip to iOSDevUK , the server side Swift framework, Vapor and John's upcoming trip to Russia.
Mon, September 03, 2018
191 - Lovely Dirt
Scotty and John discuss the art of good documentation and how they organize their projects. They also discuss if the probable upcoming iOS hardware announcements are likely to cause any new work for the projects they are working on which leads into a discussion on Apple's release cycle. Apologies for Scotty's bad audio in this episode.
Mon, August 27, 2018
190 - Nothing Original Here
Maybe for the first time ever Scotty and John spend the entire show on follow up. John explains how he fixed his disappearing view problem while Scotty reveals his decision on a laptop and shares his experience at the Elixir conference.
Fri, August 17, 2018
189 - You're important, just not to me
This week it is John's turn to lie on the therapy couch as he explains issues he has been having with disappearing views. However, Scotty still needs to get a few things off his chest as he reveals his laptop purchasing dilemma.
Fri, August 10, 2018
188 - Therapy after React Native
After another extended absence, Scotty and John are back. This time they discuss Scotty's dislike of React Native and John becomes Scotty's midlife crisis therapist.
Thu, June 28, 2018
187 - Flint
With John still away Scotty talks with Marc Palmer, the developer behind the new open source macOS and iOS framework Flint. John also makes a brief appearance from Amsterdam.
Fri, June 22, 2018
186 - Agenda: The Journey to an ADA
Scotty talks with Drew McCormack, one of the main developers behind the Apple Design Award winning app Agenda.
Fri, June 15, 2018
185 - Who the Heck is Tim Smith
Scotty and John discuss if they feel Cocoa would be done differently if written in Swift and John shares his WWDC lab experience.
Fri, June 08, 2018
184 - WWDC Keynote & State of the Union Review
Scotty and John sum up their reactions to the WWDC 2018 keynote and state of the union.
Fri, June 01, 2018
183 - Announcing the Tim Cook Signature Edition?
Scotty and John, just like every other Apple developer podcast in the universe this week, discuss their hopes for WWDC 2018.
Thu, May 24, 2018
182 - StackCast with Stack View John
Scotty and John are back after 4 months. John gets straigh back into talking about StackViews and Scotty talks about his recent experiences with React Native.
Tue, May 22, 2018
181 - The Missing Episode
In this episode recorded back in Jan 2018 Scotty & John discuss Stack Views, fighting the frameworks and some of the overheads involved in having large unit test suites.
Tue, January 16, 2018
180 - StackView Is My Safe Word
The boys are back with a fragile agreement to be nice to each other. They praise stack views and slam bindings while not really caring about the recent intel chip security issues. They also discuss how submodules are still confusing and Scotty wishes he could use the Swift Package Manager.
Fri, January 12, 2018
179 - Bursting with Excitement
After a long time away the boys are back and John is so excited he has literally split open. Once they have cleaned up the mess that made they talk about the Lottie open source library, accessibility and the iPhone X
Thu, August 17, 2017
178 - Dude, Right On
Back after Scotty's vacation the boys talk about the release of the Netflix app in Hebrew. John's new adventures in Swift and Scottys disappointment with the way Realmac Software have handled the closing of Typed.com
Tue, July 11, 2017
177 - An accessibly functional BBQ on the roof.
Scotty and John record this episode while preparing a BBQ. They talk about accessibilbity , internationalization, refactoring , unit testing, code review and functional programming.
Thu, June 29, 2017
176 - Easily Pleased Moron
Scotty and John discuss a Mac app called Kite Compositor designed to help you learn and use Core Animation. They also discuss how Scotty is getting on with his new iPad Pro and his continuing love for the Xcode 9 editor. They also discuss thew recent Scott Forstall interview about the development of the iPhone and Scotty shares about how hard it is for new small companies to work with large clients and reveals he is beginning to learn the functional language elixir.
Sun, June 18, 2017
175 - It better be short it's too darn hot
Scotty & John talk about how they have spent the week since WWDC playing with the new shiny and implementing what they learnt.
Fri, June 09, 2017
174 - WWDC 2017 Wrap Up
Scotty and John wrap up their week at WWDC by recording an episode in the Apple podcasts studio.
Wed, June 07, 2017
173 - WWDC 2017: Day Two
John and Scotty discuss day 2 at WWDC 2017.
Tue, June 06, 2017
172 - Day Care
Scotty and John discuss the day care at WWDC as the walk to day 2 of the conference.
Tue, June 06, 2017
171 - WWDC 2017: Day One
Scotty and John chat about their first day at WWDC 2017 while walking back to their accommodation.
Mon, June 05, 2017
170 - On the road again
John and Scotty record a quick episode while driving from San Francisco to San Jose for WWDC. They discuss why JSON is great, ponder about why they are not that excited to be heading to WWDC and share a listener offer.
Sat, June 03, 2017
169 - Pleasure Jolt Technology
The boys discuss stickers and business cards, a new Xcode utility, events they are going to attend at WWDC, iOS's pleasure jolt technology and their hopes Xcode 9.
Sun, May 28, 2017
168 - My dads animations don't suck!
Scotty and John discuss what would happen if their GitHub accounts got hijacked. John also shares about some problems that happen when things are not visible and Scotty shares some highlights from UIKonf in Berlin.
Tue, May 16, 2017
167 - Happy Dance
John's MPVolumeView soap opera continues. A discussion about up front architecture and approach and Scotty talking about what is next for him.
Mon, May 08, 2017
166 - Fun with Waffles
John and Scotty praise Core Animation and then go on to discuss the pros and cons of working in an office compared to to working remotely on your own. They also discuss if the terms junior and senior developer have any relevance in the modern developer world.
Mon, May 01, 2017
165 - Not advancing the state of the art
John and Scotty talk about Scottys trip to Switzerland. Johns issues with MPVolumeView and Apple's appstore affiliate program changes. Both also offer their opinions on code review and data privacy.
Tue, April 25, 2017
164 - What has Python ever done for us?
Scotty talks about his week fighting WKWebView and John does the same for UITableView and how he wishes he could use UICollectionView instead. John also sets off on a rant about Swift leaving Scotty to defend the changes between Swift 2.3 and 3.1. Scotty shares about 3 interviews he will be doing at the App Builders conference in Switzerland. John announces he will once again be drumming for James Dempsey and Breakpoints again this year near WWDC and Scotty reveals he will be talking at CocoaConf Next Door.
Thu, April 20, 2017
163 - Fairly focused and minimum waffling
After being away for a few weeks Scotty and John are back. They discuss John's trip to Greece and Scotty shares how Reviewcast has been sherlocked by iOS 10.3. They also share some listener feedback and their WWDC ticket success. Once again we have to apologise as we have a few audio issues.
Sat, March 18, 2017
162 - Learning is like carrying a condom.
Scotty shares his rails deployment issues and moans about having to invest so much time in learning new things. John looks forward to his up coming trip to Athens and they both make some random WWDC predications .
Mon, March 13, 2017
161 - Batteries Not Included
Scotty & John talk about hybrid desktop applications as well as their increased use of web applications . Scotty shares progress on his side projects and John continues to share his battle with internationalised text.
Mon, March 06, 2017
160 - John's Random Thing
This week John continues his series of random thoughts by talking about an internationalization gotcha he came across and Scotty discuses his lack of progress on his side project. The discussion also includes thoughts on WWDC the future of Swift and the Amazon S3 failure.
Thu, February 16, 2017
159 - Mac 'n' Rails
In a slightly longer show this week Scotty and John discuss how some well known Mac apps seem to be doing just as well outside of the Mac App Store as they were in it as well as how Kickstarter has been used recently by two well know developers to find development projects. Scotty gives an update on his side project and how he is resurrecting Reviewcast and preparing a "Swift in One Hour" training course. John shares his battle with some right to left text issues and how he over came them.
Thu, February 09, 2017
158 - Not Cut Out To Be Indie
John talks about the Netflix hack day and discusses how hack days really help you to not only explore ideas but how to sell them as well. Scotty updates us on his progress at becoming indie and the problems he is having choosing a project to work on based on his inability to focus on one thing for a long time.
Fri, January 13, 2017
157 - Mission Planning
John holds Scotty's feet over the fire concerning his week of "Mission Planning" as part of his 2017 goal to ship something.
Tue, January 10, 2017
156 - Happy New Year
John and Scotty start the year by sharing their aspirations for 2017 as well as making a prediction or two. They also discuss John's ongoing wrestling with AVFoundation and the difficulties of learning complex frameworks. Scotty also announces his intention to produce an on going diary of his mission to ship some sort of product in 2017.
Tue, January 10, 2017
155: Unclean, Unkind & Unproductive
John and Scotty discuss the new download feature in the Netflix iOS app, old code crashing on MacOS Sierra and the difficulties of making fixes and getting them into the Mac App Store. They also talk about the people benefits vs the technical benefits of conference attendance. John also confesses to building a fake Donald Trump tweet.
Tue, November 29, 2016
154: Conferences and Appsterdam
John and Scotty discuss Scotty's trip to the DoiOS conference and Appsterdam. They also reflect on John's first year at Netflix and Scotty's Laptop vs Desktop dilema. (Apologies for the poor audio quality)
Thu, November 10, 2016
153: Hello Again
We have been away for 9 weeks but it is time to say "Hello Again". They talk about handling airport wifi in your apps. The new Apple notebook range. Scotty's recent travels and upcoming conferences. John' s audio set-up and what they have decided to call "The Season of Productivity"
Sat, September 17, 2016
152: Nap Time
This week John has to own up to missing recording the show as he fell asleep. He also talks about some recent issues he had with using Cocoapods after leaving a project for a year. Scotty talks about his trip to iOSDevUK and totally forgets Richard Turton's name.
Tue, September 06, 2016
151: Like Ships Passing in the Night
This week John and Scotty talk about John's trip to Europe and Scotty's trip to 360iDev. They also discuss Apple's announcement about cleaning up the App Store.
Tue, August 23, 2016
150: Ageism and Burnout
This week John and Scotty talk again about age asking questions about ageism in our industry. They also discuss burnout and if it is related to age any way.
Sun, August 07, 2016
149: Tips for being a better developer
This week John and Scotty talk about becoming a better developer. They use a blog post by Zach McArtor of Martian Craft to guide their conversation.
Fri, July 22, 2016
148: Old Third Party Code
This week John and Scotty talk about the the problem with having third party code that goes out of date and is no longer maintained.
Wed, July 06, 2016
147: Aprentices and Master Craftsmen
This week John and Scotty talk about the lack of good sample code that not only demonstrates a framework or technique but how it also fits into the context of well architected full application.
Tue, July 05, 2016
146: Older Developers
This week John and Scotty talk about about what is like to be an older developer. Are we past it and ready to be put out to pasture of do we have things to offer that no youngster could.
Thu, June 23, 2016
145: Adopting New APIs
This week John and Scotty talk about adopting new API's. They ask when is it a good time to include them in your app and how many OS versions is to right to support.
Sat, June 18, 2016
144: WWDC Week 2016
This week John and Scotty talk about all that's gone on during WWDC week including Altconf, The Talk Show and a gig by The Breakpoints. They even talk about some of the stuff announced by Apple.
Wed, June 08, 2016
143: Architecture - MVVM / MVC
It seems we really are back as we crank out another episode after our 15 months break. In this episode John and Scotty discusses MVVM, MVC and Coordinators. Scotty also talks a little about a product he is working on ... now all he has to do is ship.
Thu, June 02, 2016
142: We're Back, Maybe
Scotty and John are back. (Assuming Scotty actually publishes the episode). In this episode the discuss what they have been up to as well as their hopes and expectations for WWDC 2016.
Mon, March 09, 2015
141: Time Travellers and Iterations
Scotty and John talk about John visit to the film set of the new Steve Jobs bio pick, Photo Kit and developing software in iterations.
Thu, March 05, 2015
140: If you ain't got nothin nice to say then say nothin
Scotty and John discuss Marcus Zarra's blog post "The Dangers of Misinformation" and how software development is different in a post google world
Fri, February 20, 2015
139: Jazz Guitars and Zombies
Once again this week it has taken a little longer to get show out than hoped but now it is here we hope you enjoy it. This week we discuss Auto layout UITableViewCells, iOS 8.3 , Xcode 6.3 and Swift 1.2. A new report on Zombie apps where we also discover that weather apps have the lowest percentage of zombies. Scotty also explains why NSConference 7 will be the last NSConference.
Wed, February 11, 2015
138: Using Analytics
Scotty and John talk about the release of Findery 3.1. They discuss how Findery collected analytics to see how people were actually using the app and then used the data they collected to redesign the apps first launch experience. Scotty whoops for joy at auto sizing UITableViewCells in iOS 8 and John shares how he developed the URL embedding experience in Findery.
Mon, February 02, 2015
137: Testing, Testing, Testing
Scotty and John talk about Xcode 6's XCTest testing framework and using TestFlight.
Mon, January 26, 2015
136: Realm
"Realm is a mobile database: a replacement for SQLite & Core Data Realm can save you thousands of lines of code & weeks of work, and lets you craft amazing new user experiences." Well that's what it says on the website anyway. In this episode Scotty interviews JP and Alexander, two of Realm's developers, to find out what it is really all about.
Mon, January 19, 2015
135: In Memory of Jordan Breeding
Scotty and John remember Jordan Breeding who died this week of cancer and look forward to what 2015 might bring.
Thu, December 04, 2014
134: It smells like Swift in here
In this weeks show Scotty talks about his first two weeks working full time with Swift. John talks about releasing Findery 3.0. They might also mention that NSConference 7 tickets are now on sale.
Tue, November 25, 2014
133: Sync Different
In this weeks show Drew McCormack joins Scotty and John to talk about the 2.0 release of the Ensembles Core Data Sync framework. They also take a quick detour to discuss watch kit.
Thu, November 13, 2014
132: Funded vs Self-Funded
In this weeks show Scotty and John once again discuss product idea validation. The differences between funded projects and self-funded projects. The new Findery API and Scotty's departure from RemObjects.
Fri, October 31, 2014
131: Leaving and Multi-Tasking
In this weeks show Scotty and John mainly discuss some of the processes you should go consider going through before you ever reach for "File | New Project". They also discuss daylight saving, the Giants winning the world series, Tim Cook and great service from the Apple Developer Program..
Thu, October 23, 2014
130: Leaving and Multi-Tasking
A long show this week as Scotty and John discuss: Last weeks Apple event. John's problems when the simulator looses it's internet connection. BBEdit leaving the App Store. The inefficiencies of multi-tasking.
Wed, October 15, 2014
129: Hapy Ada Lovelace Day
Scotty and John wish each other a happy Ada Lovelace day. John talks about the joy of using vector images in Xcode 6. Scotty tells tales from Cingleton which leads them on to talking about the concept of Maximum Viable Product, Prosumer applications and the concept of asking the question "What do people hire my app to do?".
Tue, October 07, 2014
128: The Range Rover vs The Rusty Old Trike
In this show John decides to have another good old bitch about all his problems with iOS 8. Scotty just sits and patiently listens.
Tue, September 30, 2014
127: I’m so over wasting time on iTunes Connect
John solves his iOS 8 problems but has relationship issues with iTunes Connect. We then go on to talk about Brent Simmons going to Omni in order to "bring in extra money" and ask can anyone actually make money on iOS?
Fri, September 26, 2014
126: The Problem With Eight
In this weeks show we (Scotty & John) discuss the initial problems with iOS 8 for both users and developers. We also ask is the iPhone 6 too big? Will we see a smaller 6S next year? Will see any new Macs or iPads this year? Scotty also shares his git problems while John talks about some current debate about people baying iPhones just to ship to China. Finally Scotty announces he has left App.net. Once again this week I (Scotty) have had recording problems and whole bunch of crackle appears at around 14 minutes. I am hoping this will never happen again as I have replaced my entire entire recording system since this recording in an attempt to solve the problem.
Wed, September 17, 2014
125: Thank God For Google
The problems John had getting a build of Findery ready for iOS 8 and how Google saved the day. The pros and cons of having a dedicated build machine The issue of bloated view controllers inspired by a chapter in a new book "Step By Step iOS Development" Keeping tech publishing viable How that time between major releases can feel like being in the wilderness. Documentation : is it still relevant? Why neither Scotty or John will have a shiny new iPhone this Friday
Thu, September 11, 2014
124: Sorry about the crackle.
After another few weeks off Scotty and Jon finally catch up and talk about this weeks Apple event and it's consequences for the community. John tells us about LemonJar, an awesome iOS console log viewer while Scotty describes his new Synology DS414 NAS and how he has gone completely mad and left GitHub. Some how Scotty also managed to screw up his audio hence this weeks title, Sorry about the crackle.
Tue, August 26, 2014
123: Crispy on the outside but still soft on the inside.
Again it's a little late as I have been really busy. In this episode Scotty and John talk about how to build teams. Should Apple open an engineering office away from Cupertino and if so where. Scotty starts looking at OS X Server and potential cloud hosts for said server. (He would like to hear from people who have tried using it OS X Server or cloud OS X hosting). John shares his first experience of trying to develop an iOS 8 extension and they both talk about the current "can you make money on the app store" debate.
Sun, August 17, 2014
122: Dodging Trams
We recorded this one a few weeks ago but it's taken me ages to get round to editing and releasing it. In this episode Scotty talks to John about how his trip to Europe is going and Scotty announces RemObjects new Swift compiler for Android (called Silver) and new Mac IDE (called Fire).
Sat, July 12, 2014
121: Sucking Up Hoctor ...Yuk!
Scotty and John talk how Apple are recruiting lots of indie developers and discuss how the next phase of development for indie developers , now they are designer aware, is to become marketing and sales aware.
Tue, July 01, 2014
120: Move Swiftly On Or Stay Objective?
Scotty and John talk about Apple's new language Swift. When you should adopt it and what it means for Objective-C. They also talk about the new blogging engine running this site and Scotty brings us up to date on his backup woes with JustCloud.
Fri, June 27, 2014
119: We Didn't Record The Good Bit
Scotty and John talk about how good last weeks podcast that was never released was, Scotty's cloud backup problems and the future of ideas.
Tue, June 10, 2014
118: Standing In Line Was Worth It
Scotty and John review WWDC 14 and Altconf and discuss some of the ramifications of the announcements made.
Wed, May 28, 2014
117: Subsidised Free
Scotty and John talk about the problems cloud services have being reliable and the fact that nothing in ever actually free. Also with 1 week to go there are the bound to be proven wrong WWDC predictions.
Wed, May 21, 2014
116: Playing With APIs
Scotty and John talk about Parse, the Facebook API's, embedding a UICollectionView in a UITableViewCell and the release of the NSConference 6 videos.
Tue, May 13, 2014
115: RTFM or Something
Scotty and John talk about John's solution to his UICollectionView problem, Scotty's discovery of geo support in MongoDB, John's new experiment with Parse and the actual, yes really, the actual release of avTag.
Tue, May 06, 2014
114: Fighting With The Controls
Scotty and John talk about the limitations of UICollectionView, NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Google Analytics for iOS.
Wed, April 30, 2014
113: Sorting Socks
Scotty and John talk about the impending release of avTag and propose an app to sort socks before going on to talk about lighter stuff such as trademark infringement, the Apple stock split and what might happen at WWDC.
Wed, April 23, 2014
112: Support, Internationalization and Syncing
Scotty and John talks about implementing support conversations in your app using Helpshift. Internationalization using Tethras and Syncing using Data Abstract from RemObjects.
Tue, April 15, 2014
111: The Nelson Episode
Scotty and John discuss the Heartbleed bug, password security, Accessibility and wonder if there will be a 2nd round of WWDC tickets.
Thu, April 10, 2014
110: Life Without a Ticket
Scotty and John chat talk the WWDC ticket lottery, the Beautiful Pixels review of Findery, Rails Girls Summer of Code and Johns first peep at Android development.
Sun, April 06, 2014
109: Life is Development, Development is Life
Scotty and John chat talk about is Macworld still relevant, the challenges of inheriting old code bases and the sudden rejection of apps that use QTkit from the Mac App Store
Tue, April 01, 2014
108: NSConference 6
Scotty and John chat about their favourite moments from NSConference 6 and John's trip to Athens
Thu, March 13, 2014
107: World Wide Release
Scotty and John chat about the the world wide release of Findery and Scotty's Nexus 7.
Wed, March 05, 2014
106: Shipping
Scotty and John chat about the release of RemObjects C# (A project Scotty has been working on) and the up coming shipping of Findery. The also talk about attending conferences based around other communities than your own.
Tue, February 11, 2014
105: How The Mighty Have Fallen
Scotty and John chat about the future of Microsoft, 37 Signals decision to slim down it's product range (and how we should take note as indie developers), the first week of Reviewcast and NSConference
Tue, February 04, 2014
104: Five Minutes Of Joy
Scotty and John chat about the release of Reviewcast, Paper for Facebook and GitFlow with GitHub
Tue, January 28, 2014
103: Good Sewardship
Scotty and John chat about how ridiculous the stock market is. How open source code should have good stewardship. Handling bad connectivity in mobile apps and Scotty's total failure to release.
Tue, January 28, 2014
102: It Doesn't Get Any Slicker Than This
Scotty and John chat about Johns friendship with Stuart Copeland, talking about money,the changes in who writes/commissions software and using pascal to write iOS code. Scotty also reveals his plans for Reviewcast and admits his procrastination over how to deploy it while John drops a few hints on the world wide release of Findery. Finally they wish Matt Gemmell all the best for his new career and talk about a few free resources.
Wed, January 15, 2014
101: The Touchy Business of Failure and Typing
Scotty and John chat about the failure of EverPix, Touch Typing, Keyboards, Trackpads and Mice
Wed, December 18, 2013
The iDeveloper Podcast 100: Reviews and Predictions
Scotty and John chat about whats happened in 2013 and what they predict for 2014... Oh and maybe once or twice they mention it's the 100th show.
Thu, December 12, 2013
The iDeveloper Podcast 099: Watching Them Get All Touchy Feely
Scotty and John chat about the iOS 7 redesign of Findery and how the user experience was developed by watching people use the app to attempt to achieve different tasks.
Tue, December 03, 2013
The iDeveloper Podcast 098: MVP or Killing Your Darlings
Scotty and John chat about NSConference, the concept of MVP and having to Kill Your Darlings. Scotty also doesn't know what to do about getting a new developer machine.
Wed, November 27, 2013
The iDeveloper Podcast 097: Stagnation Or Stability, Does It Even Matter?
Scotty and John chat about software the balance between perceived software stagnation vs taking the time to ensure software stability.
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