135: On the Street at WWDC 2018
Live interviews at Social Policy in San Jose, with first impressions from Curtis Hurbert, Joe Cieplinski, and Kaya Thomas.
Jun 05, 2018•29 min•Ep. 135
Under the Radar
From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's rarely longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Marco Arment and David Smith.
Episodes
134: WWDC Tips
Packing, preparation, and logistical tips for a happy, healthy, and productive WWDC.
May 30, 2018•30 min•Ep. 134
133: Collective Bargaining
The challenge of trying to form a union or other collective action group for developers.
May 25, 2018•30 min•Ep. 133
132: Accessibility
Considering accessibility as part of usability, and testing with the most common iOS accessibility APIs.
May 16, 2018•28 min•Ep. 132
131: Dot-App and Microsoft's 95%
Whether you need one of the new .app domains, and the ramifications of Microsoft's lower app-store commissions.
May 10, 2018•30 min•Ep. 131
130: Lightning Round V
Lessons from Android's success, hot new things from past WWDCs that didn't pan out, and trying to improve or avoid social problems with our apps.
May 03, 2018•29 min•Ep. 130
129: Lightning Round IV
Planning out our apps before writing any code, deciding which ideas NOT to pursue, a converged "Marzipan" world, and accessibility.
Apr 27, 2018•30 min•Ep. 129
128: Lightning Round III: Servers
In our third Q&A episode, we address the many questions we received about running servers.
Apr 19, 2018•29 min•Ep. 128
127: Lightning Round II
Our second-ever Q&A episode, including questions on React Native, reusable code vs. duplication, learning beyond Hello World, and the art of packing lightly for travel.
Apr 13, 2018•30 min•Ep. 127
126: Retention
The fast drop-off of typical usage over time, and how to improve our customer-retention rates.
Apr 05, 2018•30 min•Ep. 126
125: Privacy Policies and GDPR
Minimizing the collection and storage of your users' personal data, and high-level strategies to think about in the dawn of the EU's new GDPR law.
Mar 29, 2018•30 min•Ep. 125
124: Sleep++ and Permission Prompts
The development and release of Sleep++ 3.0, and best practices for prompting the user for permission to access iOS-protected data or features.
Mar 23, 2018•30 min•Ep. 124
123: WWDC 2018 Preview, Watch Stats
Whether to sign up for a WWDC 2018 ticket and what to do if you don't get one, and the ramifications of David's latest Apple Watch usage stats.
Mar 16, 2018•29 min•Ep. 123
122: Ten Years of the iPhone SDK
Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the first iPhone SDK release, imagining alternate timelines that could have been, and remembering what we were doing ten years ago.
Mar 08, 2018•28 min•Ep. 122
121: Fear and Change
Considering the temptation and pitfalls of developing features out of fear of missing an opportunity. Also, how best to communicate changes to customers.
Mar 01, 2018•28 min•Ep. 121
120: Productivity by Inefficiency
Adopting inefficient hacks to save developer time, since hardware is so fast that it's often a worthwhile tradeoff.
Feb 23, 2018•29 min•Ep. 120
119: Second Locations
Considerations for travel, coffeeshops, offices, vacations, and other secondary work setups.
Feb 15, 2018•29 min•Ep. 119
118: Original Research
Tackling complex math, data analysis, or other challenging problems to give your app a competitive advantage.
Feb 09, 2018•29 min•Ep. 118
117: The iMac Pro
Desktops vs. laptops, single vs. multiple monitors, and how we're enjoying our iMac Pros so far.
Feb 01, 2018•29 min•Ep. 117
116: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 2
A two-part crash course in starting an indie business. In part 2, we cover health insurance, retirement planning, professional services, and other common expenses.
Jan 25, 2018•30 min•Ep. 116
115: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 1
A two-part crash course in starting an indie business. In part 1, we cover business entities, taxes, and income.
Jan 18, 2018•30 min•Ep. 115
114: Platform Wish List for 2018
What we're hoping to see from Apple's APIs and developer platforms in 2018.
Jan 12, 2018•30 min•Ep. 114
113: Grading the App Store in 2017
How the App Store's 2017 changes have panned out so far, and our hopes for 2018.
Jan 05, 2018•30 min•Ep. 113
112: Ideal vs. Pragmatic
Being pressured by users or reality into features or choices we don't think we should need to do.
Dec 29, 2017•28 min•Ep. 112
111: Universal Mac Apps?
Considering the potential benefits and ramifications of the rumored unified app framework between macOS and iOS.
Dec 21, 2017•29 min•Ep. 111
110: Workouts++ 2.0 Launch Diary
David keeps a diary of what the day was like while he launched Workouts++ 2.0. It didn't turn out exactly how he'd hoped.
Dec 14, 2017•29 min•Ep. 110
109: Search Ads in Practice
Our experiences and best practices we've found for App Store Search Ads after a year of use, and whether to use the new Search Ads Basic.
Dec 08, 2017•30 min•Ep. 109
108: Punch-List Mode
Getting from when you think it's 99% complete to being actually releasable.
Nov 30, 2017•30 min•Ep. 108
107: Free with Benefits
Possibilities for value when apps don't bring in money directly.
Nov 22, 2017•30 min•Ep. 107
106: Long Projects
Getting through long projects while maintaining motivation and perspective.
Nov 16, 2017•30 min•Ep. 106