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Under the Radar

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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.
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Episodes

254: New and Different

Reflections on launching a new app that's extremely different from our usual work.

Oct 27, 2022•30 min•Ep. 254

253: Motivation Slumps

Feeling unmotivated, inspiration vs. motivation, and techniques to get moving again. Be kind to yourself.

Oct 11, 2022•30 min•Ep. 253

252: Apple Watch Ultra

David's experience taking the Apple Watch Ultra into its natural habitat.

Sep 28, 2022•30 min•Ep. 252

248: Limits of Indie Life

We don't have the capabilities of larger staffs, and we can't do everything, so we must keep our scope and expectations within the capacity of what one person can do.

Aug 03, 2022•30 min•Ep. 248

247: Different, But Not Worse

Are SwiftUI apps destined to be mediocre, or can we still make great apps? Introducing the famous App Development Pentagon.

Jul 21, 2022•30 min•Ep. 247

246: Hard Forks

Rewriting major parts of your app with aggressive new targets while keeping the old code around for compatibility.

Jul 06, 2022•29 min•Ep. 246

245: Slope of Enlightenment

With the dust settling from WWDC, we have more realistic expectations of the new APIs and can make achievable plans for the summer.

Jun 24, 2022•29 min•Ep. 245

244: WWDC 2022 Special

In this special extended episode, we interview Serenity Caldwell and Andreas Wendker from Apple in the new Developer Center from WWDC 2022.

Jun 08, 2022•45 min•Ep. 244

242: Setup Update

An update on our hardware and software setups for development, considering Apple's current lineup.

May 11, 2022•30 min•Ep. 242

240: File Edit WWDC Window Help

A collection of mini-topics: the WWDC announcement, Phased Release for Automatic Updates, and the value of in-app Help documentation.

Apr 13, 2022•30 min•Ep. 240

239: Overcast Redesign

Considerations that went into the Overcast redesign, and its initial reception.

Apr 01, 2022•30 min•Ep. 239

238: A/B Testing

The benefits and pitfalls of data-driven choices.

Mar 16, 2022•30 min•Ep. 238

235: Color-Picking

How we choose and manipulate colors as non-designers.

Feb 02, 2022•30 min•Ep. 235

234: Should You Do It?

So you have an idea to make an app. Is it available, is it worthwhile, and will you feel good about doing it? What happens if it works?

Jan 19, 2022•30 min•Ep. 234

233: The Road (Still) Ahead

How our expectations for 2021 panned out, and the kind of work we're planning to do in 2022.

Jan 05, 2022•29 min•Ep. 233

232: SF Symbols

Our icon-design journeys over time have led us to lean heavily into SF Symbols today.

Dec 08, 2021•30 min•Ep. 232

231: Support Expectations

Managing customer support, customer expectations, and frequently asked questions.

Nov 23, 2021•30 min•Ep. 231

230: Tackling the Redesign

Finally starting the Overcast redesign, and pragmatic considerations when tackling modernization of older codebases.

Nov 10, 2021•30 min•Ep. 230

229: Money, Time, and M1 Max Macs

A healthy balance for subscription-expiry grace periods, and how the new MacBook Pro helps our development workflows.

Oct 27, 2021•29 min•Ep. 229

228: Ask For Money

Getting over shyness to ask your app's users for money in more prominent and direct ways.

Oct 14, 2021•30 min•Ep. 228

226: A Quiet Fall

We were given a reprieve with a lack of new developer-facing features in the iPhone 13 line and Apple Watch Series 7, but with the continuation of the Series 3, we all lose.

Sep 17, 2021•30 min•Ep. 226