Under the Radar

285: Recreational Computing

284: Pillar I: Acquisition

283: Fifty Roles

282: Revert to Defaults

281: The Weirdest Parties

280: Upstream Decisions

279: Rest and Recovery

278: Unforeseeable Issues

Encountering bugs and feedback that our development and beta testing didn't or couldn't uncover.

277: Go Time

The rush to submit our iOS 17 apps for its general release, and the last window of opportunity to prepare our test devices for last year's OSes.

276: Preparing for iOS 17

Our final plans and preparation for iOS 17's launch, now that we can confidently predict its timing.

275: What's New In This Version

How to communicate new features to new and existing customers — and which features are worth communicating.

274: Does It Work, and How Does It Feel?

Splitting your time between iOS 17 and visionOS development, and tips for attending a visionOS lab.

273: Backpack-Driven Development

The value of exploration and experimentation.

272: Feeling Behind

Examining the constant anxiety of feeling like you're falling "behind" in your app's development.

271: Developer Prospects for visionOS

Our expectations for the visionOS app market when Apple Vision Pro launches next year.

270: WWDC 2023

An interview with Josh Shaffer and Chris Thielen about Swift macros, SwiftData, interactive widgets, and more, recorded at Apple Park during WWDC 2023.

269: Preparing for WWDC 2023

Our annual pre-WWDC episode: practical advice for those attending the event, and how everyone — virtual or in-person — can make the most of the week.

268: Fancy Work

Controlling the urge to over-invest in details that won't proportionally benefit our customers.

267: Don't Run Servers

Modern Apple devices offer incredible power — use it!

266: The Middle Path

We talk ourselves into, and then back out of, hiring more people.

265: Old App, New Subscription

Updating a decade-old app to a new subscription business model, and how the change has performed so far and been received by the existing users.

264: Scaling Support

Strategies for self-help channels in your app to minimize support email.

263: Pedometer++ 5.0

A huge update to Pedometer++ including a complete UI rewrite and significant new features.

262: Managing Change

Taking risks to move an old app forward.

261: A Vacation to the Basement

The benefits of a work-"vacation" and the discipline of shipping.

260: Subscription School

Understanding subscription metrics and the inherent limits they impose.

259: Plans for the Season

Our plans for the first half of this year, which may include the launch of a new platform from Apple.

258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook

Abandoning the CloudKit plan for Overcast in light of new information.

257: Working in Public

How publishing our processes and open-sourcing our code help us build our skills, clarify our thoughts, and produce better outcomes.

256: Optimizing Paywalls

Refining and improving the most boring and rudimentary experiences in our apps, and testing variations on Widgetsmith's paywall.