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153: SwiftUI - I Have Feelings...

January 31st, 2020  |  32 mins 12 secs

Both Daves have spent the last week working with SwiftUI. Is it the right technology to choose when starting a new app? Or will we regret jumping in on the new shiny?

152: Hitting a legal wall, and going Freemium

January 24th, 2020  |  36 mins 56 secs

Dave Nott discovers some upcoming legislation that could have a big impact on an app he's making. Meanwhile Dave Wood catches up with his app's performance since making it free, and where the app is heading next.

151: The Going Free Trial

January 17th, 2020  |  26 mins 27 secs

Can an app do better in the App Store by moving to a freemium model? Dave Wood is running an experiment with his video mixing app, GoVJ

150: Raring To Go

January 10th, 2020  |  37 mins 1 sec

After a contemplative festive period, we check back in (after recounting Dave Nott's latest set of USB-C woes) and discuss our plans and direction for 2020.

149: 2019 In Review

January 3rd, 2020  |  34 mins 45 secs

As we reach the end of 2019, we take a look back at our favourite Apple releases and products from this year, and cast a thought ahead at what may be coming up in 2020.

148: Losing Your Mojo

December 27th, 2019  |  38 mins 5 secs

Dave Nott is struggling to find a groove with indie app development.

We discuss ways to get new ideas going, minimum viable products, and splitting projects up into manageable chunks to get user feedback sooner rather than later.

147: MVVM and SwiftUI

December 20th, 2019  |  31 mins 8 secs

Dave Wood has been on an adventure, working out how to architect a new project in SwiftUI. Dave Nott has many questions ...

146: The Wait is Over

December 13th, 2019  |  41 mins 22 secs

The great wait is over. Dave Nott has his 16" MacBook, and strangely, has been spending rather a lot of time with it booted into Windows

145: Going on a Side Quest

December 6th, 2019  |  28 mins 12 secs

Dave Nott has been off on a side quest these last few weeks. We discuss what he's been up to, and how easy it is to fall down a rabbit hole. Shiny things are fun, but what are the effects on your focus and other projects?

144: Hallowed Be Its Name

November 29th, 2019  |  39 mins 18 secs

After months of waiting, and a further two weeks of agonising over specs, Dave Nott has finally ordered the 16" MacBook Pro. We talk about Dave's build to order choices, and his reasonings, which got us to thinking about where things might be going for the Mac...

143: The 16" Macbook Pro Episode With Charlie Chapman

November 18th, 2019  |  38 mins 38 secs

This week we're joined by previous guest Charlie Chapman. After he and Dave Nott spent weeks campaigning for the machine, it only seemed right we have Charlie back on the show to discuss this wonderful new machine.

142: New toys ahead

November 15th, 2019  |  48 mins 36 secs

In anticipation of this week's 16" MBP announcement we fall into a discussion of hardware and some end of year purchases. Meanwhile, Dave Wood is eying up an Apple Watch series 3, with a view of bringing a small app to life.

141: Automating Screenshots

November 8th, 2019  |  32 mins 31 secs

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Dave Wood explains the new screenshot automation process for his video mixing app, GoVJ.

140: The Accidental Mac App

November 1st, 2019  |  34 mins 10 secs

Dave Nott has accidentally fallen into making a Mac app, thanks to Catalyst. Side by side with AppKit and UIKit rendered versions of the same app, Dave wonders what makes a Mac app?

139: Reading Tea Leaves

October 25th, 2019  |  37 mins 44 secs

A single leaked image about the 16" and we're straight into reading the tea leaves for the new MacBook Pro. It's not quite looking like the machine Dave Nott has pined for, but the predictions are still fuzzy as we record.

Dave Nott has a wobble with his indie development plans and is second guessing which project he should pick up with the time he has.

138: Catalyst Apps

October 18th, 2019  |  28 mins 34 secs

macOS Catalina is here, which means Catalyst (formerly known as Marzipan) is here! We discuss Catalyst, what it means for the platform and how it may impact how we build apps.