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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.

Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox


    • Mar 30, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 361 EPISODES

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    360 - To Code, or Not to Code

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 41:11


    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.

    359 - Shotty's Skipping

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 24:49


    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

    358 - Knock, Knock?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 26:12


    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.

    357 - Shipping != Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 36:25


    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

    356 - The iDeveloper Shipping Forecast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 32:53


    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

    355 - ChatGPT: Is It Really All That AI-mazing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 37:35


    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

    354 - New Year, Same Idea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 37:21


    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.

    353 - Pumpkin Spiced Mock Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 34:33


    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

    352 - Well It Works in Development?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 30:09


    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

    351 - No One Expects the Rooster Inquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 33:57


    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?

    350 - Mmm... Nice Foam

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 32:07


    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

    349 - We're Not Here for Anything…

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 40:07


    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

    348 - For Forks Sake, Think About It

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 26:15


    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.

    347 - A Bong Fuelled Thought Exercise

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 29:39


    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

    364 - Nothing if Not a Master-Beta

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 31:35


    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

    345 - Last Dog Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 33:35


    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.

    344 - That's Not Bad, That's Shit

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 29:23


    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:

    343 - Scotty Checks Out Gluttonous Johns Backend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 32:31


    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

    342 - Tooling Down 280 at 60MPH… on a Bike?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 36:25


    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

    341 - Oh Woe Is Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 34:31


    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

    340 - Will Fix… When Elvis Returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 34:05


    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

    339 - Just Too Lazy to Change The Knobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 33:09


    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

    338 - There Ain't No Toll Free Bridging!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 33:57


    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?

    337 - Professional Bug Creator / Professional Exterminator

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 29:19


    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

    336 - Perfectly Clean, Just Radioactive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 30:35


    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.

    335 - “Software Development Is Quite Hard” - Scotty, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 38:03


    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.

    334 - Yesterdays News, Tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 29:47


    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.

    333 - An Explicitly Losing Proposition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 31:37


    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

    332 - Grandpa's Bricked Again

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 33:55


    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.

    331 - Be Adaptable, Like Androgynous Berthing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 30:23


    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

    330 - A Not So UniqueID

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 31:31


    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

    329 - Quiet Together for a Moment Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 32:49


    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

    328 - All the Wood Behind One Arrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 28:33


    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.

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    327 - The Good, the Bad and the Open Source

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 31:57


    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

    326 - *insert some sort of loser music*

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 32:17


    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

    325 - Keep Your Hands off My Cockles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 36:17


    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

    324 - Location, Location, Location

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 30:09


    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.

    323 - When You Assume There Is No ‘I' in Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 32:41


    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

    322 - Data, Data and More Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 31:33


    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.

    321 - A Much A-Kerfuffle About Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 32:03


    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

    320 - It's About Volume Not Quantity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 33:29


    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.

    319 - The Long Dark Hour of No Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 32:57


    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

    318 - What a Load of Old Gumbo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 30:09


    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

    317 - Data Management and API's: The SQL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 36:20


    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

    316 - I Know the Truth, but I Just Don't Give a Sh*t

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 30:21


    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

    315 - I've Become... Triumphantly Dumb

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 39:47


    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

    314 - Good Beta Testers Really Are The GOAT

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 31:49


    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.

    313 - There Will Always Be More Work to Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 29:27


    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

    312 - PR Comment: More JaJa Ding Dong!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 31:13


    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

    311 - Number One Windows Fans!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 34:31


    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

    310 - Friendships Have Limits

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021


    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.

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