More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice

Episode 259: Crossing the Rubicon

August 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 2 mins

addc, apple card, apple stock, applecare, auto playing, bindable object, combine, dark pattern, delaware, earnings, eps, fuad, george washington, github, gitlab, hey siri, hockey, homepod, infinite scrolling, julius caesar, michael keaton, netflix, objectwillchange, observedobject, pompey the great, prime day, project tango, rene cacheaux, ridley scott, rome, rubicon, siff, sirios, smart act, steve jobs, tiff, tim burton, time of flight, tps reports, trade sanctions, upgrade program

We follow up on TIFF, siriOS, black turtlenecks, the Apple Card, and Apple's financial engineering. Apple investors shrug off sputtering iPhone sales. Apple will let you choose ‘bigger’ or ‘more’ app icons on your iPad’s home screen. Apple’s future iPhone might add a time-of-flight camera. GitHub restricts developer accounts under US sanctions. Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video. Picks: ADDC 2019, Swift changes under Xcode 11/iOS13 beta 5.

Episode 229: Feeling The Pinch

January 12th, 2019  |  1 hr 36 secs

5ge, 64-bit, alexa, antenna, apple tv, at&t, facebook portal, filemaker pro, fire stick, github, google assistant, google home max, hacking with swift, headphone jack, homepod, hspa+, ipad mini 5, jim cramer, lg, mad money, photos, quickkeys, rene richie, roku stick, samsung tv, security & privacy, siri, smart tv, sonos, swift, television, test your swift, vector, watchpoints

We take a look at Vector's review on fixing the HomePod. Samsung's Smart TV will support iTunes Movies & TV Shows as well as AirPlay 2. We discuss the original Apple TV. AT&T tries to slip in a 5G icon on client phones. Microsoft's GitHub adds unlimited private repos. We look at a leaked photo of an iPad Mini 5. A new "behind OLED" Face ID sensor is revealed. Apple uses trade-ins as well as lower prices in some markets to encourage iPhone sales. Samsung also warns of a 30% reduction in profits in it's 4th quarter. Yubico reveals Lightning port security keys. Apple's TV service should come out in 2019. Picks: Xcode in 10 Seconds, Shortcuts links, Test Your Swift.

Episode 195: There's Still Good In You

May 19th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins

amazon, bank of america, berlin, bruce lee, carnegie, carnegie melon, carplay, casl, caviar, chase, circadian rhythm, classickit, cmu, compusa, dave delong, deep learning, dell, denise crosby, elecktron, forums.swift.org, foyer, game of death, gatekeeper, gateway, gdpr, general moters, goldman sachs, google analytics, google car, google i/o, homepod, hov, hyjack, iglistkit, joe fafard, jordan maletta, kareem abdul jabar, logitech crayon, lou ferigno, mail chimp, marin todorov, markdown, moose horns, mtjc mailing list, nova, nova wonders, patrick roy, pci, platform state of the union, rene fouquet, ryan nystrom, seiko, sharpie, ski rack, spockcast, support vector machines, swift, sydney crosby, t-shirts, td centre, tesla, the cows, the pasture, tulip, uikonf, uitouch, visual studio code, wells fargo, wellsley, weymo, wwdc, wwdc keynote, york

We start with a T-Shirt sighting in Berlin's UIKonf. We follow up on more GDPR data retention updates, this time from Google and MailChimp. Also Apple may launch a credit card, Carnegie Melon is offering an undergraduate degree in AI, Swift.org forums is supporting related products, ClassicKit surfaces to offer Win 98 UI for iOS apps, Logitech Crayon for iPad is now available, and a customized iPhone X with solar charger. It's the anniversary of the launch of the Apple Store. Apple has registered 50 self-driving cars in California. Picks: UIKonf 2018 Livestream, Visual Studio Code. Aftershow: Nova Machine Learning, Amazon HQ 2 search continues and a missed #askMTJC on timezones.

Episode 190: Test Is Green. Code Is Clean.

April 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 29 mins

(product)red®, 32-bit, 400, 401, algorithm github, algorithms, amazon music, apple music, audrey tam, bell curve video, black jeopardy, blackberry, coreml, data structures, developer shaming, dr doom, early adopters, echo, flip phones, google home, homepod, hot rods, house of strombo, ibm watson, interstate, iphone 8, i’m a teapot, mac pro, maple leafs, multi core mac pro, multi-core, nbc, pandora, reagan airport, road apple, simon sineck, spotify, start with why, tweetbot, twitter, twitterific, watch series 2, webdav, welcome to leopard, xcode, youtube, zuckerberg

This week we follow up on Youtube changes, IBM Watson and CoreML, 3rd party Twitter apps. We discuss Xcode compilation on mutli-core Mac Pros. The Home Pod has a sluggish start in sales. Apple reveals the (Product)RED® iPhone 8. Apple Music has 40 million users and a new boss. We follow up on HTTP 400 error codes. We discuss Apple upcoming purge of 32-bit macOS apps, reliving Windows File manager and the RWDevCon 2018's post mortem. Picks: Understanding Git Version Control and Learn how to Use it in Xcode 9, Xcode TDD keyboard short cuts, App Store insights. Aftershow: Facebook testimony.

Episode 184: Piercing the Veil

February 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 7 mins

11.2.6, 1password, alan downey, altered carbon, apple, apple park, arkit, astropad hq, astropad studio, azure, bluemix, computer literacy, cryptocurrency, docker, doping, duck, errors & omissions, gamplaykit, google home, hockey, home brew, homepod, huawei, ios 11, iosref, iphone x, jupiter notebooks, lcc, light saber effect, maltese falcon, mentor, miracle on ice, notch, notes, objective-c, olympics, piercing the veil, python, raymond chandler, richard k morgan, roundabout matt ronge, safe area, samsung, scene editor, scenekit, short track speed skating, skydio r1, spritekit, strategy analytics, swift, swift playground, the big sleep, what is architecture

We start out with news that Apple will require new apps to be written with iOS 11 and iPhone X support. Apple also has gained half of all smart phone sales for the first time, in spite of recent rumors of an iPhone X sales short fall. We look at 1Password, it's support of cryptocurrency and tips and tricks for 1Password organization. We discuss whether learning to program is getting harder. We also open discussion about whether software developer and consultants need errors and omissions insurance. In the after show we look at the HomePods adoption. Picks: Astropad Studio, What is the duck of productivity? and iOS Quick Reference for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

Photo: Running Fence by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1976

Episode 171: A Fiduciary Duty

November 25th, 2017  |  1 hr 44 mins

build times, face id, fuchsia os, homepod, ios 11.2, iphone density, iphone se, iphone x, layout bugs, live share, reachability, skydio, teletype, thanksgiving

We begin our US Thanksgiving Episode looking into the iPhone's density from our #askMTJC as well as Reachability. iOS 11 has some layout bugs. The HomePod will be delayed until the new year. Fact Check: Face ID does learn from its mistakes, also you need to focus on it sometimes. Tim shares some experiences updating apps for the iPhone X. The iPhone SE may get updated in the new year. We ponder that Swift code will run on Google's Fuchsia OS. iOS 11.2 will allow introductory subscription pricing. We discuss the issues around Net Neutrality as the FCC votes on it. We discuss Uber's attempt to cover up a major hack where 57 million user accounts are stolen. Coding can be done at the same time with Atom's Teletype and Visual Studio's Live Share. Picks: iOS Thanksgiving 2017: Tools & Libraries We’re Thankful For, Optimize Swift Build Times, Avoiding force unwrapping in Swift unit tests, Skydio is hiring: iOS Engineer, Android Engineer, Mobile QA Engineer

Episode 168: Preaching To The Choir

November 4th, 2017  |  1 hr 26 mins

@escaping, @objc, atari, aws, calculator bug, cryptonomicon, et, homepod, ios 11, iphone x, mac os 8, microsoft, mit, pgp, pre-order, safari, sirikit, splitview, spock cast, taskrabbit, youtube

We discuss #askMTJC on iPhone Plus models landscape SplitView mode, PGP encryption apps, the iOS 11 Calculator bug, and Blockchain diplomas. We follow up on GPG encryption tools, iPhone X Demand, and Reachability on the iPhone X. We discuss experiences of trying to pre-order iPhone X models by ourselves and others. We also discuss Gluon: a new library for machine learning from AWS and Microsoft, SiriKit in 11.2 beta brings commands for the upcoming HomePod. Picks: Tips and Tricks: Ten Safari long-press shortcuts for iPhone and iPad and Xcode's Show Live Issues.

Episode 157: A New Way To Procrastinate - Bootleg - LIVE @360iDev 2017

August 19th, 2017  |  1 hr 21 mins

10.3, 360idev, certificates, charles proxy, chris lattner, denver, google, homepod, iphone 8, joe cieplinski, lte, release notes, rubber duck debugging, sestracast

We recorded LIVE at 360|iDev 2017 with Tammy Coron, Joe Cieplinski and Jean MacDonald. We discussed MacID in #askMTJC. We also followed up on Rubber Duck debugging and Chris Lattner's move to Google. New in 10.3 is a new certificate trust setting in iOS. We chat with the panel about highlights of the 360|iDev conference and the things coming from Apple: a new iPhone, Apple Watch LTE and Home Pod. Jean also illuminated App Camp for Girls and her new podcast SestraCast. Picks: Lavar Burton Reads,Toothfairy, Bartender, Red Hot Timer and Forest.

Episode 147: WWDC 17 Impressions - Pirate Edition

June 10th, 2017  |  1 hr 53 mins

affinity pro photo, airplay 2, amazon prime, apfs, apple pay, apple watch, arkit, ash hewson, askmtjc, carplay dnd, codable, core ml, drag & drop, external graphics development kit, files, github, high sierra, homepod, imac pro, ios 11, ipad pro 10.5, launchkit, mac pro, metal 2, musickit, promotion, refactoring, sirikit, swift 4, true tone, tvos, vision api, wireless development, wwdc 2017, wwdc17, xcode server

This week we answer an #askMTJC on AirPlay-ing Amazon Prime videos. We follow up on holographic billboard and LaunchKit shutting down. We were midway through WWDC 2017 week, so we share our impressions on the WWDC17 Keynote, Platform State of the Union and some of the live sessions we had watched. Picks: Refactoring!, Blackbox Puzzles wins ADA, What’s New in iOS, Simulating a second finger during drag, Xcode 9 Beta.