Jack & Nick discuss what's new in iOS 11 for Developers, Xcode 9, refactoring in Swift 4, being lazy about watching WWDC videos, and ARKit experimentation.Swift Archival & SerializationWhat's New in iOS 11 for DevelopersAppCodeNick on Giant

118: Infected By Enthusiasm

Jun 2nd, 2017 31m 30s

Nick Charlton joins Jack as the new co-host of Build Phase to discuss client expectations, hypermedia APIs, Reactive Swift, and the continued existence of FTP.Why Founders Should Know How to CodeRoy Fielding complains about so-called RESTDes

117: Cheap Assets

Feb 9th, 2017 36m 1s

In this episode, Jack is joined by David Ventura to talk about hackintosh build servers, the hopelessness of the Xcode project file, and Unity3D.AllihoopaTonyMacX86Unity post-build processingUltima: Shroud of the Avatar

116: Is It About Vaping?

Jan 19th, 2017 36m 1s

In this episode, Jack stuns Gordon with a true story about a bizarre Swedish Christmas ritual, Gordon talks about his adventures creating a simple web app using Swift, and finally Jack reveals his true feelings about the new MacBook Pro.Sweden

115: All Quiet on the Tech Nerd Front

Dec 7th, 2016 31m 17s

Mark & Jack discuss beards, politics, Swift 2.3 deprecation, and day to day Swit 3.0 development.The PyThongAdvanced NSOperationsPodcast Swag Bundles

114: I've Been Unfollowing a LOT of People

Nov 24th, 2016 57m 49s

Big week! Jack and Gordon sit down to talk about the new Macbook Pros and explain why it's totally OK for you not to buy one, as well as a possible solution to the missing escape key. They then move on into discussing CoreData, Swift bugs, and

113: Make Austin 1888 Again

Nov 17th, 2016 36m 51s

This week, Gordon and Mark sit down to talk about a wide array of topics such as Ride Sharing services in Austin, Venmo's new architecture for managing URL and user activity routing alongside authentication, the pain caused by forced Swift upda

112: Embarrassment Factor

Nov 10th, 2016 55m 26s

In this episode, Jack and Mark are visited by Chris Eidhof, and together they talk about book publishing, Apple's frameworks, the Swift language, and how to be a good team player.Chris EidhofChris' book Advanced SwiftSwift Talk video series

111: Poorly Fitting Skin Suit

Nov 3rd, 2016 29m 24s

This week, Mark and Gordon talk politics! Or at least fake political websites. They go on to chat about using a mono-repo for large applications and Gordon proposes a potential CoreData wrapper lib that he'd very much like someone to make for h

110: More Cats

Oct 27th, 2016 25m 19s

In this episode, Gordon and Jack commiserate about doing unpaid tech support, and then talked about Cloud Kit and Apple Watch development issues. Some of Jack's guesswork about Cloud Kit is right, and some of it is wrong. That's why they pay hi

109: New Mac Smell

Oct 20th, 2016 44m 5s

Jack and Mark start off talking about startups, safety nets, free universities, and apartment rentals. Eventually they remember that this is a tech podcast, and discuss implications of updating a project to Swift 3, the nature of Foundation, ho

108: How Nimble are You?

Oct 13th, 2016 33m 47s

This week, Mark and Gordon discuss the physics behind jumping into a pool from the fourth floor of an apartment complex. They also talk about working with xcconfig files and other nerdy stuff, but we know everyone is really here to know more ab

107: I Need a Status Text Field Here, Here, and Here

Oct 6th, 2016 45m 15s

This week, Mark and Gordon discuss the recent spate of App Store rejections for use of "private" API (spoiler: it's not private API), Gordon's new obsession with project templating, and the decline of Skype.Homer's Carliftoffcookiecuttertho

106: More and Weirder Facial Hair

Sep 23rd, 2016 48m 44s

Gordon got a new mic for the office! It only kinda helped. Sorry, we're working on it. Disappointed emoji don't spell disappointed emoji just use the emoji.After chatting about unique facial hair choices and Swift on the server, Gordon and Jac

105: What if We Just Stay on Swift 2?

Sep 17th, 2016 46m 47s

This week Mark and Gordon chat about their respective git workflows, Swift operator precedence groups, and a general uneasiness around the tooling in the iOS ecosystem (but what else is new?).GitFlowPR adding precedence groups to RunesPR add

104: Drunk on the Kool Aid

Sep 9th, 2016 47m 26s

This week, Mark and Jack talk about job hunting and what to look for when pursuing new opportunities. They also discuss the pros and cons to sticking with Apple dependencies (of course talking about CoreData) and Swift 3 adoption.iOS 10's NSPe

103: That Tumbleweed Has a +2 WAR

Sep 1st, 2016 48m 53s

This week, Mark and Gordon complete their transition to Salty Old Developers™ live on air after a discussion on the state of dependency management with Xcode betas. Come for the talk about operators in Swift 3 and the exciting possibility of hi

102: The Bakery District

Aug 18th, 2016 39m 54s

This week, Jack and Mark talk about everything going wrong in the world of technology. From Swedish cable boxes to XVim and Xcode 8. Come for that, stay for the discussion about the pitfalls of developing iOS extensions and the impending Swift

101: SELECT is Not Broken

Aug 4th, 2016 27m 52s

Gordon and Jack (or is it Reda?) sit down to chat about "good" and "bad" architecture decisions and how early adoption with Swift has framed interactions with the language and tools today.The Pragmatic Programmer

100: The Live Call In Show

Jul 28th, 2016 43m 26s

On their 100th episode, which they definitely did not forget about while recording, Mark and Gordon hold their first ever live call in giveaway! Unfortunately nobody participated, so they move on to talk about Gordon's Xcode plugin for Vim and

99: Just UIKit Things

Jul 21st, 2016 36m 46s

This week Mark is joined by special guest and host of Tentative, Reda Lemeden. Having a designer-slash-developer on the show allows Mark to not shut up about UIKit, best practices for bridging Swift and Objective-C frameworks, and fancy new fea

98: Repressed Memories

Jul 14th, 2016 43m 23s

After claiming (incorrectly) to have fixed the audio issues in the Austin office (sorry, working on it), Jack lures Gordon into ranting about UIPageViewController. We're almost certain we recorded this episode before, but it's still horrible, s

97: Lonely, Lonely England

Jul 7th, 2016 45m 16s

After establishing that Gordon lacks an internal monologue, Mark and Gordon discuss obscure CoreAnimation APIs, their favorite sessions from WWDC 2016 and some best practices for crafting code that walks the line between being a mess and needle

96: If You Say It Twice, It's True

Jun 24th, 2016 49m 30s

In this episode, Gordon and Jack discuss pipe dreams about enhancements to the Cocoa frameworks, commiserate about fear of public speaking, and lament the fickle nature of space-time which prevents them from knowing the future.Elm

95: A Clear Idea of Lamps

Jun 17th, 2016 37m 22s

After taking a quick audio tour of Gordon's closet, he and Mark chat about Gordon's general imposter syndrome around UIKit, his feelings of burnout around iOS, and how he's exploring Elixir as a way to add depth to his skill set. Then they make