Under the Radar
From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's rarely longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Marco Arment and David Smith.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 326
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
326: Tree-Planting Features
Laying groundwork for future analytics, insights, and utility needs.
00:29:22 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
325: Upswing
A pragmatic and productive path through the final weeks of the iOS 26 beta season.
00:29:23 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
324: Design Despair
Fighting through the motivational challenges and choosing a direction when the system design isn't an easy, universal win.
00:29:19 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
323: The Tidal Wave
Should we adopt Liquid Glass or stick with our existing designs? And if we do adopt it, how much should we redesign and rethink along the way? (tl;dr: yes; much.)
00:29:01 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
322: Requiring iOS 26?
Tradeoffs for requiring iOS 26 this fall, and a clever strategy to manage compatibility with iOS 18.
00:29:47 |
Thu 03 Jul 2025
321: WWDC 2025 Aftermath
Initial impressions of WWDC 2025 and what we're going to be doing this summer.
00:29:26 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
319: Unfreezing Your Brain
Motivating ourselves to get back into coding after time away.
00:29:23 |
Thu 22 May 2025
318: The Forgotten Customer
Thoughts and feelings about the Apple anti-steering injunction, the way Apple views developers, and how the relationship could constructively move forward if Apple so chose.
00:29:04 |
Thu 08 May 2025
317: Optimizing for Battery Life
Testing our apps for power consumption and adjusting behavior to maximize battery life.
00:29:56 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
316: Job Security
Whether "anyone" can make apps now with AI tools, and how that affects our apps, relevant skills, and careers.
00:29:26 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
315: Self-Sufficient Apps
Designing our apps to run without our constant involvement.
00:29:51 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
314: Optimism vs. Pessimism
Identifying and distinguishing the difference between optimism, pessimism, and fear, and the paths we're choosing to take.
00:29:39 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
313: What's In Our Circles
The principles and goals we consider important in our apps.
00:29:55 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
312: Our Changing Relationship with Apple
How our values have diverged and our perceived relationship has changed with Apple, forcing our motivations for iOS development to evolve.
00:29:29 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
311: The Long Term
Qualities and perspectives that help us stick with indie development over time.
00:29:43 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
310: What's In Our Toolbox: Task Management
In the fourth of a multi-part series sharing the apps that we use to develop software, we discuss task management, collaboration, and a final assortment of miscellaneous apps.
00:29:56 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
309: What's In Our Toolbox: Code Assistance
In the third of a multi-part series sharing the apps that we use to develop software, we discuss documentation, code from the web, and LLM-powered code generation.
00:29:17 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
308: What's In Our Toolbox: Simulators & Source Control
In the second of a multi-part series sharing the apps that we use to develop software, we discuss the tools we use to enhance the iOS Simulator, make the most of on-device testing, and manage our cod…
00:29:55 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
307: What's In Our Toolbox: Code & Design
In the first of a multi-part series sharing the apps that we use to develop software, we discuss the tools we use to write code and design visuals.
00:29:25 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
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