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
66: State of Swift
Where we are on our gradual conversion to Swift programmers.
00:29:27 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
65: Getting Sherlocked
Preparing for and reacting to Apple implementing your app's core functionality themselves.
00:28:19 |
Thu 02 Feb 2017
64: App Store Reviews, Redux
The potential impacts of the new "rate this app" API and our upcoming ability to respond to App Store reviews.
00:29:29 |
Thu 26 Jan 2017
63: Missing Skills
Experiences and skills we lack by being indie developers, and whether our career path may ever include them.
00:28:36 |
Thu 19 Jan 2017
62: App Store Reviews
The significance of App Store star ratings and reviews, and how to tastefully ask people to review your app.
00:29:28 |
Thu 12 Jan 2017
60: Transferable Skills
Unrelated abilities and techniques that prove surprisingly useful in indie app development.
00:29:24 |
Thu 29 Dec 2016
59: Launch Day Diary
David's audio diary recorded throughout the launch day of his newest app, Workouts++.
00:26:54 |
Thu 22 Dec 2016
57: Secrecy
Deciding how much of your app to keep secret before release, and how to slowly reveal it.
00:29:15 |
Thu 08 Dec 2016
56: Surviving the Winter
Strategies for surviving the ups, downs, and increasing challenges of today's App Store and nearby businesses.
00:29:58 |
Fri 02 Dec 2016
55: Black Friday Sale
The effectiveness and side effects of sales and price changes.
00:26:16 |
Fri 25 Nov 2016
54: Parametric Design
Appearance managers, self-theming views, and rapid design iteration with code and variables.
00:29:16 |
Thu 17 Nov 2016
53: Seasonality
Planning for annual events and marketing opportunities, and accommodating variable cycles of productivity.
00:28:18 |
Fri 11 Nov 2016
52: Learning, Sometimes Willingly
The challenges of learning new languages, APIs, and tools, how we avoid facing these difficulties, and what drives us to overcome them.
00:29:50 |
Thu 03 Nov 2016
51: Speaking at Conferences
Overcoming fears of speaking at conferences, how much work it really takes, and deciding whether it's worthwhile.
00:29:58 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
50: Checking the Weather for the Last Time
Responsibly shutting down a failed app.
00:29:56 |
Fri 21 Oct 2016
49: App Store Search Ads
An overview of advertising terms, costs, and metrics, and getting started with App Store Search Ads for indie developers.
00:29:27 |
Thu 13 Oct 2016
48: Late Bloomers
Adopting techniques, tools, and APIs long after they've been introduced, with specific examples from Overcast's development.
00:29:35 |
Thu 06 Oct 2016
47: Data Persistence
Choosing a database or scheme for local data storage, including Core Data, SQLite, property lists, JSON, user defaults, and NSURLCache.
00:29:47 |
Thu 29 Sep 2016
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