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
166: API Wish List
What we hope to see at WWDC 2019 in Apple's APIs and developer tools.
00:29:27 |
Wed 29 May 2019
165: WWDC 2018 Year in Review
As WWDC 2019 approaches, we review the major changes announced in WWDC 2018 and how they've actually played out over the past year.
00:29:22 |
Wed 15 May 2019
164: Meaningless Version Numbers
The advantages of switching from semantic versioning to a sequential calendar-based system with no semantic implications, and the different marketing mindset it brings.
00:29:37 |
Wed 01 May 2019
162: The Five Stages of Developing a New App
Using David's upcoming app as an example, we take a journey through curiosity, excitement, productivity, despair, polishing, and shipping.
00:29:15 |
Thu 04 Apr 2019
161: Gears, Knobs, and Buttons
The design challenge of a podcast app's now-playing screen, how Overcast's design has progressed over the years, and the unexpected usability failures along the way.
00:29:43 |
Wed 20 Mar 2019
160: Working Staycations
Taking vacations or staycations to get a lot of work done in a short time and take full advantage of being in the zone.
00:29:39 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
159: New App
Creating a new app as a fun exercise, and making choices that minimize its ongoing maintenance needs.
00:29:12 |
Fri 22 Feb 2019
158: Bundled Data
Including large or small databases and other data files with your app.
00:29:19 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
157: Editorial Content
Producing and embedding content in your app that changes continuously, such as monthly challenges, directories, and user-generated content.
00:29:33 |
Wed 23 Jan 2019
156: The Nightmare After Christmas
Running servers is easy the vast majority of the time. But sometimes, something goes wrong at the worst possible time.
00:29:39 |
Wed 09 Jan 2019
155: Difficult Bugfixes
Tracking down hard-to-find, hard-to-reproduce bugs that don't show up in your own usage.
00:29:30 |
Thu 27 Dec 2018
154: Knowingly Shipping Bugs
When, why, and how it's OK to ship updates to your app with known bugs.
00:29:06 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
153: Fear of Major Changes
Good and bad fears of embarking on major code changes to our apps.
00:29:34 |
Thu 13 Dec 2018
152: Removing the Bumpers
Exercising atrophied programming muscles by experimenting with languages, technologies, and environments that lack the safety and convenience of our usual work.
00:29:00 |
Wed 05 Dec 2018
151: Little Touches
Small design features, flourishes, and other indulgences to satisfy ourselves and make our apps feel more delightful.
00:29:44 |
Wed 28 Nov 2018
150: Showing Up Every Week
Budgeting our time for ongoing commitments vs. exploratory and hobby projects, and an update on iOS device statistics.
00:29:33 |
Wed 21 Nov 2018
149: Algorithms
The challenge of writing complex algorithms, and the joy of finding a simpler way.
00:29:06 |
Thu 15 Nov 2018
148: Low-Work Mode
Accepting that our motivation and productivity are cyclical, with periods of very little work getting done.
00:29:52 |
Thu 08 Nov 2018
147: New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro
Developer-relevant analysis of this week's Apple releases and how we can use them in our work.
00:29:46 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
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