This week the boys delve into WWDC anticipation, with John teasing a secret project and sharing expectations for WWDC24. They also engage with listener interaction, discussing topics ranging from LinnDrum to Skip, a tool for building Android apps from Xcode. Scotty reflects on MoneyWell’s first full year, addressing subscription renewals, challenge…

This week the boys delve into the announcement of WWDC2024, speculating on what to expect and reflecting on past WWDCs while contemplating the future direction of the event. They also discuss recent news surrounding Apple’s potential monopoly issues, offering insights into the implications for the tech industry. John remains tight-lipped about some…

This week, John and Scotty dive into Apple’s latest offerings, discussing the new Apple Wallet API introduced with iOS 17 and the capabilities of Apple Vision Pro. John provides an update on his son’s progress in the Hackday event, sharing insights into the innovative projects underway. Meanwhile, Scotty reflects on the anniversary of MoneyWell’s r…

This week, John and Scotty delve deeper into backend services such as Back4App, AWS S3, Wasabi, and Parse, emphasizing the importance of reliable support. John shares insights into his son’s recent hackday and highlights the benefits of participating in such events. Scotty provides updates on the SwiftUI developments within MoneyWell, offering a gl…

Happy New Year indeed! (Yes, we know it’s February) This week, John and Scotty dive into backend options, discussing Parse and other alternatives. John provides an update on his top-secret project and shares recent developments in SwiftUI. He also recounts lending a hand with the Foul Child’s first college project. Meanwhile, Scotty updates us on h…

With possibly the best gift you’ll receive this year, this week the boys sum up their 2023. With John talking more about his journey with SwiftUI and the importance of Bindings. While Scotty talks the year MoneyWell shipped and whats to come in the new year. To help get the foul taste of Johns singing out of your head | YouTube Apple updated their …

This week, John and Scotty explore SwitchUI Lists, diving into John’s new project and Scotty’s ongoing efforts on the new banking system for MoneyWell. Shifting gears, they discuss In-App Purchases, as John encounters a bug while attempting to use a purchased feature within an app while flying. Scotty sheds light on MoneyWell’s approach to handling…

This week John discusses his recent endeavours leading up to the Netflix Quiet Period, shedding light on the technology behind and the onboarding process of the photo tool FindMySnap. Scotty shares insights on bank transaction APIs and addresses a bug within SwiftUI on the Mac platform. FindMySnap | CYME…

This week, John and Scotty dive into Thanksgiving reflections and tech updates. John shares his excitement about his shiny new M3 MacBook Pro Max and delves into the transfer process when acquiring a new laptop. He also discusses insights into the Apple trade-in program and the age-old question: Is more RAM really more better? Meanwhile, Scotty upd…

This week, John and Scotty pick up where they left off, delving deeper into their recent projects. Scotty shares insights about his ongoing work with Vapor and NodeJS, while John dives into his experiences working with GraphQL. John also discusses a recent conversation about software engineering and AI code generation, sparking intriguing insights …

After a few weeks away, the boys are back with chat about John’s latest work with Drag and Drop on iOS, the evolution of user input technology, from keyboard and mouse to touch screen to Apple Vision Pro. Scotty talks the latest MacBook announcement and the future of Macs, his recent work on banking integration within MoneyWell using Vapor. Vapor H…

This week, John and Scotty have a lot to cover. John shares his recent travels, reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of Orange Grove. He delves into the development of Greece and his contributions to various panels. John also highlights the advantages of working while traveling, especially when it comes to testing features under real-world connect…

This week, John and Scotty dive into the latest Apple releases, with Scotty providing his unfiltered thoughts and opinions. John shares his recent visit to a Netflix DVD fulfilment hub, as this marks the end of an era with the last Netflix DVD set to be sent out this week. He also discusses the new challenges that have cropped up with Splice. Scott…

Content Warning: This episode of The iDeveloper Podcast contains discussions about suicide and related topics. This discussion takes place between: 23:50 - 33:40 We understand that these subjects can be deeply triggering or distressing for some listeners. We urge you to prioritise your mental health and well-being when deciding whether to continue …

In this episode, John and Scotty delve into the post-vacation work process and the stark differences in user device preferences. John shares captivating travel stories, the insights gained from a recent diary study, and pays tribute to the late John Warnock. Shifting focus, Scotty tackles the challenges of managing long-running code bases and adapt…

In this week’s episode, John delves into his ongoing work with SwiftUI, focusing on sheets that aren’t fullscreen. Meanwhile, Scotty shares his recent experiences with SwiftUI as well. Scotty also opens up about an error that occurred during the Budget Sharing release of MoneyWell, but he assures everyone that the issue has been resolved now.…

This week, John expresses gratitude to some fractional listeners who reached out with valuable advice and support. He also provides an update on the reception of his latest release. Meanwhile, Scotty dives into the exciting details of the latest MoneyWell release, mainly Budget Sharing, also some hints at what’s next on the horizon for MoneyWell.…

This week, John and Scotty are excited to reveal John’s long-awaited secret: Netflix’s new feature called ‘My Netflix’. Discover the personal place for all your personalised content and recommendations. Scotty shares valuable insights into the challenges of handling differences in causing a problem for 1% of users in a large user base compared to a…

This week, John and Scotty delve into the world of SwiftUI. John discusses his recent project, highlighting the nuances of working with Buttons and Lists in SwiftUI. Scotty shares his experience of using SwiftUI within MoneyWell 2023, emphasising the progress it brings and how Apple manages transitions. Additionally, Scotty reveals exciting details…

Join John and Scotty this week as they discuss WWDC2023, including Vision Pro and the future of tech. John shares his recent HackDay success, while Scotty vents his frustrations with Xcode 14. Flight of the Bumblebee | YouTube James Dempsey & The Breakpoints Livestream | YouTube Take your kid to work on Hack Day and win! JDBP Analog 3D Stickers…

Join John and Scotty in this episode as they discuss their latest software engineering endeavors. John shares his recent success in synchronizing activities across multiple devices, as well as his latest work on UI design, complete with tips and tricks. Meanwhile, Scotty has been deep in debugging mode over the past few weeks, working on iCloud sha…

This week the boys talk the dilemma of the economics of unit tests, John continues to talk more on his recent work on the new Netflix share sheet also of his many mystery projects. Scotty talks his recent work on a client project with a conversion from closure hell to async await heaven.저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week the boys talk Johns latest ship with Netflix’s new Share Sheet, some listener feedback on his report of the recent hackathon. Scotty talks recent MoneyWell developments with life in the App Store.저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week John and Scotty discuss their latest projects in the software engineering world. John shares his recent successes with his Share Sheet project, highlighting some of the nuances that may not be immediately intuitive. Meanwhile, Scotty provides insight into the latest developments of the MoneyWell release over the past few weeks.…

This week marks the momentous occasion of Scotty finally shipping MoneyWell 2023 and the trials and tribulations that come bundled with the relief and celebrations. John talks his recent QA testing and the onward road to productising, his work on the Netflix share sheet. MoneyWell Website MoneyWell 2023 | Mac App Store…

This week John talks an issue with ChatGPT that he ran into when trying to infringe on some copyrighted material, tabbed interfaces and consolidating UI. While Scotty talks more on the upcoming release of MoneyWell and what’s holding it up.저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week the boys talk the current events over at Twitter. John talks data refresh issues, upcoming live broadcasts, new animations on iOS. Scotty talks the reasons behind the delayed release of MoneyWell, mainly a bug in the scheduled creation of transactions. Twitter: All Elon, All the Time저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week the boys talk their frustrations with Xcode, the new Apple M2 MacBook Pro and the future of Social Media. Also John also talks his latest project to ship, Spacial Audio. Scotty talks another FINAL_FINAL beta of MoneyWell with hopes of shipping in the coming week, the processes leading up to shipping including getting the app ready for rev…

This week the boys dive into the world of ChatGPT and its impact on software engineering and society. They discuss its potential to change the way we interact with technology and ethical considerations. Scotty also gives an update on the next stage of MoneyWell. PagerDuty Layoff Email ChatGPT Parodied by The Tech Roast Show…

This week John and Scotty welcome in the new year by telling their Holiday tales, sharing what they hope 2023 will bring and what they hope to accomplish. Including John wanting to further pass on and share his knowledge and experience with Scotty looking forward to the very inevitable MoneyWell release after a successful beta program.…

With it being that time of year already… John talks his approaching “Quiet Period” and how the New Year will kick off, also his recent work with mock data. Scotty gives an update on the ever nearing release of MoneyWell and takes a look back at what a year 2022 was. Excerpt from a talk at Obj-Cologne | YouTube…

As we edge closer to the end of the year John talks more of the work leading up to the upcoming quiet period in the land of Netflix development. While Scotty talks the progress of the MoneyWell Beta with talks of a possible new year release. Slam Poetry About (not) Shipping | YoutTube저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This thankful week the boys talk the heavy reliance on AWS in todays world, the iOS16 feature of isolating the foreground of images. John also talks working with mock data on the lead up to the holiday season and his love and hate for Apple Photos app. Scotty talks working with QA and trudging through bugs. Grandma?…

This week John talks more on his recent work using Swift Attributed String API, his past experiences with start ups and the connections and relationships that make it work. Scotty talks his week of modernising MoneyWell including upgrading to ECDSA keys, the correct way of dealing with problems with open source software. Andy Matuschak Sparkle Xcod…

Coming to you live from some bedroom in London, this week the boys talk Johns recent travels, including the latest tech developments happening in Greece, Scotty has another App Review mystery, Johns work on Share Sheet, a little update on the MoneyWell beta progress. The Evolving Greek Start Up Scene…

This week John talks his recent work with using updated APIs, especially AttributedString. Scotty talks the difficulties with historic forks of third party libraries in a client project and an update to MoneyWell sync, including some nuances with iCloud.저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week the boys talk the recent Sketch news, the progression to web-based apps, the upcoming Ventura release, John talks more about his UI work with preferred content size, Scotty talks his work with a custom command line tool to replace some manual SQL server queries. Sketch Announement | LinkedIn Swift Argument Parser | GitHub…

Bringing John into his new year this week. John shares his wisdom for not only starting out a career in development but starting out at anything new, onboarding and why it’s best to make it easy for the user and the complications of the keyboard on iOS devices. Scotty shares his frustrating week with again more AppStore review complications with a …

This week John regales wisdom from a recent dinner party, talks successes with a recent project he’s been working on, some pet peeves with top level windows. And Scotty tells tales of his recent trip to the continent, talks the psychology of syncing and the differences of peoples preferences to UI.저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week John talks his latest software design triumph with a custom OverflowScrollView, a catch up with some old colleagues, the quality of the iPhone 14's cameras but quite a major complaint when it comes to a certain app and its subscription and cloud based storage when upgrading your device. Scotty talks more on adding a Parse backend for Mone…

This week the boys show the possibilities of Capionista. Is 1TB of storage on a phone reasonable? The iPhones new Dynamic Island. John talks his work on a cross functional project including 2FA, SMS and phone keyboards. Scotty expands on last weeks discussion of working on the backend of MoneyWell Sync, the decision to move to hosted solutions, and…

This week John shares an uplifting update to his laptop endeavours from last week, a cycle based commuting story for the ages, and his recent work with using JSON, structured data and different layout systems. Scotty shares an update on the MoneyWell testing process including a syncing scheduling issue and a smart filter predicate issue and the eve…

This week is a week of sadness as John discusses his hardware issues and dealing with Apple Support while Scotty shares his week of woe with an accidental release to the App Store and his dealings with App Review. The boys also touch on whats expected from the recent Apple announcement. Apple’s dependencies on Chinese manufacturing are hard to unwi…

This week the boys discuss the release of Captionista and the world of captioning video. John also talks his recent work on a project which involves a lot of notifications and how to handle mock data, the technicalities of recording live drums in the digital era. Scotty talks his continued work on a custom video player which requires a custom toolb…

This week the boys talk The Imitation Game, Johns work on infrastructure for A/B testing (particularly Strings), Scottys work on a video player and his gripes with the AVPlayer, is it viable to go to a subscription model and how will that fare in the future. John Fox, Fox Climate News... ...Made with Splice Video Editor…

This week the boys talk Johns continued travels, squeezing optimisation from cells and the complications of doing so with both Objective-C and Swift. Scotty talks feature flagging in a client project, the aversion to running your own servers, MoneyWell Beta issues with duplicate records. Which iOS 15 and macOS 12 features do you actually use?…

Coming to you live from the streets of London. This week the boys talk the complications of working on projects where colleagues are spread worldwide. John talks his international Netflix adventure, the QA of his recent project, updating and using the new Lottie framework. Scotty talks working on a client project and the troubles with third party d…

This week John shares his dip to the bay, from bodies of water to legacy code, a friendly competition amongst coworkers, the start of a new project. Scotty talks the nuclear PL/1, working on migration with a client project, a MoneyWell update and the difficulties of working with iCloud.저자 Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox

This week the boys talk app identity crises and the difficulties of finances, mainly with the results of a recent report on MoneyWell which more clearly points out some issues in the user experience. John talks his recent work with difficulties with testing navigation, especially with tab based apps.…

With some WWDC2022 midweek discussion. The boys talk their experience so far, their opinions on the continued predominantly online conference, John’s technique on how to become teachers pet. John talks the possible future of an Apple Car but also the technologies that may be developed alongside. Scotty talks the hopeful future for SwiftUI with the …