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AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developers

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Weekly podcast discussing the latest updates, tools and events relevant to iOS app developers. I will also have a couple of reoccurring show sections to spread the word on fellow iOS developers doing fun and interesting things. On top of that I am working hard to do interviews with people relevant to iOS app developers. Think peers, teachers, bloggers who will have an open discussion with me so you can see what passion, hard work and a great community can do for your personal work and success.

Location:

Netherlands

Description:

Weekly podcast discussing the latest updates, tools and events relevant to iOS app developers. I will also have a couple of reoccurring show sections to spread the word on fellow iOS developers doing fun and interesting things. On top of that I am working hard to do interviews with people relevant to iOS app developers. Think peers, teachers, bloggers who will have an open discussion with me so you can see what passion, hard work and a great community can do for your personal work and success.

Twitter:

@appforce1

Language:

English

Contact:

+31624350511


Episodes
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Do iOS Retrospective

11/20/2023

Duration:00:28:50

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Do iOS Speaker: Drew McCormack, founder of The Mental Faculty, talking about SwiftData

10/13/2023
Drew is founder of The Mental Faculty, developer of Mental Case and the Ensembles sync framework. He works on Agenda. Agenda is an Apple design award winner, editor’s choice, and is featured a lot in the App Store, particularly for the Mac. Agenda made a switch to an interesting business model a while ago. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:55:59

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Rudrank Ryam on his trip to Amsterdam and his talk at Do iOS

9/12/2023
Rudrank and I talk about the things leading up to Do iOS, our failed attempt to get him to Amsterdam in 2022 and our second attempt this year. We also talk a bit about conference organizing and some of the ways I am doing things. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:39:05

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Josh Holtz about his Do iOS talk: Become a Shipshape Shipping Engineer

9/5/2023
Josh Holtz is back on my podcast to talk about his talk for Do iOS. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:45:36

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Donny Wals about his Swift Concurrency workshop

8/22/2023
Donny Wals joins me on my podcast to talk about Do iOS. Why he's there and what he hopes to get from Do iOS. More information on his workshop and Do iOS. Learn more about Donny on his website. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Practical Combine by Donny Wals Buy Donny’ book on combine and support my podcast. Now that’s a great deal. Practical Core Data by Donny Wals Learn Core Data from the ground up using new and modern techniques. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:36:51

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SwiftDev

8/22/2023
In this episode I talk with SwiftDev. Someone who got into iOS development because he just likes programming and the apple platform seemed like the best place to start.His goal is to become an indie developer at some point. Supported by his family and network he is making small steps every week to get closer to this goal. You can find and follow SwiftDev on Twitter. He created two apps: Libraried: UI ComponentsMoney Time: WTFRunway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:29:48

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Do iOS Speaker: Monika Mateska

8/15/2023
Monika Mateska is a speaker at Do iOS. Listen in to learn more about her. You can find Monika on LinkedIN and on Twitter/X. More info on her VisionOS talk, see the Do iOS site. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:40:31

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Conference Organizing Panel

7/5/2023
Adam, Filip, Monika and me dive into some of the aspects of organizing a conference. You will probably be left with plenty of questions afterwards. Send them in.Also, this is based on our own experience, always consider your specific circumstances. https://swiftleeds.co.uk/ https://do-ios.com/ Monika on Twitter Filip on Twitter Adam on Twitter Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:01:19:36

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This is the AppForce1 conference primer: Do iOS History

6/7/2023
Welcome to my new format. I will mention the occasional news item if it is amazing. But I don't want to add to your burden during WWDC week too much. More on my thoughts on that next time. This time some history on the biggest thing I am doing this year. A conference. Join me on my journey and learn what it takes to put together a conference for iOS App Developers. https://do-ios.com Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:30:13

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iOS Developer Conference Season 2023

5/8/2023
This episode's articles: Spinning Up a Feature Request Screen with SupabaseSecurity in iOS ApplicationsSwiftUI: Using a Repository as the single source of truthTips and tricks for exploring a new codebaseGrand Central Dispatch (GCD)Swift Evolution Monthly: March + April '23Simplify Time Comparisons in Swift with RelativeDateTimeFormatterOptimizing your app for Network ReachabilityDiscover how @MainActor worksI also mention: Appdevcon is a conference by app developers, for app developersDeep Dish SwiftCocoaHeadsNLDo iOSRunway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:10:27

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It was a content launch week...

4/20/2023
Links in this episode: Build your own TwitterReal-World Xcode Project Using TuistLinting Documentation with Vale to Increase Quality & ConsistencyBasic Stream Backend Integration using NodeJSComparison of Cherry Brown and Gazzew U4 switchesSkip typing your login credentials manually with Xcode breakpointsNative vs Web: Technologies Available to Native Apps but not Web Apps3 mistakes to avoid with async / awaitUnderstanding unstructured and detached tasks in SwiftWhat I Learned Writing My Own CloudKit Syncing LibraryCyclomatic Complexity in Swift: Understanding How it Affect Your Code Quality Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:08:47

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Ok that happened... Good and bad.

4/11/2023
Links: Comparing Operators of Combine for iOSPlanning Animations in SwiftUISwiftUI ToolbarAutomating Swift CLI releases with GitHub ActionsGitHub webhooks 🤝 Xcode CloudShow an Incoming Call on a DeviceHide Sensitive Data When Device Is Locked?Tap Gestures on WidgetsSwift Package Index Apple sponsorshipApple as a supporter of the Swift Package IndexMultiplatform SwiftUI codeDebug ASWebAuthenticationSessionWeb content with SFSafariViewControllerSwift Evolution MonthlyBasics of structured concurrency in SwiftiOS Confs in 2023Other links: CocoaHeadsNL meetupsAppDevConBuild your own twitterArticle about Vale linting with steps on how to integrate with XcodeCommit about Vale in Stream's Chat SDKRunway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:16:03

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My delayed regular episode 100 with loads of Swift concurrency

3/8/2023
Links TaskGroup error handlingFilter debugger outputPasskeys for iOS@available attributeSwift 5.9: Network reqs in Swift package pluginsUsers manage In-App Subs.ProgressViewTabViewRun and test async Vapor cmndsTasks in parallelOrder and ConcurrencyShare with UIActivityViewControllerShare breakpointsSign in with Apple and AWS AmplifyAnimations with Mask View ModifierSequential AnimationsStyling ComponentsPin SPM dependencies versionsCharts. CustomizationsCharts. InteractionsMulti-Cursor EditingSwiftUI EnvironmentDetached TasksSwiftLeeds Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:33:18

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Shaun Donnelly, developer turned manager turned developer with Indie apps on the side.

2/13/2023
Shaun took me up on a request on Mastodon to come on my podcast. We had a great conversation about how he ventured into management as a software developer. We also talk about how he got into software and iOS app development. Shaun took the React route. Start with web development, get started with React, progress into React native and then making the leap into native app development. Ray Wenderlich, now called Kodeco was instrumental in learning about iOS app development. You can get in touch with Shaun through Mastodon or his website. https://mstdn.social/@shaundonNice UX Design Newsletterhttps://codakuma.com/Some of the podcasts we mentioned in the episode: Under the Radar PodcastIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Podcast Episodes – The Always Sunny Podcast99% InvisibleEverything Everywhere Daily PodcastAccidental Tech PodcastSwift by SundellAdam's conference https://swiftleeds.co.uk/ Big shoutout to Dave Verwer and the Curated platform. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:52:04

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A book, an article, loads of SwiftUI

2/10/2023
I've been scheduling a few interviews again. It's interesting to see that people are often quite self-deprecating about being a good candidate to be interviewed on my podcast. People can always indicate why they are not exciting guests, but let's start at the opposite end. Think about why you would be a good guest for my podcast. And I notice that a lot. People often start with the negative. Why not start with the positive, I wonder? In this episode I am going to talk about many things: The new book published by Peter FrieseMinimal Node Integration to Get You Started with StreamMerge Sort In Swiftif let shorthand syntax in SwiftImplementing “double tap tab bar to scroll to top”Variadic ViewsSwiftUI Views are ListsHow to use async/await with completion handlersAmbiguous DecodingModern SwiftUI: Identified arraysSearch | kean.blogDeveloper guide on keychain for iOSIterating over web socket messages with async / await in SwiftNSURLSession connection leakGaining access to Command-line from XCTest Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:14:44

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Natalia Panferova, business owner, book author, and ex-member of the SwiftUI team at Apple.

2/2/2023
Natalia worked in companies in Europe and in New Zealand building web and mobile applications. Before joining Nil Coalescing she was designing and building SwiftUI APIs as a member of the core SwiftUI team at Apple. She enjoys working with Swift and sharing her iOS development knowledge with the community. She recently wrote a book Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps that covers a variety of ways to add SwiftUI to an existing UIKit project and offers many tips to avoid common issues and mistakes when working with both frameworks at the same time. Check Natalia's book and consider getting your copy: https://books.nilcoalescing.com/integrating-swiftuiYou can find Natalia online on: https://mastodon.cloud/@natpanferovahttps://twitter.com/natpanferovaThe business she runs with her husband is called Nil Coalescing. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:40:55

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ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue

2/2/2023
Meet my friend. ChatGPT. I interviewed him. It's an idea I got from another podcast. Enjoy. :) Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:43:33

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Fake hardware, Makefiles, protocols and churn... Lots of iOS and Swift content too.

1/21/2023
It has been a while since my last episode. But no worries, I am not gone. January has been a super busy month and I have been working on some exciting things this month. Hopefully I can share a bit more on that soon. It involves setting up a new project using a micro framework architecture using Tuist.io. If you never checked out that too, make sure you do. Also, you can now support my podcast with a subscription directly through my podcast hosting provider. I love Buzzsprout for the way they keep raising the bar as a podcast hosting provider. I did part of the recording and editing after the surprise wedding of my nephew. The surprise was on us, the guests, do if I missed something in editing, now you know why. In this episode I am going to talk about many things: Utilizing Makefiles for Swift projectsShift in the protocol paradigmDebouncing with Swift concurrency5 Techniques to Effortlessly Send Data from UIKit to SwiftUIUsing JavaScript in a Swift appCreating App Prototypes from Low to High-FidelityThe Tyranny of the Churn EquationText modifiers in SwiftUIApplying Built-In Image Filters In SwiftMaking a serverless Swift function with Fastly and Upstash Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:19:20

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New year, new microphone.

1/4/2023
In this episode, I’m going to talk about: 2022 in reviewHow to Run Stream’s Docs on a Multipass VMXcode Cloud scripts: Fastlane and CocoapodsSwift async/await in AWS lambdasLooking back at my 2022Using CallKit - How to Integrate Voice and Video Calling Into iOS AppsHTTP/3 support for URLSessionTesting Apps with an iPhone and the CarPlay SimulatorTrap exit code (SIGINT, SIGTERM etc) in a Swift Package Executable CLIThe day my app got thousands of downloads and in-app unlocksIt has been a while since my previous episode. Recovering from Do iOS and then December happened. Holidays, some family illness. But I kept going in some capacity. Getting a new microphone is a big incentive to get going again. But I need your thoughts and input. Runway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:24:53

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Azam Sharp on his Aggregate Model Architecture

12/26/2022
Azam and I discus some architectural ideas Azam has developed over the course of over a hundred sample codebases. Azam's blogAzam's article mentioned in the episode: Practical Mv Pattern CrudAzam's Udemy course: MV Design Pattern in iOS - Build SwiftUI Apps Apple's WayAzam on TwitterRunway Put your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer. Support the showRate me on Apple Podcasts. Send feedback on SpeakPipe Or contact me on Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@appforce1 Support my podcast with a monthly subscription, it really helps. My book: Being a Lead Software Developer

Duration:00:46:48