Stacktrace
John Sundell and Gui Rambo
Life and technology from two developers’ perspectives.
- 1 hour 3 minutes204: “Ship a prompt”
Stacktrace is back! John and Rambo check their hype levels for WWDC24, and discuss how AI might fit into Apple’s plans for this year’s releases. Also, Xcode wishes, and the challenges of building distributed systems.
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14 May 2024, 1:55 pm - 1 hour 15 minutes203: “The Sherlock Holmes of debugging”
John and Rambo reflect on what they’ve been learning and how they’ve been aiming to improve as developers during 2023. Also, tips for getting better at debugging, deploying generative AI within existing apps, and are view models really such a good fit for SwiftUI views?
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18 December 2023, 3:20 pm - 1 hour 4 minutes202: “Incrementing the integer”
Reactions to Apple’s “Scary fast” event, Rambo’s review of the iPhone 15 Pro Max, and under the hood of CleanupBuddy.
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6 November 2023, 7:40 pm - 1 hour 6 minutes201: “USB-C utopia”
Will this year’s iPhones switch to USB-C instead of Lightning, what could an Apple Watch Ultra-style action button be used for on a phone, and will Apple give us another look at the Vision Pro at their upcoming “Wanderlust” event?
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7 September 2023, 4:10 pm - 1 hour 10 minutes200: “Expectation recalibration”
Rambo’s custom implementation of macOS desktop widgets and how they relate to Apple’s new built-in system feature, why the experience of using SwiftUI depends so much on the environment it’s being used in, and a mini-review of the ASUS ROG Ally.
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31 July 2023, 4:25 pm - 1 hour 18 minutes199: “Taking the cover off the API”
John and Rambo start diving into the new announcements from WWDC23 — including the Apple Vision Pro and visionOS, the new Apple Silicon-powered Mac Pro, as well as many of the updates to Apple’s various operating systems.
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22 June 2023, 4:40 pm - 1 hour 23 minutes198: “WWDC23 Keynote Poker”
With the start of WWDC23 just around the corner, John and Rambo share their predictions, hopes, and dreams as to what Apple might introduce during this year’s edition of the conference. It’s Keynote Poker time!
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1 June 2023, 4:40 pm - 39 minutes 21 seconds197: “Perceived fluidity”
Reducing UI flickering, designing in-app purchase and signup flows, and how adding delays can interestingly make a UI feel more smooth and stable.
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12 May 2023, 12:15 pm - 1 hour 16 minutes196: “That new Mac smell”
Integrating AI-powered features into an iOS app, using high refresh rate monitors with a Mac, the advantages of simple abstractions, and how the M1 and M2 Max compare in terms of Xcode work.
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24 April 2023, 3:30 pm - 1 hour 24 minutes195: “The Swift historian”
John and Rambo celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the show by looking back at how their work and the technology they use have changed since the beginning of the show. Also, how might things change during the next 5 years, specifically when it comes to machine learning, AR, and the openness of Apple’s platforms?
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13 March 2023, 4:50 pm - 1 hour 18 minutes194: “Definitely not called a puppy”
How game controllers communicate with a Mac, handling asynchronous data and actions in SwiftUI, and various ways to use view models within a code base.
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