This episode, Collin Donnell joins the show to talk a bit about his origin story.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Collin Donnell

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Vancouver Xcoders Meetup
• Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Xcoder Dan Morse, an iOS engineer at Nordstrom and organizer of the Underdog Devs group. The guys talk about Dan’s journey through code school and landing at Nordstrom, as well as how Dan got involved in Underdog Devs and how learning is constant.

Be sure to check out the Xcoders Slack for announcemnts on forthcoming in-person get togethers!

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Dan on Twitter
• Underdog Devs
• Xcoders on Slack

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Vancouver Xcoders Meetup
• Meetup

This month, Seattle Xcoders co-organizer Tim Ekl joins the show to talk about his journey to Seattle (and Xcoders), his new blog post about the SE-0309 Swift Evolution proposal around Generics & Existentials, as well as Swift’s evolution as a general purpose language. There’s also some WWDC wishcasting for fun new APIs.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Tim Ekl on Twitter
• Tim’s Generics Blog Post

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Xcoders Slack
• Vancouver Xcoders Meetup
• Meetup

This month, indie dev Leo Dion joins the show in the conclusion of a 2-part series with Xcoders and Leo’s podcast Empower Apps. The guys talk about automation and Swift Package Manager, and Leo shares a bit about his apps & projects. They conclude by sharing some of their 2021 Apple Wishlist.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Jared’s appearance on Empower Apps
• Leo Dion
  • Twitter
  • Brightdigit
• Heartwitch App
  • Use code XCODERS2021 for 3 months free
• Speculid App
• EggSeed
• MistKit

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Vancouver Meetup
• Seattle & Redmond Meetup

This month, Vancouver Xcoders organizer Malin Sundberg joins the show to talk about her world-traveling background, the upcoming Xcoders online gathering on 2/25 (where she also puts Jared on the spot about giving a talk too), and what she’s excited for from Apple in 2021.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Malin Sundberg
• Register for the February Meetup

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup

This month, Jared fields questions from Xcoders on Twitter and Slack, as well as a few from the Underdog Devs.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Hacking with Swift
• Swift by Sundell
• Vapor Swift Framework
• Core Data Book by Objc.io
• Practical Core Data
• Core Data Potpurri

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup

This month, Chris Parrish joins the show to put a cap on 2020. It mostly turns into gushing over the M1 Macs and speculating about the bright future of the Mac. Have a safe, happy new year everyone!

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Chris Parrish
• The Record Podcast

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup

This month, long-time Xcoder Jake Savin joins the show to chat about going from a music career to the tech industry, eventually winding up at UserLand Software, and making his way up to Seattle. Later Jared and Jake talk a bit about the consulting industry and Jake has some helpful tips for current (or future) consultants – and really anyone dealing with any kind of customer.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Jake’s Website
• Jake on Twitter

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup

This month, Rick Wolter joins the show to talk about his experience learning how to code while imprisoned, and the new group he’s started up to help formerliy incarcerated people transition into careers in the software industry. If you’re interested in Underdog Devs, please reach out to them on Twitter.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Rick Wolter on Twitter
• Underdog Devs on Twitter

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup

This month, Joe Heck joins the show to talk about the origins of Xcoders on the eve of our 16th anniversary, and we dive a bit into the reactive world of Combine!

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Joe Heck
• Using Combine – Joe’s research & book

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Eugene Berezin and they chat about Eugene’s history in tech, a bit about video blogging (and blogging in general), and what’s got them excited from WWDC.

Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at [email protected]

Links:

• Eugene’s Twitter
• Eugene’s YouTube channel
• Eugene on LinkedIn
• Micro.blog

Host:

• Jared Sorge

Xcoders Links:

• Website
• Meetup