Stacktrace
Episodes
105: “An old man yelling at an iCloud”, the October 2020 Apple event review
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this extra long episode of Stacktrace, John and Rambo discuss all of the exciting new announcements from Apple’s October 2020 event, including th...
104: “Did it smell like an Apple product?”
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Building and using iOS widgets, the community’s adoption of SwiftUI, an update on whether game streaming services are now viable on iOS, multiple wa...
103: “Widgets are data”
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Building and using iOS widgets, the community’s adoption of SwiftUI, an update on whether game streaming services are now viable on iOS, multiple wa...
102: “It compiles — ship it!”
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Building responsive app UIs, the launch of iOS 14, and thoughts on the Apple One bundle and some of its international pricing. Also, the return of bot...
101: “The iPad Prosumer”
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Apple event analysis time! John and Rambo discuss all of the major announcements from Apple’s “Time Flies” event — including the Apple ...
100: “It was all planned”
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special 100th episode of the show, John and Rambo reflect on their personal milestones since episode one, and play another round of Apple Keyn...
99: “Untangle some spaghetti”
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the scenes of building an App Clip, progressive disclosure when designing UIs, Rambo's struggles with App Translocation on macOS, and speculat...
98: “A chip volcano”
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive into syncing systems and what goes into writing code for synchronizing user data using tools like CloudKit, a look under the hood of what ...
97: “You can’t be Springboard”
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Analysis of the ongoing battle between Apple and Epic Games from a technical perspective, the benefit of writing cross-platform Swift code, logging an...
96: “The Pandora’s Box of software”
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Combining SwiftUI with other rendering technologies, Rambo’s preparations for the launch of the AirBuddy 2.0 Beta, and lots of thoughts on the recen...
95: “We’re not lawyers”
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What differentiates server-side and client-side development, Tim Cook’s testimony in front of the US Congress, the new iMac, Rambo’s secret new pr...
94: “The great app idea incubator”
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is FaceID coming to the Mac, what could a Swift version of async/await end up looking like, and what makes SwiftUI a nice fit for game UI development?
93: “Life is not paper”
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rambo shuts down two of his projects and battles Dark Mode on macOS, John re-evaluates his goals and work priorities, and the two discuss the big Twit...
92: “App Store review lawyer”
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After an accidental deep dive into SwiftUI, John and Rambo discuss the recent issues with Facebook’s iOS SDK and whether Apple should force develope...
91: “Just check the checkbox”
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a bit of speculation as to whether or not Apple will ship this year’s iPhone without a charger, John and Rambo go on a deep dive into SwiftUI ...
90: “Adaptive lightning”
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The macOS Big Sur redesign doesn’t mean the end of the world, right? Or does it? John and Rambo discuss the reveal of Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS a...
89: “Did you wash your hands?”, a WWDC 2020 special
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this WWDC20 special, John and Rambo start diving into the main announcements from Apple’s conference, focusing on iOS, App Clips, Widgets, Siri, ...
WWDC by Sundell & Friends #1: Keynote and Platforms State of the Union first impressions
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John and Gui Rambo share their first impressions of Apple’s WWDC20 opening keynote, as well as the Platforms State of the Union session. This is the...
88: “WWDC20 Keynote Poker”, with special guests Ellen Shapiro and Kaya Thomas
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of the show, John and Rambo are joined by Ellen Shapiro and Kaya Thomas for the grand WWDC20 Keynote Poker game. Bets, specula...
87: “An ARM and a leg”
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive into the iOS background operations model and how it could potentially be improved, rumors about both ARM Macs and a new iMac design being ...
86: “Into the void of the internet”
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Preparations for WWDC, a look at the first COVID-19 exposure notification apps powered by Apple and Google’s system, and a deep dive into the world ...
85: “Magnetic mumbo jumbo”
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What could an iPhone without any ports look like, and is it likely that Apple would ever adopt USB-C for the iPhone? Also, Mac development, using mult...
84: “We traversed the whole responder chain”
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, John and Rambo go on a deep dive into the responder chain and how UI events are propagated on Apple’s platforms. Also, SwiftUI vs Catalys...
83: “When you link a framework...”
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The recent Facebook SDK crashing incident leads John and Rambo into a deep-dive on third party SDKs and various ways to handle them. Also, new thought...
82: “The Ministry of iOS Development”
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John automates the deployment of his website, which just celebrated its third birthday (or is it “anniversary”?), Rambo is about to launch a new a...
81: “A good old fashioned roadmap”
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John and Rambo return to the topic of app architecture, this time to discuss how to build scalable code bases using the MVC design pattern, and also t...
80: “You versus the magnets”
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John writes Javascript encryption code and reviews Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro, Rambo reveals an exclusive new AirBuddy feature comi...