Hosted by Marco Arment and David Smith.
From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's rarely longer than 30 minutes.
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#170: Spending Dan Riccio's Battery Surplus
July 24th, 2019 · 29 minutes
How we'd improve the Apple Watch by "spending" the power-efficiency gains likely to come in the next hardware update.
#169: The End of an App's Life
July 10th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Facing the tough decisions when you know, in your heart, that it's time.
#168: Working While Traveling
June 26th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Our makeshift travel-work setups, and managing expectations about how much and what types of work you'll get done while traveling.
#167: The WWDC Hangover
June 12th, 2019 · 29 minutes
As the dust settles on an overwhelming WWDC 2019, we figure out what we should tackle first.
#166: API Wish List
May 29th, 2019 · 29 minutes
What we hope to see at WWDC 2019 in Apple's APIs and developer tools.
#165: WWDC 2018 Year in Review
May 15th, 2019 · 29 minutes
As WWDC 2019 approaches, we review the major changes announced in WWDC 2018 and how they've actually played out over the past year.
#164: Meaningless Version Numbers
May 1st, 2019 · 29 minutes
The advantages of switching from semantic versioning to a sequential calendar-based system with no semantic implications, and the different marketing mindset it brings.
#162: The Five Stages of Developing a New App
April 4th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Using David's upcoming app as an example, we take a journey through curiosity, excitement, productivity, despair, polishing, and shipping.
#161: Gears, Knobs, and Buttons
March 20th, 2019 · 29 minutes
The design challenge of a podcast app's now-playing screen, how Overcast's design has progressed over the years, and the unexpected usability failures along the way.