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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#150: Showing Up Every Week
November 21st, 2018 · 29 minutes
Budgeting our time for ongoing commitments vs. exploratory and hobby projects, and an update on iOS device statistics.
#149: Algorithms
November 15th, 2018 · 29 minutes
The challenge of writing complex algorithms, and the joy of finding a simpler way.
#148: Low-Work Mode
November 8th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Accepting that our motivation and productivity are cyclical, with periods of very little work getting done.
#147: New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro
November 1st, 2018 · 29 minutes
Developer-relevant analysis of this week's Apple releases and how we can use them in our work.
#146: Ethical Monetization
October 24th, 2018 · 29 minutes
App Store subscription scams, and considering the ethics of how our apps make money.
#145: Custom Apple Watch Faces
October 17th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Why the Apple Watch needs third-party faces, tools to make them for yourself today, and overcoming the reasons why Apple may not want to offer them.
#144: Concerns About the Future
October 10th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Long-term career planning, predicting where Apple is going, betting on the right technologies, and wondering whether we'll still be doing this in ten years.
#143: Implementing Step-Counting
October 4th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Answering the surprisingly difficult question of "How many steps did you take today?"
#142: Passion Projects
September 26th, 2018 · 29 minutes
The value of making apps only for yourself that you never release.
#141: Implementing Search
September 20th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Concepts and considerations for implementing full-text search in your app, with examples from Overcast 5.