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From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's rarely longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Marco Arment and David Smith.
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Nov 28, 2018 • 30min
151: Little Touches
Small design features, flourishes, and other indulgences to satisfy ourselves and make our apps feel more delightful.
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Instabug: In-App Feedback and Bug Reporting for Mobile Apps
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Overcast
Pedometer++
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Nov 21, 2018 • 30min
150: Showing Up Every Week
Budgeting our time for ongoing commitments vs. exploratory and hobby projects, and an update on iOS device statistics.
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ATP Episode 300!
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Nov 15, 2018 • 29min
149: Algorithms
The challenge of writing complex algorithms, and the joy of finding a simpler way.
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Always Visible Date
Fast Inverse Square Root
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Nov 8, 2018 • 30min
148: Low-Work Mode
Accepting that our motivation and productivity are cyclical, with periods of very little work getting done.
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Marco's Mac mini Review
Build and Analyze #6, Cycles of Motivation
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Nov 1, 2018 • 30min
147: New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro
Developer-relevant analysis of this week's Apple releases and how we can use them in our work.
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Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code RADAR at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
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Oct 24, 2018 • 30min
146: Ethical Monetization
App Store subscription scams, and considering the ethics of how our apps make money.
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Sneaky subscriptions are plaguing the App Store
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Oct 17, 2018 • 30min
145: Custom Apple Watch Faces
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.
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Why it’s hard to read the time on Infograph
Considering Low Contrast Complications
SpriteKitWatchFace
Exploring Custom watchOS Watch Faces
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Oct 10, 2018 • 29min
144: Concerns About the Future
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.
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Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code RADAR at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
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Oct 4, 2018 • 30min
143: Implementing Step-Counting
Answering the surprisingly difficult question of "How many steps did you take today?"
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Pedometer++
Time Zones on Wikipedia
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Sep 26, 2018 • 30min
142: Passion Projects
The value of making apps only for yourself that you never release.
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Xojo: Create native cross-platform desktop, web, mobile & Raspberry Pi apps. Use code RADAR for 20% off any licence.
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