Under the Radar
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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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Mar 17, 2017 • 30min
71: Apps as Annuities
Accumulating a portfolio of apps that provide long-term income with minimal maintenance.
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Mar 8, 2017 • 30min
70: The Hacks We Ship
The difference between good and bad hacks, and some glorious hacks we've shipped in our apps.
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Fast inverse square root
Mar 2, 2017 • 29min
69: Features You Don't Want
Adding features to your app that you don't want or won't use in order to satisfy requests or reach new markets.
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Feb 22, 2017 • 30min
68: Overcast 3
Some of the challenges and decisions that led to the newly released Overcast 3.
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Overcast
Overcast 3: Design walkthrough
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Feb 16, 2017 • 30min
67: Dealing with Old Code
Maintaining, testing, and modernizing old apps.
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Feb 10, 2017 • 29min
66: State of Swift
Where we are on our gradual conversion to Swift programmers.
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Feb 2, 2017 • 28min
65: Getting Sherlocked
Preparing for and reacting to Apple implementing your app's core functionality themselves.
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Jan 26, 2017 • 29min
64: App Store Reviews, Redux
The potential impacts of the new "rate this app" API and our upcoming ability to respond to App Store reviews.
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Jan 19, 2017 • 29min
63: Missing Skills
Experiences and skills we lack by being indie developers, and whether our career path may ever include them.
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Jan 12, 2017 • 29min
62: App Store Reviews
The significance of App Store star ratings and reviews, and how to tastefully ask people to review your app.
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