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Under the Radar — 331 episodes

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331: Reflection

2

330: Engaging with Reddit

3

329: Zero Utilization on Your Brain

4

328: Five Years of Enough

5

327: Ready for Distribution

6

326: Tree-Planting Features

7

325: Upswing

8

324: Design Despair

9

323: The Tidal Wave

10

322: Requiring iOS 26?

11

321: WWDC 2025 Aftermath

12

320: Before the Barrier

13

319: Unfreezing Your Brain

14

318: The Forgotten Customer

15

317: Optimizing for Battery Life

16

316: Job Security

17

315: Self-Sufficient Apps

18

314: Optimism vs. Pessimism

19

313: What's In Our Circles

20

312: Our Changing Relationship with Apple

21

311: The Long Term

22

310: What's In Our Toolbox: Task Management

23

309: What's In Our Toolbox: Code Assistance

24

308: What's In Our Toolbox: Simulators & Source Control

25

307: What's In Our Toolbox: Code & Design

26

306: Overcast "Wrapped"

27

305: Selling Apps

28

304: Onboarding

29

303: Raising Prices

30

302: Artificial Walls

31

301: Pending Apple Release

32

300: The Aftermath

33

299: Mid-Summer Update

34

298: The Storm

35

297: The Storm Before The Storm

36

296: Summer Plans

37

295: WWDC 2024 Interview

38

294: WWDC Excitement

39

293: Butterflies in the Garden

40

292: You Can Always Come Back Later

41

291: An Inclusive Mindset

42

290: Pillar III: Retention

43

289: Vision Pro Numbers

44

288: Feelings & Opportunities

45

287: Pillar II: Monetization

46

286: First Hire

47

285: Recreational Computing

48

284: Pillar I: Acquisition

49

283: Fifty Roles

50

282: Revert to Defaults

51

281: The Weirdest Parties

52

280: Upstream Decisions

53

279: Rest and Recovery

54

278: Unforeseeable Issues

55

277: Go Time

56

276: Preparing for iOS 17

57

275: What's New In This Version

58

274: Does It Work, and How Does It Feel?

59

273: Backpack-Driven Development

60

272: Feeling Behind

61

271: Developer Prospects for visionOS

62

270: WWDC 2023

63

269: Preparing for WWDC 2023

64

268: Fancy Work

65

267: Don't Run Servers

66

266: The Middle Path

67

265: Old App, New Subscription

68

264: Scaling Support

69

263: Pedometer++ 5.0

70

262: Managing Change

71

261: A Vacation to the Basement

72

260: Subscription School

73

259: Plans for the Season

74

258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook

75

257: Working in Public

76

256: Optimizing Paywalls

77

255: The Discontinuity Principle

78

254: New and Different

79

253: Motivation Slumps

80

252: Apple Watch Ultra

81

251: Be Where Your Customers Are

82

250: From Left Field to the Home Stretch

83

249: The Nature of Advertising

84

248: Limits of Indie Life

85

247: Different, But Not Worse

86

246: Hard Forks

87

245: Slope of Enlightenment

88

244: WWDC 2022 Special

89

243: Workplace Christmas

90

242: Setup Update

91

241: Farewell, Feed Wrangler

92

240: File Edit WWDC Window Help

93

239: Overcast Redesign

94

238: A/B Testing

95

237: The Spring Collection

96

236: Be A Little Annoying

97

235: Color-Picking

98

234: Should You Do It?

99

233: The Road (Still) Ahead

100

232: SF Symbols

101

231: Support Expectations

102

230: Tackling the Redesign

103

229: Money, Time, and M1 Max Macs

104

228: Ask For Money

105

227: Adopting High-Profile iOS Features

106

226: A Quiet Fall

107

225: The Fragmented Future

108

224: Mr. Day One

109

223: Defaults

110

222: Fingers in the Dam

111

221: Optional Fun

112

220: The Danger Zone

113

219: WWDC 2021

114

218: Making the Most of a Virtual WWDC

115

217: Feature Regrets

116

216: Shark Battle

117

215: Group Therapy Session

118

214: From Subscribe to Follow

119

213: A Server Disaster

120

212: A Watchsmith Adventure

121

211: Logging

122

210: Thinking Like A Business

123

209: Binary Stars

124

208: The Road Ahead

125

207: Privacy Labels and Analytics

126

206: Pivoting Your App

127

205: We Got a Raise

128

204: Adopting SwiftUI

129

203: Modernizing Overcast

130

202: The Calm After The Storm

131

201: Widgetsmith

132

200: Time Flies

133

199: Spending Dan Riccio’s 2020 Battery Surplus

134

198: Store Wars

135

197: iOS 14 Privacy Disclosures

136

196: Not-So-Secret Plans

137

195: Apple's Grand Vision of the Future

138

194: WWDC 2020

139

193: Unproductivity

140

192: Backporting

141

191: Self-Imposed Constraints

142

190: Custom Fonts

143

189: Watchsmith

144

188: watchOS Business Prospects

145

187: Uncertain Times

146

186: Replacing WWDC

147

185: Advanced Math

148

184: The Past and Future of the iPad

149

183: Compatibility Contrast

150

182: Ambitions, Goals, and Themes

151

181: Supporting The Previous OS

152

180: Shortcuts & Harnesses

153

179: Silent Updates

154

178: 16-inch MacBook Pro

155

177: Operating in a Hostile Environment

156

176: That's Great, Apple, But…

157

175: Moon++

158

174: Always-On Apple Watch

159

173: Summer Report Card

160

172: No News is Good News

161

171: Customers, Audience, and Critics

162

170: Spending Dan Riccio's Battery Surplus

163

169: The End of an App's Life

164

168: Working While Traveling

165

167: The WWDC Hangover

166

166: API Wish List

167

165: WWDC 2018 Year in Review

168

164: Meaningless Version Numbers

169

163: CalZones

170

162: The Five Stages of Developing a New App

171

161: Gears, Knobs, and Buttons

172

160: Working Staycations

173

159: New App

174

158: Bundled Data

175

157: Editorial Content

176

156: The Nightmare After Christmas

177

155: Difficult Bugfixes

178

154: Knowingly Shipping Bugs

179

153: Fear of Major Changes

180

152: Removing the Bumpers

181

151: Little Touches

182

150: Showing Up Every Week

183

149: Algorithms

184

148: Low-Work Mode

185

147: New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro

186

146: Ethical Monetization

187

145: Custom Apple Watch Faces

188

144: Concerns About the Future

189

143: Implementing Step-Counting

190

142: Passion Projects

191

141: Implementing Search

192

140: The Mad Rush

193

139: Taking Breaks

194

138: watchOS 5

195

137: iOS 12 and App Review Changes

196

136: Freshly Cleared Decks

197

135: On the Street at WWDC 2018

198

134: WWDC Tips

199

133: Collective Bargaining

200

132: Accessibility

201

131: Dot-App and Microsoft's 95%

202

130: Lightning Round V

203

129: Lightning Round IV

204

128: Lightning Round III: Servers

205

127: Lightning Round II

206

126: Retention

207

125: Privacy Policies and GDPR

208

124: Sleep++ and Permission Prompts

209

123: WWDC 2018 Preview, Watch Stats

210

122: Ten Years of the iPhone SDK

211

121: Fear and Change

212

120: Productivity by Inefficiency

213

119: Second Locations

214

118: Original Research

215

117: The iMac Pro

216

116: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 2

217

115: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 1

218

114: Platform Wish List for 2018

219

113: Grading the App Store in 2017

220

112: Ideal vs. Pragmatic

221

111: Universal Mac Apps?

222

110: Workouts++ 2.0 Launch Diary

223

109: Search Ads in Practice

224

108: Punch-List Mode

225

107: Free with Benefits

226

106: Long Projects

227

105: iPhone X Reality

228

104: Public Beta Testing with Slack

229

103: Usability-First Design

230

102: Procrastiworking

231

101: Anchoring vs. Simplicity

232

100: Longevity

233

99: Effecting Change

234

98: The Accidental Episode

235

97: iPhone X and LTE Watches

236

96: Risky Business

237

95: Privacy and Responsibility

238

94: Release Notes

239

93: New Screen Sizes

240

92: Notifications to Increase Engagement

241

91: Removing Features

242

90: Trademarks

243

89: Computers for the Self-Employed

244

88: Working From Home

245

87: Old Code Vs. New APIs

246

86: iOS 11 App Store Pages

247

85: iOS 11

248

84: WWDC Wrap-Up, watchOS 4

249

83: Live at CocoaConf

250

82: WWDC Wish List

251

81: Profiling

252

80: Debugging

253

79: New Discovery Metrics

254

78: Difficult Indulgences

255

77: iTunes Connect, Part II

256

76: iTunes Connect, Part I

257

75: Responding to Reviews

258

74: Taxes & Accounting

259

73: WWDC Event Planning

260

72: Selling Apps

261

71: Apps as Annuities

262

70: The Hacks We Ship

263

69: Features You Don't Want

264

68: Overcast 3

265

67: Dealing with Old Code

266

66: State of Swift

267

65: Getting Sherlocked

268

64: App Store Reviews, Redux

269

63: Missing Skills

270

62: App Store Reviews

271

61: Back to Work

272

60: Transferable Skills

273

59: Launch Day Diary

274

58: Prerelease Testing

275

57: Secrecy

276

56: Surviving the Winter

277

55: Black Friday Sale

278

54: Parametric Design

279

53: Seasonality

280

52: Learning, Sometimes Willingly

281

51: Speaking at Conferences

282

50: Checking the Weather for the Last Time

283

49: App Store Search Ads

284

48: Late Bloomers

285

47: Data Persistence

286

46: Legacy Support

287

45: Ads ★★☆☆☆

288

44: Fall Cleaning

289

43: Pending An Apple Release

290

42: Getting Next Year's Customers

291

41: Internationalization

292

40: Rethinking Apple Watch Apps

293

39: Lightning Round 1

294

38: Psychological Tricks

295

37: Code Reuse

296

36: Should You Release Every App?

297

35: Ideas

298

34: tvOS 10, macOS 10.12 and Swift 3

299

33: iOS 10

300

32: watchOS 3

301

31: Today’s App Store Announcements

302

30: A Brief Visit to Android

303

29: Numbers and Analytics

304

28: Wear Your Own T-Shirt

305

27: Fast App Review

306

26: Wading Slowly Into AppKit

307

25: The Calm Before the Storm

308

24: Should You Register for a WWDC Ticket?

309

23: Launching Activity++

310

22: Version Control

311

21: App Store Rejection

312

20: Improving the App Store, Part 2

313

19: Improving the App Store, Part 1

314

18: Choosing a Pricing Model

315

17: Work-Life Balance

316

16: Designing for Misuse

317

15: Marketing at Launch

318

14: Linux Servers for App Developers

319

13: External Dependencies

320

12: Apps With Personality

321

11: Ad-Funded Apps

322

10: Designed by a Programmer

323

9: State of the Apple Watch

324

8: Vacation

325

7: Building New Features

326

6: How to Become a Programmer

327

5: Managing Feedback

328

4: Unexpected Complexity

329

3: Ergonomics

330

2: Time for Swift

331

1: Adapting to the Market