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178: “Let’s try something new”

Mar 16th, 2022 1h 3m

John and Rambo celebrate the show’s 4th birthday with a big announcement, and then talk about security research, project priorities, and how to combine SwiftUI views with protocol-based observable objects.Download MP3HostsGui o

177: “The stand is included!”

Mar 9th, 2022 1h 9m

John and Rambo share their first impressions of the products announced at Apple’s “Peek Performance” event — including the new iPhone SE and iPad Air, M1 Ultra, Mac Studio and the Studio Display.Sponsored by Journey: Get 10% off the new Jo

176: “Extra Keynote Poker”

Mar 6th, 2022 1h 19m

On this extra episode of the show, John and Rambo share their bets, hopes and predictions for Apple’s upcoming “Peek Performance” event.Sponsored by Sentry: Actionable iOS error tracking and performance monitoring. Try Sentry for free toda

175: “A Bluetooth fanboy”

Mar 2nd, 2022 54m 35s

Unit testing SwiftUI-based views, view and data architecture, as well as a behind the scenes look at Rambo’s home automation setup.Sponsored by Sentry: Actionable iOS error tracking and performance monitoring. Try Sentry for free today. Ne

174: “An operating system toolkit”

Feb 23rd, 2022 54m 59s

John and Rambo speculate what the SDK for Apple’s rumored AR/VR devices might look like, and what sort of user experiences that we might be able to build using it.Sponsored by Sentry: Actionable iOS error tracking and performance monitorin

173: “The fabric of space-time”

Feb 16th, 2022 1h 14m

SwiftUI for animations, prototyping, and game development. Plus, a second review of the M1 Max-based MacBook Pro, and an update on how well it performs for gaming.Sponsored by Sentry: Actionable iOS error tracking and performance monitorin

Stacktrace Podcast 172: “The ‘weak self’ dance”

Feb 9th, 2022 1h 3m

How memory management works when using Swift’s new concurrency features, getting out of productivity traps, remote pair programming, and the process of installing Mac apps.Sponsored by Sentry: Actionable iOS error tracking and performance

Stacktrace Podcast 171: “Three levels of happiness”

Feb 2nd, 2022 1h 25m

Continued discussions around using SwiftUI for custom animations and layouts, more on phased rollouts and prioritizing bug fixes, content exclusivity and acquisitions, and various ways of sharing code across Apple’s platforms.Sponsored by

Stacktrace Podcast 170: “Welcome to programming”

Jan 26th, 2022 1h

John and Rambo revisit the topic of SwiftUI and UIKit interoperability, and discuss which of the two UI frameworks that’s recommend for beginners to start with. Also, the launch of AirBuddy 2.5, and using phased rollouts when releasing new app

169: “Choosing what bugs to ship”

Jan 19th, 2022 59m 2s

Stacktrace is back! On this first episode of 2022, John and Rambo talk about their holidays, using Swift Playgrounds to build apps on the iPad, Mac gaming, and project goals.Download MP3HostsGui on Twitter: @_insideJohn on Twit

168: “The 2021/2022 New Year’s Eve Special”

Dec 31st, 2021 1h 26m

Join John and Rambo on this special New Year’s Eve episode of Stacktrace, on which they celebrate some of their favorite moments, products, media, and learnings from 2021.Sponsored by ALOGIC: Get 10% off ALOGIC"S new BLAZE Docks & Hubs wit

167: “iPad is now Turing Complete”

Dec 22nd, 2021 1h 1m

John and Rambo share their first impressions of the newly released Swift Playgrounds 4, which enables developers to build full iOS apps right on the iPad. Also, the value of narrowly scoped open source libraries, and what it’s like using GitHu

166: “A little bit of compiler magic”

Dec 15th, 2021 51m 4s

The importance of sleep for both humans and async tasks, transferring apps and Apple developer accounts, and what things John and Rambo carry in their bags at all times.Download MP3HostsGui on Twitter: @_insideJohn on Twitter:

165: “It’s not the technology, it’s the people”

Dec 8th, 2021 57m 39s

John and Rambo discuss software quality trends, async functions and unit testing, Apple’s approach to private data with CloudKit, and dealing with technical debt.Download MP3HostsGui on Twitter: @_insideJohn on Twitter: @johnsu

164: “Your wattage may vary”

Dec 1st, 2021 1h 25m

It’s time for the first ever Stacktrace Headphone Holiday Guide! Along with discussions about writing technical articles, view models and the MVVM design pattern, and using Swift actors to solve race conditions and data races.Sponsored by

163: “The Rambo Objective-C Manifest”

Nov 24th, 2021 1h 13m

Rambo shares his set of principles for when and how to rewrite existing Objective-C code in Swift, John talks about his preferred workshop formats, and the two discuss the current state of Apple’s services.Sponsored by Pillow: Pillow is an

162: “Hanging on the cliff for a whole week”

Nov 17th, 2021 1h 15m

John and Rambo discuss asynchronous unit testing, using Windows as a development platform, SwiftUI previews on laptops, and conclude their deep dive into Swift’s concurrency system by talking about actors and structured concurrency.Sponsor

161: “One big data transformation engine”

Nov 10th, 2021 1h 19m

Rambo longs to get back to UI development, John releases a new open source project, and the two embark on part one of their deep dive into Swift’s new concurrency system. Also, organizing devices, and mechanical keyboards.Sponsored by Shor

160: “M1 Macintoshes”

Nov 3rd, 2021 1h 37m

John shares his first impressions of the new 14-inch MacBook Pro and how he has been utilizing Swift’s new concurrency features to get the most out of the M1 Max. Also, Rambo’s work with Shortcuts, maintaining SwiftUI-based Mac apps, and much

159: “A really powerful new toy”

Oct 27th, 2021 1h 24m

After a discussion about Swift generics and when to use them, Rambo shares his initial impressions of using the new iPad mini, and John explains why he’s going back to the Mac for his portable computing needs.Sponsored by Kandji: A modern,

158: “Double unleashed”

Oct 20th, 2021 1h 33m

The 14 and 16-inch Apple Silicon-based MacBook Pros have finally been revealed, and John and Rambo share their initial impressions of these new products and everything else that Apple announced during their “Unleashed” event.Sponsored by K

157: “Very close to folding”

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 7m

John and Rambo share their bets, hopes, and predictions for Apple’s upcoming “Unleashed” event. Will we finally see a new, Apple Silicon-powered MacBook Pro, and what other products might make an appearance at the event? Also, SwiftUI backward

156: “That time complexity problem”

Oct 6th, 2021 1h 16m

John gets back into game development, Rambo builds a custom Bluetooth packet parser for AirBuddy, and the two embark on another technical deep dive — this time into the big topic of performance tuning.Accelerate app development with Fireba

155: “Embrace the bump”, the iOS 15 and iPhone 13 Pro review

Sep 29th, 2021 1h 22m

What it’s been like for John to upgrade from the iPhone X to the iPhone 13 Pro, Rambo’s continued adventures into the depths of Bluetooth LE, and opinions on the final production versions of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.Sponsored by Western Digita