Latest Episode

406, 28.02.2022, 20:00

Index out of Bounds

(For now) the latest episode, reminiscing the times of the podcast, and index woes.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

405, 14.10.2021, 21:00

Because 404 Not Found

In which we talk about build systems, dependency graphs, conferences (who would've guessed), and XCTest.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

403, 19.08.2021, 21:00

A Surprise Guest

In this episode, we meet a "surprise" guest and talk about the last couple of months and what it is like to work at a big company (... called Apple).

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

402, 18.05.2021, 20:00

Platform Teams

with Patrick Balestra

In this episode we discuss platform teams. What are they, when do you need them, how do they work. With Special Guest Patrick Balestra from Spotify.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

401, 25.02.2021, 20:00

Hello Management, Goodbye Coding

with Cate Huston, Tammo Freese

In this episode we discuss the pros and cons of switching to a management position. What is it like, can you still code, and how should you go about it. We discuss this topic with Cate Huston and Tammo Freese. Also: Great recommendations and raccoons in the show notes!

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

316, 22.12.2020, 20:00

A Jolly SwiftUI Christmas Special

with Berta Devant, Donny Wals, Sebastian Reimann

In this episode, we initially discuss SwitUI and Apple documentation, but then dive off into a random discussion about pets, time travel, fireworks, and much more

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

315, 29.10.2020, 20:00

A Special Episode Looking Forward

In which Bas announces leaving the podcast (for now), and Bene upgrades his setup. We also take a look back at all the episodes we've recorded in the last three years.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

314, 22.10.2020, 20:00

iPhone 12 & Apple Silicon

Where we talk about Apple's October event, and the announced iPhone 12 and HomePod mini, as well as Apple Silicon.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

313, 08.10.2020, 20:00

Bas leaves XING

Where we talk about Swift for Windows, GUI development, ARM Macs, side projects and the recent Apple Event

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

312, 01.10.2020, 20:00

Windows, Apple Event and ARM Macs

Where we talk about Swift for Windows, GUI development, ARM Macs, side projects and the recent Apple Event

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

311, 24.09.2020, 20:00

The History of NSSpain

with Luis Ascorbe

Where we talk about the history of NSSpain, looking for new jobs, and Bas makes an announcement.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

310, 17.09.2020, 20:00

iOS is Hard

Where we talk about iOS development being not so easy, blogging, and in-app purchases.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

309, 10.09.2020, 20:00

CodeConf

with Pawel Madej

Where Pawel introduces his app CodeConf and we talk about how he managed to work on this side project.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

308, 21.07.2020, 20:00

WWDC 2020

Where Bas has moved to Spain and Benedikt has been spending time at his mom's... and discussing WWDC.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

307, 11.06.2020, 20:30

Revealing Benedikt's Side Project

Where Benedikt finally reveals the application he's been working on in the last months.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

306, 14.05.2020, 20:00

The Star Wars Babka Computer Delivery

Where Benedikt is anticipating a new computer, and Bas is anticipating remote conferences. And Star Wars is anticipating Bas... and chocolate chip babka!

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

305, 16.04.2020, 19:30

Clearly my home screen is better than yours

with Pedro Carrasco

In which we talk about all things remote, like organizing a meetup, conference, or work. We also take a look at our perfectly normal homescreens. Bene is considering building a silent computer. All this with Pedro Carrasco!

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

304, 19.03.2020, 20:30

What is a CNAME Again?

We talk about open source projects and contributing to them. Where Bas forgets what a CNAME is, and Benedikt has to look it up for him.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

303, 05.03.2020, 20:00

Chocolate, Time, and Swift Scripts. Your Move, Elon.

Benedikt asks himself "what door?" watching Westworld, and Bas has a surprise!

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

302, 14.02.2020, 20:00

Ink, Plot, Publish and More - With Special Guest John "Paul Hudson" Sundell

with John Sundell

Where Bas remembers his open source projects and previous talks, Benedikt finally shares more on his secret project... and sets someone up for an interesting challenge, our dear guest, John "Paul Hudson" Sundell.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

301, 14.01.2020, 20:00

Live from CocoaHeads Hamburg

Where Bas still has no reason to buy new hardware, and Benedikt learned more about unicode than he wanted to. And both have an exciting year coming up. Live from CocoaHeads Hamburg on January 9, 2020.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

214, 19.12.19, 20:00

Donny Wals' Advent of Swift, Disney+ and other things - A special Christmas Episode

We talk with Donny Wals on his Advent of Swift project, Disney+, working on an SDK and more.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

213, 21.11.19, 21:00

MacBooks, AirPods Pro, GitHub Mobile & SwiftUI

We're talking about the new 16" MacBook, the new AirPods Pro, GitHub's new Mobile app, SwiftUI learnings and more.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

212, 17.10.19, 20:00

SwiftConf, NSSpain, mobiconf, and FrenchKit - With Special Guest Antoine van der Lee

with Antoine van der Lee

We're giving an overview over some of Europe's awesome iOS conferences in the last months.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

211, 30.08.19, 22:00

Our thoughts on Xcode 11

We're talking about our initial Xcode 11 thoughts as well as the joy of just using Apple's latest tech in a brand new project.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

210, 13.08.19, 20:00

Implementing SwiftUI on top of UIKit in iOS 12

We're talking about AwfulUI, a project which aims to re-implement the syntax of SwiftUI on top of UIKit in order to support iOS 12 or lower

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

209, 08.08.19, 20:00

Hackintoshes, new Apple Hardware, and an explanation of why VIM is cool

In which Benedikt explains Vim to Bas, new Apple hardware apparently is(n't) interesting, and interesting projects.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

208, 11.07.19, 20:00

The Static Catalyst iPad Window Refactoring Project Conference

We talk about the Swift Island and Swift Aveiro conferences, static site generators and puzzles in our personal projects, iPadOS windowing support, Catalyst woes, refactoring tools and Swift UI guides

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

207, 20.06.19, 20:00

WWDC: Better Late Than Never

We start talking about WWDC announcements, notably SwiftUI and iPadOS

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

206, 24.05.19, 20:00

Not Work

We talk about our interests outside of work, like watchmaking, electronic music, coffee and chocolate.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

205, 10.05.19, 07:00

WWDC Tips and Rumors

Benedikt and Bas talk about the upcoming WWDC, how to make the most out of the conference, and what to expect. Also, career changes!

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

203, 21.03.19, 20:00

Technical Writing

On technical writing and editing, finding unused code, and more.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

202, 07.03.19, 20:00

Putting Pieces in Place

Solving puzzles, algorithms, macros, and Swift 5.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

201, 21.02.19, 21:00

application(_:willContinueUserActivityWithType:)

Talking about more conferences (because of course), iPad, and cool projects we've seen on the web.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

107, 31.01.19, 20:00

Xcode 10.2 beta 1 and the Swift Community Podcast

Starting fresh into the new year with a discussion on Xcode 10.2 beta 1, the Swift Community Podcast, and more

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

106, 08.11.18, 20:00

Refactoring Across a Large Code Base

A discussion on how we recently refactored our networking stack at XING, from planning to implementation. And emoji.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

105, 18.10.18, 20:00

Paul "John Sundell" Hudson

with Paul Hudson

An interview with Paul Hudson about his career, talking about journalism, books, Venn diagrams, conference speaking and diversity.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

104, 04.10.18, 20:00

Conferences

A general discussion around iOS conferences: Why you should go there, what you should do there, and what to do if you want to give a talk. Also a short report on two conferences we just attended: NSSpain and Try Swift.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

103, 06.09.18, 20:00

A Philosophical Treatise on the Definition of Pro

Bas and Benedikt discuss what a "Pro" device represents at Apple, what a Mac Mini Pro could be, and why the Touchbar should not be in a Pro device.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

102, 23.08.18, 20:00

The Most Awful Static Site Engine

Where Bas and Benedikt discuss iPad, our awful static site engine, Swift scripting, Strings in Swift and Zelda.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes

101, 13.08.18, 17:00

applicationDidFinishLaunching:

Where Bas and Benedikt discuss MacBook Keyboards, Swift's eighth birthday, Swift conferences, Mac Development, and Peanut-Butter Pizza.

Listen, Download, or see Show Notes