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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.
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#162: The Five Stages of Developing a New App
April 4th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Using David's upcoming app as an example, we take a journey through curiosity, excitement, productivity, despair, polishing, and shipping.
#161: Gears, Knobs, and Buttons
March 20th, 2019 · 29 minutes
The design challenge of a podcast app's now-playing screen, how Overcast's design has progressed over the years, and the unexpected usability failures along the way.
#160: Working Staycations
March 6th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Taking vacations or staycations to get a lot of work done in a short time and take full advantage of being in the zone.
#159: New App
February 22nd, 2019 · 29 minutes
Creating a new app as a fun exercise, and making choices that minimize its ongoing maintenance needs.
#158: Bundled Data
February 8th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Including large or small databases and other data files with your app.
#157: Editorial Content
January 23rd, 2019 · 29 minutes
Producing and embedding content in your app that changes continuously, such as monthly challenges, directories, and user-generated content.
#156: The Nightmare After Christmas
January 9th, 2019 · 29 minutes
Running servers is easy the vast majority of the time. But sometimes, something goes wrong at the worst possible time.
#155: Difficult Bugfixes
December 27th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Tracking down hard-to-find, hard-to-reproduce bugs that don't show up in your own usage.
#154: Knowingly Shipping Bugs
December 20th, 2018 · 29 minutes
When, why, and how it's OK to ship updates to your app with known bugs.
#153: Fear of Major Changes
December 13th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Good and bad fears of embarking on major code changes to our apps.