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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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#122: Ten Years of the iPhone SDK
March 8th, 2018 · 27 minutes
Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the first iPhone SDK release, imagining alternate timelines that could have been, and remembering what we were doing ten years ago.
#121: Fear and Change
March 1st, 2018 · 27 minutes
Considering the temptation and pitfalls of developing features out of fear of missing an opportunity. Also, how best to communicate changes to customers.
#120: Productivity by Inefficiency
February 23rd, 2018 · 29 minutes
Adopting inefficient hacks to save developer time, since hardware is so fast that it's often a worthwhile tradeoff.
#119: Second Locations
February 15th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Considerations for travel, coffeeshops, offices, vacations, and other secondary work setups.
#118: Original Research
February 9th, 2018 · 29 minutes
Tackling complex math, data analysis, or other challenging problems to give your app a competitive advantage.
#117: The iMac Pro
February 1st, 2018 · 29 minutes
Desktops vs. laptops, single vs. multiple monitors, and how we're enjoying our iMac Pros so far.
#116: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 2
January 25th, 2018 · 29 minutes
A two-part crash course in starting an indie business. In part 2, we cover health insurance, retirement planning, professional services, and other common expenses.
#115: The Going Indie Spreadsheet, Part 1
January 18th, 2018 · 29 minutes
A two-part crash course in starting an indie business. In part 1, we cover business entities, taxes, and income.
#114: Platform Wish List for 2018
January 12th, 2018 · 29 minutes
What we're hoping to see from Apple's APIs and developer platforms in 2018.
#113: Grading the App Store in 2017
January 5th, 2018 · 29 minutes
How the App Store's 2017 changes have panned out so far, and our hopes for 2018.