Accommodating unexpectedly heavy usage, basic web security, and avoiding user-generated spam.
Marketing, promotion, and celebration of successful launches and major updates.
An introduction to running your own Linux servers.
Weighing the costs of external dependencies in the wake of the Parse shutdown announcement.
Apps with personality vs. neutral voices, and whether independent developers should project a corporate image.
Real-world experience with ad-funded apps, and what the iAd shutdown announcement may mean.
Getting by without a designer, and programmatic drawing of image assets.
Where Apple Watch development stands today, and what could improve it in the future.
Avoiding burnout, minimizing self-imposed stress, and taking vacations.
How we design, build, and ship new features in our apps.