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211: “It’s not analytics, it’s telemetry”
October 6, 2026 · 51 minJohn and Rambo discuss various ways of implementing logging, telemetry, and analytics within a project, and how to decide when and how to bring in a third party dependency.
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210: ”Just bytes in a pipe”
August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 13 minJohn and Rambo revisit the topic of closures and how their use has evolved since Objective-C’s blocks, and then go on a behind-the-scenes deep dive into AirBuddy 3.
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209: “False positives or positive negatives”
July 31, 2026 · 48 minJohn and Rambo discuss the pros and cons of using AI assistants and agents in the context of open source, as well as how unit testing has evolved on Apple’s platforms during the last few years, with the introduction of tools such as Swift…
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208: “You are the compiler”
June 22, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minJohn and Rambo discuss some of the new APIs and technologies introduced at WWDC26, including new Swift features, and changes to frameworks like AppKit and FoundationModels. Also, the state of Swift 6, and WWDC video watching strategies.
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207: “It’s not magic, it’s all in the kernel”
May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minJohn builds a cross-platform UI framework in Rust, and Rambo uses the macOS virtualization system to create a virtual iPhone.
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206: “Let’s deprecate Xcode projects”
April 8, 2026 · 53 minUsing Android as an iOS user, and the state of Swift Package Manager, including how it could become a more full-featured orchestration tool for Xcode projects.
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205: “The 2026 edition”
March 11, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minOn this first episode of the 2026 season, John and Rambo discuss how they’re using AI agents when working on different projects, and how to approach learning new programming languages in 2026.
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204: “Ship a prompt”
May 14, 2024 · 1 hr 3 minStacktrace is back! John and Rambo check their hype levels for WWDC24, and discuss how AI might fit into Apple’s plans for this year’s releases. Also, Xcode wishes, and the challenges of building distributed systems.