Podcasts by Contravariance. A Swift Podcast

101: applicationDidFinishLaunching: from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.217479

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

102: The Most Awful Static Site Engine from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.211797

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

103: A Philosophical Treatise on the Definition of Pro from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.206896

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.

104: Conferences from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.201876

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: N...

105: Paul "John Sundell" Hudson from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.195838

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

204: let substring = string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 5) .. from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.172582

205: WWDC Tips and Rumors from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.167082

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

206: Not Work from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.161419

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

207: WWDC: Better Late Than Never from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.155856

We start talking about WWDC announcements, notably SwiftUI and iPadOS

208: The Static Catalyst iPad Window Refactoring Project Conference from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.149765

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

209: Hackintoshes, new Apple Hardware, and an explanation of why VIM is cool from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.143277

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

210: Implementing SwiftUI on top of UIKit in iOS 12 from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.136953

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

211: Our thoughts on Xcode 11 from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.130530

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.

212: SwiftConf, NSSpain, mobiconf, and FrenchKit - With Special Guest Antoine van der Lee from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.124388

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

305: Clearly my home screen is better than yours from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.095457

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...

306: The Star Wars Babka Computer Delivery from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.090107

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

307: Revealing Benedikt's Side Project from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.084939

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

308: WWDC 2020 from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.079729

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

309: CodeConf from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.074552

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

310: iOS is Hard from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.069029

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

311: The History of NSSpain from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.063558

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

312: Windows, Apple Event and ARM Macs from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.058016

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

313: Bas leaves XING from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.052325

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

314: iPhone 12&Apple Silicon from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.046412

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

402: Platform Teams from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.030541

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.

403: A Surprise Guest from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.025193

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).

405: Because 404 Not Found from 2023-12-12T18:34:13.018306

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

406: Index out of Bounds from 2022-02-28T20:00

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

401: Hello Management, Goodbye Coding from 2021-02-25T20:00

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 T...

316: A Jolly SwiftUI Christmas Special from 2020-12-22T20:00

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

315: A Special Episode Looking Forward from 2020-10-29T20:00

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.

304: What is a CNAME Again? from 2020-03-19T20:30

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.

303: Chocolate, Time, and Swift Scripts. Your Move, Elon. from 2020-03-05T20:00

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

302: Ink, Plot, Publish and More - With Special Guest John "Paul Hudson" Sundell from 2020-02-14T20:00

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 H...

301: Live from CocoaHeads Hamburg from 2020-01-14T20:00

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.

214: Donny Wals' Advent of Swift, Disney+ and other things - A special Christmas Episode from 2019-12-19T20:00

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

213: MacBooks, AirPods Pro, GitHub Mobile&SwiftUI from 2019-11-21T21:00

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

203: Technical Writing from 2019-03-21T20:00

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

202: Putting Pieces in Place from 2019-03-07T20:00

Solving puzzles, algorithms, macros, and Swift 5.

201: application(_:willContinueUserActivityWithType:) from 2019-02-21T21:00

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

107: Xcode 10.2 beta 1 and the Swift Community Podcast from 2019-01-31T20:00

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

106: Refactoring Across a Large Code Base from 2018-11-08T20:00

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