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An exploration of Apple business news and technology. We talk about how businesses can use new technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit.

Further podcasts by Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit

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Awaiting for Async with Vincent Pradeilles from 2023-12-13T15:16:45.182111

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We Have All The Heroes with Stefano Mondino from 2023-12-08T17:18:03

Stefano Mondino from Synesthesia comes on to talk doing not product work at Synesthesia as opposed to building a product and working with multiple projects across various teams....

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Calm Intentions with Alaina Kafkes from 2023-12-03T10:30:44

Alaina Kafkes from Calm joins us to talk about implementing App Intents and what she learning about her experience. Also special announcement regarding a certain app I've been working on.

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Empowering Accessibility with Via Fairchild from 2023-11-19T00:00

Via Fairchild comes on the show to talk about accessibility, UI Kit, Swift UI and how it all brings your app to a wider more diverse audience.

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Learning Judo with Sean Rucker from 2023-11-04T16:18:32

Sean Rucker from Judo comes on to talk about their product and what they learned in the process of building Judo in dealing with SwiftUI.

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The Making of Callsheet with Casey Liss from 2023-10-16T00:00

Casey Liss comes on to talk about his new app Callsheet, working with Movie and TV APIs, old TV hardware companies, and enjoying App Review on the beach.

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Swiftly Tooling with Pol Piella Abadia from 2023-10-02T00:00

Pol Piella Abadia comes on to talk about what's new in  Xcode 15 as well as the landscape of CI tools out there. We aslo geek out about SwiftUI on the terminal and how Pol has helped production ...

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Building a Video SDK with Marc Schwieterman from 2023-09-18T00:00

Marc Schwieterman from daily.co joins us to talk about the in and outs of building a video SDK and what capabilities are for iOS.

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Action Button for Ring Tones with Evan Stone from 2023-09-13T00:00

It's September Time! You know what that means. Evan Stone joins us to talk about the different ways we can spend money as well as his adventures at Apple's Vision Pro Labs.

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Revisiting Third-Party APIs with Christian Selig from 2023-08-27T21:17:51

A lot has changed since the last time Christian Selig was on the show. We talk Apollo post-morten, Third-Party APIs and of course Pixel Pals!

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It Depends with Brandon Williams from 2023-08-09T00:00

Brandon Williams from Point-Free comes on to talk about what dependencies are and managing then whether in testing or dealing with scaling.

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Edge of Concurrency with Matt Massicotte from 2023-08-04T00:00

Matt Massicotte from Chime talks about the challenges he faced migrating the Async/Await and some misconceptions folks might have with asynchronous programming.

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Swift Server Workgroup with Joannis Orlandos from 2023-07-30T00:00

Joannis Orlandos comes on to talk about the exciting work being done by the Swift Server Workground such as the new HTTP Types, Open API Kit, and Distributed Actors as well as the effects Macros...

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Now You Know What I'm Doing This Summer from 2023-07-25T10:48:43

In this episode, Leo goes over what he's working on this Summer of WWDC 2023 such as deep diving into watchOS 10 for Heartwitch, migrating from Combine to Observation in Bushel, and really takin...

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macOS Indie Deep Cuts with Aaron Vegh from 2023-07-14T10:29:25

Aaron Vegh, indie macOS developer comes on to talk about building Quantum Author, a long-form writing app. We talk about how he decides what UI SDK to use, how to make money, and what the Vision...

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Supercharged with Pedro Piñera from 2023-06-30T08:58:30

Pedro Piñera of Tuist comes on to talk about his work on Tuist, thoughts on Mergable Libraries, Server-Side Swift, SwiftData, and the future of Tuist Cloud.

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Arm Sling for Apple Watch Developers with Hidde van der Ploeg from 2023-06-24T00:00

Hidde van der Ploeg comes on to talk about all the big updates coming to watchOS 10 such as new UIs, better developer experience, and more.

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Spatial Experiences of the Wild with Adrian Eves from 2023-06-19T00:00

Adrian Eves tells us about what it was like meeting folks at WWDC and what it was like watching some his work and his colleagues' work come to fruition.

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Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham from 2023-06-06T09:48:39

Peter comes on for our annual discussion of the WWDC 2023 Platforms State of the Union including Macs, Macros, Swift Data, watchOS, and the other thing 🥽.

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My Taylor Deep Dish Swift Heroes World Tour from 2023-05-13T21:24:24

For the 150th episode, Leo talks about his travels to Deep Dish Swift and Swift Heroes, his experience speaking at Swift Heroes, his thoughts on 32 talks, and what concerns he heard from other d...

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How to WWDC with Peter Witham from 2023-05-01T14:00

Peter comes on to discuss how to prepare for WWDC, what to really do that week, and what to focus on during the summer.

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Pizza, Playpen, and Fastlane Funding with Josh Holtz from 2023-04-17T00:00

Josh Holtz comes on to talk about a certain conference in a few weeks, the future of Fastlane, building kids apps with guided access and learning the other mobile programming language.

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Going Pro with Sean Allen from 2023-04-04T00:00

Sean Allen joins the podcast to talk about what it means to be a pro developer, how to manage your career, and how to use social media to your benefit.

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Apples, Glasses, and HAL, Oh My! from 2023-03-31T21:48:52

In this episode, we explore the exciting and rapidly changing landscape of iOS development, as we discuss the potential impact of AI, machine learning, and AR glasses on the future of mobile app...

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Reality and Architecture with Mohammad Azam from 2023-03-21T00:00

Mohammad Azam (aka Azam Sharp) talks about RealityKit and how to get started as well as his recent article exporting large-scale SwiftUI app development.

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Yak Shaving with Tim Mitra from 2023-03-07T00:00

Tim Mitra comes on to talk about the some skills which are helpful for large teams, also how to gauge Apple's rumors and of course yak shaving.

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dataTile for Simulator with Marin Todorov from 2023-02-21T00:00

Marin Todorov joins us to talk about his app dataTile for Simulator: how it uses logs to help developers, getting help from Apple, and his experience with SwiftUI on macOS.

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Mobile System Design with Tjeerd in 't Veen from 2023-02-07T00:00

Tjeerd in 't Veen comes on to talk about asking the right questions for requirements, interviews, testing, and keeping teams in sync.

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A Swiftly Year in Review with Antoine van der Lee from 2023-01-11T16:40:06

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Elephant in the Room from 2022-12-29T11:43:46

Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/jE43X-CwFag

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App Clips with Jon Bauer from 2022-12-20T21:26:58

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Humane Development with Jill Scott from 2022-12-04T14:11:18

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Cryptography with Marcin Krzyżanowski from 2021-05-04T00:00

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Conferences with John Wilker from 2021-04-24T00:00

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AWS Amplify with Kilo Loco from 2021-03-28T00:00

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Automation Fun with Jared Sorge from 2021-03-21T00:00

Part 2 of Episode at Xcoders!

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50th Episode Extravaganza from 2020-06-02T00:00

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Machine Learning with Kevin Scott from 2020-02-09T00:00

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Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon from 2020-01-12T00:00

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Apple Hardware 2019 with Paul J Schmidt from 2019-11-17T00:00

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Media Outreach with Jeff Gamet from 2019-11-03T00:00

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Hiring an iOS Developer with John Knox from 2019-10-20T00:00

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WWDC 2019 - SwiftUI with Jason Anderson from 2019-08-10T22:20

In this episode we talk with Jason Anderson about Swift UI and reactive Swift post-WWDC 2019.

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Cross Platform Comparison with Rob Kerr from 2019-06-30T04:00

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Apple and Video with Paul J Schmidt from 2019-05-19T01:00

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External Developers with Jaim Zuber from 2019-04-20T23:40

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Business and IT Applications from 2019-03-09T23:55

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Cloud and Backend Services For Apps with Erik Gillespie from 2019-02-10T01:00

In this episode, Leo talks different backend technologies to use when building an iOS app or any other Apple device: when you need a cloud service, running on your own server, cloudkit, firebase, a...

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Apple 2019 from 2019-01-26T23:50

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Project Estimation from 2019-01-08T00:00

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WWDC 2018 - What Does It Mean For Businesses? from 2018-08-14T00:00

In this episode, we talk about WWDC 2018 and what it means for the technology industry and businesses. 
It seemed like a fairly quiet conference for Apple but maybe that's a ...

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