Listen "#27: Awkward Transitions"
Episode Synopsis
On this week's episode, the trio is totally focused and not at all awkward in their transitions as Steve recounts his recent FogBugz drama and Kotaro discusses a recent foray into building a straight-up macOS app in SwiftUI! Steve wonders if the culture of building your own tools has changed in the mobile world and a brief update on the PickleJarTodo app leads into a plug for Mike Zornek's blog, which you should totally read!
Topics Discussed:
- Follow-up: FogBugz Drama
- Kotaro’s Experimental SwiftUI Mac App Development
- Platform Expectations
- Building Your Own Tools From Scratch
- PickleJarTodo Update
- Images in Core Data
- UI Component “Lego Bricks”
- Stealing moments to work on the app
- https://mikezornek.com/posts/2022/9/side-project-tiny-tickets/
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
Topics Discussed:
- Follow-up: FogBugz Drama
- Kotaro’s Experimental SwiftUI Mac App Development
- Platform Expectations
- Building Your Own Tools From Scratch
- PickleJarTodo Update
- Images in Core Data
- UI Component “Lego Bricks”
- Stealing moments to work on the app
- https://mikezornek.com/posts/2022/9/side-project-tiny-tickets/
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
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