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You knew Apple’s reality show Planet of the Apps — in which entrepreneurs present their app ideas to celebrity advisers and then a panel of investors in the mode of Shark Tank — was bad. But did you know just how bad? Dubious ethics, terrible advice, heavy-handed branding, and the sense that no one knows what the hell they’re doing: Here is a comprehensive guide to Apple’s Planet of the Apps, available exclusively through Apple Music.

Happy 10th anniversary to the iPhone, ‘a revolutionary product that changes everything’

Today is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, which first went on sale on June 29 back in 2007, and we’re taking a look back at its launch and early reception.

Because Of Steve Jobs’s First Public iPhone Call, Starbucks Still Gets Orders For 4,000 Lattes

“Yes, I’d like to order 4,000 lattes to go, please,” Jobs said, grinning. “No, just kidding. Wrong number. Goodbye!”

How working on iOS differed from working with other mobile systems
Scars of JavaME

ethics – Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I’ve automated my job?

So I’ve been doing it for about 18 months and in that time, I’ve basically figured out all the traps to the point where I’ve actually written a program which for the past 6 months has been just doing the whole thing for me. So what used to take the last guy like a month, now takes maybe 10 minutes to clean the spreadsheet and run it through the program.

Workflow for iPad

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The WWDC17 Episode | CR 260

chris — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:34:23 +0000

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A Moment for Brother Jim

Highlights from James Comey's testimony on Trump, Russia

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Awesome night out with @bartonm09 aka the JBHawkofTruth @ChrisLAS you were missed #CoderRadio @jupitersignal

— Michael Dominick (@dominucco) June 7, 2017

Yahoo shareholders approve the $4.48 billion sale to Verizon – Business Insider

Yahoo’s shareholders have officially approved the company’s sale to Verizon for $4.48 billion. The deal is expected to close Tuesday.

WWDC Hoopla

macOS High Sierra brings support for external graphics processors to the Mac for the first time. The External Graphics Development Kit enables you to develop and test demanding graphics-intensive apps, including VR content creation, on any Mac with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity.

Developer Access to iPhone’s NFC Chip Coming in iOS 11 – Mac Rumors

Developers coding for iOS 11 will be able to create apps that can read NFC tags, opening the door for the wireless exchange of information between an iPhone and various connected devices in a user’s environment.

WWDC 2017 State of the Union TL;DR – Shai Mishali – Medium

Here is a quick recap of everything we’ve learned from Apple during the “State of the Union” talk in WWDC 2017. Have fun!

Stuff from the state of the Union

iOS 11 is 64bit only, High Sierra is the last MacOS that supports 32bit “easily”.

Platforms State of the Union – WWDC 2017 – Videos – Apple Developer

Apple’s Xcode 9 finally allows iOS app testing over Wi-Fi | VentureBeat | Dev | by Blair Hanley Frank

Starting with Xcode 9, developers will be able to deploy applications to an iPhone or iPad over a Wi-Fi network, rather than having to tether the device to a computer using a USB cable.

Apple enters the augmented reality fray with ARKit for iOS | TechCrunch

Today, Apple didn’t show off a dedicated app but it did show off ARKit, a platform which the company boasted was the “largest AR platform in the world.”

Apple introduces a completely redesigned App Store | TechCrunch

The upgraded storefront will little resemble its earlier counterpart thanks to a new user interface and redesign whose aim is to help users better discover new applications and learn about how they’re used, while offering developers a better way to feature their content and tell their stories.

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Always Be Coding | CR 247

chris — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:23:21 +0000

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Damnit Chris my lang has crypto too!
Damnit Mike PHP still sucks!
System76 Galago

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ABC – Always Be Coding / Mike’s Theory

Code everyday
Lang / Platform doesn’t matter (much)
Try something new every few months
Try to be as idiomatic as possible
Selectively bring ideas / patterns from your experimental coding into your main stack
- Example: maybe after writing some F# you’ll find a way to be more functional that is beneficial for your C#
Intentionally challenge your biases and preconceived notions
- “Hate” Microsoft? Go write some C#
- “Hate” Apple? Go write some Swift
Beware the Kool-Aide
Coding Katas

CodingGame

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Old Men Yell at Macbooks | CR 229

chris — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:22:39 +0000

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Stuck between a rock and a hard place

It’s been 4 years since the last substantial update to the MacBook Pro. The exact reasons why Apple decided to neglect their pro equipment, and why they still have not updated the Mac Pro or the iMac are known only to Apple, but it seems reasonable to assume that if Mac’s were still their main profit generator that this would not have happened. The iPhone is updated like clockwork at the same time every year.

Apple Unveils New 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pros With Retina ‘Touch Bar’ – Mac Rumors

Apple calls it “the most powerful MacBook Pro ever,” and the 13-inch model features a 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds.

up to 3.3 GHz, 8GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage.
The 15-inch version has a 2.6 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.5 GHz
16GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage.
Both computers reach “up to 2.3 times the graphics performance” of the previous generation.
Each edition includes SSDs with sequential read speeds over 3GBps, and the ability to drive a 5K display through a single Thunderbolt 3 ports

The level of pushback from the MacBook Pro event is staggering. I sure hope someone at Apple who can make a difference is paying attention.

— Steven Frank (@stevenf) October 31, 2016

Wow 16GB cap? https://t.co/LIo3IhkIqw that’s really tough on the #MacBookPro @ChrisLAS

— Michael Dominick (@dominucco) October 29, 2016

• Why is it limited to 16GB of RAM? Supporting more RAM would just require a bigger battery, so instead of making it thinner, they could have included 32GB of RAM and kept it the same width as the previous model

Although this is technically true, there is a seemingly little-known legal obstacle to this. The Federal Aviation Administration has capped the maximum allowable size of laptop batteries on flights to 100 watt-hours. That explains why Apple’s pro model contains _precisely_a 99.5 watt-hour battery. Making a thicker laptop would not allow them to increase the size of the battery due to these regulations.

Apple’s new Intel driven MacBook Pros have a secondary ARM processor that runs Touch ID and security

Apple’s new 13″ and 15″ MacBook Pro models come equipped with a Touch Bar — that bar and the accompanying Touch ID sensor are powered by both the Intel processor at the core of the laptop and an Apple designed T1 chip. That T1 is the same chip that is inside the S2 in the new Series 2 Apple Watch.

The T1 consists of the processor in the Apple Watch’s S2 and the Secure Enclave.

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Everybody’s Keyboard Fighting | CR 227

chris — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:08:44 +0000

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Product Review

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Apple: Dash developer had two accounts, 25 apps, and almost a thousand fraudulent reviews

Dash V Apple What Does it Mean?

The facts
Apple’s Case
The scary part
Can’t we all just grow up a smidge?
Wider consequences?

How It Feels to Learn Javascript in 2016

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Tough Market | CR 201

chris — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:19:21 +0000

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In this episode, Noah joins Chris to talk about the whole hiring process & experiences they’ve had while also taking a look back into the past of the show to some of the more interesting topics on the matter.

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Rails Crazies React | CR 197

chris — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:52:03 +0000

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We discuss Mike’s general thoughts on ReactJS, the NY bill that would provide a tax credit for open source contributions & the interesting details in developer data.

Plus some real talk about your real value, what no indie developer wants to hear about the App Store & more!

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Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2016 Results

This year, over fifty thousand developers shared where they work, what they build, and who they are. You are about to read the results of the most comprehensive developer survey ever conducted.

NY bill would provide tax credit for open source contributors

What no indie developer wants to hear about the App Store

In the age of Toys R Us and endless plastic of Lego and Hasbro, indie toy making has all but disappeared from the mainstream. So have many music and book shops in the face of Amazon and mom-and-pop shops in the shadow of Walmart.

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Why the hate on ReactJS, Michael?

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Starting At 8 | WTR 52

chris — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:40:09 +0000

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Liz is in service engineering at Microsoft working in a 20 person team of devs & program managers. She started her venture into technology at the age of 8 making websites.

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Code Saves Time | WTR 48

chris — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:39:04 +0000

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Coraline is a web developer for a health company, working to reduce the amount of screen time for doctors & nurses by providing better tools.

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Gridless H4X0R | TTT 218

chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:30:49 +0000

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A new big tech trend right under our noses? A new generation of nomadic high-tech workers living off the grid, while staying always connected.

These developers ask why is there is much pressure to buy the biggest house, buy the best TV, get a great car?

Before us now is an entire world of possibilities & cultures, some of us have been completely blind to. The ability to live comfortably, in a tiny home, or an RV & move about or bring your home with you when you travel is an amazing way to live. We look at a few remarkable examples.

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Off the Grid, But Still Online | Motherboard

For the last 61 days I’ve been traveling throughout California while living out of my Corolla, collecting stories from people living off the grid.

The people I’ve met have abandoned the chase of the American Dream; they are not battling traffic to work a nine-to-five job in order to live in a big house or buy a fancy car. Instead, their values are centered around new life experiences, connecting with nature, building their own homes, growing their own food, and having a full sense of control over their lives—including managing the amount of time they spend on the internet.

The average American feels lost going a day without logging onto their social media accounts via smartphone, tablet, or computer. By contrast, these people know exactly how much power their solar panels need to generate to charge their phones or watch a DVD on their laptops, and they moderate their usage in the same way they would measure out exactly how much water they need to cook dinner and take a shower.

Joey Hess

So I’ve built etckeeper (managing /etc with git, for sysadmins), ikiwiki (wikis and blogs in git), and git-annex (applying git to very large files). I’m funded by a Kickstarter project in 2012-2013 to build something not unlike DropBox, based on git-annex, that automatically version controls and syncs files between computers.

I’m also a long-time Debian developer, having been involved in building the Debian installer, and I run a 30-year delayed Usenet feed at olduse.net.

joeyh (Joey Hess) · GitHub

This place is nicely remote, and off the grid, relying on solar power. I only get 50 amp-hours of juice on a sunny day, and often less than 15 amp-hours on a bad day. So the whole house runs on 12 volt DC power to avoid the overhead of an inverter; my laptop is powered through a succession of cheap vehicle power adapters, and my home server runs on 5 volt power provided by a USB adapter.

WatsonsWander

Since 2012 we have traveled the U.S. while living and working from our renovated 25-foot Airstream. Follow us on our crazy journey in search of beautiful scenery, fun adventures, interesting people, tasty foods, and more…

Watsons Wander Live

Since June 2012 we have traveled the U.S. while living and working from our 25-foot Airstream. We’ve crafted this interactive infographic, which is updated daily with the data from our journey.

WatsonsWander (@WatsonsWander) | Twitter

Technomadia | Adventures in Nomadic Serendipity

We’ve been perpetually on the road since 2006 combining technology and travel (tech+nomad).

We’re currently full time RVers roaming around in a geeked out vintage bus conversion.

We work remotely as technology & strategy advisors, app developers and authors.. always sucking up mobile internet bandwidth.

We love sharing a slice of our life from the road, provide a little inspiration and some lessons learned over the years.

Best RV Internet Access Options: The Learning Banks Uncensored at dc404 Sep 2015 – YouTube

06:05 Free Wifi – the reality
10:20 Cellular Internet – the reality
19:33 Put it all together
20:23 DIY RV wifi antenna repeater + Verizon (~$200 — Score: C)
26:40 WiFi Ranger + Wilson cradle booster and antenna (~$875 — Score: D-)
36:39 MaxxFi Standard (includes CradlePoint router, plus dual Wilson boosters and antennas (~$1700 — Score: C+)
53:50 Best RV internet options for the DIYer ~ $380
59:39 Part 2: Our solar power setup
1:01:00 Our goals for solar power
1:03:20 Expectation hardware needed
1:04:55 What did we install?
1:12:06 Solar power success!
1:14:26 In a perfect world
1:17:48 Parts list
1:20:26 Q&A

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Subscription Lock-in | CR 169

chris — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:56:45 +0000

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With Mike’s move to Florida in progress he joins us via phone for a run through of the major JetBrains subscription hoopla, transitioning from a tester to a developer & that big poaching scandal comes to an expensive close!

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How I went from a tester to a developer role

How JetBrains Lost Years of Customer Loyalty in Just a Few Hours

Yesterday’s big news, at least for many developers, is that JetBrains – maker of popular tools like IntelliJ and ReSharper – is moving to a software-as-a-service subscription model for their products.

Previously, buying a JetBrains product got you a perpetual license and a year of upgrades. Once the license expired, any software you had received under that license would continue to work, but you would need to buy another license to get further upgrades. It was a simple model that worked just fine for many people, and most customers upgraded every year.

Starting November 2, though, that all stops. After that date, JetBrains will no longer sell these perpetual licenses. Instead, you can rent access to their software on a month-by-month basis.

Introducing JetBrains Toolbox, easier access to your coding tools, more control and flexibility, and a lower entry price | JetBrains Company Blog

As of November 2, 2015, we will introduce JetBrains Toolbox—a collection of our popular desktop tools (IDEs, utilities and extensions) available on a monthly or yearly subscription basis. With JetBrains Toolbox, you can pick and choose one or more tools that best suit your current needs, or go for the ‘All products’ plan that comes with special savings. You decide what to put in your Toolbox and for how long.

My indie (personal) IntelliJ purchase was $100/year. Now it’s $120/year (except for the first-year upgrade hook of $10 off) and it now turns off after each year.

Don’t Build a Billion-Dollar Business. Really.

Apple, Google, and other tech giants will pay $415 million in poaching scandal settlement

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Developer Commodity | CR 160

chris — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:46:43 +0000

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How willing is Apple to leverage it’s developers to make a public statement? We look at the response to the confederate flag pullings & we debate if any gatekeeper puts developers best interests first.

Plus was the perfect laptop built a decade ago, your feedback & more!

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Is there just never going to be another great laptop?

Chris’ First Laptop Love

Pismo

Pismo Lust

With cues from the iBook, Pismo implemented the cost-saving, streamlined unified motherboard architecture, with a 400 or 500MHz processor and 100MHz front-side bus. FireWire? Check. AGP graphics? Check. Airport? Check. Expansion bay? Check. Still cool 10 years later? Check.

In the field, a fresh 50 Watt-Hour Apple battery with a full charge yields up to 5 hours of use. Using two batteries can increase that to as much as 10 hours. Replacement batteries can boost that by up to 60%, for a potential 8 hours with one battery and 16 hours with two!

Apple joins Confederate flag boycott, removes apps that use flag in offensive or mean-spirited ways

Currently, affected titles include Ultimate General: Gettysburg; several Hunted Cow/HexWar Games Civil War games; and more. The ban has also affected select apps, like “Southern Pride (Rebel Flag) Wallpaper,”

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Hipster Tendencies | CR 159

chris — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:47:25 +0000

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Mike makes the case for Chris’ slide into hipsterhood & Chris responds in kind. Between those hijinks the guys discuss the massive LLVM advantage Apple is leveraging that nobody is talking about.

Plus we reflect on the most important skill in software development, read some emails & more!

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Apple’s Bitcode Telegraphs Future CPU Plans

The biggest announcement at this week’s WWDC is one hardly anyone noticed. During the Platforms State of the Union on Tuesday, Andreas Wendker briefly mentioned Bitcode, describing it as an opportunity for future compiler optimizations to be applied to already-submitted apps. He also mentioned that it allows apps to be future-proofed by letting the store add support for future CPU features without developers having to resubmit.

This means that apps can automatically “take advantage of new processor capabilities we might be adding in the future, without you re-submitting to the store.”

Platforms State of the Union – WWDC 2015 – Videos – Apple Developer

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The most important skill in software development

Here’s an insightful paragraph from James Hague’s blog post Organization skills beat algorithmic wizardry:

When it comes to writing code, the number one most important skill is how to keep a tangle of features from collapsing under the weight of its own complexity. I’ve worked on large telecommunications systems, console games, blogging software, a bunch of personal tools, and very rarely is there some tricky data structure or algorithm that casts a looming shadow over everything else. But there’s always lots of state to keep track of, rearranging of values, handling special cases, and carefully working out how all the pieces of a system interact. To a great extent the act of coding is one of organization. Refactoring. Simplifying. Figuring out how to remove extraneous manipulations here and there.

Algorithmic wizardry is easier to teach and easier to blog about than organizational skill, so we teach and blog about it instead. A one-hour class, or a blog post, can showcase a clever algorithm. But how do you present a clever bit of organization? If you jump to the solution, it’s unimpressive. “Here’s something simple I came up with. It may not look like much, but trust me, it was really hard to realize this was all I needed to do.” Or worse, “Here’s a moderately complicated pile of code, but you should have seen how much more complicated it was before. At least now someone stands a shot of understanding it.” Ho hum. I guess you had to be there.

You can’t appreciate a feat of organization until you experience the disorganization. But it’s hard to have the patience to wrap your head around a disorganized mess that you don’t care about. Only if the disorganized mess is your responsibility, something that means more to you than a case study, can you wrap your head around it and appreciate improvements. This means that while you can learn algorithmic wizardry through homework assignments, you’re unlikely to learn organization skills unless you work on a large project you care about, most likely because you’re paid to care about it.

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Privileged Programmers | CR 158

chris — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:24:57 +0000

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Mike and Chris share their totally different perspective on the recent Yelp developer’s public exodus & discuss the big new industry trend developers need to take advantage of.

Then after 158 episodes, Mike’s mission in life is realized during our feedback segment.

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