120: They Are an Endangered Species

Welcome to Code Completion, Episode 120! We are a group of iOS developers and educators hoping to share what we love most about development, Apple technology, and completing your code!
Follow us @CodeCompletion (https://mastodon.social/@CodeCompletion) on Mastodon to hear about our upcoming livestreams, videos, and other content.
Today, we discuss:
- Deprecation Warning: The power cable is removable on the new HomePods
- Marques Brownlee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqZCMGjh3s)
- Apple Earnings (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/02/apple-1q-2023-earnings/)
- Intel Pay Cuts (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3686968/intel-cuts-employee-executive-salaries-as-it-faces-weak-pc-chip-demand.html)
- Swift Evolution Updates:
- Cross-Compilation Destination Bundles (https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0387-cross-compilation-destinations.md)
- Macro Examples (https://github.com/DougGregor/swift-macro-examples)
- Macro Dashboard (https://gist.github.com/DougGregor/de840fcf6d6f307792121eee11c0da85)
- Small Developer Program Doesn’t require re-applying:
- Michael Tsai’s Blog (https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/02/01/renewing-the-app-store-small-business-program/)
- Rumors for upcoming products
- No new Mac Studios? (https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/05/new-mac-studio-release-rumors/)
- Higher-end iPhone Ultra coming next year? (https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/05/iphone-ultra-2024/)
- HomePod minis and low-cost AirPods in 2024? (https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/03/kuo-new-airpods-max-homepod-mini-and-low-cost-airpods-to-begin-mass-production-in-second-half-of-2024/)
- Even bigger Apple Watch Ultra coming? (https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/apple-watch-ultra-display-size-bigger/)
- Nostr is a thing now with Damus:
- 9to5mac (https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/01/nostr-iphone-app-damus/)
- Code Completion Tip:
- Switching on Optionals (https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swift-optional-pattern-matching/)
Your hosts for this week:
* Spencer Curtis (https://mastodon.social/@SpencerCCurtis)
* Dimitri Bouniol (https://mastodon.social/@DimitriBouniol)
Be sure to also sign up to our monthly newsletter (https://codecompletion.io/), where we will recap the topics we discussed, reveal the answers to #CompleteTheCode, and share even more things we learned in between episodes.
You are what makes this show possible, so please be sure to share this with your friends and family who are also interested in any part of the app development process.
Sponsor
This week's episode of Code Completion is brought to you by Johnny B's Bon Voyage eCommerce App course. Visit https://bon-voyage.app/course and be sure to follow Bon Voyage's instructor @jonnybcodes on Twitter to learn more and stay up to date with all his courses!

Welcome to Code Completion, Episode 120! We are a group of iOS developers and educators hoping to share what we love most about development, Apple technology, and completing your code!

Follow us @CodeCompletion on Mastodon to hear about our upcoming livestreams, videos, and other content.

Today, we discuss:

Deprecation Warning: The power cable is removable on the new HomePods

Marques Brownlee
Apple Earnings
Intel Pay Cuts

Swift Evolution Updates:

Cross-Compilation Destination Bundles
Macro Examples
Macro Dashboard

Small Developer Program Doesn’t require re-applying:

Michael Tsai’s Blog

Rumors for upcoming products

No new Mac Studios?
Higher-end iPhone Ultra coming next year?
HomePod minis and low-cost AirPods in 2024?
Even bigger Apple Watch Ultra coming?

Nostr is a thing now with Damus:

9to5mac

Code Completion Tip:

Switching on Optionals

Your hosts for this week:

Spencer Curtis
Dimitri Bouniol

Be sure to also sign up to our monthly newsletter, where we will recap the topics we discussed, reveal the answers to #CompleteTheCode, and share even more things we learned in between episodes.

You are what makes this show possible, so please be sure to share this with your friends and family who are also interested in any part of the app development process.

Sponsor

This week's episode of Code Completion is brought to you by Johnny B's Bon Voyage eCommerce App course. Visit https://bon-voyage.app/course and be sure to follow Bon Voyage's instructor @jonnybcodes on Twitter to learn more and stay up to date with all his courses!