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Contravariance. A Swift Podcast

43 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings

A podcast about Apple, Swift and other programming topics. By Benedikt Terhechte.

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Episodes

406: Index out of Bounds

February 28, 2022 20:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

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

405: Because 404 Not Found

October 14, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes - 59.2 MB

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

403: A Surprise Guest

August 19, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MB

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).

402: Platform Teams

May 18, 2021 19:00 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MB

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.

401: Hello Management, Goodbye Coding

February 25, 2021 20:00 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MB

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 Tammo Freese. Also: Great recommendations and raccoons in the show notes!

316: A Jolly SwiftUI Christmas Special

December 22, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MB

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

October 29, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MB

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.

315: A Special Episode - Looking Forward

October 29, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MB

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.

314: iPhone 12 & Apple Silicon

October 22, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB

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

313: Bas leaves XING

October 08, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB

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

312: Windows, Apple Event and ARM Macs

October 01, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

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

311: The History of NSSpain

September 24, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MB

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

310: iOS is Hard

September 17, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MB

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

309: CodeConf

September 10, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MB

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

308: WWDC 2020

July 21, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 57.8 MB

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

307: Revealing Benedikt's Side Project

June 11, 2020 19:30 - 46 minutes - 64.6 MB

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

306: The Star Wars Babka Computer Delivery

May 14, 2020 19:00 - 47 minutes - 37.5 MB

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

305: Clearly my home screen is better than yours

April 16, 2020 18:30 - 49 minutes - 40.4 MB

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 this with Pedro Carrasco!

304: What is a CNAME Again?

March 19, 2020 20:30 - 44 minutes - 53.2 MB

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.

March 05, 2020 20:00 - 39 minutes - 46.7 MB

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

February 14, 2020 20:00 - 48 minutes - 55.5 MB

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 Hudson" Sundell.

301: Live from CocoaHeads Hamburg

January 14, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 40.8 MB

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

December 19, 2019 20:00 - 42 minutes - 39.6 MB

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

November 21, 2019 21:00 - 36 minutes - 41.4 MB

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

212: SwiftConf, NSSpain, mobiconf, and FrenchKit - With Special Guest Antoine van der Lee

October 17, 2019 19:00 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MB

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

211: Our thoughts on Xcode 11

August 30, 2019 21:00 - 37 minutes - 36 MB

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.

210: Implementing SwiftUI on top of UIKit in iOS 12

August 13, 2019 19:00 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MB

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

209: Hackintoshes, new Apple Hardware, and an explanation of why VIM is cool

August 08, 2019 19:00 - 39 minutes - 37.8 MB

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

208: The Static Catalyst iPad Window Refactoring Project Conference

July 11, 2019 19:00 - 31 minutes - 30.6 MB

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

207: WWDC: Better Late Than Never

June 20, 2019 19:00 - 42 minutes - 41 MB

We start talking about WWDC announcements, notably SwiftUI and iPadOS

206: Not Work

May 24, 2019 19:00 - 40 minutes - 41.2 MB

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

205: WWDC Tips and Rumors

May 10, 2019 06:00 - 43 minutes - 44.2 MB

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

204: let substring = string[string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 5) ..< string.index(string.startIndex, offsetBy: 15)]

April 04, 2019 19:00 - 31 minutes - 31.4 MB

try! Swift Tokyo, Swift 5, Strings in Swift, Apple Subscriptions, and picks of the week

203: Technical Writing

March 21, 2019 20:00 - 28 minutes - 28.4 MB

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

202: Putting Pieces in Place

March 07, 2019 20:00 - 35 minutes - 42.3 MB

Solving puzzles, algorithms, macros, and Swift 5.

201: application(_:willContinueUserActivityWithType:)

February 21, 2019 21:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MB

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

January 31, 2019 20:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

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

November 08, 2018 20:00 - 31 minutes - 17.5 MB

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

105: Paul "John Sundell" Hudson

October 18, 2018 19:00 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MB

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

104: Conferences

October 04, 2018 19:00 - 31 minutes - 30.6 MB

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: NSSpain and Try Swift.

103: A Philosophical Treatise on the Definition of Pro

September 06, 2018 19:00 - 32 minutes - 20.6 MB

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.

102: The Most Awful Static Site Engine

August 23, 2018 19:00 - 34 minutes - 29.9 MB

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

101: applicationDidFinishLaunching:

August 13, 2018 16:00 - 33 minutes - 38 MB

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

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