Daniel and Manton talk about the question of Swift’s dependence on Objective-C’s dynamism, how it should or will evolve, and their differences in philosophy about Swift and Objective-C. They also take stock of release discipline and managing customer disappointment with an app’s progress. Finally, they talk about the importance and difficulty of winding down old products.
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- Six Months of Swift – Soroush Khanlou’s reappraisal of Swift.
- Swift Evolution Proposals – The nearly 100 proposals that have made the cut for serious evaluation.
- Erica Sadun – One of Swift’s most adept progress followers condenses the news on her blog.
- On Dynamism – Paul Kim steps into the debate over whether Swift should better accommodate dynamic programming paradigms.
- The Omni Group – Long-time Objective-C oriented company that is embracing Swift.
- Swift and Sharp Knives – Manton link’s to David Heinemeier Hansson’s defense of Ruby’s dynamic features.
- FogBugz – The bug and feature-tracking system Daniel uses.
- Twitter Changes – News of changes to character counting and more.
May 27, 2016 at 12:08 pm.
Manton and Daniel react to Google’s I/O keynote, and weigh the threat of Allo to iMessage. They celebrate Apple’s WWDC promotion of 3rd party events, and the increasing speed of App Store reviews. Finally, they reflect on the announced delay in Swift 3’s planned ABI stability, and Daniel’s sudden FUD about embracing Swift.
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- Allo & Duo – Google’s answer to iMessage and Facetime, and myriad other such services.
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- Open Voice Assistant – Manton’s post about desires for a standard in voice assistance.
- Erica Sadun – One of the earlier and persistent adopters of Swift, who also blogs a lot about evolution.
- Chris Lattner’s Email – Chris announces major changes to the ambitions for Swift 3.
- Swift 3 Stability – Erica Sadun reacts to Chris Lattner’s email.
- Inessential – Brent Simmons’s blog has been exploring value of Objective C dynamism.
Daniel and Manton continue to share notes on their Swift experiences, discuss WordPress’s announcement of a new .blog domain, and celebrate the rapidly plummeting App Store review time averages.
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Manton and Daniel evaluate Manton’s new … Android phone! They indulge the possibility of Swift for Android development, and reflecton on rumors of an impending Apple Music revamp. Finally they answer a listener question about the value of spending time on non-coding tasks like writing that may not directly earn money.
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