Contravariance. A Swift Podcast
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Contravariance. A Swift Podcast
A podcast about Apple, Swift and other programming topics. By Benedikt Terhechte.
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406: Index out of Bounds
(For now) the latest episode, reminiscing the times of the podcast, and index woes.

405: Because 404 Not Found
In which we talk about build systems, dependency graphs, conferences (who would've guessed), and XCTest.

403: A Surprise Guest
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
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
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 i...

316: A Jolly SwiftUI Christmas Special
In this episode, we initially discuss SwitUI and Apple documentation, but then dive off into a random discussion about pets, time travel, fireworks, a...

315: A Special Episode Looking Forward
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...

314: iPhone 12 & Apple Silicon
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
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
Where we talk about Swift for Windows, GUI development, ARM Macs, side projects and the recent Apple Event

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

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

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

308: WWDC 2020
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
Where Benedikt finally reveals the application he's been working on in the last months.

306: The Star Wars Babka Computer Delivery
Where Benedikt is anticipating a new computer, and Bas is anticipating remote conferences. And Star Wars is anticipating Bas... and chocolate chip bab...

305: Clearly my home screen is better than yours
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...

304: What is a CNAME Again?
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.
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
Where Bas remembers his open source projects and previous talks, Benedikt finally shares more on his secret project... and sets someone up for an inte...

301: Live from CocoaHeads Hamburg
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...

214: Donny Wals' Advent of Swift, Disney+ and other things - A special Christmas Episode
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
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
We're giving an overview over some of Europe's awesome iOS conferences in the last months.

211: Our thoughts on Xcode 11
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
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
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
We talk about the Swift Island and Swift Aveiro conferences, static site generators and puzzles in our personal projects, iPadOS windowing support, Ca...

207: WWDC: Better Late Than Never
We start talking about WWDC announcements, notably SwiftUI and iPadOS

206: Not Work
We talk about our interests outside of work, like watchmaking, electronic music, coffee and chocolate.

205: WWDC Tips and Rumors
Benedikt and Bas talk about the upcoming WWDC, how to make the most out of the conference, and what to expect. Also, career changes!
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try! Swift Tokyo, Swift 5, Strings in Swift, Apple Subscriptions, and picks of the week



201: application(_:willContinueUserActivityWithType:)
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
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
A discussion on how we recently refactored our networking stack at XING, from planning to implementation. And emoji.

105: Paul "John Sundell" Hudson
An interview with Paul Hudson about his career, talking about journalism, books, Venn diagrams, conference speaking and diversity.

104: Conferences
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 shor...

103: A Philosophical Treatise on the Definition of Pro
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.