106: “Opportunities for optimization”, with special guest Christian Selig

Swift by Sundell

Christian Selig returns to the show to talk about how he used the new Safari extension system on iOS to build Amplosion and Achoo, the pros and cons of open source, and how developers can utilize other iOS 15 and iPhone hardware features.

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Links

• Christian on Twitter
• John on Twitter
• The previous episode with Christian
• Apollo
• Amplosion
• Achoo
• The new UIKit button system
• Modern UICollectionView APIs
• AMP
• Cloudflare
• Safari Web Extensions on iOS
• Sharing UserDefaults values within an app group
• The new ExtraLarge widget size on iPadOS
• SharePlay
• Quick Note
• Optimizing an app for ProMotion
• CADisplayLink
• Publish
• Splash
• Christian’s website
• Intro and outro music by Dariusz Dziuk