AppForce1 Worklog

AppForce1 Worklog

Bi-Weekly or weekly podcast. I'm going to share my journey as an iOS developer in real-time. The wins, the struggles, the lessons learned, and the code that actually works. No fluff, no corporate speak, just honest developer-to-developer conversations.

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September 29, 2025 22 mins

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Jeroen shares his real-world iOS development journey working on a legacy app at Dawn Technologies. He details his systematic approach to modernizing an 8-year-old codebase that serves as a critical tool for companies.

• Breaking down a monolithic App Delegate into dedicated managers with single responsibilities
• Leveraging the existing feature flag system to safely deploy new implementations
• Refact...

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I completely refactored an audio system for a work app, splitting a single AVAudioEngine into separate engines for recording and playback. This architectural change fixed a bizarre bug where the system volume slider moved unexpectedly during audio operations.

• Split AVAudioEngine into separate recording and playback engines
• Fixed the MP ...

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Jeroen returns to AppForce One with a pivot to a new format focused on his journey back to iOS development after working in developer relations at Stream.

• Now working at Dawn Technology (formerly Egeniq), returning to hands-on iOS development
• Introducing "AppForce One Work Log" - a bi-weekly, 25-minute show sharing real development experiences
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November 20, 2023 28 mins

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Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025, tickets and details available now.

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Drew is founder of The Mental Faculty, developer of Mental Case and the Ensembles sync framework. He works on Agenda. Agenda is an Apple design award winner, editor’s choice, and is featured a lot in the App Store, particularly for the Mac. Agenda made a switch to an interesting business model a while ago.

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Rudrank and I talk about the things leading up to Do iOS, our failed attempt to get him to Amsterdam in 2022 and our second attempt this year.

We also talk a bit about conference organizing and some of the ways I am doing things.

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Josh Holtz is back on my podcast to talk about his talk for Do iOS.

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Donny Wals joins me on my podcast to talk about Do iOS. Why he's there and what he hopes to get from Do iOS.

More information on his workshop and Do iOS.
Learn more about Donny on his website.

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August 22, 2023 30 mins

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In this episode I talk with SwiftDev. Someone who got into iOS development because he just likes programming and the apple platform seemed like the best place to start.His goal is to become an indie developer at some point. Supported by his family and network he is making small steps every week to get closer to this goal.

You can find and follow SwiftDev on Twitter.

He created two apps:

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August 15, 2023 40 mins

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Monika Mateska is a speaker at Do iOS. Listen in to learn more about her.

You can find Monika on LinkedIN and on Twitter/X.

More info on her VisionOS talk, see the Do iOS site.

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July 5, 2023 79 mins

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Adam, Filip, Monika and me dive into some of the aspects of organizing a conference. You will probably be left with plenty of questions afterwards. Send them in.Also, this is based on our own experience, always consider your specific circumstances.

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Welcome to my new format. I will mention the occasional news item if it is amazing. But I don't want to add to your burden during WWDC week too much. More on my thoughts on that next time.

This time some history on the biggest thing I am doing this year. A conference. Join me on my journey and learn what it takes to put together a conference for iOS App Developers.

https://do-ios.com

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Shaun took me up on a request on Mastodon to come on my podcast.

We had a great conversation about how he ventured into management as a software developer. We also talk about how he got into software and iOS app development. Shaun took the React route. Start with web development, get started with React, progress into React native and then making the leap into native app development.

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February 10, 2023 15 mins

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I've been scheduling a few interviews again. It's interesting to see that people are often quite self-deprecating about being a good candidate to be interviewed on my podcast. People can always indicate why they are not exciting guests, but let's start at the opposite end. Think about why you would be a good guest for my podcast. And I notice that a lot. People often start with the negative. Why not sta...

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Natalia worked in companies in Europe and in New Zealand building web and mobile applications. Before joining Nil Coalescing she was designing and building SwiftUI APIs as a member of the core SwiftUI team at Apple. She enjoys working with Swift and sharing her iOS development knowledge with the community. She recently wrote a book Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps that covers a variety of ways to add SwiftUI to an ...

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Meet my friend. ChatGPT. I interviewed him. It's an idea I got from another podcast. Enjoy. :)

Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025, tickets and details available now.

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