Xcoders

This episode, Collin Donnell joins the show to talk a bit about his origin story. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Collin Donnell Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Vancouver Xcoders Meetup Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Xcoder Dan Morse, an iOS engineer at Nordstrom and organizer of the Underdog Devs group. The guys talk about Dan’s journey through code school and landing at Nordstrom, as well as how Dan got involved in Underdog Devs and how learning is constant. Be sure to check out the Xcoders Slack for announcemnts on forthcoming in-person get togethers! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Dan on Twitter Underdog Devs Xcoders on Slack Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Vancouver Xcoders Meetup Meetup

This month, Seattle Xcoders co-organizer Tim Ekl joins the show to talk about his journey to Seattle (and Xcoders), his new blog post about the SE-0309 Swift Evolution proposal around Generics & Existentials, as well as Swift’s evolution as a general purpose language. There’s also some WWDC wishcasting for fun new APIs. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Tim Ekl on Twitter Tim’s Generics Blog Post Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Xcoders Slack Vancouver Xcoders Meetup Meetup

This month, indie dev Leo Dion joins the show in the conclusion of a 2-part series with Xcoders and Leo’s podcast Empower Apps. The guys talk about automation and Swift Package Manager, and Leo shares a bit about his apps & projects. They conclude by sharing some of their 2021 Apple Wishlist. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Jared’s appearance on Empower Apps Leo Dion Twitter Brightdigit Heartwitch App Use code XCODERS2021 for 3 months free Speculid App EggSeed MistKit Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Vancouver Meetup Seattle & Redmond Meetup

This month, Vancouver Xcoders organizer Malin Sundberg joins the show to talk about her world-traveling background, the upcoming Xcoders online gathering on 2/25 (where she also puts Jared on the spot about giving a talk too), and what she’s excited for from Apple in 2021. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Malin Sundberg Register for the February Meetup Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Jared fields questions from Xcoders on Twitter and Slack, as well as a few from the Underdog Devs. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Hacking with Swift Swift by Sundell Vapor Swift Framework Core Data Book by Objc.io Practical Core Data Core Data Potpurri Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Chris Parrish joins the show to put a cap on 2020. It mostly turns into gushing over the M1 Macs and speculating about the bright future of the Mac. Have a safe, happy new year everyone! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Chris Parrish The Record Podcast Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, long-time Xcoder Jake Savin joins the show to chat about going from a music career to the tech industry, eventually winding up at UserLand Software, and making his way up to Seattle. Later Jared and Jake talk a bit about the consulting industry and Jake has some helpful tips for current (or future) consultants – and really anyone dealing with any kind of customer. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Jake’s Website Jake on Twitter Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Rick Wolter joins the show to talk about his experience learning how to code while imprisoned, and the new group he’s started up to help formerliy incarcerated people transition into careers in the software industry. If you’re interested in Underdog Devs, please reach out to them on Twitter. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Rick Wolter on Twitter Underdog Devs on Twitter Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Joe Heck joins the show to talk about the origins of Xcoders on the eve of our 16th anniversary, and we dive a bit into the reactive world of Combine! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Joe Heck Using Combine – Joe’s research & book Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Eugene Berezin and they chat about Eugene’s history in tech, a bit about video blogging (and blogging in general), and what’s got them excited from WWDC. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Eugene’s Twitter Eugene’s YouTube channel Eugene on LinkedIn Micro.blog Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Brent Simmons joins the show to talk about WWDC, Macs, and some career advice for how to persevere in the software industry. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: inessential by Brent Simmons NetNewsWire Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Mark Boszko – formerly of The Omni Group – to talk about his history, his job search, and a little bit of Tiki. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Black Girls Code Xcoders on Black Lives Matter Mark’s website Mark’s basement volcano Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Brian Covey, former Support Human at the Omni Group and current free agent in the job market. He shares a bit of what he did at Omni, what he’s looking for in his next role, and his (relatively recent) history with Xcoders. You should hire him! If you are looking for a job and want to be on the show, please send an email so we can talk! Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Brian’s Twitter Profile Brian’s LinkedIn Rogue Amoeba The Omni Group Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month we have a special treat: guests Tim Ekl and Olof Hellman join the show to have a discussion about programmatic Xcode project generation — specifically using XcodeGen. This is a fun one. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Tim Ekl Olof Hellman XcodeGen Jared’s iOS Project Template Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Allen Pike joins the show to talk about Vancouver Xcoders, their origins as VanCocoa, and a bit about Vancouver in general. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Allen Pike Steamclock Software Host: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Benji Dodgson who hasn’t made it to a group yet but promises to make it out to the February gathering :wink:. Benji is an iOS engineer at Tomorrow and is launching a new, more humane social network into beta very soon. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Send an email to Benji Hosts: Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Jared is joined by Geoff Pado who is one of the organizers of the Redmond Xcoders (who meet on the 4th Thursday of the month). We chat about the structure of the Redmond group, why they don’t record their talks for online posting, and his job as a mobile developer at Rover. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Swift small types tweet Hosts: Jared Sorge Geoff Pado Geoff’s Twitter Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Liz departs the show and Jared gets a new computer. Note: This episode was recorded on November 18 which was prior to Liz starting at Apple. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Hosts: Liz Marley Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup

This month, Liz and Jared reflect on the amazing party that was the Xcoders’ 15th anniversary and take a peek at a talk coming up in Seattle. Also, Liz travels the globe and Jared scripts in Swift. Questions, comments, or topic requests? Get in touch at info@seattlexcoders.org Links: Night mode picture from Liz’s trip swift-sh ShellOut Jared’s blog publishing script Hosts: Liz Marley Jared Sorge Xcoders Links: Website Meetup