A free deadline in September, with Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski Kodsnack

Fredrik is joined by Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski for a quick chat about the Deep dish Swift conference, the past and present of Mercury weather, their next app project, and what might happen at Apple’s WWDC in June.
The first big topic is the developer conference Deep dish Swift. Malin and Kai not only participated in the conference itself, but also created the Slices podcast, interviewing the speakers of the conference. How are indie developers different from each other, and why might it be a bad idea for Malin and Kai to do a regular podcast with Charlie Chapman?
We then dig into the evolution of Mercury weather since the last episode - especially the trip forecast feature. Yes: timezones were a big part of the challenge. The secret marketing advantage of having a Mac version of your IOS app.
Next Malin and Kai talk about their movie industry project - an app for planning shoot days for movies and TV. A project which has given them lots of insight into the quirks of a whole new industry, and made them see whole different things in movies they watch.
We revisit our use of VR for work and gaming. VR of course shades naturally into bringing Mercury to Vision pro - a quick process, but some interesting adjustments were required.
With WWDC fast approaching, we talk wishes and ideas. What would we like the Ipad to become? We do some interesting speculation about Apple’s coming focus on “AI” and how that might work together with apps. Fredrik should perhaps spend some time on his Mac app?
Finally, Malin and Kai reveal their summer project: a kanban-style workflow tracking app. Done with paper cuts!
Also: good deadlines. If Apple gives you one for free, you take it!
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Links Malin Kai Triple glazed studios Mercury weather Orbit Core coffee - Malin and Kai’s meetups. There are both online and in-person events Bahnhof ICQ JSDay in Verona Grusp Deep dish Swift Josh - arranger of Deep dish Swift Øredev Slices - the podcast interviewing speakers of Deep-dish Swift Charlie Chapman Charlie’s Slices episode for 2024 (he participated in 2023 as well) Jessie Linden - talked about Swift and gestures Jessie’s episode of Slices Deep-dish pizza Giordano’s - one of the original deep-dish pizzas Liu Malnati’s - much thicker deep-dish pizza Kodsnack 493 - The last episode with Malin and Kai Six colors on Mercury’s trip forecast Tornado alley Air force one Fallout - the TV series Roy Andersson The last of us The room Red matter Doom VFR Meta remote desktop Immersed Imac G4: “The old Imac with the arm” Swiftui Swift charts The Ipad event Procreate Stage manager Ferrite Lumafusion Kanban Jira Trello Shortcuts Podcast chapters WWDC meetups Synk - Fredrik’s latest podcast Titles Gigabit for ten crowns less Good job, brain Completely solidified knowledge In the right track already A good strategy for conferences The right amount of time to talk to people Snub two people at once It’s nice to be done A procrastination project Not the smartest time management decision Proper pizza research Podcasting and pizza 22 back to 3 An interesting pile of edge cases How do we handle that in the app? You lose most of your Sunday Ask to push lunch The logistics of filming Making a movie versus building an app The Ipad strapped to his belt Everything gets to me A world clock for weather People have clocks for that Xcode, but for touch Done with paper cuts! A very clean look into the state of our projects Ever-growing “done” column All the modes I made A free deadline in September If Apple gives you a free deadline, you