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#328: Five Years of Enough
September 25th, 2025 · 29 minutes
As David celebrates five years of Widgetsmith, we discuss choices we make to keep our businesses scalable without giving up the working styles we prefer.
#327: Ready for Distribution
September 11th, 2025 · 29 minutes
With our iOS 26 updates submitted, we reflect on the summer, customer reactions to the redesigns, and what we're looking forward to doing next.
#326: Tree-Planting Features
August 28th, 2025 · 29 minutes
Laying groundwork for future analytics, insights, and utility needs.
#325: Upswing
August 21st, 2025 · 29 minutes
A pragmatic and productive path through the final weeks of the iOS 26 beta season.
#324: Design Despair
July 31st, 2025 · 29 minutes
Fighting through the motivational challenges and choosing a direction when the system design isn't an easy, universal win.
#323: The Tidal Wave
July 17th, 2025 · 29 minutes
Should we adopt Liquid Glass or stick with our existing designs? And if we do adopt it, how much should we redesign and rethink along the way? (tl;dr: yes; much.)
#322: Requiring iOS 26?
July 3rd, 2025 · 29 minutes
Tradeoffs for requiring iOS 26 this fall, and a clever strategy to manage compatibility with iOS 18.
#321: WWDC 2025 Aftermath
June 19th, 2025 · 29 minutes
Initial impressions of WWDC 2025 and what we're going to be doing this summer.
#319: Unfreezing Your Brain
May 22nd, 2025 · 29 minutes
Motivating ourselves to get back into coding after time away.