# Episodes

## [Clean Code’s Impact with Uncle Bob](/content/episodes/clean-codes-impact-with-uncle-bob/index.html)
In this episode we have legendary Robert Uncle Bob Martin come over to talk about Clean Code, professionalism, and courage. We cover:
\- the impact of Clean Code on businesses' ability to change software and make money
\- management challenges and solutions.

**Date:** July 27th, 2023  |  **Duration:** 01:20:32  |  **Episode:** E88

## [iOS Interview Tips from Engineering Manager and Senior Engineers](/content/episodes/ios-interview-tips-from-engineering-manager-and-senior-engineers/index.html)
Sandeep and Alex talk to Aaina Jain and Muralidharan Kathiresan about interviewing in current layoffs prone market, interview stages and tips to be more successful in each.

**Date:** April 3rd, 2023  |  **Duration:** 01:17:31  |  **Episode:** E87

## [WWDC 2022 Devs Reaction](/content/episodes/wwdc-2022-devs-reaction/index.html)
In this episode Alex and Sandeep react to WWDC 2022 Platform State of The Union. This is our very raw, unresearched reaction/opinion on what we heard on latest WWDC changes for iOS development. Some things are just emotions and...

**Date:** June 29th, 2022  |  **Duration:** 01:17:38  |  **Episode:** E86

## [Top 10 iOS Dev Tips](/content/episodes/top-10-ios-dev-tips/index.html)
Alex and Sandeep share 10 iOS development tips that you can add to your knowledge base in less than 10 minutes for a better development experience.

**Date:** May 15th, 2022  |  **Duration:** 09:43  |  **Episode:** E85

## [Blocked by the backend? Use prod mocks.](/content/episodes/blocked-by-the-backend-use-prod-mocks/index.html)
In this episode Sandeep and Alex showcase how mocks can be used in production code to substitute upcoming unfinished or unreleased backend changes. They use dependency injection and Liskov Substitution Principle to inject a service...

**Date:** March 29th, 2022  |  **Duration:** 13:08  |  **Episode:** E84

## [Generating Mocks with Sourcery](/content/episodes/generating-mocks-with-sourcery/index.html)
Alex and Sandeep introduce Swift Sourcery, a code generation tool to automatically create mock implementations for interfaces in your code.

**Date:** February 26th, 2022  |  **Duration:** 16:06  |  **Episode:** E83

## [Refactoring Large Initializer in Swift. Part 1. Dependency Injection with Default Values and Properties.](/content/episodes/refactoring-large-initializer-in-swift-part-1-dependency-injection-with-default-values-and-properties/index.html)
In this episode Sandeep and Alex refactor a class with a large initializer into something easier to use. This is part one of this series.
Sample code was taken from Fred’s tweet: https://twitter.com/frederickohen/status/1413595...

**Date:** October 23rd, 2021  |  **Duration:** 25:06  |  **Episode:** E82

## [RIBs. The Best iOS Architecture.](/content/episodes/ribs-the-best-ios-architecture/index.html)
Alex Bush and Franz Busch give an overview of RIBs architecture on iOS.

**Date:** September 26th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 01:04:20  |  **Episode:** E81

## [Developers/Designers Therapy Session with Michael DeGothsier and Sandeep Aggarwal](/content/episodes/developers-designers-therapy-session-with-michael-degothsier-and-sandeep-aggarwal/index.html)
Alex and Sandeep talk to Michael DeGothsier about challenges developers and designers face working with each other and what approaches and perspectives they might take to improve collaboration.

**Date:** August 28th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 41:46  |  **Episode:** E80

## [2 Ways to Implement VIPER iOS Architecture with its author Jeff Gilbert](/content/episodes/2-ways-to-implement-viper-ios-architecture-with-its-author-jeff-gilbert/index.html)
Alex and Sandeep talk to Jeff Gilbert, the author of VIPER architecture, about evolving understanding of VIPER, complex VIPER apps and compare different ways to understand and implement VIPER on projects of all sizes.

**Date:** August 14th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 01:06:08  |  **Episode:** E79

## [Swift Optional String Or Empty Extension](/content/episodes/swift-optional-string-or-empty-extension/index.html)
In this episode I walk you through how to create an extension on Optional String type to default nil strings to an empty string. This little shortcut can greatly reduce the amount of if-elsing and if let unwrapping on optional strings.

**Date:** July 19th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 07:07  |  **Episode:** E78

## [Youtube Channel Announcement](/content/episodes/youtube-channel-announcement/index.html)
I'm transitioning to Youtube! Don't worry, the podcast is not over :) I'll be making more and more screencast style videos instead of just audio podcast format. I'll still be having guests over and have conversations with them about...

**Date:** June 29th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 03:03  |  **Episode:** Trailer

## [Builder Design Pattern in Swift with Sandeep Aggarwal](/content/episodes/builder-design-pattern-in-swift-with-sandeep-aggarwal/index.html)
Alex talks to Sandeep Aggarwal about Builder design pattern. They talk about use cases where the pattern is most applicable and how the implementation they made turned out.

**Date:** May 31st, 2021  |  **Duration:** 24:14  |  **Episode:** E76

## [Saga of The Bug in Collapsing Navigation Bar in Scrolling View](/content/episodes/saga-of-the-bug-in-collapsing-navigation-bar-in-scrolling-view/index.html)
Alex talks about unexpected bugs he encountered with the new iOS release and how replacing a 3rd party library with a built-in Apple implementation is not always the silver bullet.

**Date:** April 29th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 36:25  |  **Episode:** E75

## [How to Determine Visibility of a View Controller](/content/episodes/how-to-determine-visibility-of-a-view-controller-ni84lfeq/index.html)
Alex talks about unexpected intricacies and complexities he encountered trying to determine if a given view controller is visible trying to refresh data every time the user sees it.

**Date:** March 28th, 2021  |  **Duration:** 34:06  |  **Episode:** E74