Side Project Spotlight

The trio is back this week with some follow-up to Kotaro's solo episode and some spicy takes on The Verge's re-design. Steve tells the tale of how he was stymied by an obvious bug until Aaron fixed it and this leads into some discussion about the challenge in learning new mental models and the importance of having someone else read your code when you are stuck. Meanwhile, Kotaro promises he is working on the UI layouts and the big news since last episode was the new Dynamic Island feature in the iPhone 14 Pro models! We discuss in our infinite ignorance how this feature works and how we might use it for fun; Steve mentions something called "Super Sayan Aaron Mode!?"

## Topics Discussed:

- Follow-Up: Kotaro’s Solo Episode

- The Verge vs Craigslist

- RSS Never Died

- PickleJarTodo Update

    - Steve’s Core Data refactor works after Aaron fixed a bug!

    - SwiftUI mental models

    - Kotaro is building layouts

- Dynamic Island Discussion

    - Live Activities API

    - Super Sayan Aaron Mode

    - Dynamic Island and Recent App Design Trends

    - How Can Our App Visit the Island?

- Storing Images in Core Data

Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.