iOS Dev Discussions - Sean Allen

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. In this week's episode I discuss the difference between compactMap and flatMap, Continuous Integration, Sign in with Apple, Hacking With Swift Live, an app story, remote work and more!  Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday! Video Version: https://youtu.be/sn7xVXHY4Mw Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode of Origin Stories I speak with long-time community member and fellow iOS Engineer, Chris Conner. Chris has a very unique origin story since he transitioned from a Product Manager to an iOS Engineer, not only at the same company, but on the same team as well. I wanted to have Chris on the show to share his story to maybe give some inspiration to those out there that are in one position at a company, but really want to become an iOS Engineer. Hope you enjoy! Origin Stories is a series of interviews with iOS developers from the community where we discuss how they got their start in this industry. We discuss how they first became interested in code, what resources they used to learn, how they got their first job and much more. Chris Conner Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisConner Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. In this week's episode I discuss the creating a robust app with SwiftUI, Property Wrappers, a "brag document", CAEmitterLayer, Dependency Injection & more.  Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday! Video Version: https://youtu.be/X6QY1iaizeA Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode I give a preview of my book, It's Only Crazy Until You Do It: How I Became an iOS Developer by reading the Intro and Chapter 1. This book was the inspiration for the podcast show Origin Stories. After writing this book, I thought it would be awesome to hear other people's stories as well, and the podcast was born. My hope for this book is that it will inspire and give you insights for your journey to become an iOS Developer. If you're interested in the rest of the book, check out the link below: Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode of Origin Stories I speak with indie iOS Developer, Edouard Barbier, creator of YT Tracker & YT Sticker. Ed makes his living by creating his own apps for the App Store and does an amazing job of documenting his work on Instagram Stories. He's a must follow for any iOS developer interested in creating their own products. In this episode we discuss how he is self taught and how he decided to make the leap to going indie. I really enjoyed this episode and hope you do too! Origin Stories is a series of interviews with iOS developers from the community where we discuss how they got their start in this industry. We discuss how they first became interested in code, what resources they used to learn, how they got their first job and much more. Ed's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edouard_iosdev/ YT Tracker: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yt-tracker-for-youtube/id1345092330 YT Sticker: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yt-sticker-for-insta-stories/id1444683307?ls=1 Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. In this week's episode I discuss the SwiftUI cheat sheet site, Gosh Darn SwiftUI, and introduction to the Combine Framework, how to build a Wolfenstein 3D-esque game in Swift, and Property Wrappers.  I also discuss the AltConf videos, developer contracts, iOS 13 design, ARKit & More! Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday! Video Version: https://youtu.be/jD7Idae4DI4 Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode I discuss my motivations and fears for my business as a full-time content creator. I wanted to share these thoughts as a way to give context as to what I have in mind for this business and what you can expect from me going forward. Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode of Origin Stories I speak with iOS Engineer and fellow YouTuber, Mayuko Inoue. We get to hear how she first got exposed to basic code while playing with Neopets while in middle school and how she decided to pursue a CS degree while in college. This led to internships which then led to her first job, and then ultimately to a job a Patreon. We also get to hear her reasoning for starting a YouTube channel and her advice for getting started with content creation in the space. Stay tuned for a bonus section at the end about her new venture into the super fun world of Twitch streaming. Origin Stories is a series of interviews with iOS developers from the community where we discuss how they got their start in this industry. We discuss how they first became interested in code, what resources they used to learn, how they got their first job and much more. Mayuko's Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellomayuko Mayuko's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEDkO7wshcDZ7UZo17rPkzQ Mayuko's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hellomayuko Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. In this week's episode I discuss the new "Swift Era", the upcoming paradigm shift, SwiftUI, What you missed at WWDC, 2019 tech salaries, ARKit & More! Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday! Video Version: https://youtu.be/UqdXqosU8Gg Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode we get a preview of the upcoming book, "Living By The Code" by Enrique Lopez Manas. Inspired by the Tim Ferriss Books "Tools of the Titans" and "Tribe of Mentors", Enrique interviews over 40 high profile names in the development community (not just iOS) to pick their brains of what motivates them as well as their process.  The book will be released in mid-July and I'll have a handful of copies to giveaway. Stay tuned! Living By The Code: https://livingbythecode.io/ Enrique's Twitter: https://twitter.com/eenriquelopez Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode I talk about my week at WWDC. We discuss the live streaming the keynote, making the trip down to the event on Wednesday to give the live Swift Over Coffee podcast as well as the Mastering FiestaKit Party. Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode of Origin Stories I speak with Stewart Lynch. I really enjoyed my conversation with Stewart because this episode was a bit different. Steward has been involved in Computer Science since before Computer Science was an official term. We get to hear all about that and how he was an educator which eventually led to him developing with Swift as a hobby. Stewart has 10 apps on the App Store. 10! I got to ask him a bunch of questions about how he manages to keep them all up to date and how much he learned while building all those apps. Origin Stories is a series of interviews with iOS developers from the community where we discuss how they got their start in this industry. We discuss how they first became interested in code, what resources they used to learn, how they got their first job and much more. Stewart's Twitter: https://twitter.com/StewartLynch Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

Swift News is all about curating this week's latest news involving iOS Development and Swift. In this week's episode I discuss WWDC by Sundell, Advanced Swift, the 200MB over the air download limit, Swift with Machine Learning and Tensor Flow and the App Store. I also discuss a scary story about an independent app developer having his app delisted, a great design tool from Muzli, Augmented Reality and more! Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest Swift News every Monday! Video Version: https://youtu.be/dLEATulyCdw Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

"What I'm Working On" is a weekly show where I give a quick recap of what I worked on at my day job as an iOS developer at a small startup in Silicon Valley. I hope this give some insight into what it's like to work for a small startup as the sole iOS developer.  In this episode I talk about keeping the big picture in mind to not let feature creep set in as well as catching up on technical debt by refactoring.  If this is your first What I'm Working On episode, be sure to check out the introduction episode for context as to what the Aluna app does. Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support

In this episode of Origin Stories I speak with fellow YouTube, Chris Ching of Code With Chris to discuss how he got his start into programming. We get to hear the story of how he was introduced to programming as a teenager and then went on to university to study Computer Science leading to his first job. We also get to hear the origin story of his YouTube channel with 200k subscribers and how he decided to go full-time content creation. Origin Stories is a series of interviews with iOS developers from the community where we discuss how they got their start in this industry. We discuss how they first became interested in code, what resources they used to learn, how they got their first job and much more. Code With Chris website: http://codewithchris.com Education program for schools: http://codewithchris.com/education/ His YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2D6eRvCeMtcF5OGHf1-trw Link to my book - How I Became an iOS Developer: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin  Books, hoodies and goodies:  https://seanallen.co/store If you're enjoying this podcast, I have another one called Swift Over Coffee w/ Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?mt=2 Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/seanallen_dev Instagram:  @seanallen_dev Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/seanallen YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/seanallen Portfolio:  https://seanallen.co Are you a gamer? I'm now streaming video games on Twitch as well: https://twitch.tv/seanallen Book and learning recommendations (Affiliate Links): Ray Wenderlich Books: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/1 Ray Wenderlich Video Tutorials: https://store.raywenderlich.com/a/20866/link/24 Paul Hudson's Hacking With Swift:  https://gumroad.com/a/762098803 Learn Advanced Swift Here:  https://gumroad.com/a/656585843 My Developer & YouTube Setup:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/seanallen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seanallen/support