Scaling iOS, a Story of Technical Debt, and How ...
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A developer recounts how SoundCloud rewrote their iOS app in 2014, then encountered technical debt and unexpected negative side effects from earlier architectural and product choices. The talk covers the problems those choices caused for the iOS codebase and team, and the practical strategy they designed and used to address the debt and recover — leading to the app becoming a top‑20 most downloaded iOS app.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 4:59Team structure and history
- 15:42Feature development challenges
- 24:24Technical debt and mistakes
- 33:24Integration and performance issues
- 41:25Q&A
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