Apple Radar: how it works & how to file one

A lightning talk given to Square mobile engineers

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1. Apple Radar
   how it works & how to file one
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2. File a radar
   — Every  Engineer
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3. bugreport.apple.com
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4. bugreport.apple.com
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5. Every Radar
   • A unique (autoincrementing) number
   • Metadata
   • Freeform Info
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6. Metadata
   • Product
   • Area
   • Version
   • Classification
   • Reproducibility
   • Configuration
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7. Freeform Info
   • Title
   • Description
   • Steps
   • Expected
   • Actual
   • Notes
   • Attachments
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8. Radars, To Apple
   • Canonical way of tracking everything
   • Justification for engineering prioritization
   • Besides WWDC, the only official way to communicate with
   the outside world
   • Think how you feel when you get assigned a JIRA.
   That's how they will feel when they get a radar.
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9. Radars, From The Outside
   • We don't get to talk directly to engineers
   • WWDR indermediates
   • They can post internal-only updates
   • Status & contents of dupes aren't visible
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10. Open Radar
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11. Open Radar
    • Public, indexed list of radars filed
    • Easy to file a dupe if you're hitting the same bug
    • Shows up in Google searches
    • Can share what  engineers respond
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12. Brisk
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13. Remember,
    If you dont file it, it can't be fixed
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14. ¿?
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