Today we're talking about

• Apple Creative Studio - will we buy it? what does it mean?
• Apple Home (formerly known as HomeKit) and home automation adventures
• And a diversion into data privacy and security in cameras and TVs

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• When to refactor
  • Joel Spolsky
  • Never Rewrite podcast
• Some of our worst job experiences
• A first try with AI. Sean starts on his MacOS Contacts replacement app.

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• Our software role models
  • Haxies and Unsanity
  • Delicious Monster and Wil Shipley
  • Hyperjeff's Mac OS X page
  • Ellen Shapiro
  • Monument Valley
  • Riley Testus
• Imposter syndrome
• One of us is so frustrated with Tahoe he's starting a new app

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• Is "clean architecture" really necessary?
• More deep thought on the future of software with "AI" writing your code
• Our best of 2025
• More about backing up your iCloud data

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

Mentioned in this episode:

• BookPlayer open source audiobook player
• TailScale VPN and more
• Teenage Engineering makes cool stuff!
• The Orchid chord machine has a cool promo video
• Eclectic Light Company's Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief
• Immich – an open source, self-hosted alternative to Photos

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• Everything wrong with Liquid Glass
• Our "best work" in software
• The risk of losing your Apple Account like Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison's recent experience

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• Recent software leaks with references to unreleased goodies
• A long diversion into security, Passwords.app, and 1Password
• We love HomePods (thanks to Nic's Fix!)
• Our origin stories in the software biz

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• More Apple executive changes
• Remember cool offices for developers?
• Is Swift development changing too fast?
• More Liquid Glass
• Thoughts on good leadership
• Android Quick Share and Apple AirDrop interoperability

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

Today we're talking about

• Foldable iPhones
• Apple's Tim Cook CEO succession planning
• Does anyone use Apple News?
• Is iPhone still the "go-to" for apps?

David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts.

NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!