NSCoder Chicago

Today we mourn the loss of the Mac Pro 🙏 The Power Macintosh G3 of my high school english classroom 65Scribe's Power Macintosh G5 video explains it all The end of the "trash can" - Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives Sean Wolter is your host and editor for this episode. 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...

Today we're joined by Kevin Donnelly to talk about engineering management topics! Kevin's presentation at the last NSCoder The silly Financial Times GDP chart Sean mentioned Lorraine Boissoneault's upcoming book Body Weather . 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 iO...

Today we're rating Apple's hardware and software performance for 2025, following the format of Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card. 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 Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding Remember to turn on the new agentic features! Continuing development of Sean's Contacts app replacement Steve Yegge's The AI Vampire and the promise of industrialization/automation Existential career dread in the face of automation David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to...

Today we're talking about The "Star Trek Economy", the hedonism treadmill, and universal basic income https://staygold.us https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/ What's the point of work? And economic and technological growth? https://doughnuteconomics.org And a lot of rambling. This may be our least structured episode so far. Let us know what you think! David Vision and Sean Wolter are y...

Today we're talking about OpenClaw (previously known as Clawdbot) Introducing OpenClaw A Bot that Scams People [Michael Reeves youtube] Clawd Bought a Car! Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw is a security nightmare [youtube] Is it possible to avoid AI in software development? https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai https://syntropic.xyz/posts/2026-01-22-the-saas-layer-will-dissolve/ That David F...

Today we're talking about AirTags 2.0 AI AI AI AI AI Clawdbot is now called Moltbot Macstories' Clawdbot article More about Clawdbot Maggie Appleton's coverage and critique of Gastown 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents More AI! Sean's new old Contacts App David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person!...

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...

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...

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-C...

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...

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 p...

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 iO...

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 Ma...

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!

Today we're talking about High fashion iPhone pockets Digital IDs in Apple Wallet The future of the Mac Pro Is it a good time or a bad time to be an iOS developer? Are computer science degrees worth it today? Objective-C vs Swift Programming for work and burnout 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/...

Everyone else has one! We jumped on the podcast trend 20 years after it started. You are welcome. 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!