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555: It's Good to be the King

If you're going to come at the king, you better not miss; now it's Apple's turn to make everyone feel pain. And our spicy take on why AI safety is really about stopping a movement.

Jan 31, 2024•57 min

554: The App Store Addiction

We knew they'd be petulant, but even our expectations were higher than this. We dig into how Apple dunked on devs after last week's show, yet another Microsoft hack, and more.

Jan 24, 2024•58 min

553: Fake AI Until You Make AI

They are building AI into toilets now; CES was a clown show. But we put our business hats on and find the bright side. Plus, Epic's major loss to Apple that just rolled in, and where we think the next fight will be, and how developers can get ahead of it.

Jan 17, 2024•50 min

552: iPad Friend Zone

A prominent developer has brought the anti-trust heat against Apple to the public, kicking off a chain reaction that could have gone very wrong for Apple. Plus, why the Apple Vision Pro is destined for the Friend Zone.

Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 10 min

551: The Workstation Lifestyle

Mike shares his adventures and process of coming from mobile app projects to working with Unreal Engine, and why he realized a laptop just wasn't going to cut it.

Jan 03, 2024•45 min

550: Buff Uncle Jeff

We reflect on how our work has changed over the last year and get some sage advice from buff Uncle Jeff.

Dec 27, 2023•51 min

549: Hacking The Gathering

The clever way one developer hacked an online game, why we're not buying the latest round of cyber war fear, and we finally have our Babylon 5 vs Star Trek debate.

Dec 20, 2023•57 min

548: Don't Fight the Music

The fantastic opportunity Google is letting slip through its hands, and why Apple might win the consumer LLM race.

Dec 13, 2023•46 min

547: The Slow and the Infuriating

After years of resistance, Mike finally surrenders to Xcode. And the secret Apple envy leaked to the public this week.

Dec 06, 2023•59 min

546: A Very Tidy Excuse

The messy details and tidy excuses we noticed in all this OpenAI upset, and some fundamental problems that have been plaguing desktop Linux for years.

Nov 29, 2023•45 min

545: Sam's Busy Weekend

OpenAI's weekend coup, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's gambit and their looming risk.

Nov 22, 2023•48 min

544: Microsoft Already Did It

Yet another thing Microsoft was early to, and still somehow missed the boat. Plus, building a PC is rare; it's a solved problem. If AI tools excel as expected, will coding face a similar fate?

Nov 15, 2023•41 min

543: For Your Safety

New AI "regulation" from on high this week, a few signs you might be pissing in your own pond, and the game dev team that's been together for 40 years.

Nov 08, 2023•45 min

542: Fresh Cut Fraud

We've all made mistakes and tried to play dumb, but this week history is being made.

Nov 01, 2023•40 min

541: Better Late than Never

Rumors of internal panic at Apple, and concerns about the future of RISC-V. Plus, the software update of the century.

Oct 25, 2023•46 min

540: Sherlockin All Over the Place

We're about to see a wave of big tech AI features "inspired" by third-party developers at a scale that makes the Sherlocking on Apple's platform seem like chump change. Plus, how Dropbox turned around their dev retention rates, and more.

Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 13 min

539: Mike Breaks the Build

Mike checks in from the grind and shares some challenges in recent cross-platform testing; then, we get into the avalanche of negative AI press coverage this week and the one massive story they're not touching.

Oct 11, 2023•57 min

538: You Never Forget Your First

How does your first major programming language/technology still shape your work and career? Then grab some popcorn and let's watch the next epic tech titan battle unfold.

Oct 04, 2023•43 min

537: Unity Mutiny

Our unique take on the Unity outrage, thoughts on RustRover, and Mike shares a very annoying mistake.

Sep 30, 2023•50 min

536: Grindr-in-Chief

The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse.

Sep 20, 2023•43 min

535: Locally Sourced Carbon Neutral Consumer

Did Apple's event live up to our expectations? And our thoughts on what new goodies for developers might be in the new hardware and software.

Sep 13, 2023•45 min

534: Blame the Automation

Azure suffers a big outage, and Microsoft blames faulty automation; why we think there might be early signs of weak demand for Apple's Vision Pro and more.

Sep 06, 2023•51 min

533: Critical Failure in Open Source

U.S. officials are warning open-source software could be a cyber security threat. Their solution? Money. But do we want them picking the winners and losers of open source? Plus, Mike's thoughts after using Cursor AI and a Cornell study take generated code to the shed.

Aug 30, 2023•55 min

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