Coding Intelligence for Beginners Group Lab

A Podkey summary of Coding Intelligence for Beginners Group Lab, from WWDC 2026.App development is starting to feel very different. Instead of jumping straight into code, developers are increasingly using agents to turn rough ideas into specs, code, tests, fixes, and sometimes even a full working feature in one extended loop. A lot of the shift comes down to speed and cost, but the more interesting part is control. In Xcode especially, these agents are getting woven into the actual shape of the project, the testing workflow, the undo history, and even the security boundaries around what they can touch.From vague idea to working featureWhy spec-driven work mattersCheaper experiments, bigger swingsTests become the guardrailsWhat Xcode adds that generic AI tools don'tAgent mode versus chat modeControl, permissions, and visibilityUndo, rollback, and learning from the agentWhere agents still mess upLocal models, cloud models, and privacyWorking offline and staying currentThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm