PODCAST · business
Empower Apps
by Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit
An exploration of Apple business news and technology. We talk about how businesses can use new technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit.
Episodes
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We Don’t Have Any Futures or Promises Anymore with Tim Condon
Tim Condon stops by to chat about Vapor 5, the biggest Vapor release in six and a half years. We get into dropping futures and promises for Swift concurrency all the way down the stack, Span and strict memory safety, and the new shared Swift HTTP server. Guest Tim Condon Tim Condon...
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The More You Know with Stewart Lynch
Stewart Lynch stops by to chat about using AI to learn faster instead of just letting it write your code. We get into planning in stages before you build, why Markdown is the universal language of AI, and the tiny "donkey work" tools he vibe codes for himself. Guest Stewart Lynch Stewart Lynch…
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Skynet Came and Automated Everything with Jared Sorge
Jared Sorge stops by to chat about Arborist, his native Mac command center for Git work trees. We get into running agents in parallel with work trees, when to drop from SwiftUI down to AppKit, and selling a Mac app outside the App Store with Sparkle, Stripe, and RevenueCat, and somehow end up...
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Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool
Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself. Guest Saleem Abdulrasool compnerd (Saleem Abdulrasool) Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) - Fosstodon Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) /…
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Practical Agents with Donny Wals
Donny Wals returns to talk through a year of agentic coding. We go through how it's changed his architecture decisions, reviewing PRs he didn't write himself, managing tasks and context across parallel agents, and the gym-workout crash he fixed from his phone mid-set — plus where he still doesn't...
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Independence Update
After almost 250 episodes, Leo gives an update on what he's working on and what he's interested in. From passive timer apps, static site generation, to sub repos and RSS feeds. Related Links WWDC 2026 & Celestra Celestra WWDC26: What's new in the Foundation Models framework WWDC26: Meet Core AI...
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Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich
Software development has changed a lot. On today's episode, Joe Fabisevich talks about building with AI without falling into the trap of "work slop," why prompting is a communication skill, where Apple fits in, and Broadcast — his new Swift logging library for developers and AI agents. Guest...
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120% Likely with Cihat Gündüz
Cihat Gündüz returns to break down everything from WWDC 2026. We go through Swift 6.4's quality-of-life wins, Apple turning Foundation Models into a full agentic harness, Xcode 27's agent and built-in skills, Device Hub, and where we land on the iPhone Fold. Guest Cihat Gündüz (@Jeehut) / X Cihat...
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Platforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter Witham
Peter Witham joins us to talk about today's Platforms State of the Union. Is Apple Intelligence here? Is Liquid Glass here? Where's John Ternus? Guest Peter Witham - Developer, Podcaster, Streamer CompileSwift Podcast Peter Witham | LinkedIn Peter Witham - YouTube CompileDev - Twitch Peter Witham...
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Who's Wendy with Joannis Orlandos
Joannis Orlandos stops by to chat about WendyOS, an operating system for bringing Swift and AI to robots, drones, and edge devices. We get into running Swift on NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi hardware, the future of cross-platform Swift across Android, Windows, and Wasm, and somehow end up…
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Actually Really Useful
After ten months away, Leo's back. He covers Swift Craft 2026, the rest of his speaking year (Beer City Code, iOSDevUK), and his honest take on AI dev tooling. Plus updates on MistKit, SyntaxKit, swift-build, MonthBar, and a new watchOS app called AtLeast (in TestFlight now). He's open to work,...
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Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas
Kaya Thomas (kayathomas.is) comes back after half a decade to tell us about how motherhood inspired her new app Milk Diary (milkdiary.com). She talks about using new APIs like Foundation Models, SpeechAnalyzer, and AlarmKit to handle the complex stuff other feeding apps miss: intelligent…
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Swift Testing with Rachel Brindle
Rachel Brindle, maintainer of Nimble and Quick, comes on to talk about what's new in Swift Testing and what the future of Swift Testing may hold. Guest Rachel Brindle Rachel Brindle (@[email protected]) - Hachyderm.io younata (Rachel Brindle) Rachel Brindle (@rachelbrindle) • Instagram photos...
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Deconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir Oberai
Kabir Oberai joins us to talk about xTool, Cross-platform Xcode replacement and how Xcode works under the hood to build apps. Guest Kabir Oberai Kabir Oberai (@[email protected]) - Mastodon https://x.com/kabiroberai Announcements macOS Virtual Machine App for Developers - Bushel…
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Live from CommunityKit WWDC 2025 with Matt Massicotte
Live from CommunityKit, Leo is joined by Matt Massicotte to discuss everything announced today at WWDC 2025. Guest Matt Massicotte - @[email protected] massicotte.org | I write stuff here. Matt Massicotte (@massicotte.org) — Bluesky mattmassicotte (Matt Massicotte) Matt Massicotte |…
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v26.0 with Peter Witham
Before Leo heads to California, Peter joins to discuss Apple's crazy year and what we expect from WWDC 2025. Guest Peter Witham - Developer, Podcaster, Streamer CompileSwift Podcast Peter Witham | LinkedIn Peter Witham - YouTube CompileDev - Twitch Peter Witham (@compileswift) • Instagram photos...
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Full Stack Things with Werner Jainek and Vojtěch Rylko
Werner Jainek and Vojtěch Rylko from Cultured Code talk about their migration of Things Cloud to Server Side with Swift and what they learned along the way. Guest Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS Things (@things.app) — Bluesky Things (@culturedcode) Things (@[email protected]) Werner Jainek...
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SwiftUI Fundamentals with Natalia Panferova
Natalia Panferova former Apple engineer of Nil Coalescing comes on to talk her new book SwiftUI Fundamentals. Guest Nil Coalescing Natalia Panferova (@natpanferova) / X Natalia Panferova (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Natalia Panferova (@natpanferova.bsky.social) — Bluesky Natalia...
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Swift on Android with Marc Prud'hommeaux
Marc Prud'hommeaux explains how you can get started building Android apps in Swift, what's the future of the Swift on Android working group, and what's FOSDEM. Guest Marc Prud'hommeaux (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Marc Prud'hommeaux | LinkedIn @marcprux.bsky.social — Bluesky marcprux...
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Moving Forward 2025
What a wild ride 2024 was - from big life changes to surprising shifts in Apple development, I'm sharing the story of what went down this year. After navigating job hunts, tech trends, and some unexpected wins (and losses), I've got some insights about where we're headed in 2025, plus some…
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Fear of the Main Thread with Matt Masicotte
Matt Masicotte comes on the show to clear up all our misconceptions about concurrency in Swift 6. 😑 Guest Matt Massicotte - @[email protected] massicotte.org | I write stuff here. Matt Massicotte (@massicotte.org) — Bluesky mattmassicotte (Matt Massicotte) Matt Massicotte | LinkedIn Matt...
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Practical Year - Part 2 with Donny Wals
Part 2 of our chat with Donny - we discuss the job market, AI, Vision Pro, and of course Swift UI. Guest Donny Wals Donny Wals 👾 (@donnywals.bsky.social) — Bluesky Donny Wals 👾 (@DonnyWals) / X donny wals - YouTube Donny Wals (@[email protected]) - chaos.social Donny Wals | LinkedIn...
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Practical Year - Part 1 with Donny Wals
Donny comes on yet again to give his thoughts on 2024 - Swift Data, Swift Testing and Swift Macros while we mourn the death of Combine. Guest Donny Wals Donny Wals 👾 (@donnywals.bsky.social) — Bluesky Donny Wals 👾 (@DonnyWals) / X donny wals - YouTube Donny Wals (@[email protected]) -...
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Swift, Server Side, Serverless with Sébastien Stormacq
Sébastien Stormacq joins us to talk about AWS Lambda and Swift - what does "Serverless" mean, how deployment works, and how to get started. Guest Sébastien ☁ Stormacq 🇺🇦 (@sebsto) / X Seb @ AWS (@sebsto.bsky.social) — Bluesky Sébastien ☁ (Seb) Stormacq | LinkedIn Github - sebsto (Sébastien...
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Swift Toolkit with Natan Rolnik
Natan Rolnik from swifttoolkit.dev and I chatted about building tools in Swift, ArgumentParser, Swift Package Manager, and more. Guest Natan Rolnik Natan Rolnik (@natanrolnik) / X Natan Rolnik (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Natan Rolnik | Kodeco Natan Rolnik | LinkedIn Natan Rolnik...
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Full Stack Lyriq with Adegboyega Olusunmade
Adegboyega Olusunmade joins to talk about building his Full Stack Swift app Lyriq and what did he learn along the way: the differences between building an iOS app and a server app to deploying a server application. Guest Adegboyega Olusunmade (@AdeOlusunmade) / X Announcements Need help with your...
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Ludicrous Types with Nick Lockwood
Nick Lockwood of SwiftFormat (not dash) joins the show to talk about the server side Swift conference, quirks of Swift you didn't know about, language design, and the future of Swift. Guest Nick Lockwood @nicklockwood (Github) Nick Lockwood (@[email protected]) Nick Lockwood | LinkedIn...
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Debugging Your Job Search with Jaim Zuber
Jaim Zuber returns after over 5 years to give us an overview of looking for a job in iOS development in 2024, how has it changed, what are some things you can do now, and when becoming a manager is the right call. Guest Jaim Zuber @sharpfive (GitHub) Jaim Zuber (LinkedIn) @[email protected]...
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The Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 2 with Ben Scheirman
Ben Scheirman is back for part 2 of our interview on SwiftUI Migration. In this episode we focus on navigation, data handling and Swift packages. Guest Ben Scheirman | Ben is an experienced software engineer from Houston, TX. Currently focused on Swift, iOS, Ruby, and Rust. Ben Scheirman...
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The Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 1 with Ben Scheirman
Ben Scheirman of NSScreenCast comes on to talk about migrating apps such as a Nike's Sneakers app from UIKit to SwiftUI and all the little things you don't think about. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. Guest Ben Scheirman | Ben is an experienced software engineer from Houston, TX. Currently...
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The Case of the Crimson Test Suite with Daniel Steinberg
Daniel Steinberg comes in the podcast to talk about his latest book on Swift Testing as well as the state of Swift development in 2024. Guest Dim Sum Thinking dimsumthinking (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Daniel Steinberg | LinkedIn Announcements Come see me and Daniel at…
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Voice in a Can with Damian Mehers
Damian Mehers shares the story of his app Voice in a Can from inception to shutdown. We talk customer stories and the future of voice assistants. Guest Damian Mehers’ blog | Swift, SwiftUI and .NET from Switzerland Damian Mehers (@[email protected]) - Fosstodon Damian Mehers (@DamianMehers) /…
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SwiftUI Field Guide with Chris Eidhof
I had a great time chatting with Chris Eidhof about his work with objc.io and his latest project, the SwiftUI Field Guide. We discussed SwiftUI's layout system and the exciting new features from WWDC 2024. Guest Chris Eidhof Chris Eidhof (@[email protected]) - objc.io Announcements Need help with...
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Can you Vision Pro in Objective-C with Danielle Lewis
I had great time chatting with Danielle Lewis about her experience becoming a Swift developer, learning to develop for the Vision Pro, and getting the Magical world of Objective-C. Guest Danielle Lewis Danielle (@dlewisdev) / X Danielle Lewis - YouTube Danielle Lewis - DEV Community Announcements...
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Swift Student Challenge with Dezmond Blair
I'm excited to have on the show Michigan's own Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winner Dezmond Blair on to talk about everything from his learning and mentoring experience at the Apple Developer Academy to his experience at WWDC 2024. Guest Dezmond Blair (@dezdoesiOS) / X Dezmond (Dez) Blair…
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WWDC Notes with Cihat Gündüz
Cihat Gündüz comes on to talk about how his WWDC 2024 wish list went, Multilingual Apps, and more. Guest Cihat Gündüz (@Jeehut) / X Cihat Gündüz (@[email protected]) - iOS Dev Space Cihat Gündüz (@jeehut) on Threads FlineDev Announcements Need help with your projects this year? BrightDigit has...
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SOTU 2024 with Peter Witham
Peter comes on and we use our Apple Intelligence to speak about the greatness of the WWDC 2024 Platforms State of the Union. Guest Peter Witham - Compileswift.com - Twitter Related Episodes Episode 151 - Platforms State of Union 2023 with Peter Witham CompileSwift - Apple WWDC23 Keynote reactions...
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Plinky with Joe Fabisevich
Joe Fabisevich is back on the show to talk about his new app Plinky from developing and designing as well as advice on 💍 choosing your next spouse for better marketing advice. 💒📈 Guest Joe Fabisevich :verified: (@[email protected]) - Macaw-Social Github (@mergesort)...
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Hacking with Ignite with Paul Hudson
After a major pandemic and 3 iOS releases later, Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift comes on to talk about his new open-source project Ignite. Ignite is a static site builder for Swift developers, offering an expressive, powerful API to build beautiful websites that work great on all devices. We...
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SwiftUI Tips and Tricks with Craig Clayton
Craig Clayton from the DesignToSwiftUI Youtube channel comes on to talk about his favorite tips as as designer when it comes to SwiftUI as well as previews his upcoming talk on testing at Deep Dish Swift. Guest Craig Clayton (YouTube @DesigntoSwiftUI) Craig Clayton (@[email protected]) -...
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Triple Glazed Apple Development with Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski
Malin and Kai from Triple Glazed Studios join us for a discussion on building their indie app Orbit and Mercury from prototype to feature enhancement and working in the Apple ecosystem. Guest Kai Dombrowski (@airkai) / X Kai (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Kai Dombrowski...
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What's Next with Adam Rush
Adam Rush from SwiftLeeds comes on the show to prognosticate and dream with me the possibilities of WWDC 2024 and how advancements in AI as well as the new Vision Pro will affect this year's developer conference. Guest Adam Rush (@Adam9Rush) / X SwiftlyRush - Xcode Tips and Tricks, Building apps...
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Apple's App Vision with Kyle Lee
Kyle Lee (Kilo Loco) comes on to talk about the EU changes to the App Store, the future of Apps and Apple, and what it means for the Vision Pro. Guest Kilo Loco Twitter Youtube LinkedIn Announcements Need help with your projects this year? BrightDigit has openings. Bushel on Sale Come to NYSwifty...
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ChatGPTovski with Kris Slazinski
Indie Developer, Kris Slazinski comes on to talk about App Store localization, UX, and his favorite intern/mentor - ChatGPT. Guest Kris Slazinski Apps Twitter LinkedIn Mastodon Threads Announcements Need help with your projects this year? BrightDigit has openings. Bushel on Sale Come to NYSwifty...
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PixelBlitz in Public with Martin Lasek
Martin Lasek comes on to talk about what's it's like building in public WishKit and his multiplayer game PixelBlitz and when feature creep can ruin an MVP. Guest Martin Lasek Twitter (@martinlasek) Twitch (@martinlasek) YouTube (@martinlasek) Need help with your projects this year? BrightDigit…
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The Bushel Holiday Special
Join us by the virtual fireplace this Christmas Eve for 'The Bushel Holiday Special' podcast episode! Unwrap the enchanting tale of Bushel's journey, filled with the warmth of festive storytelling and the magic of app development. Gather 'round for a holiday story like no other! 🎄🎁 Pre-Order...
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We Have All The Heroes with Stefano Mondino
Stefano Mondino from Synesthesia comes on to talk doing not product work at Synesthesia as opposed to building a product and working with multiple projects across various teams. We also talk about his favorite dev tools including his own tool Murray. Guest Stefano Mondino Twitter @puntoste…
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Calm Intentions with Alaina Kafkes
Alaina Kafkes from Calm joins us to talk about implementing App Intents and what she learning about her experience. Also special announcement regarding a certain app I've been working on. Guest Alaina Kafkes (@alainakafkes) / X Alaina Kafkes | LinkedIn Pre-Order Bushel Today! Release Date…
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Empowering Accessibility with Via Fairchild
Via Fairchild comes on the show to talk about accessibility, UI Kit, Swift UI and how it all brings your app to a wider more diverse audience. Guest Via Fairchild Via Fairchild | LinkedIn Via (@codingmilf) / X Via (@[email protected]) - Mastodon Announcing a Brand New Patreon Page!…
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Learning Judo with Sean Rucker
Sean Rucker from Judo comes on to talk about their product and what they learned in the process of building Judo in dealing with SwiftUI. Guest Sean Rucker Judo X @seanrucker Mastodon @[email protected] LinkedIn seanrucker Related Episodes Behind the Scenes of SwiftUI with Aviel Gross…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
An exploration of Apple business news and technology. We talk about how businesses can use new technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit.
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Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit
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