MacStories Weekly: Issue 511 - May 1, 2026

How I Approach Agent-Assisted App Building

John

As of this issue of Weekly, I’ve built 28 web apps, three native apps across a variety of Apple platforms, and multiple other scripts and skills with the assistance of Claude Code and Codex. Most of them are very specific to the work I do every week, and I’ve found that trying to explain what...

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John Voorhees
John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John also co-hosts four MacStories podcasts: AppStories, which covers the world of apps, MacStories Unwind, which explores the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommends media to listeners, Ruminate, a show about the weird web and unusual snacks, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about the games we take with us.
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