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FedericoIn a second special WWDC edition of AppStories, Federico and John interview Apple Design Award finalists and winners, including the developers of The Outsiders and Tide Guide and the publishers of Pine Hearts and BALL x PIT. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Sofa – Organize everything you watch, read,...
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WWDC 2026 with Special Guests Myke Hurley and Christopher Lawley
Federico and John are joined this week by Myke Hurley and Chris Lawley to share their first impressions of the WWDC keynote and discoveries in the hours following the presentation. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Albums – The app that cares about your music library as much as you do Controller for HomeKit –...
Our WWDC Automation Wish List
This week on AppStories, Federico and John share their WWDC automation wishes. Then on AppStories+, they share more details on their research setups for the summer. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Things: The award-winning to-do app....
Our macOS 27 Wishes
This week on AppStories, Federico explains how he’s using the recently-released Notion developer platform before he and John share their wishes for macOS 27. On AppStories+, John asks Federico about the technical underpinnings and evolution of the Shortcuts Playground project that he published last week. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored...
Our iOS and iPadOS 27 Wishes
This week on AppStories, we share our wishes for iOS and iPadOS 27, and for AppStories+ subscribers, we tackle Visual Intelligence and whether there are any use cases that aren’t creepy. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Steamclock: We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. Claude:...
An App Swap Challenge
This week on AppStories, John and Federico kick off the app swap challenge, with each of them giving the other three apps to use. We’ll be checking in on how it’s going each week with a final roundup of the results of the experiment after WWDC. On AppStories+, we each pick aspirational apps and OS...
Codex as a Productivity Super App
This week on AppStories, John shares his tip for moving files with Taildrop before he and Federico dig into Codex and its unique capabilities. On AppStories+, Federico and John have both returned to Apple Reminders and discuss why and how they’re using it. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Mercury...
Filling the App Gap
This week on AppStories, John and Federico cover Apple’s executive transition, follow up on OpenAI’s super app, and share the apps they’re looking for and give each other suggestions on how to fill their app gaps. On AppStories+, we round up the tools we’ve built for ourselves that fill gaps, for which we haven’t found...
Apple Frames 4 and the AI Multiplier
This week on AppStories, we draw from Federico’s experience creating the Apple Frames 4 shortcut and CLI to discuss the multiplier effect that AI agents can have in the hands of someone with deep domain expertise. On AppStories+, we share our AI agent mishaps and horror stories along with additional details on a John’s ongoing...