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FedericoThis week on AppStories, Federico and John look at our experiences with Claude Fable 5 and how they differ from other models and break down the controversial changes made by OpenAI to its Mac’s ChatGPT app. Then on AppStories+, John and Federico contrast their experiences with Fable 5 and OpenAI’s new family of GPT 5.6...
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Email Survival Guide
This week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about the 10+ email apps they’ve used over the years and how their strategies for dealing with recent spikes in email volume has caused them to change their approaches. On AppStories+, Federico and John update listeners on their summertime agentic coding projects. Also available on YouTube here....
Are AI Aggregators Worth It?
This week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about the state of AI aggregator apps and their future prospects before checking in on their current AI app setups for the AppStories+ post-show. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Mercury Weather: Forecasts, beautifully done. Download now for free. Claude: For problems...
WWDC Debrief
This week on AppStories, John and Federico are back home and reflect on all the WWDC announcements, including Siri AI, Apple Intelligence, design changes, developer tools, and more. On AppStories+, we check in on our research setups and how they fared at WWDC. Also available on YouTube here. [[audio_player]] This episode is sponsored by: Decagon:...
WWDC 2026: The Apple Design Award Interviews
In 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,...
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:...