Here's my Siri theory (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Justin Searls from Breaking Change joins the show to discuss Apple’s Intelligence blunder, the end of the good times in the tech industry, and POSSE Party, his in-progress product that lets “any dummy with a website enjoy a life of algorithm-free luxury.”

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Featuring:

• Justin Searls – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Breaking Change
• Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
• Michael Tsai - Blog - Rotten
• The nervous Craig Federighi’s “Back to the Mac” presentation for Apple
• This Vision Pro strap is totally globular!
• The good times in tech are over
• You’re invited to my POSSE party!
• Vision Pro Creator Taking Over Siri After Apple Intelligence Setbacks

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פרקים

1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Retool (00:00:38)

https://retool.com/changelog

3. Monologues & Friends (00:03:39)

4. Rotten Cupertino (00:10:59)

5. Lost credibility (00:16:34)

6. No more real demos (00:22:31)

7. Sponsor: Augment Code (00:26:04)

https://www.augmentcode.com

8. What went wrong? (00:29:10)

9. A Siri theory (00:32:22)

10. Siri vs HomeKit vs Maps (00:36:39)

11. Alexa AI (00:40:53)

12. Apple's mainstream sentiment (00:43:37)

13. Apple's rumored redesign (00:47:31)

14. Metallica on the Vision Pro (00:52:36)

15. Is the Vision Pro dead? (00:59:22)

16. The good times in tech are over (01:02:12)

17. Justin slips in an ad (01:09:00)

18. The growth decade (01:09:59)

19. Corrections are corrective (01:13:06)

20. Describe a good programmer (01:16:11)

21. A senior with an LLM (01:19:26)

22. Just replacing Google (01:23:04)

23. LLM use-cases (01:25:04)

24. A demoralizing pun (01:28:04)

25. Jerod's CSS problem (01:30:04)

26. LLMs need more confidence?! (01:32:05)

27. Curse says learn to code (01:34:24)

28. Vibe coding! (01:37:13)

29. Vibe shipping?! (01:39:09)

30. POSSE Party (01:41:39)

31. Bye, friends (01:59:35)

32. Closing thoughts (01:59:50)