A Better Computer

About A Better Computer

A weekly dive into the best of tech.

Publisher

Matt Birchler

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Feb 2026

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 25 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   I made Parakeet 3x faster (bonus episode)

   Matt Birchler shares how he achieved a 3x speed increase for Parakeet, offering valuable insights into performance optimization.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why I almost killed Best-o-Masto

   Host Alex Kidman shares a personal story about a near-disaster with Best-o-Masto, revealing lessons learned from the experience.

3. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Slop revivals, iPhone Duo dev, and Jev

   Host Matt Birchler interviews Jev about slop revivals, iPhone Duo development, and new AI models, offering insights into emerging tech trends.

Inside a recent episode

I made Parakeet 3x faster (bonus episode)

Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Just choose the parakeet model and everybody gets this. I've done extensive testing. There are no downsides. The accuracy is exactly the same because it's doing exactly the same work. It's just using more of your CPUs to do it. And so remember, on the M6, we went from 211 times real-time speed to With Parakeet Turbo, I have seen 660 times real-time. It has tripled the performance of the model so that, as an example, I passed in the most recent episode of Comfort Zone, which is 102 minutes, so an hour 42, and my M6 Mac Mini transcribed it in eight seconds. It actually achieved 713 times real-time speed in that one. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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