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About NSCoder Chicago
The official podcast feed for NSCoder Chicago. THE meetup for Mac, iOS, and Apple enthusiasts in Chicago. https://www.nscoder-chicago.com (https://www.nscoder-chicago.com) https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/)
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- NSCoder Chicago
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- news · technology
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- en
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- First episode
- 7 Nov 2025
- Latest episode
- 27 Mar 2026
Latest episodes
17 episodes in the feed.
27 Mar 2026
RIP Mac Pro
Today we mourn the loss of the Mac Pro 🙏 The Power Macintosh G3 of my high school english classroom (https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/specs/powermac_g3_300_bl.html) 65Scribe's Power Macintosh G5 video explains it all (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czZpD8Frlg8) The end of the "trash can" - Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives (https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives) Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) is your host and editor for this episode. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
5 Mar 2026
it's important you think your time matters here
Today we're joined by Kevin Donnelly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnellyk) to talk about engineering management topics! Kevin's presentation at the last NSCoder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBBbUdEwm7M) The silly Financial Times GDP chart Sean mentioned (https://www.reddit.com/r/charts/comments/1oswzpk/chart_ai_could_end_scarcity_end_humanity_or_boost/) Lorraine Boissoneault's upcoming book Body Weather (https://www.lboissoneault.com/body-weather). David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
26 Feb 2026
with apologies to Jason Snell, Apple's year in review
Today we're rating Apple's hardware and software performance for 2025, following the format of Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card. (https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/) David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
19 Feb 2026
the technical term is "nuts"
Today we're talking about Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-unlocks-the-power-of-agentic-coding/) Remember to turn on the new agentic features! Continuing development of Sean's Contacts app replacement (https://github.com/seanwolter/SeanContacts) Steve Yegge's The AI Vampire (https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163) and the promise of industrialization/automation Existential career dread in the face of automation David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
12 Feb 2026
to boldly go where no one has gone before
Today we're talking about The "Star Trek Economy", the hedonism treadmill, and universal basic income https://staygold.us (https://staygold.us) https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/ (https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/) What's the point of work? And economic and technological growth? https://doughnuteconomics.org (https://doughnuteconomics.org) And a lot of rambling. This may be our least structured episode so far. Let us know what you think! David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
5 Feb 2026
grab whatever seat you can
Today we're talking about OpenClaw (previously known as Clawdbot) Introducing OpenClaw (https://openclaw.ai/blog/introducing-openclaw) A Bot that Scams People [Michael Reeves youtube] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwOITqr_fz4) Clawd Bought a Car! (https://aaronstuyvenberg.com/posts/clawd-bought-a-car) Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw is a security nightmare [youtube] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9acrso71KU) Is it possible to avoid AI in software development? https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai (https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai) https://syntropic.xyz/posts/2026-01-22-the-saas-layer-will-dissolve/ (https://syntropic.xyz/posts/2026-01-22-the-saas-layer-will-dissolve/) That David Foster Wallace quotation I couldn't remember (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10679572-i-think-one-of-the-reasons-that-i-feel-empty) Losing faith in Apple https://mattgemmell.scot/the-fallen-apple/ (https://mattgemmell.scot/the-fallen-apple/) https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/29/amazon-melania-spending (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/29/amazon-melania-spending) https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/28/tim-cook-memo (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/28/tim-cook-memo) https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/27/ceo-captured (https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/27/ceo-captured) https://www.macworld.com/article/3050158/winter-of-our-apple-discontent.html (https://www.macworld.com/article/3050158/winter-of-our-apple-discontent.html) Hypercritical Podcast about Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography: "Episode 42: The Wrong Guy" (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-42-42-the-wrong-guy/id414920759?i=1000121462469) David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
29 Jan 2026
look at this graph
Today we're talking about AirTags 2.0 AI AI AI AI AI Clawdbot is now called Moltbot Macstories' Clawdbot article (https://www.macstories.net/stories/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks-like/) More about Clawdbot (https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/22/clawdbot/) Maggie Appleton's coverage and critique of Gastown (https://maggieappleton.com/gastown) 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/10-things-i-learned-from-burning-myself-out-with-ai-coding-agents/) More AI! Sean's new old Contacts App (https://github.com/seanwolter/SeanContacts) David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
22 Jan 2026
Squirrel, Person, Box, Chair!
Today we're talking about Apple Creative Studio - will we buy it? what does it mean? Apple Home (formerly known as HomeKit) and home automation adventures And a diversion into data privacy and security in cameras and TVs David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
15 Jan 2026
your problems are your problems
Today we're talking about When to refactor Joel Spolsky (https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/) Never Rewrite podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@NeverRewrite/) Some of our worst job experiences A first try with AI. Sean starts on his MacOS Contacts replacement app (https://social.seanzach.com/@seanwolter/115878786362715010). David Vision and Sean Wolter (https://seanzach.com) are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
8 Jan 2026
live your life so any screenshot could be poster-worthy
Today we're talking about Our software role models Haxies and Unsanity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsanity) Delicious Monster and Wil Shipley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_Monster) Hyperjeff's Mac OS X page (http://osx.hyperjeff.net) Ellen Shapiro (https://designatednerd.com) Monument Valley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley_(video_game)) Riley Testus (https://github.com/rileytestut) Imposter syndrome One of us is so frustrated with Tahoe he's starting a new app David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
2 Jan 2026
Talkin' Tradeoffs until we all have an LLM writing our code
Today we're talking about Is "clean architecture" really necessary? More deep thought on the future of software with "AI" writing your code Our best of 2025 More about backing up your iCloud data David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. Mentioned in this episode: BookPlayer (https://github.com/TortugaPower/BookPlayer) open source audiobook player TailScale (https://tailscale.com) VPN and more Teenage Engineering (https://teenage.engineering) makes cool stuff! The Orchid chord machine (https://telepathicinstruments.com/products/orchid-orc-1) has a cool promo video Eclectic Light Company's Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief (https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/28/last-year-on-my-mac-look-back-in-disbelief/) Immich (https://immich.app) – an open source, self-hosted alternative to Photos NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
25 Dec 2025
Do good design! Design it good!
Today we're talking about Everything wrong with Liquid Glass Our "best work" in software The risk of losing your Apple Account like Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison's recent experience (https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/) David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
18 Dec 2025
First you run the yearbook club, then you conquer the world
Today we're talking about Recent software leaks with references to unreleased goodies A long diversion into security, Passwords.app, and 1Password We love HomePods (thanks to Nic's Fix (https://nicsfix.com/)!) Our origin stories in the software biz David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
12 Dec 2025
Keeping up with Swift is better than crushing rocks
Today we're talking about More Apple executive changes Remember cool offices for developers? Is Swift development changing too fast? More Liquid Glass Thoughts on good leadership Android Quick Share and Apple AirDrop interoperability David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
4 Dec 2025
What do normal people do?
Today we're talking about Foldable iPhones Apple's Tim Cook CEO succession planning Does anyone use Apple News? Is iPhone still the "go-to" for apps? David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
27 Nov 2025
Fashion and Career Advice
Today we're talking about High fashion iPhone pockets Digital IDs in Apple Wallet The future of the Mac Pro Is it a good time or a bad time to be an iOS developer? Are computer science degrees worth it today? Objective-C vs Swift Programming for work and burnout David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
7 Nov 2025
We're Making a Podcast
Everyone else has one! We jumped on the podcast trend 20 years after it started. You are welcome. David Vision and Sean Wolter are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ (https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/) Are you a mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!
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