734: I Got to Be the Hero

David walks through the AI robot assistant he built with Claude Cowork, from file management and email to invoicing and podcast production. Plus, why managed AI agents finally solve the memory and access problems that held chatbots back. 

We break down Finder workflows, Hazel automations, Alfred shortcuts, and the systems that keep us organized on macOS. 

There are lots of new Macs, so we brought in One True John to discuss them. There's also discussion to be had on Image Playgrounds, and John's experiences with AirPods Pro hearing health. 

Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi joins the show for a wide-ranging half-hour discussion about Swift -- Apple's new programming language that just went open source. Next, John Siracusa returns to the show to follow up on Federighi's segment on Sw ...  Afficher plus

Very special guest Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s event earlier this month, the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, iOS 13, and how we go about writing (and shooting) our product reviews. 

Nilay Patel returns to the show and we have nothing to talk about. You know, other than the M1 Macs and entire iPhone 12 lineup.