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Empower Apps

Empower Apps

By: Leo Dion Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit
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An exploration of Apple business news and technology. We talk about how businesses can use new technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit.© Bright Digit, LLC 2018 Economics
Episodes
  • Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich
    Jun 25 2026

    Software development has changed a lot. On today's episode, Joe Fabisevich talks about building with AI without falling into the trap of "work slop," why prompting is a communication skill, where Apple fits in, and Broadcast — his new Swift logging library for developers and AI agents.

    Guest

    • Build.ms
    • Joe Fabisevich :verified: (@mergesort@macaw.social) - Macaw-Social
    • Joe Fabisevich (@mergesort.me) — Bluesky
    • Github (@mergesort)
    • https://www.threads.net/@mergesort
    • fabisevi.ch

    Related Links

    • Artifacts | Fabisevi.ch
    • Supporting Markdown Search For LLMs
    • AI (Without the Hype)
    • Workslop
    • Being A 1.5-10x Developer
    • mergesort/Broadcast: Simple and composable logging for Swift apps, servers, and coding agents.
    • AtLeast — Passive Timer for Apple Watch
    • MonthBar - Track your month's progress

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    • Plinky with Joe Fabisevich
    • ChatGPTovski with Kris Slazinski

    Chapters

    • (00:00) - Work Slop
    • (13:02) - Verifiable Tasks
    • (25:51) - Building Agents
    • (32:06) - Careers & Hiring
    • (43:31) - Daily Setup
    • (53:00) - WWDC 2026
    • (01:09:07) - AI Economics
    • (01:20:33) - Broadcast Logging


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    Support the Show

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters

    • Steven Lipton

    Welcome new supporters:


    Social Media

    • LinkedIn - @leogdion
    • GitHub - @brightdigit
    • GitHub - @leogdion
    • Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
    • YouTube - @brightdigit
    • X - @leogdion
    • X - @brightdigit

    Credits

    Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • 120% Likely with Cihat Gündüz
    Jun 18 2026

    Cihat Gündüz returns to break down everything from WWDC 2026. We go through Swift 6.4's quality-of-life wins, Apple turning Foundation Models into a full agentic harness, Xcode 27's agent and built-in skills, Device Hub, and where we land on the iPhone Fold.

    Guest

    • Cihat Gündüz (@Jeehut) / X
    • Cihat Gündüz (@Jeehut@iosdev.space) - iOS Dev Space
    • Cihat Gündüz (@jeehut) on Threads
    • FlineDev

    Related Links

    • WWDCNotes
    • My Top 5 AI Wishes for WWDC26 – FlineDev
    • FlineDev/SiteKit: AI-first static site generator written in Swift
    • QwenLM/Qwen3.6: Qwen3.6 is the large language model series developed by Qwen team, Alibaba Group.

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    Chapters

    • (00:00) - What's New in Swift & SwiftUI
    • (09:09) - SwiftData
    • (14:09) - Foundation Models
    • (28:29) - Xcode 27
    • (38:09) - AI Costs & the "AI Apocalypse"
    • (48:09) - iPhone Fold


    Watch
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    Transcript
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    Support the Show

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters

    • Steven Lipton

    Welcome new supporters:


    Social Media

    • LinkedIn - @leogdion
    • GitHub - @brightdigit
    • GitHub - @leogdion
    • Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
    • YouTube - @brightdigit
    • X - @leogdion
    • X - @brightdigit

    Credits

    Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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    1 hr
  • Platforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter Witham
    Jun 9 2026

    Peter Witham joins us to talk about today's Platforms State of the Union. Is Apple Intelligence here? Is Liquid Glass here? Where's
    John Ternus?

    Guest

    • Peter Witham - Developer, Podcaster, Streamer
    • CompileSwift Podcast
    • Peter Witham | LinkedIn
    • Peter Witham - YouTube
    • CompileDev - Twitch
    • Peter Witham (@compileswift) • Instagram photos and videos
    • CompileSwift | Facebook
    • Peter Witham (@Compileswift@iosdev.space) - C.IM
    • Peter Witham - Compileswift.com - Twitter

    Related Episode

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    • v26.0 with Peter Witham
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    • SOTU 2024 with Peter Witham
    • WWDC Notes with Cihat Gündüz

    Chapters


    Watch
    Click here to watch a video of this episode.


    Transcript


    Support the Show

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters

    • Steven Lipton

    Welcome new supporters:


    Social Media

    • LinkedIn - @leogdion
    • GitHub - @brightdigit
    • GitHub - @leogdion
    • Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
    • YouTube - @brightdigit
    • X - @leogdion
    • X - @brightdigit

    Credits

    Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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    40 mins
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