Empower Apps

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.

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    Then 20 Years Later with Georg Tuparev

    Georg Tuparev stops by to chat about software that outlives its plans: projects scoped for a few months that are still in development 20 years later. We get into running a small team of physicists and astronomers, why WebObjects and EOF are still in production, where AI helps and where it falls short, server-side Swift with SwiftNIO, and storing exabytes of telescope data from observatories no cable can keep up with. Guest Georg Tuparev - Tuparev Technologies@tuparev@mstdn.social - MastodonGeorg Tuparev - LinkedIntuparev (Georg Tuparev) - GitHubGeorg Tuparev (@tuparev) - XSkyObserverRelated Links Exabyte Data Storage - Georg Tuparev - ServerSide.swiftExabyte Data Infrastructure - Tuparev TechnologiesAstronomy & Space - Tuparev TechnologiesSwiftNIO - GitHubServerSide.swiftRelated Episodes We Don't Have Any Futures or Promises Anymore with Tim CondonThe More You Know with Stewart LynchFull Stack Things with Werner Jainek and Vojtěch RylkoObjective-C Today with Graham LeeChapters WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Then 20 Years Later with Georg Tuparev

  2. Oct 16 ·  Video

    We Don’t Have Any Futures or Promises Anymore with Tim Condon

    Tim Condon stops by to chat about Vapor 5, the biggest Vapor release in six and a half years. We get into dropping futures and promises for Swift concurrency all the way down the stack, Span and strict memory safety, and the new shared Swift HTTP server. Guest Tim CondonTim Condon (@0xTim@hachyderm.io) - MastodonTim Condon (@0xtim.bsky.social) - Bluesky0xTim (Tim Condon)VaporRelated Links Vapor 5 Beta - Vapor BlogWhat's New in Vapor 5 Beta - Vapor BlogAnnouncing the Networking Workgroup - Swift.orgswift-http-server - GitHubSwift OpenAPI Generator - GitHubRelated Episodes Year of the Server with Tim Condon - Part 1Year of the Server with Tim Condon - Part 2Server-Side Swift with Tim CondonWho's Wendy with Joannis OrlandosSwift Server Workgroup with Joannis OrlandosChapters (00:00) - Server-Side Swift Today (02:29) - Vapor 5, Span & Memory Safety (13:38) - Package Flags & Dropping EventLoopFutures (18:36) - Streaming & the Swift HTTP Server (24:21) - VaporTesting & Macros (33:18) - OpenAPI & the Future of Fluent (38:48) - AI, Open Source & the New Networking APIs WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    We Don’t Have Any Futures or Promises Anymore with Tim Condon

  3. Oct 9 ·  Video

    The More You Know with Stewart Lynch

    Stewart Lynch stops by to chat about using AI to learn faster instead of just letting it write your code. We get into planning in stages before you build, why Markdown is the universal language of AI, and the tiny "donkey work" tools he vibe codes for himself. Guest Stewart LynchStewart Lynch 🇨🇦 (@StewartLynch@iosdev.space) - MastodonStewart Lynch (@stewartlynch.bsky.social) - BlueskyStewart Lynch - YouTubeStewart Lynch | LinkedInStewart Lynch - All Social LinksCreatech Solutions BlogRelated Links How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills - AnthropicSosumi.ai - Apple docs as MarkdownTypora - Markdown editorRelated Episodes How to Learn New APIs with Stewart Lynch - Part 1How to Learn New APIs with Stewart Lynch - Part 2Practical Agents with Donny WalsEveryone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe FabisevichChapters (00:00) - Xcode 27 & the New Device Hub (03:36) - Why YouTube Teaching Is Changing & Using AI to Synthesize New APIs (11:24) - Why Learn When AI Can Build It? Staged Plans & PRDs (16:29) - Markdown as the Universal Language of AI (22:07) - AI Costs, Hallucinations & Learning Smarter (27:48) - Xcode + Claude Code Workflow (30:53) - "Donkey Work": Building Small Tools With AI (35:55) - What to Delegate to AI vs. Control Yourself (40:22) - OS 27 Support, the iPhone Dual & Side-Project Playgrounds WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    The More You Know with Stewart Lynch

  4. Sep 30 ·  Video

    Skynet Came and Automated Everything with Jared Sorge

    Jared Sorge stops by to chat about Arborist, his native Mac command center for Git work trees. We get into running agents in parallel with work trees, when to drop from SwiftUI down to AppKit, and selling a Mac app outside the App Store with Sparkle, Stripe, and RevenueCat, and somehow end up talking about the iPhone Duo. Guest Jared SorgeJared Sorge (@jsorge@mastodon.social) - Mastodonjsorge (Jared Sorge)Jared Sorge | LinkedInJared Sorge (@jsorge) • ThreadsArborist - A native macOS command center for Git repositories and worktreesTaphouse SoftwareRelated Links ArboristBaseplate - Track your LEGO collectionTower - Git clientNova - Panicmise - dev tools, env vars, task runnerjust - a handy way to save and run project-specific commandsswift-subprocess - GitHubSparkle - Software update framework for macOSRevenueCatManaged Payments - Stripe DocumentationSQLiteData - Point-Free - GitHubSharing - Point-Free - GitHubSwift Navigation - Point-Free - GitHubIntroducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs - AnthropicMac-Assed Mac Apps - Daring FireballTuistXcodeGen - GitHubShipaton 2026 - RevenueCatSwiftConiOSDevUKBushel - Mac virtualization for developersRelated Episodes Practical Agents with Donny WalsEveryone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe FabisevichThe Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 2 with Ben ScheirmanThe Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 1 with Ben ScheirmanmacOS Indie Deep Cuts with Aaron VeghMac Dev in 2021 with Daniel JalkutHow to Learn New APIs with Stewart Lynch - Part 1Automation Fun with Jared SorgeChapters (00:00) - Why Work Trees (06:56) - The Idea Behind Arborist (11:14) - SwiftUI vs. AppKit (17:05) - Picking the Right Tool for the Job (21:27) - From Problem to Product (25:30) - Shipping Outside the Mac App Store (29:59) - Licensing, Sandboxing & Subprocess (36:30) - Agentic Coding & the Product Engineer (45:17) - What's Next for Arborist Watch Click here to watch a video of this episode. Transcript Click here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Skynet Came and Automated Everything with Jared Sorge

  5. Aug 24

    Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool

    Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself. Guest Saleem Abdulrasoolcompnerd (Saleem Abdulrasool)Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) - FosstodonSaleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) / XRelated Links Porting by a 1000 Patches: Bringing Swift to Windows (2019 LLVM Developers' Meeting) - YouTubeSwift/Win32 - A Windows application framework for Swift - GitHubSwift/COM+ - GitHubSwift/WinMD - Windows Metadata Parser in Swift - GitHubSwift/WinRT - Swift Projections for WinRT - GitHubDXSample - Sample Program for DirectX 12 + Swift - GitHubvigil - A caffeinate-inspired power management tool for Windows - GitHubswift-winrt - Swift Language Projection for WinRT - The Browser Companyswift-winui - Swift Language Bindings for WinUI3 - The Browser CompanyInstall Swift on Windows - Swift.orgRelated Episodes Who's Wendy with Joannis OrlandosDeconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir OberaiFull Stack Things with Werner Jainek and Vojtěch RylkoSwift on Android with Marc Prud'hommeauxSwift, Server Side, Serverless with Sébastien StormacqSwift Server Workgroup with Joannis OrlandosSwift Package Index with Dave Verwer and Sven SchmidtBackend Decisions with Mikaela CaronChapters (00:00) - Why Swift on Windows (08:40) - Command Line Tools, PowerShell & WSL (16:35) - Server-Side Swift & Building Desktop Apps (24:46) - The History of Windows UI Frameworks (33:15) - Getting Started with Swift on Windows (41:32) - Interop, SwiftUI & Future Plans WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool

  6. Jul 12

    Practical Agents with Donny Wals

    Donny Wals returns to talk through a year of agentic coding. We go through how it's changed his architecture decisions, reviewing PRs he didn't write himself, managing tasks and context across parallel agents, and the gym-workout crash he fixed from his phone mid-set — plus where he still doesn't trust the agent: SwiftData migrations. Guest Donny WalsDonny Wals 👾 (@donnywals.bsky.social) — BlueskyDonny Wals 👾 (@DonnyWals) / XDonny Wals (@donnywalsdev) • Instagram photos and videosdonny wals - YouTubeDonny Wals (@donnywals@chaos.social) - chaos.socialDonny Wals | LinkedInRelated Links Cursor - https://cursor.comBitrise - https://bitrise.ioNotion - https://notion.soRaycast - https://raycast.comGrill with Docs - https://www.aihero.dev/grill-with-docsMaxine - One Rep Max Tracker (Donny's workout app) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/maxine-one-rep-max-tracker/id6615073254GRDB.swift - https://github.com/groue/GRDB.swiftSundialKit (Leo's watch communication library) - https://github.com/brightdigit/SundialKitFluent (Vapor's ORM) - https://docs.vapor.codes/fluent/overview/NSPersistentCloudKitContainer - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coredata/nspersistentcloudkitcontainerPractical Core Data - https://practicalcoredata.comPractical Combine - https://practicalcombine.comPractical Swift Concurrency - https://practicalswiftconcurrency.comRelated Episodes Independence UpdateEveryone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich120% Likely with Cihat GündüzPlatforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter WithamActually Really UsefulPractical Year - Part 2 with Donny WalsPractical Year - Part 1 with Donny WalsPractical Entrepreneur with Donny WalsPractical Combine with Donny WalsChapters (00:00) - The Agentic Coding Shift (15:55) - The Gym Crash Story (20:54) - Architecting for Agents (34:04) - Task & Issue Tracking (37:40) - Core Data vs. SwiftData WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Practical Agents with Donny Wals

  7. Jul 4

    Independence Update

    After almost 250 episodes, Leo gives an update on what he's working on and what he's interested in. From passive timer apps, static site generation, to sub repos and RSS feeds. Related Links WWDC 2026 & CelestraCelestraWWDC26: What's new in the Foundation Models frameworkWWDC26: Meet Core AIBushelswift-buildbrightdigit/swift-buildIntroducing swift-build (blog post)Swift.org Nightly ToolchainsAt LeastAt Leastbrightdigit/SundialKitbrightdigit/SundialKitStreambrightdigit.com Website Upgradebrightdigit.com repoJohnSundell/PublishJohnSundell/ShellOutJohnSundell/Inkswiftlang/swift-subprocessswiftlang/swift-markdownkabiroberai/node-swift (NodeSwift)Tailwind CSSgit-subrepoingydotnet/git-subrepoBen ScheirmanCommunity & OutroConsultation (ZCal)PatreonNewsletterDonny WalsSaleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd)Swift on WindowsRelated Episodes Actually Really Useful120% Likely with Cihat GündüzPlatforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter WithamWho's Wendy with Joannis OrlandosMilk Diary with Kaya ThomasDeconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir OberaiThe Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 2 with Ben ScheirmanThe Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 1 with Ben ScheirmanHacking with Ignite with Paul HudsonNow You Know What I'm Doing This SummerChapters (00:00) - WWDC 2026 and Celestra (01:35) - swift-build (02:23) - AtLeast (05:26) - brightdigit.com (05:45) - git-subrepo (06:47) - Join the Community WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Independence Update

  8. Jun 25

    Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich

    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.msJoe Fabisevich :verified: (@mergesort@macaw.social) - Macaw-SocialJoe Fabisevich (@mergesort.me) — BlueskyGithub (@mergesort)https://www.threads.net/@mergesortfabisevi.chRelated Links Artifacts | Fabisevi.chSupporting Markdown Search For LLMsAI (Without the Hype)WorkslopBeing A 1.5-10x Developermergesort/Broadcast: Simple and composable logging for Swift apps, servers, and coding agents.AtLeast — Passive Timer for Apple WatchMonthBar - Track your month's progressRelated Episodes 120% Likely with Cihat GündüzPlatforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter WithamWho's Wendy with Joannis OrlandosActually Really UsefulPractical Year - Part 1 with Donny WalsPlinky with Joe FabisevichChatGPTovski with Kris SlazinskiChapters (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 WatchClick here to watch a video of this episode. TranscriptClick here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★   Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton  Welcome new supporters: Welcome to our new monthly supporters work design Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdionGitHub - @brightdigitGitHub - @leogdionMastodon - @leogdion@c.imYouTube - @brightdigitX - @leogdionX - @brightdigitCredits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich
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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.

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  • Creator
    Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    215
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Bright Digit, LLC 2018
  • Show Website
    Empower Apps

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