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Episode 464December 7, 2025

Vibe Coding Your Own Productivity Tools

This week, Federico and John explain how they go about creating personal productivity tools with the assistance of AI and walk through some of what they have created.

On AppStories+, we talk about our Black Friday tech purchases.



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Episode 463November 30, 2025

Designing for Liquid Glass: Outstanding Indie Apps

This week, Federico and John dig into some of their favorite apps that have adopted Apple’s Liquid Glass design language.

On AppStories+, it’s John’s 10th anniversary at MacStories, so he and Federico look back at the last decade.

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Episode 462November 23, 2025

The Ever-Changing App Store

This week, Federico and John explore current changes to the world of apps through the lens of its past evolution.

On AppStories+, we build “money’s no object” holiday wish lists for ourselves.

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Episode 461November 16, 2025

Our Latest App and Automation Experiments

This week, Federico and John kick off their holiday app and automation experimentation season a little earlier than usual with a mix of apps, automations, and services.

On AppStories+, Federico and John look ahead, considering the future of Shortcuts and automation.



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Episode 460November 9, 2025

The Great Digital Declutter

This week, Federico and John clean house, deleting old apps, screenshots, half-built shortcuts, huge downloads, and more. A look at the workflows and apps we use to stay organized and clean up our digital messes.

On AppStories+, Federico’s Typing Mind experiments continue, while John shares his experience of Claude Code to build tools to run MacStories.



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Episode 459November 2, 2025

Exploring AI Browsers

This week, Federico and John look at the hype surrounding AI browsers to see if there’s any there there.

Then, on AppStories+, Federico explains his experiments with lightning fast alternative AI models in Typing Mind.



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Episode 458October 26, 2025

The Potential and Limits of the M5 iPad Pro

This week, Federico and John consider whether Apple made the case for running local LLMs and gaming on the M5 iPad Pro and discusss who should consider buying it.

On AppStories+, we explain how Claude Skills work and why they are one of Anthropic’s most exciting features in a while.

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Episode 457October 19, 2025

Apple's Intelligence Quest: Beyond Smart Siri

This week, Federico and John discuss what might be next for Apple Intelligence and how it fits into the broader AI market.

On AppStories+, Federico and John cover the fallout from the Sora app and why AI can’t replace human creativity.



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Episode 456October 12, 2025

What Else Do We Want from Apple in 2025?

This week, with rumors of more products in the pipeline, Federico and John share what they want most from Apple before the end of the year.

On AppStories+, Federico experiments with lightning fast inference and iteration using Cerebras for scripting.



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Episode 455October 5, 2025

Making Sense of MCP: The Standard Connecting AI to Apps

This week, Federico and John demystify Model Context Protocol (MCP), covering how it works, where it’s heading, and practical examples of what it can do.

On AppStories+, Federico and John experiment with whether AI can make sense of the information firehose.



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