# related episodes episode — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover related episodes episode. Page: Feed: --- ## [Practical Agents with Donny Wals](https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7cb2d17) _2026-07-12 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ 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 Wals Donny Wals 👾 (@donnywals.bsky.social) —… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/a7cb2d17/5df88e3b.mp3) ## [Independence Update](https://share.transistor.fm/s/522ab0b0) _2026-07-04 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ 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 & Celestra Celestra WWDC26: What's new in the Foundation Models framework WWDC26: Meet Core AI Bushel swift-build brightdigit/swift-build Introducing swift-build (blog post) Swift.org Nightly… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/522ab0b0/09f6a1d0.mp3) ## [Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich](https://share.transistor.fm/s/bbf892fb) _2026-06-25 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ 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)… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/bbf892fb/23a0ec7e.mp3) ## [120% Likely with Cihat Gündüz](https://share.transistor.fm/s/2ae572e7) _2026-06-18 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ 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… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/2ae572e7/7d872480.mp3) ## [Platforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter Witham](https://share.transistor.fm/s/6abb8269) _2026-06-09 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ 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… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/6abb8269/f02eb1b7.mp3) ## [Who's Wendy with Joannis Orlandos](https://share.transistor.fm/s/87abf19d) _2026-06-05 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ Joannis Orlandos stops by to chat about WendyOS, an operating system for bringing Swift and AI to robots, drones, and edge devices. We get into running Swift on NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi hardware, the future of cross-platform Swift across Android, Windows, and Wasm, and somehow end up arguing about whether you should let LLMs format your code at all. Guest Joannis Orlandos Joannis Orlandos… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/87abf19d/1a46b8ff.mp3) ## [Actually Really Useful](https://share.transistor.fm/s/b0323fef) _2026-06-03 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ After ten months away, Leo's back. He covers Swift Craft 2026, the rest of his speaking year (Beer City Code, iOSDevUK), and his honest take on AI dev tooling. Plus updates on MistKit, SyntaxKit, swift-build, MonthBar, and a new watchOS app called AtLeast (in TestFlight now). He's open to work, offering free 30-minute consultations, and a live WWDC 2026 episode is coming. Subscribe so you don't… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/b0323fef/9e29e5ae.mp3) ## [Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas](https://share.transistor.fm/s/4b583acb) _2025-07-31 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ Kaya Thomas ( kayathomas.is ) comes back after half a decade to tell us about how motherhood inspired her new app Milk Diary ( milkdiary.com ). She talks about using new APIs like Foundation Models, SpeechAnalyzer, and AlarmKit to handle the complex stuff other feeding apps miss: intelligent scheduling and reminders, combo feeding that's actually easy to track, hassle-free tracking for twins and… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/4b583acb/754fa10a.mp3) ## [Swift Testing with Rachel Brindle](https://share.transistor.fm/s/f42a6e1a) _2025-07-18 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ Rachel Brindle, maintainer of Nimble and Quick, comes on to talk about what's new in Swift Testing and what the future of Swift Testing may hold. Guest Rachel Brindle Rachel Brindle (@younata@hachyderm.io) - Hachyderm.io younata (Rachel Brindle) Rachel Brindle (@rachelbrindle) • Instagram photos and videos Related Links What's new in Testing, 2025 Edition nalexn/ViewInspector: Runtime… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/f42a6e1a/4d0a9617.mp3) ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AVVmf9ZBhaCt) _2025-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Deconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir Oberai](https://share.transistor.fm/s/aa7b0f0c) _2025-07-04 · Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit · Empower Apps_ Kabir Oberai joins us to talk about xTool, Cross-platform Xcode replacement and how Xcode works under the hood to build apps. Guest Kabir Oberai Kabir Oberai (@kabiroberai@mastodon.social) - Mastodon https://x.com/kabiroberai Announcements macOS Virtual Machine App for Developers - Bushel SyntaxKit - More Friendly SwiftSyntax API Post Show Discussion with Kabir on Patreon BrightDigit Newsletter… [Listen](https://pdcn.co/e/media.transistor.fm/aa7b0f0c/204ad4c4.mp3)