Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week, Federico and John are back from their holiday break, included so many hardware and automation projects that this is part one of a two-part episode regarding Federico's networked music automation setup and John's new research tool.
On AppStories+, Federico shares his foldable phone experiments.
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This episode is sponsored by:
- Copilot Money – Your money, beautifully organized — https://copilot.money/?utm_source=appstories&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=appstories_011226_web25&utm_term=APPSTORIES
Links and Show Notes
Presenting Our Nerdy Holiday Projects
- John's Research PWA
- Parallel.ai — parallel.ai
- Firecrawl — https://www.firecrawl.dev
- Example Club MacStories article by John where he used his research tool
- How iTunes Shaped the Apple of Today — club.macstories.net/posts/how-itunes-shaped-the-apple-of-today
- Tools John used:
- FastAPI — fastapi.tiangolo.com
- Tailscale — tailscale.com
- LLM by Simon Willison — github.com/simonw/llm
- Feedbin — feedbin.com
- Federico's Networked Music Library
- Roon — https://roon.app/
- ROCK (Roon server) — help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/rock-install-guide
- Qobuz — qobuz.com/us-en/discover
- M4 Mac mini (Refurbished) — apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/mac-mini
- Terramaster F8SSD+ NAS — amzn.to/49gC99b
- FiiO R9 — amzn.to/4qe3b6Z
- FiiO M17 DAP — amzn.to/4jA0f2d
- FiiO FT1 headphones — amzn.to/49vW9mW
- John got a FiiO Snowsky Echo Mini DAP — amzn.to/3Nd86Xq
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Federico got a Pixel Fold
- Related links:
- Will the iPhone Fold be a phone you open, or an iPad you close? — sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/will-the-iphone-fold-be-a-phone-you-open-or-an-ipad-you-close
- Apple's Rumored Foldable May Be Smaller Than We Think — 512pixels.net/2026/01/apples-rumored-foldable-may-be-smaller-than-we-think
- Is this the folding iPhone's creaseless display? — theverge.com/news/856141/samsung-display-creaseless-panel-foldable-iphone-ces
Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe — http://appstories.plus
Check out our Desk Setups — macstories.net/setups
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This week, Federico and John are back from their holiday break, included so many hardware and automation projects that this is part one of a two-part episode regarding Federico's networked music automation setup and John's new research tool.
On AppStories+, Federico shares his foldable phone experiments.
---
This episode is sponsored by:
- Copilot Money – Your money, beautifully organized — https://copilot.money/?utm_source=appstories&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=appstories_011226_web25&utm_term=APPSTORIES
Links and Show Notes
Presenting Our Nerdy Holiday Projects
- John's Research PWA
- Parallel.ai — parallel.ai
- Firecrawl — https://www.firecrawl.dev
- Example Club MacStories article by John where he used his research tool
- How iTunes Shaped the Apple of Today — club.macstories.net/posts/how-itunes-shaped-the-apple-of-today
- Tools John used:
- FastAPI — fastapi.tiangolo.com
- Tailscale — tailscale.com
- LLM by Simon Willison — github.com/simonw/llm
- Feedbin — feedbin.com
- Federico's Networked Music Library
- Roon — https://roon.app/
- ROCK (Roon server) — help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/rock-install-guide
- Qobuz — qobuz.com/us-en/discover
- M4 Mac mini (Refurbished) — apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/mac-mini
- Terramaster F8SSD+ NAS — amzn.to/49gC99b
- FiiO R9 — amzn.to/4qe3b6Z
- FiiO M17 DAP — amzn.to/4jA0f2d
- FiiO FT1 headphones — amzn.to/49vW9mW
- John got a FiiO Snowsky Echo Mini DAP — amzn.to/3Nd86Xq
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Federico got a Pixel Fold
- Related links:
- Will the iPhone Fold be a phone you open, or an iPad you close? — sixcolors.com/post/2026/01/will-the-iphone-fold-be-a-phone-you-open-or-an-ipad-you-close
- Apple's Rumored Foldable May Be Smaller Than We Think — 512pixels.net/2026/01/apples-rumored-foldable-may-be-smaller-than-we-think
- Is this the folding iPhone's creaseless display? — theverge.com/news/856141/samsung-display-creaseless-panel-foldable-iphone-ces
Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe — http://appstories.plus
Check out our Desk Setups — macstories.net/setups
Leave Feedback for John and Federico
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Follow us on Mastodon
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- Federico Viticci — mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci
- John Voorhees — mastodon.macstories.net/@johnvoorhees
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- Federico Viticci — https://bsky.app/profile/viticci.macstories.net
- John Voorhees — https://bsky.app/profile/johnvoorhees.macstories.net
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