Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week on AppStories, Federico and John cover the app and agent experiments they're both running.
On AppStories+, John explores the sort of rapid workflow iteration enabled by agents.
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Sponsored By:
- Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise — inoreader.com/?utmsource=macstories&utmmedium=sponsoredpost&utmcampaign=summerospreview_series
* Shipaton, from RevenueCat: The world's biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship. — shipaton.com
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Links and Show Notes
Summertime Projects
John's Logic to Final Cut Automation
- Logic Pro — apple.com/logic-pro
- Final Cut Pro — apple.com/final-cut-pro
- Riverside — https://riverside.fm/
Federico Switches Email Clients
- Superhuman — superhuman.com
- Spark — sparkmailapp.com
- ChatGPT Work — openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-your-most-ambitious-work
- Codex — openai.com/codex
Federico Retests Dictation Apps
- Wispr Flow — wisprflow.ai
- Monologue — monologue.to
- Aqua Voice — withaqua.com
- Typeless — typeless.com
- Superwhisper — superwhisper.com
T3 Code
- T3 Code — https://t3.codes/
- T3 Code on GitHub — github.com/pingdotgg/t3code
- Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-snipe-with-theo-and-ben/id1892197141
John's Research System
- Parallel — parallel.ai
- Firecrawl — https://firecrawl.dev/
- Defuddle — github.com/kepano/defuddle
AppStories+ Post-Show:
- Advancing Voice Intelligence With New Models in the API (OpenAI) — openai.com/index/advancing-voice-intelligence-with-new-models-in-the-api
- Desert Ant Labs — desertant.ai
- Pokémon Red & Blue mod turns the classic RPG into a sick 3D voxel game — polygon.com/pokemon-red-blue-3d-voxel-mod-battle-pixels-gameplay-footage-remake
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Timestamps
0:00 - Dressed Like a Soccer Ball
2:40 - Open Minis Follow Up
3:39 - Sponsor: Inoreader
5:38 - Rebuilding Our Podcast Production Pipeline
14:47 - Sponsor: Shipaton
15:36 - Another Email Experiment
23:26 - Dictation Apps
28:32 - An Orchestration System
31:55 - T3 Code
42:24 - Research Via Codex
This week on AppStories, Federico and John cover the app and agent experiments they're both running.
On AppStories+, John explores the sort of rapid workflow iteration enabled by agents.
---
Sponsored By:
- Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise — inoreader.com/?utmsource=macstories&utmmedium=sponsoredpost&utmcampaign=summerospreview_series
* Shipaton, from RevenueCat: The world's biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship. — shipaton.com
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Links and Show Notes
Summertime Projects
John's Logic to Final Cut Automation
- Logic Pro — apple.com/logic-pro
- Final Cut Pro — apple.com/final-cut-pro
- Riverside — https://riverside.fm/
Federico Switches Email Clients
- Superhuman — superhuman.com
- Spark — sparkmailapp.com
- ChatGPT Work — openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-your-most-ambitious-work
- Codex — openai.com/codex
Federico Retests Dictation Apps
- Wispr Flow — wisprflow.ai
- Monologue — monologue.to
- Aqua Voice — withaqua.com
- Typeless — typeless.com
- Superwhisper — superwhisper.com
T3 Code
- T3 Code — https://t3.codes/
- T3 Code on GitHub — github.com/pingdotgg/t3code
- Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-snipe-with-theo-and-ben/id1892197141
John's Research System
- Parallel — parallel.ai
- Firecrawl — https://firecrawl.dev/
- Defuddle — github.com/kepano/defuddle
AppStories+ Post-Show:
- Advancing Voice Intelligence With New Models in the API (OpenAI) — openai.com/index/advancing-voice-intelligence-with-new-models-in-the-api
- Desert Ant Labs — desertant.ai
- Pokémon Red & Blue mod turns the classic RPG into a sick 3D voxel game — polygon.com/pokemon-red-blue-3d-voxel-mod-battle-pixels-gameplay-footage-remake
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Leave Feedback for John and Federico
- AppStories Feedback Form — https://giant-smash-219.notion.site/2d235e3fe8d880129f22fb81cdd47acc?pvs=105
Follow us on Mastodon
* AppStories — mastodon.macstories.net/@appstories
* Federico Viticci — mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci
* John Voorhees — mastodon.macstories.net/@johnvoorhees
Follow us on Bluesky
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- Federico Viticci — https://bsky.app/profile/viticci.macstories.net
- John Voorhees — https://bsky.app/profile/johnvoorhees.macstories.net
Affiliate Linking Policy — macstories.net/privacy-policy
Timestamps
0:00 - Dressed Like a Soccer Ball
2:40 - Open Minis Follow Up
3:39 - Sponsor: Inoreader
5:38 - Rebuilding Our Podcast Production Pipeline
14:47 - Sponsor: Shipaton
15:36 - Another Email Experiment
23:26 - Dictation Apps
28:32 - An Orchestration System
31:55 - T3 Code
42:24 - Research Via Codex
