NSCoder Chicago

RIP Mac Pro

Today we mourn the loss of the Mac Pro 🙏 * The Power Macintosh G3 of my high school english classroom [https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/specs/powermac_g3_300_bl.html] * 65Scribe's Power Macintosh G5 video explains it all [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czZpD8Frlg8] * The end of the "trash can" - Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives [https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives] Sean Wolter [https://seanzach.com] is your host and editor for this episode. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ [https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/] Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

it's important you think your time matters here

Today we're joined by Kevin Donnelly [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnellyk] to talk about engineering management topics! * Kevin's presentation at the last NSCoder [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBBbUdEwm7M] * The silly Financial Times GDP chart Sean mentioned [https://www.reddit.com/r/charts/comments/1oswzpk/chart_ai_could_end_scarcity_end_humanity_or_boost/] * Lorraine Boissoneault's upcoming book Body Weather [https://www.lboissoneault.com/body-weather]. David Vision and Sean Wolter [https://seanzach.com] are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ [https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/] Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

with apologies to Jason Snell, Apple's year in review

Today we're rating Apple's hardware and software performance for 2025, following the format of Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card. [https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/] David Vision and Sean Wolter [https://seanzach.com] are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ [https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/] Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

the technical term is "nuts"

Today we're talking about * Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding [https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-unlocks-the-power-of-agentic-coding/] * Remember to turn on the new agentic features! * Continuing development of Sean's Contacts app replacement [https://github.com/seanwolter/SeanContacts] * Steve Yegge's The AI Vampire [https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163] and the promise of industrialization/automation * Existential career dread in the face of automation David Vision and Sean Wolter [https://seanzach.com] are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ [https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/] Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!

to boldly go where no one has gone before

Today we're talking about * The "Star Trek Economy", the hedonism treadmill, and universal basic income * https://staygold.us [https://staygold.us] * https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/ [https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/] * What's the point of work? And economic and technological growth? * https://doughnuteconomics.org [https://doughnuteconomics.org] * And a lot of rambling. This may be our least structured episode so far. Let us know what you think! David Vision and Sean Wolter [https://seanzach.com] are your hosts. NSCoder Chicago is a monthly meetup. We'd love to see you in person! https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/ [https://www.meetup.com/NSCoder-Chicago/] Are you a Mac or iOS dev in Chicago? Would you like to be on our podcast? Get in touch!