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Empower Apps

Empower Apps

By: Leo Dion Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit
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An exploration of Apple business news and technology. We talk about how businesses can use new technology to empower their business and employees, from Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit.© Bright Digit, LLC 2018 Economics
Episodes
  • Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas
    Jul 31 2025

    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 smart milk management.

    Guest

    • Kaya Thomas
      • Kaya Thomas (@kayathomas@mastodon.social) - Mastodon
      • Kaya (@kayathomas.is) — Bluesky
      • kmt901 (Kaya Thomas)
      • Kaya Thomas | LinkedIn
      • Kaya Thomas (@kayathomas.is) • Threads, Say more
    • Milk Diary App

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    Social Media

    LinkedIn - @leogdion
    GitHub - @brightdigit
    GitHub - @leogdion
    TikTok - @brightdigit
    Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
    Youtube - @brightdigit
    BlueSky - ‪@leogdion.bsky.social‬
    Twitter Leo - @leogdion
    Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit

    Credits

    Music from https://filmmusic.io
    "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    • (00:00) - What is Milk Diary
    • (04:20) - Foundation Models
    • (10:56) - The Feeding App Market
    • (13:59) - Liquid Glass
    • (17:01) - AlarmKit
    • (19:34) - Local and Server Side Storage
    • (22:28) - SpeechAnalyzer
    • (25:13) - Developing with AI
    Thanks to our monthly supporters
    • Edward Sanchez
    • Steven Lipton
    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    34 mins
  • Swift Testing with Rachel Brindle
    Jul 18 2025

    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 introspection and unit testing of SwiftUI views
    • Quick/Nimble: A Matcher Framework for Swift and Objective-C
    • Quick/Quick: The Swift (and Objective-C) testing framework.
    • pointfreeco/swift-snapshot-testing: 📸 Delightful Swift snapshot testing.
    • swift-evolution/proposals/testing/NNNN-polling-confirmations.md at younata/testing-polling-expectations · younata/swift-evolution

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    Social Media

    LinkedIn - @leogdion
    GitHub - @brightdigit
    GitHub - @leogdion
    TikTok - @brightdigit
    Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
    Youtube - @brightdigit
    BlueSky - ‪@leogdion.bsky.social‬
    Twitter Leo - @leogdion
    Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit

    Credits

    Music from https://filmmusic.io
    "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    • (00:00) - Comparing Swift Testing and XCTest
    • (11:08) - SwiftUI Testing
    • (17:37) - Advanced Testing Techniques and Tips
    • (23:47) - Future of Swift Testing
    Thanks to our monthly supporters
    • Edward Sanchez
    • Steven Lipton
    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    39 mins
  • Deconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir Oberai
    Jul 4 2025

    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
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    • Post Show Discussion with Kabir on Patreon
    • BrightDigit Newsletter

    Related Links

    • xtool | Documentation
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    • cirruslabs/tart: macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon to use in CI and other automations
    • kabiroberai/node-swift: Create Node modules in Swift
    • Kabir Oberai - Batteries Not Included: Beyond Xcode - YouTube

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    Social Media

    LinkedIn - @leogdion
    GitHub - @brightdigit
    GitHub - @leogdion
    TikTok - @brightdigit
    Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im
    Youtube - @brightdigit
    BlueSky - ‪@leogdion.bsky.social‬
    Twitter Leo - @leogdion
    Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit

    Credits

    Music from https://filmmusic.io
    "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

    • (00:00) - Introduction and Announcements
    • (00:53) - Kabir Oberai and WWDC
    • (06:20) - What is xTool
    • (19:48) - Mastering iOS App Signing
    • (35:57) - Future Plans and Community Contributions
    Thanks to our monthly supporters
    • Edward Sanchez
    • Steven Lipton
    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    Show More Show Less
    41 mins
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