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Empower Apps

Empower Apps

Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit 211 Episodes Oct 9, 2026

Empower Apps is a podcast that explores Apple business news and technology. Host Leo Dion, founder of BrightDigit, discusses how businesses can leverage new technologies to empower their operations and employees. Each episode focuses on practical applications of Apple's ecosystem in the enterprise world.

Episodes

The More You Know with Stewart Lynch
The More You Know with Stewart Lynch Oct 9, 2026 2666 Stewart Lynch stops by to chat about using AI to learn faster instead of just letting it write your code. We get into planning in stages before you build, why Markdown is the universal language of AI, and the tiny "donkey work" tools he vibe codes for himself.GuestStewart LynchStewart Lynch 🇨🇦 (@StewartLynch@iosdev.space) - MastodonStewart Lynch (@stewartlynch.bsky.social) - BlueskyStewar
Skynet Came and Automated Everything with Jared Sorge
Skynet Came and Automated Everything with Jared Sorge Sep 29, 2026 3253 Jared Sorge stops by to chat about Arborist, his native Mac command center for Git work trees. We get into running agents in parallel with work trees, when to drop from SwiftUI down to AppKit, and selling a Mac app outside the App Store with Sparkle, Stripe, and RevenueCat, and somehow end up talking about the iPhone Duo.GuestJared SorgeJared Sorge (@jsorge@mastodon.social) - Mastodonjsor
Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool
Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool Aug 24, 2026 2916 Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself.GuestSaleem Abdulrasoolcompnerd (Saleem Abdulrasool)Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) - FosstodonSaleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) / XRelated LinksPorting by a 1000 Patches: Bringing Swift to Windows (2019 LLVM Developers' Meeting)
Practical Agents with Donny Wals
Practical Agents with Donny Wals Jul 12, 2026 3040 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.GuestDonny WalsDonny Wals 👾 (@donnywals.bsky.social) —
Independence Update
Independence Update Jul 4, 2026 490 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 LinksWWDC 2026 & CelestraCelestraWWDC26: What's new in the Foundation Models frameworkWWDC26: Meet Core AIBushelswift-buildbrightdigit/swift-buildIntroducing swift-build (blog post)Swift.org Nightly Tool
Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich
Everyone Thinks They're Good at Prompting with Joe Fabisevich Jun 25, 2026 5313 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.GuestBuild.msJoe Fabisevich :verified: (@mergesort@macaw.social) - Macaw-SocialJoe Fabisevich (@mergesort
120% Likely with Cihat Gündüz
120% Likely with Cihat Gündüz Jun 18, 2026 3587 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.GuestCihat Gündüz (@Jeehut) / XCihat Gündüz (@Jeehut@iosdev.space) - iOS Dev SpaceCihat Gündüz (@jeehut) on ThreadsFlineDevRelated Li
Platforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter Witham
Platforms State of the Union 2026 with Peter Witham Jun 8, 2026 2409 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? GuestPeter Witham - Developer, Podcaster, StreamerCompileSwift PodcastPeter Witham | LinkedInPeter Witham - YouTubeCompileDev - TwitchPeter Witham (@compileswift) • Instagram photos and videosCompileSwift | FacebookPeter Witham (@Compileswift@ios
Who's Wendy with Joannis Orlandos
Who's Wendy with Joannis Orlandos Jun 5, 2026 2858 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.GuestJoannis OrlandosJoannis Orlan
Actually Really Useful
Actually Really Useful Jun 3, 2026 978 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
Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas
Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas Jul 31, 2025 2018 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
Swift Testing with Rachel Brindle
Swift Testing with Rachel Brindle Jul 18, 2025 2366 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.GuestRachel BrindleRachel Brindle (@younata@hachyderm.io) - Hachyderm.ioyounata (Rachel Brindle)Rachel Brindle (@rachelbrindle) • Instagram photos and videosRelated LinksWhat's new in Testing, 2025 Editionnalexn/ViewInspector: Runtime introspecti

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