426: ‘The Cutting Edge Latest Supermodel’, With David Smith

Special guest David Smith returns to the show for a developer's perspective look at WWDC 2025.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good (podsearch.david-smith.org/shows/11).

Links:

• Michael Flarup's mockup for a MacOS 26 Finder icon (x.com/flarup/status/1932798949749936200)

• Louie Mantia's (even better) mockup for a MacOS 26 Finder icon (pdx.social/@louie/114742479098781460)

• Benedict Evans: “The Best Is the Last (ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2016/4/20/the-best…)”

• Podsearch (podsearch.david-smith.org)

• Under the Radar (relay.fm/radar)

• David-Smith.org (david-smith.org)

• Widgetsmith (apps.apple.com/us/app/widgetsmith/id1523682319)

• Pedometer++ (itunes.apple.com/us/app/pedometer++/id712286167)

• Sleep++ (itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep++/id1038440371)

• Widgetsmith (apps.apple.com/us/app/widgetsmith/id1523682319)

• Hands-On: How Apple’s New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription (macstories.net/stories/hands-on-how-apples-new…)

• Tim Cook Reveals Apple’s Vision for Movies and TV (variety.com/2025/film/news/f1-apple-movie-stra…)

• Musk’s xAI Burns Through $1 Billion a Month as Costs Pile Up (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/musk-s-…)

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.