Side Project Spotlight

The Trio meet to discuss two of the talks (ours!) from the recent in-person PhillyCocoa meetup called "Beyond the Simulator: Perspectives on Modern App Development" that took place on January 29 at the Vanguard offices in Philadelphia. This pod was recorded before the event due to scheduling, but we go into detail on what you missed now that it is the future (insert Spaceballs joke here)! Kotaro talks about Liquid Glass and what it means for modern UI/UX while Steve goes into some detail about how to effectively get started using tools like Codex CLI or Claud Code for app development. Be sure to check out PhillyCocoa.org for a link to join our Slack and follow us on Luma so you know when our next in-person and virtual events are scheduled: https://luma.com/phillycocoa.

## Show Notes

- Introductions

- IRL Meetup Follow-up (recorded before the meetup!)

- Kotaro’s Liquid Glass talk

- Steve’s Spec. Plan. Ship. “AI” assisted dev talk

- Wrap-Up

- One More Thing...

- Monthly Zoom Call Meeting in February

- Follow us on Luma: https://luma.com/phillycocoa

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

02:33 Beyond the Simulator IRL Event

03:49 Kotaro's Talk: Liquid Glass and Modern UI/UX Trends

11:25 Liquid Glass Encourages Gesture-Based Interactions

16:18 Branding Challenges in Liquid Glass UI

19:31 Steve's Talk: Spec. Plan. Ship

21:47 The Four I Workflow: Intent, Interact, Increment, Iterate

28:59 Continuously Iterate on Your System

33:17 Steve's Tips for Getting Started

41:51 Best Practices for Using AI in Development

46:20 Wrap-Up

46:38 One More Thing...

47:59 Tag

Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.