Side Project Spotlight

The trio are riding a sugar high from Halloween and ready to discuss Apple's "Scary Fast" event. Online controversy erupted over the "Shot on iPhone" tag at the end. The incorporation of an iPhone into a legitimate "professional" workflow and the resulting hoopla got us thinking about what other opportunities are afforded developers and creatives on Apple platforms in this new Apple Silicon/USB-C/Soon to be VisionOS era! From filmmaking to game development to "AI" model training and more, we look at some of the things you can do now that you couldn't do, or do nearly as well, a few short years ago. Plus, amazing programmer dad jokes and Steve and Kotaro propose Aaron tackle the question: "Hotdog or sausage?" It's a fun episode with a lot to digest. Give us your thoughts about opportunities on the PhillyCocoa Slack! ## Topics Discussed: - Introductions - Podcast editing (logic vs Descript) - Scary Fast Discussion - Opportunities for apps - Opportunities for content creation - “Shot on iPhone” - Demonstrating what “Pro” means - Social Media Debate - Like the iPad “Pro” debate - M3/A17 Gaming Opportunities - Apple TV? - Indie dev “slow roll” strategy - Game Porting Toolkit - M3 GPU changes - Baby Mac Developers - SwiftUI cross platform development - Layoffs and Opportunities - AI Hype Cycle - Mojo Tease - Superset of Python from Chris Latner and Modular - Make AI tools more optimized - Dev tools released for Mac - The Wrap-Up & Programmer Dad Jokes Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.