{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Stewart Squared","title":"Episode #101: Apple's AI Is Finally Here. Why Does It Still Feel Broken?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fd595fc6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3245,"description":"In this episode of the Stewart Squared podcast, hosts Stewart Alsop and Stewart Alsop II dig into Apple's rocky iOS 27 rollout and the Apple Intelligence features that still don't quite work, before spiraling into Apple's org chart and headcount, the lost art of building apps, chip design and the Apple 100, open source versus closed source (MLX, the Linux kernel, GitHub vs. GitLab), Claude Code and why Anthropic's terminal-first approach might be winning the AI race, the commoditization debate around Chinese open source models, Adobe's fall from grace and the Postscript-to-Flash saga with Steve Jobs, real-time publishing and the Ben Thompson model for podcasting, and manufacturing hardware from PCBs to Sonos speakers.\nTimestamps\n00:00 — iOS 27 rollout and buggy Apple Intelligence features frustrate both hosts.\n05:00 — Debating Apple's headcount, retail vs. corporate split, and designers fleeing to OpenAI.\n10:00 — The Apple 100, the blurry line between research and development, and Xerox PARC.\n15:00 — Apple's custom chips, open source roots like the Linux kernel and MLX.\n20:00 — GitHub origins, Microsoft's enterprise mentality, and life since MS-DOS.\n25:00 — Claude Code, Boris Cherny, and why terminal agents are reshaping coding.\n30:00 — AI's text-based limits, Chinese open source models, and a coming robotics interview in Japan.\n35:00 — GitLab vs. GitHub, what a workbench and compiling actually mean, and Mac performance gripes.\n40:00 — Postscript vs. TypeScript, the Courier font, and early PageMaker newsletters.\n45:00 — Hot type, the printing press, and why neither host went into industrial robotics.\n50:00 — Editing Marine Business magazine and watching Japan and China take over manufacturing.\n55:00 — Building PCBs, lessons from Sonos, and pitching a pay-to-listen real-time model.\nKey InsightsApple's biggest weakness isn't hardware or chips—it's software. Despite two years of hype, Apple Intelligence still creates duplicate calendar events and can't recognize...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QlC48R1fevmul8S_Y7L1P2WUMnEKqwNUR7TBsNqFHaE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NDMx/NWQ0MWQ1Y2NkNjhk/ZDI1NWE0MTUyN2Q5/Zjg0NS53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}