Breaking Change

By Justin SearlsTechnology

Breaking Change episodes

April 20, 2025v35 - GPT Casserole
Your favorite podcast about nothing continues to find things to talk about.
Whatever you do, DO NOT e-mail me at [email protected] or else I will read it on air and tell everyone how smart you sound and how good you look.
Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.
Links to follow:
Loving my Tariffmas gifts: external SSD array and pool skimmer, especially
My first taste of GitHub Copilot's Agent mode
Me putting Agent mode to the test in a fun little screencast
Aaron's puns, ranked
Videogame consoles like the Switch 2 are NOT exempt from tariffs
Digital Foundry's technical analysis of Mario Kart World
The stunning Marathon cinematic trailer
Star Wars Zero Company is the X-Com game I want
Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals
A bunch of Vision hardware leaks and rumors: 1, 2, 3, 4
People at Apple were calling the AI/ML group AIMLess, lol
React Native might not be as popular as you think
Boarding passes and check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up
Incredible plot to print every single possible ticket to win the Texas lotto
A Lack of Intelligence, Not Training, May Be Why People Struggle With Computers
AI models still struggle to debug software, Microsoft study shows
LLM bots + Next.js bankrupting people who design their sites badly
Apps are being paid to install frameworks that sell users' bandwidth to proxy providers for AI scrapers
OpenAI o3 and o4-mini announced (they also hallucinate more)
GPT 4.1 is better at coding
Codex CLI is OpenAI's answer to Claude Code
Extremely long read: OpenAI is a Systemic Risk to the Tech Industry
GPS magnetic quantum is 50x more accurate and unjammable
The Gorge is good but takes a sharp left turn into horror town
I went to Epic Universe and have opinions
2 hr 36 min
April 06, 2025v34 - Bait and Switch 2
Nothing like a peaceful Sunday morning at the end of an exhausting, historically-volatile week to pour a hot cup of coffee and spew absolutely scalding takes in all directions. If you get burned, don't say I didn't warn you. Read the message on the lid.
We've done 34 of these now and my mailbag is getting full of old e-mails that don't make sense anymore. Please email new stuff to me at [email protected] and we, like civilization, will start fresh next time!
Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.
You can read more about things on other websites below:
My "new" podcast, Merge Commits
Announcing TLDR 1.0
Late to the party on this: it's good that Siri is bubbling up to Craig, finally
Aaron's puns, ranked
Ethically sourced "spare" human bodies could revolutionize medicine
OpenAI releases 4o Image Generation
ChatGPT Users Are Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images
How OpenAI's Ghibli Frenzy Took a Dark Turn Real Fast (Archive)
An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip
Go to Truant Studio for all your branding and advertising needs
Anthropic released their research into how LLMs "think"
The 500 million worker problem
India's domestic stock bubble
Remember 15 years ago when we cared who would buy TikTok? Amazon might, still
Eddie Burback's "No Phone" video
College students are worse now, says professor, as always
Ubisoft reportedly has lawyers ready to fight Assassin's Creed Shadows harassment
Nintendo just carried out a major test of its reach in a post-Twitter world
The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct
Virtual Game Cards
By "anti-scalping", they meant "for Japan"
Third-party developers say Switch 2's horsepower makes them 'extremely happy'
Switch backwards compatibility is emulation
Nintendo delays US preorders because tariffs
Saturday Night film
Titanic
Still playing Avowed
Not playing Inzoi
How to change the oil on a Tesla
Roguelike/Starfoxlike, Whisker Squadron: Survivor
How SNL manages cue cards
3 hr 11 min
March 15, 2025v33 - Apathetic Intelligence
I hope you ordered your podcast spicy, because this version is a slow heat, but it builds. I was pretty fired up by the end of this one. If I crossed a line here, please report it to HR at [email protected] and they will conduct an investigation.
Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.
I tossed this bouquet of URLs in the air but no one caught them:
Tailwind 4 Upgrades
Aaron's puns, ranked
There's a new cringey Star Fox-like coming
Shenmue 1 & 2 mixed up the axial tilt
Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate
The history of 3DFX
The first portable Xbox could hit shelves this year
Steam Decard VR thing could also be coming
Tim Sweeney's been Elon-pilled
Is Tesla Cooked?
Cybertruck panels are flying every which way
SpaceX's Starship is fucked, apparently
Why LLMs aren't like Einstein
LLM refuses to code
No one knows what the hell an agent is
crmne/ruby_llm is a new Ruby gem for interacting with LLMs
Vision Pro let this guy see in 3D
iOS 19 will overhaul the system UI
Live translation is coming to iOS 19 (sort of)
RCS is getting End-to-End Encryption Between Android and iOS
Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation really is
iPhone 17 Ultra may be coming
Google bricked Chromecast
Mozilla bricked Firefoxes
Microsoft bricked a bazillion PCs
Meta is run by a human brick
China bricked the field of public health
Stay tuned to Changelog next week - I'll be on it!
Shogun - where the Japanese speak period-appropriate Japanese and the Portugese speak modern British English
Avowed - the best damn game I've played in a long-ass time
There's a new Vision Pro strap-on in town
Star Trek Enterprise was good, actually
Allstate's human engineers screwed up so the LLMs wouldn't have to
AI Snipd is a podcast player
2 hr 58 min
March 03, 2025v32 - Large Lemon Model
Turns out I'd accidentally been letting some of your e-mail get filtered as junk mail. I want to be clear that I don't think you're junk, Apple does. Write in with your feelings to [email protected] and I'll read it, assuming I get it.
Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.
Without further ado, links!
POSSE Party
Aaron's puns, ranked
Don't invite anyone you like to a measles party
Sorry vegans, plants can feel pain
Reddit will add a paywall
Junior developers know how to code even less than usual
GPT 4.5 is a lemon 🍋
Insecure code is how you get Nazis
Ben AI shows off how the hustle bros are thriving with AI
This is the video I'd share with friends and family to explain AI
Mostly non-AI reasons the job market is frozen
Hacking your Eight Sleep to frustrate fascism
Apple pulls encryption from island that famously likes surveilling people
A Vision Pro app is coming to iPhone
Apple debuts iPhone 16e
Is Apple's first cell modem maybe better than we expected?
In 18.4, Apple Maps finally adds a language setting
Spatial AI assistants with Sidekick for Vision Pro
Shoresy is back for Season 4
Avowed is a good game
2 hr 12 min
February 16, 2025v31 - Full Searls Driving
Update: This is the first version of Breaking Change available in 4K video. Check it out on YouTube.
The one where Justin picks the perfect time to buy his first Tesla vehicle.
Sometimes the things I say and do make people feel things. Share those feelings with me at this e-mail address: [email protected]. Whatever you're feeling, I'll read it and do my best to acknowledge it. I also
may read it on air. Unless you ask me not to, in which case I won't.
Okay, so anyway, there are links to be lunked:
The RuboCop pull request I referenced having talked about in this month's newsletter
The Space Black Firanto paint I tried to use to heal my M4 MacBook Pro
The little travel router that I'm using strictly for my Vision Pro
Sponsored content: you too can have bad timing when you buy a new Tesla with my link and get $2500 off, apparently.
Aaron's puns, ranked
The ESA announces new "iicon" event after running E3 into the ground
Apple finally lets you migrate purchases to a different Apple ID
Prediction: iOS 19 features a new UI toolkit that looks a lot like visionOS and this new Invites app
Google eliminates the woker half of its holidays calendar
TikTok is so back, baby
Netflix is connected to the Apple TV app! (lol, psyche!)
What the WikTok story can teach us about programmers' future job prospects. (Not much)
Gaudy Jeep ads are ruining Stellantis's terrible reputation
Godzilla Minus One: Two is coming
Even Disney is worried about the high cost of Disney
A major visionOS 2.4 update is around the corner (Archive link)
A youtube essay about "work games"
Tape to Tape is hockey videogaming at its finest
Yakuza: Like a Dragon's business management minigame is all I need.
I also needed Alien: Romulus, though
2 hr 58 min
February 01, 2025v30 - Mall of the Gulf of America
If you're here for the spicy, good news: you're gettin' it spicy.
I am usually joking, but I mean it this time: I'm going to stop doing this podcast if you don't write in to [email protected]. Give me proof of life, that's all I need. I won't even read it on air if you don't want!
If you're not bored yet, click the links:
Becky did a reel of our twin birthday cruise
Aaron's puns, ranked
Fewer than 200 people bought Resident Evil on iPhone
Apple Invites and GroupKit are gonna save us from Doodle
Apple cancels the AR glasses you hadn't heard about
Android XR is even more of a rip-off than Android was
Vision Pro is getting Unreal Engine support
WTF is Deepseek
My own declaration of competence
I've started work on my first fuckthis.app, and it's already doing stuff
Nintendo's Alarmo clock
The Wild Robot is not as bad as it looks
Star Trek Unification
Persona 3 Reloaded
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
Via Prem: Exit 8 and Platform 8
🌶️
2 hr 43 min
January 19, 2025v29 - Super Switch
In this episode: Justin goes to a birthday party, drives a Tesla, and configures your BIOS.
The compliments department is, as always, available at [email protected].
Have some URLs:
This is the combination air fryer / grill I bought
Microsoft dropped support for non-SecureBoot PC updates last month
Aaron's puns, ranked
Nobody Cares
Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
Judge ends man's 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking (News+)
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become "too charged"
Google kills JavaScript-free searches
Sonos still seems kinda fucked
5090s seem kind of like a scam
The official Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remake leaked
Switch 2 was unveiled
Guy with 200bpm heart rate complains his watch isn't working (before admitting his heart isn't working)
The Diplomat
Conclave
Severance Season 2 is out
Marvel Rivals is a hit (with the Thirstlords)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
P.T.
A Short Hike
3 hr 6 min
January 04, 2025v28 - Do you regret it yet?
I don't normally do this, but content warning, this episode talks at length about death and funerals and, while I continue to approach everything with an inappropriate degree of levity, if that's something you're not game to listen to right now, go ahead and skip the first hour of this one.
Recommend me your favorite show or video game at [email protected] and I will either play/watch it or lie and say I did. Thanks!
Now: links and transcript:
Kirkland Signature, Organic Non-Dairy Oat Beverage
Die with Zero book
The "Prefer tabs when opening documents" setting
Aaron's puns, ranked
Amazon hoped more people would quit
BoldVoice Accent Oracle
Cab drivers get Alzheimer's less
Video Games Can't Afford to Look This Good
LG announces Bachelor's Only TV
Can the rich world escape its baby crisis?
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
The Diplomat
The Penguin
It's in the Game Madden documentary
Like a Dragon / Yakuza 7
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2 hr 25 min
December 31, 2024 v27 - The Punsort Algorithm
HEADS UP: This one has a video version in case you'd prefer to watch that!
HEADS UP SEVEN UP: Here's a spoiler-free link to this year's puns as they existed prior to this recording.
Welcome to a very special Holiday Edition of Breaking Change: our first annual
Breaking Change Punsort! Today, we're joined by a surprise guest! Want to know who it is? You'll
just have to listen and find out. Yes, it's Aaron.
As always, you can e-mail the show at [email protected]. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see a second annual edition next year, let me know! If you don't write in, I'll stop—because editing multiple speakers plus video is a massive pain in the ass.
No links today, because we didn't actually talk about anything worth citing.
2 hr 40 min
December 14, 2024v26 - Luigi's Mansion
I'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread houses to make and a tree to trim. And no nog to speak of. Really, that's all you get by way of show notes this time as a result, deal with it.
Send your complaints to [email protected] and they will be read on air.
Some bullet points below the fold:
My 90-minute, outdated guide to setting up a Mac
Aaron's puns, ranked
Jim Carrey is 62 and can't even retire
I bought my 8 year old a switch and didn't realize how much games cost
Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000
Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Install the Mozi app (manifesto here | app here)
Vision Pro getting PSVR2 controllers
The 2024 Game Awards news roundup
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet looks badass, but is it too inclusive for The Gamers?
We don't talk about Luigi
An invisible desktop app for cheating on technical interviews (HN comments)
Sora is out, but it's not good yet
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out, and it is good yet
Emudeck is so great it shouldn't be legal, and some people probably think it isn't
Pikmin
Stay tuned to my YouTube channel for upcoming LIVE streams
3 hr 25 min

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A show in which Justin Searls talks with you from time to time. Programmer things. Apple stuff. Gaming news. Dispatches from Disney World. Each episode also entitles the listener to one (1) exclusive…