This is a short and sweet episode with some Bento Fit updates from Kotaro and Steve, plus some overly ambitious goal setting for next time! First up, Kotaro used the ChatGPT Xcode integration to prototype a welcome screen that sounds cool, but we can't see it because his iOS SDK was deleted! Then we review the latest version of our app icon as implemented in Icon Composer and talk about some of the quirks and features of this cool new tool from Apple. Then Steve goes on a technical deep dive about his latest refactoring, pushing complexity into an enum data structure to make updating what we surface from HealthKit a lot more straightforward. Finally, we discuss what is left to be done for this app, which is actually not too much. The end is in sight! Stay to the end to learn more about Ship-a-ton, the contest we have entered and you can too (NOT A SPONSOR)!

## Show Notes

- Bento Fit: The Story So Far

- Bento Fit Updates

- Kotaro: Prototyped a welcome screen with ChatGPT in Xcode

- Kotaro: New app icon via Icon Composer

- Steve: Simplified HealthKit integration and generated documentation with Aider

- Goals For Next Time

- Onboarding with the 3 personality types

- Get widgets working

- Better UI for trend metrics

- Better UI for selecting cards

- Ship-a-ton https://www.shipaton.com

- August 1 - September 30, 2025

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

01:30 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

05:16 Bento Fit Updates

36:28 Goals For Next Time

40:42 Wrap-Up

41:02 Ship-a-ton

44:09 Tag

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

Kotaro's laptop burns hot as he gives his impressions of the iOS/macOS 26 public betas and life with ChatGPT inside Xcode. We also discuss dystopian nightmares about "AI," give some Bento Fit updates (Aaron has a PR!), and announce our participation in a cool new hackathon!

## Show Notes

- It’s hot outside!

- iOS/macOS 26 Public Beta impressions

- Xcode 26 ChatGPT integration impressions

- Kotaro’s Sci-Fi Dystopian Nightmare

- BentoFit: The Story So Far

- BentoFit: Updates

- Aaron: Custom workouts!

- Steve: Huge HealthKit update!

- Kotaro: Exploring liquid glass UI components & icon composer

- Wrap-Up

- One More Thing…

- Ship-a-ton https://www.shipaton.com

- August 1 - September 30, 2025

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

02:09 iOS/macOS 26 Public Beta Impressions

07:44 Xcode 26 ChatGPT Integration Impressions

14:36 "Amazing Stuff"

15:24 Xcode 26 ChatGPT Integration Impressions (cont.)

18:37 Kotaro's Sci-Fi Dystopian Nightmare

25:57 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

28:23 Bento Fit: Updates

40:15 Wrap-Up

40:43 Shipaton 2025

47:01 Tag

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

Once again, Steve "pair programmed" with Aider + Claude Sonnet 4 to further refactor BentoFit while drinking at Human Robot. Meanwhile, Kotaro has been again thinking about App Intents and the paradigm shift in app design they may portend. Then we get into some interesting discussions about how the combination of Apple's focus on App Intents and the "Universal UI" of LLMs may combine to fundamentally shift how we design app experiences.

## Show Notes

- BentoFit: The Story So Far

- BentoFit Updates

- Steve: Better async loading; super fast!

- Hacking with Claude at Human Robot

- The Economics of LLMs are Changing

- App Intents Discussion

- App Design for “AI” Experiences

- The Role of Small Local LLMs in Apps

- App Intents are a Paradigm Shift

- BentoFit: Next Steps

- Steve: More HealthKit options

- Kotaro: UI

- Aaron: Workout cards

- Wrap-Up

- One more thing: Azam Sharp Foundation Models Framework Course

- https://azamsharp.teachable.com/p/getting-started-with-the-foundation-models-framework

- Coupon code: PHILLY

- Discount: 40%

- Expires: July 31st 2025

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

04:23 BentoFit: The Story So Far

06:34 BentoFit: Sprint Updates

12:13 Hacking With Claude at Human Robot

18:25 The Economics of LLMs are Changing

25:26 App Intents Discussion

33:49 App Design for "AI" Experiences

41:06 The Role of Small Local LLMs in Apps

43:42 App Intents are a Paradigm Shift

47:42 BentoFit: Next Steps

48:30 Wrap-Up

48:51 One More Thing...

50:46 Tag

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

Work progresses on code name "Bento Fit" as Steve does some performance refactoring using Aider and Claude 4 Sonnet while Kotaro polishes up the iOS 26 UI changes. We also have a discussion on the trade-offs of using "AI" tools in programming and the importance of intellectual labor and little bit about what it means to be a "professional."

## Show Notes

- BentoFit: The Story So far

- Steve: Improved loading time by “pair programming” with Aider and Claude Sonnet 4

- Kotaro: iOS 26 UI updates

- Next:

- Kotaro: Dashboard interactions, customization

- Steve: Independent loading of views, more HealthKit types

- Aaron: Workout trends

- Are LLMs Making us Dumber?

- MIT Media Lab paper: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/

- Cal Newport discussing the results of MIT Media Lab paper: https://youtu.be/LB73n33cHOY

- Wrap-Up

- One more thing: Azam Sharp Foundation Models Framework Course

- https://azamsharp.teachable.com/p/getting-started-with-the-foundation-models-framework

- Coupon code: PHILLY

- Discount: 40%

- Expires: July 31st, 2025

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

01:47 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

04:05 "Pair Programming" With Aider and Claude Sonnet 4

24:55 iOS 26 UI Updates

31:55 Bento Fit: Next Sprint

37:45 The Trade-Offs of "AI" in Programming

43:34 The Importance of Intellectual Labor

54:43 Apple's "AI" Bet

01:05:25 Wrap-Up

01:05:51 One More Thing...

01:07:31 Tag

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

The Trio have played with iOS 26 and have thoughts about adapting to the new Liquid Glass paradigm as well as the real star of WWDC25, the Foundation Models Framework.

## Show Notes

- Adapting to Liquid Glass

- Foundations Model Framework

- Azam Sharp Foundation Models Framework Course

- https://azamsharp.teachable.com/p/getting-started-with-the-foundation-models-framework

- Coupon code: PHILLY

- Discount: 40%

- Expires: July 31st 2025

- Bento Fit will be iOS 26 Exclusive?

- TestFlight around mid-August?

- Wrap-up: http://phillycocoa.org

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

06:11 Adapting to Liquid Glass

16:42 The Glass Metaphor in App Design

23:18 Exploring the Foundation Models Framework

27:15 LLM Trade-offs in Mobile Development

30:26 Foundation Models Framework Sample Code

40:42 Using LLMs With Bento Fit

44:47 "AI" Devices & Privacy

46:34 Side Project Shoutout: Azam Sharp Course

48:54 Bento Fit iOS 26 Exclusive?

54:49 Wrap-up

55:26 Tag

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

The Trio give their hot takes after viewing the WWDC25 Keynote and Platforms State of the Union presentations.

## Show Notes

- Keynote / SoTU Impressions

- Liquid Glass / New Design Language

- “macOS” on iPad

- Xcode 26

- Foundation Models Framework / Spotlight

- Visual Intelligence Intents

- Realtime Language Translation

- What Developers Should Be Excited About

- Foundation Models Framework

- Games

- BentoFit Test on iOS 26

- Everyone Is Sherlocked!

- Wrap-Up: http://phillycocoa.org

- Side Project Shoutout: https://stylebookapp.com

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

01:18 Keynote / SoTU Impressions

06:51 Liquid Glass / New Design Language

11:53 "macOS" on iPad

15:53 Xcode 26

20:15 Foundation Models Framework / Spotlight

27:24 Visual Intelligence Intents

29:08 Realtime Language Translation

32:10 What Developers Should Be Excited About

48:37 BentoFit Test on iOS 26

50:19 Everyone Is Sherlocked!

53:22 Wrap-Up

53:42 Side Project Shoutout: StyleBook App

55:11 Tag

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

After some Bento Fit updates, the Trio explores their hopes and dreams for WWDC25.

## Show Notes

Google I/O Cold Open

Bento Fit: The Story So Far

Bento Fit: Updates

- Steve: Refactored HealthDataPoint with generics

- Kotaro: Refined UI & Widget layout

- Aaron: Double-column cards!

Bento Fit: Next Time

- Steve: Data structures for reordering and other internal stuff

- Kotaro: Onboarding & Cell reordering / widgets

- Aaron: Workout metrics

WWDC25 Hopes and Dreams

- Kotaro: significant visionOS updates, flesh out Reality Composer Pro

- Aaron: Home Pod with Screen

- Steve: Open ML/LLM APIs. SwiftData improved.

Final Thoughts about WWDC

- Kotaro: Deeper integration with Godot

- Aaron: New Vision Air hardware

- Steve: Make it a Snow Leopard release

Wrap-Up: http://phillycocoa.org

Side Project Shout Out: https://getclipdish.com

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions / Watching Google I/O Video

04:12 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

07:20 Bento Fit: Updates

27:04 WWDC25 Hopes and Dreams

53:46 WWDC25 Final Thoughts

56:17 Wrap-Up

57:48 Tag

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

This week, Steve performs some more updates of the code base using Aider, while some skeuomorphic UI updates from Kotaro have us excited, and Aaron is a little tired after gathering real-world data by running a marathon at an impressive pace.

## Show Notes

Introductions

Bento Fit: The Story So Far

Bento Fit: Refactoring the data model with Aider

Tangent: Xcode + Claude

Bento Fit: Skeuomorphic UI update

Next Steps

- Two column bento cards

- Persistence of bento card settings

- Remaining HealthKit metrics

Wrap-Up: http://phillycocoa.org

Side Project Shoutout: https://bleep.is

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

07:10 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

12:29 Bento Fit: Refactoring the data model with Aider

24:27 Tangent: Xcode + Claude Rumor

27:26 Bento Fit: Refactoring the data model with Aider (cont.)

28:45 Bento Fit: Skeuomorphic UI update

50:16 Wrap-Up

50:35 Side Project Shoutout: Bleep.is

52:31 Tag

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

The Trio is back together with Bento Fit updates and more fun with "AI!" First up, Aaron is back from his trip to Jamaica and explains how you bring a bike on an airplane. Meanwhile, Kotaro has been sketching up a storm with some cool UI designs that you can't see because this is audio! Then, Steve continues down the path towards madness as he tries yet another "AI" tool combo this week with Aider/OpenRouter/Google Gemini 2.5 Flash. The live coding on the pod goes about as well as previous attempts.

## Show Notes

- Introductions & Aaron’s Jamaica trip

- Vibe Coding Follow-up

- Bento Fit: The Story So Far

- Bento Fit Update

- UI concept is coming along

- Experimenting with Aider/OpenRouter/Gemini 2.5 Flash

- https://aider.chat

- https://openrouter.ai

- Next Time

- UI implementation

- Charts

- Domain model as we go along

- More “Fun with AI”

- Wrap-up

- http://phillycocoa.org

- Side Project Shout Out

- https://bleep.is

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions & Aaron's Jamaica Trip

04:38 Vibe Coding Follow-up

06:47 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

09:39 Bento Fit Data Modeling Update

21:14 Bento Fit UI Update

30:20 Experimenting with Aider/OpenRouter/Gemini 2.5 Flash

37:58 Aider Live Demo Fail

51:14 Next Time

52:00 Wrap-up

52:20 Side Project Shout Out: Bleep.is

53:54 Tag

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

Aaron is enjoying a much deserved vacation, but Kotaro and Steve are still here with Bento Fit updates and Kotaro's experience "vibe coding" with Cursor.

## Show Notes

- Bento Fit Update

- Kotaro UI updates

- We may be doing HealthKit wrong

- Next

- UI flow

- HealthKit performance

- Kotaro’s Vibe Coding Experience

- Wrap-Up

- http://phillycocoa.org

- Side Project Shout Out

- https://getclipdish.com

## Chapters

00:00 Introductions

01:28 Bento Fit: The Story So Far

04:21 Bento Fit: Updates & Discussion

23:27 Bento Fit: Next Time

23:50 Kotaro Goes Full Vibe

36:30 Trade-offs in Using "AI" Tools

38:27 The Future of Development with "AI"

40:59 Kotaro Tries to Vibe Code Bento Fit

42:35 Vibe Coding Lessons Learned

44:53 Final Thoughts on Vibe Coding

46:08 Wrap-Up

46:28 Side Project Shout Out: Clip Dish App

48:38 Tag

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