The trio convene for the penultimate episode of 2023 to discuss the latest presentations by OpenAI and Github and the way generative "AI" tools may be enabling the dream of a "universal" UI for computing (for both end-users and developers) that is more natural and contextual than ever before. Stay until the very end for a short after show on the strange, but super useful, ContentUnavailableView. As always, check the show notes for all the links!

Topics Discussed:

  • Introductions

  • Exploring Side Project Directions

  • visionOS uncertainty without hardware

  • Cool particle effects: https://x.com/JamesSwiney/status/1721136324953174092

  • Metal shaders in SwiftUI

  • Color effect

  • Distortion effect

  • Layer effect

  • The “Universal” UI

  • Hu.ma.ne AI pin

  • Release video: https://vimeo.com/882968794

  • Photoshop generative “AI”

  • OpenAI “GPTs”

  • OpenAI Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/live/U9mJuUkhUzk

  • Universal Translator Demo

  • Github Copilot’s “universal” developer UI

  • https://youtu.be/NrQkdDVupQE

  • https://myfirstcommit.com

  • What about Apple?

  • An opinion on how to build “AI” products by using it for as little as possible

  • https://www.builder.io/blog/build-ai

  • GitLab Duo

  • https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-duo/

  • Wrap-Up & Jokes

  • After Show: ContentUnavailableView

  • https://swiftwithmajid.com/2023/10/31/mastering-contentunavailableview-in-swiftui/

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