In this penultimate episode of the season, The Trio discuss some personal examples of software, hardware, and other technology that sparks joy.
## Show Notes
- Tech that sparks joy
- Kotaro: Design that inspires
- Steve: Tools for creation
- Aaron: Craftsmanship that sparks joy
- Tech Mentioned
- Modo - discontinued
- After Effects - https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
- Affinity Tools - https://www.affinity.studio
- Procreate - https://procreate.com
- Sketch - https://www.sketch.com
- iPhone 17 Pro Max Camera - https://www.apple.com/iphone-17-pro/specs/
- Coffee Grinder - https://zerno.co/products/zerno-z1
- Handmade coffee mugs
- Wrap-up
- One More Thing… https://appjawn.com
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
01:20 Design That Inspires
14:58 Tools For Creation
28:13 Craftsmanship That Sparks Joy
37:47 Your Tech Choices Matter
39:38 Wrap-Up
39:58 One More Thing...
41:00 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
Can you believe we made it to episode 100!? We're as incredulous as you. Join us as we "vibecast" a retrospective on our podcasting journey so far.
## Show Notes
- Pod Retrospective
- App #1 – KanjiLove watchOS app – Launched!
- Pod Lore – Orange Balls
- App #2 – Pickle Jar ToDo macOS app – Unfinished
- Pre-Pod History: Big-O Style Robot Battle App Idea
- Our claim to fame: #55: The “Universal” UI
- App #3 – Bento Fit iOS app– Launched
- Side Project Next?
- Dad Joke 100
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
02:12 Reflecting on the Podcast Journey
03:29 App #1: Kanji Love — watchOS
13:13 App #2: Pickle Jar To Do — macOS
20:16 Pre-Pod History: Big-O Style Robot Battle App
26:38 Vision Pro Exploration Era
28:12 Greatest Pod Lore: The "Universal" UI
36:29 Pod History: Interviews & Other Topics
39:32 App #3: Bento Fit — iOS
44:11 Side Project Next?
53:42 Wrap-up
54:24 Dad Joke 100
55:06 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
It's been one week (at time of recording) since Bento Fit v1.0 was released and someone gave us money! Kotaro is recording from an undisclosed location, so in this quick episode, we discuss our week 1 metrics, how much this app cost to make, and what we want to do next to try to make Bento Fit more useful, more marketable, and hopefully, eventually, profitable.
## Show Notes
- Bento Fit: The Story So Far
- Someone Gave Us Money!
- How Much Did Bento Fit Cost to Make?
- How Do We Make Bento Fit More Marketable?
- Refinements for v1.1
- One More Thing: AppJawn.com
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
01:28 Bento Fit: The Story So Far
05:24 Someone Gave Us Money!
13:03 How Much Did Bento Fit Cost To Make?
20:26 How Do We Make Bento Fit More Marketable?
25:43 Refinements for v1.1
37:27 Wrap-Up
37:47 One More Thing: AppJawn.com
39:02 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
We did it! Bento Fit v1.0 is live in the App Store! In this episode we engage in a retrospective about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the process. We learned a lot, that's for sure.
## Show Notes
- Bento Fit v1.0 is out!
- https://bentofit.app
- Ship-a-ton submission
- https://devpost.com/software/bento-fit
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- ## Good
- LLM coding (50% good)
- The design / aesthetic
- Revenue Cat
- Learnings / Experience
- ## Bad / Ugly
- No marketing plan
- Future updates
- More metrics
- Improved metric manager / search
- Subscription
- Widgets
- Final Thoughts
- One More Thing
- Minimalist Meditation
- https://appjawn.com/#apps
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
01:40 Bento Fit v1.0 Retrospective
44:20 Final Thoughts
54:12 Wrap-up
57:15 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
As The Trio race to complete Bento Fit v1.0 in time to submit for the Shipaton hackathon, they pause to discuss the new iPhones, iOS 26, folding phone creases, and the TikTokification of UI interaction.
## Show Notes
- iPhone 17 Event
- iOS 26 RC
- Bento Fit: Updates
- Polishing continues
- Removed watchOS and widgets
- Bug fixes for app persistence
- Bento Fit: Final Sprint
- Kotaro: Onboarding
- Stephen: Revenue Cat Integration
- Aaron: More metrics
- http://phillycocoa.org
- Ship-a-ton https://www.shipaton.com
- August 1 - September 30, 2025
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
00:38 iPhone 17 Event
06:08 iOS 26 RC
09:39 iPhone Pricing and Market Trends
13:33 iOS 26 RC (cont.)
24:50 Bento Fit on iOS 26
26:45 Bento Fit: The Final Countdown
37:42 Wrap-up
38:01 Ship-a-ton
39:11 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
We are running out of time to finish our "Bento Fit" app before the Ship-a-ton deadline! This week, we go through what's left to be done and what we are cutting as we race to the finish line of v1.0.
## Show Notes
- Apple September 9 Event
- Bento Fit: The Story So Far
- Bento Fit: Race to the Finish Line
- What do we need to left to do
- Monetization strategy
- Finalize name
- ASC description
- Website Link
- Privacy Policy Link
- Screenshots
- App Store Video
- Ship-a-ton paperwork
- Last metrics
- Polish, polish, polish
- What are we cutting for v1.0?
- Widgets
- WatchOS app
- Share with Friends
- Public Test Flight
- $2.17
- Ship-a-ton https://www.shipaton.com
- August 1 - September 30, 2025
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
00:52 Apple September 9 Event
07:09 Bento Fit: The Story So Far
10:05 Bento Fit: Race to the Finish Line
41:47 $2.17
52:55 Wrap-Up
53:15 Ship-a-Ton
55:38 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
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.
In this extra long episode, we review progress made in domain modeling, Swift Charts, and a Tron-esque UI! Plus, Steve discusses his experiences using the ChatGPT macOS app and Cursor with Xcode before we try to do some "vibe coding" ourselves to add a small UI feature. There are a lot of quotable moments in this episode. It's a fun one!
## Show Notes
- BentoFit: The Road So Far…
- Kotaro: UI Updates including Dark Mode!
- Aaron: Swift Chart!
- Steve: More metrics, refactored HealthKit, domain modeling begun!
- How to Use Cursor and Xcode Together
- Vibe Coding Demo with Cursor and Xcode
- Next Time
- Use up Cursor tokens and get more domain modeling done and caching of HealthKit data
- Add/remove bento items in the UI
- Bento zoom transition to detail screen
- Basic settings we can configure
- More charts, maybe even configurable!
- Wrap-Up
- http://phillycocoa.org
- Side Project Shout Out
- https://stylebookapp.com
## Chapters
00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:08 BentoFit: The Road So Far...
00:10:28 Kotaro Fixed Dark Mode!
00:18:25 Aaron Made a Chart!
00:22:00 Steve Started Domain Modeling!
00:24:11 Using ChatGPT macOS App with Xcode
00:26:10 Using Cursor with Xcode
00:35:32 Reviewing the Cursor Chat Log
00:40:50 The Trio Vibe Code with Cursor and Xcode
00:50:06 How to Avoid Shooting Yourself in the Foot
00:58:16 Next Time
01:07:26 Wrap-Up
01:07:44 Side Project Shout Out: Stylebook App
01:11:48 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
Sometimes life gets in the way of a side project. That's what happened to us this sprint and so progress on Bento Fit has been extra slow. But, this is a good opportunity to discuss strategies for getting back on track when life throws you a detour on your developer journey.
## Show Notes
- Bento Fit Update
- Steve is working on HealthKit metrics and domain modeling, but progress is slow.
- Rolling with the Punches
- Kotaro has been busy with work.
- Aaron helps run Philly Bike Expo!
- Goals for Next Time: MVP!
- UI updates to ease dogfooding
- HealthKit metrics / domain modeling
- Swift Charts implementation for visualizing trends
- Wrap-Up & Side Project Shout Out
- https://stylebookapp.com
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
01:27 Bento Fit: The Story So Far
19:00 Bento Fit: UI Transitions
20:25 Rolling with the Punches
24:44 Tangent: The Beauty of 90s Video Game Manuals
25:55 Rolling with the Punches (cont.)
34:05 Bento Fit: Reviewing GitHub Issues
42:29 Wrap-Up
42:51 Side Project Shout Out: Stylebook App
48:39 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
We continue to make slow progress developing our HealthKit dashboard app, codenamed "Bento Fit." In this episode, our update includes more HealthKit metrics discussion, Xcode Cloud configurations, a discussion on Git workflows, implementing basic logging, using Grok to write bad HealthKit code, and Kotaro's "Full Dieter Rams" UI designs. Plus, it looks like we need a persistence strategy, maybe SwiftData, maybe something else?
## Show Notes
- Bento Fit Update
- How to manage your time on a side project
- Metrics discussion from Side Project Saturday
- Xcode Cloud is setup
- Steve learned Swift Testing
- Git workflows
- HealthKit metric updates
- Using LLMs for HealthKit code generation
- Kotaro’s UI update & discussion
- Prototype Driven Development
- Next Time
- Add/Remove bento boxes dynamically
- More HealthKit metrics to implement
- Data model / caching strategy?
- Learn Swift Charts?
- Wrap-Up
- http://phillycocoa.org
- Not a Sponsor
- https://miovino.app
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions & The Story So Far
04:55 Bento Fit Update: Setting Expectations
06:12 Bento Fit Update: SPS Metrics Discussion
09:30 Bento Fit Update: Xcode Cloud & Git Workflow
14:52 Bento Fit Update: Logging
17:20 Bento Fit Update: Implementing HealthKit Metrics
18:27 Bento Fit Update: Using Grok to Generate HealthKit Code
21:53 Bento Fit Update: Kotaro's UI Update & Discussion
27:28 HealthKit Data Persistence Strategy
33:06 Prototype Driven Development
35:58 Next Sprint
51:10 Wrap-Up
53:07 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.
We have made progress on our new fitness app, currently codenamed, "Bento Fit." This week we provide an update about the UI, using local Swift Packages for modularization of the codebase, creating custom HealthKit metrics, thoughts on data persistence and syncing, and next steps. Plus, tangents about running local LLMs, the fortunes of COBOL programmers, and some really bad monetization ideas. If you want to get into the headspace of some developers working on a side project, this was basically our project meeting recorded, so enjoy, tangents and all!
## Show Notes
- Bento Fit Progress Report
- https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/08/indie-app-spotlight-bentocraft/
- Temp App Icon
- Very basic layout for home view
- Settings view placeholder
- Add view placeholder
- HealthKit permissions
- WatchKit integration
- SPM refactor
- https://www.swiftystack.com
- Aaron running miles by week adventure
- Stats we want to focus on
- Heart metrics
- Running miles per week
- Caffeine / nutrients consumed
- Impromptu monetization discussion
- Customized metrics for IAP
- How to save preference data
- Shared keychain items
- Swift Data / CloudKit
- NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore
- Tangents on Cobol, PS5, etc.
- Next Steps
- Explore app’s personality using Sketch
- Add HealthKit metrics
- Add tests
- Xcode Cloud setup
- Add ability to add/remove cards from UI
- Wrap-Up
- http://phillycocoa.org
- Not a Sponsor: https://miovino.app
## Chapters
00:00 Introductions
01:09 Catch-up on Bento Fit History
07:12 Bento Fit Progress Update
09:03 Bento Fit Progress: Local Swift Package Refactor
14:22 Bento Fit Progress: Custom HealthKit Metric
17:26 Exploring HealthKit Metrics
24:03 Tangent: Bad Monetization Ideas
26:07 Tangent: Studio Display is Still Expensive!
27:24 Tangent: More Realistic Monetization Strategies
28:50 Dogfooding the Prototype
31:04 Data Persistence and Syncing Strategies
39:33 Tangent: Local LLMs
44:48 Tangent: The Fortunes of COBOL Developers
47:40 Bento Fit Next Steps
01:00:53 Wrap-Up: http://phillycocoa.org
01:01:14 Not a Sponsor: https://miovino.app
01:03:56 Tag
Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.