About this episode

The episode discusses various technology topics including automotive advancements, backup solutions, and Apple product updates.

Pre-show: Marco has a rose and thorn Lutron Caséta Fan Control Fanimation Technology Connections video Follow-up: Marco’s favorite feedback (about Myke ) was from Analog(ue) 😬 SQLite bug write-up Blackbird Post-show Neutral Professional negotiators / “headhunters” are very much a thing CarEdge (via John Siracusa) Delivrd (via Roger Coxon) Wall Street Journal ( News+ link ) The Car Chick (via Juan Boyce) The #1 trusted automotive expert for women and smart men Your Car Buying Advocate (via Ian McCullough) Two options from Colin Macdonald Automatch Consulting Insight Auto Consulting Casey makes some discoveries over the last week Justification from the midwest dealer Ventilated seats Laser headlights Marco takes a spin as well John’s passwords pro-tip Codex Micro (via St. Chris ) Icon keys John and Casey weep for a while about Verizon CableCARD s 😭 Backups Time Machine has a fatal flaw (via Jonathan Dechko) …but also a workaround (via Eric Jacobsen) Transcend JetDrive BaseQi Adapter Are backups even necessary? (via Mustapha Hamoui ) Apple Upgrade Lease agreements are between customer & financier, not the retailer (via Patch) Apple Card also has 12…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Topics covered

• technology
• automotive
• backups
• Apple products
• negotiation
• memory issues

Keywords

• Lutron Caséta
• SQLite bug
• CarEdge
• Apple Card
• RAMpocalypse
• iPhone 18 Pro
• macOS
• iOS
• backups
• negotiation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SQLite, Blackbird, CarEdge, Delivrd, Wall Street Journal, The Car Chick, Automatch Consulting, Insight Auto Consulting

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