Chris Trott

@davidstosik It’s only a couple prompts to build a toggleable mode switch plug-in for “read-only”, “full access”, etc. That was the first thing I had it build for me when I was first trying it out.

Been playing with Pi (the coding agent) a little bit. Gonna have to adjust my expectations and be a bit more careful with my prompts. Full access to bash and file system: it'll happily overwrite its own config or install Homebrew packages if it ever thinks that's what I wanted!

@ThoseWhoSwift I was making the opposite argument: print design mindset doesn’t work for app design 😭

This essay from @twocentstudios reflects on adopting a print design mindset in digital work: focusing on clarity, typography, and thoughtful layout as if preparing content for physical media. twocentstudios.com/2026/01/29/pri…

New blog post: Print Design Mindset to App Design Mindset twocentstudios.com/2026/01/29/pri…

New blog post: Introducing Eki Bright 2.0 twocentstudios.com/2026/01/18/int…

@C_H_Wood Ah I just saw this! Will take a look. qckfx.com

@C_H_Wood Recording tap actions is a cool idea. If you write something up or have reference links you used to set it up I’d love to check them out.

New blog post: Closing the Loop on iOS with Claude Code twocentstudios.com/2025/12/27/clo… A full breakdown of my build, install, launch, console logging, and simulator manipulation CLI commands to give Claude Code more opportunities to get its changes correct.

New blog post: Shinkansen Live - Developing the App for iOS twocentstudios.com/2025/12/25/shi… A brain dump about the technical challenges of my latest app, Shinkansen Live.

I don't have the strength right now to investigate why the @1Password Chrome/Safari extension breaks syntax highlighting on static Jekyll blogs (including mine).

@steipete 🙏🙏🙏

@twocentstudios summarize update-free —set-default

Summarize 0.6 👉 now does Podcasts! Will use transcript if available, if not it downloads audio and uses local Whisper.cpp (if installed) or OpenAI/FAL Whisper to transcribe audio, then summarize. Will simply work with any of the common URLs, be it Spotify, Apple Podcasts Also new: support for @Zai_org and --language github.com/steipete/summa…

More details and screenshots: x.com/twocentstudios…

One more animation:

Today I'm releasing Shinkansen Live, an iOS app for putting your Shinkansen Ticket details in a Live Activity. Try it on your next Shinkansen trip.

New blog post: Shinkansen Live – Scan Your Ticket, Get a Live Activity twocentstudios.com/2025/12/24/int…

New blog post: You Are a Frameworks Engineer at Big Tech Corp twocentstudios.com/2025/12/19/you…

@No_Wham @twannl No worries. I appreciate the call out for being click baitey heh

@twocentstudios @twannl hahaha there's always nuance. either way, you've uncovered things here that are really really interesting and I didn't think of. so while I don't 100% agree, I really appreciate the effort and it is still very much insightful

“Never use Group in SwiftUI”. It’s a bold statement that, in some cases, still holds. @twocentstudios tells all about it. Curated in this week's #swiftleeweekly twocentstudios.com/2025/12/12/swi…