Kodsnack 598 - Tiny dopamine hit, with Jack Cheng

<p>Fredrik talks to <a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/about/">Jack Cheng</a> - author and creator of the iPhone note capture app <a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/bebop-design-dev-process/">Bebop</a>. Jack describes where Bebop came from and how he built it, and how and why Copilot and other AI tools became integral parts of the workflow.</p> <p>Being aware of the maintenance cost of each decision, keeping things focused, avoiding building yourself into a bloated corner - sometimes even deciding certain things don&rsquo;t belong in your app.</p> <p>Coding on the side, needing to balance the time you have? Use it to your advantage!</p> <p>Jack also talks about the other apps he uses for working with notes and writing, and how different apps feel right for different types of writing.</p> <p>(Yes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_%28software%29">Obsidian</a> once again makes an appearance.)</p> <p>Thank you <a href="http://www.cloudnet.se">Cloudnet</a> for sponsoring our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server">VPS</a>!</p> <p>Comments, questions or tips? We a re <a href="https://www.twitter.com/kodsnack">@kodsnack</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/tobiashieta">@tobiashieta</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/oferlund">@oferlund</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/bjoreman">@bjoreman</a> on Twitter, have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kodsnack">page on Facebook</a> and can be emailed at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> if you want to write longer. We read everything we receive.</p> <p>If you enjoy Kodsnack we would love a <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/se/podcast/kodsnack/id561631498?l=en">review in iTunes</a>! You can also support the podcast by <a href="https://ko-fi.com/kodsnack" rel="payment">buying us a coffee (or two!) through Ko-fi</a>.</p> <h2 id="links">Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/about/">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/books/">Jack&rsquo;s books</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/books/see-you-in-the-cosmos/">See you in the cosmos</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/books/the-many-masks-of-andy-zhou/">The many masks of Andy Zhou</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/the-slow-web/">The slow web</a> - Jack&rsquo;s blog post</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub_Copilot">Copilot</a></li> <li><a href="https://captio.co/">Captio</a> - the app Jack used which let you email a note to yourself</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_%28software%29">Obsidian</a></li> <li><a href="https://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/">Nvalt</a></li> <li><a href="https://fsnot.es/">Fsnotes</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapier">Zapier</a></li> <li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bebop-quick-notes/id6477824795?ref=jackcheng.com">Bebop</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/bebop-design-dev-process/">Jack&rsquo;s post introducing Bebop</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails">Ruby on rails</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typepad">Typepad</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_%28programming_language%29">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftUI">Swiftui</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C">Objective-C</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller">MVC</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppIntents">App intents</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code">Visual studio code</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode">Xcode</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figma">Figma</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cursor.com/">Cursor</a> is the editor with more builtin LLM features</li> <li><a href="https://ko-fi.com/kodsnack">Support us on Ko-fi!</a></li> <li><a href="https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/">Morning pages</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/sunday/">Jack&rsquo;s newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://ghost.org/">Ghost</a></li> <li><a href="https://quoteunquoteapps.com/highland-2/">Highland 2</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_August">John August</a></li> <li><a href="http://coteditor.com/">Cot</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Share.html">Share extensions</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/testflight/">Testflight</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jackcheng/these-days-a-novel">These days</a> - Jack&rsquo;s first novel, financed through Kickstarter</li> <li><a href="https://www.robinsloan.com/">Robin Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/">Robin&rsquo;s text about how an app can be a home-cooked meal</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/">WWDC</a> - Apple&rsquo;s yearly developer conference</li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review">The Humane AI pin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/2/24147159/rabbit-r1-review-ai-gadget">Rabbit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/podcasts/see-you-on-the-bookshelf/">See you on the bookshelf</a> - Jack&rsquo;s podcast about creating See you in the cosmos</li> <li><a href="https://booksmitten.us/">Booksmitten</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.jackcheng.com/">jackcheng.com</a></li> <li>Jack on <a href="https://instagram.com/jackcheng">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.net/@jackcheng">Threads</a>, and <a href="https://indieweb.social/@jackcheng">Mastodon</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="titles">Titles</h2> <ul> <li>Addicted to the slot machine of social media</li> <li>Just spin up an Iphone app</li> <li>A specific thing I want to build</li> <li>Advanced auto complete</li> <li>Gold coins along the way</li> <li>Freeze all these features</li> <li>The maintenance cost of every decision</li> <li>The speed of capture</li> <li>Tiny dopamine hit</li> <li>Use it to your advantage</li> <li>Immediately useful</li> <li>You can&rsquo;t not be cliché</li> <li>Today as the title</li> </ul>