On this episode of Mac Power Users, Stephen and I sit down with Marco Arment to talk about what happens when a podcast app developer accidentally builds a data center. Overcast now transcribes podcasts on demand, and the hardware behind that feature is 48 Mac minis running in a rack. Marco walks us through how the system works, how he manages it all remotely, and what he’d do differently if he started from scratch.
We also catch up on the rest of Marco’s life, including the three-year-old MacBook Pro he refuses to upgrade and the restaurant he now helps run. There’s a good stretch on using AI in an actual development workflow and where Marco hopes Apple takes things for developers.
Episode Links
- ATP 683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug — ATP
- Overcast App
- Accidental Data Centre : r/overcast
- Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars
- I Tested 12 Podcast Apps… Here’s the Best One – YouTube
- Backblaze no longer backing up cloud-based files
- Fat Cat Software
- Buy Bambu Lab X2D
- Gridfinity Generator | Interactive tool
- Tinkercad
- Onshape | Product Development Platform
- Shapr3D: 3D Modeling software | Windows & Mac & iPad
- 3D Printer Warehouse
- “Dental” Filament
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