Episode 89 • I Don’t Have That Many Tendons In My Brain
Scott and Peter do some live coffee drinking and AI agent installs while pondering how much f word is too much f word.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Wegmans Decaf Espresso Whole Bean Roast
- Silver Falls Coffee Co. Swiss Water Process Cascade Blend Decaf
- Mac mini remoting
- VNC sucks
- Screens 5
- AI agentic coding and workflows
- Claude Code
- Warp AI
- Notion MCP
- MCP Obsidian
- Google Gemini CLI
- Theo - t3.gg
- 🎙️ MacWhisper
- Getting started with AI agentic workflows
- Finder hangs
The Links
- Wegmans Decaf Espresso Whole Bean Roast
- Silver Falls Coffee Co. Swiss Water Process Cascade Blend Decaf
- Screens 5
- Claude Code
- Warp AI
- Notion MCP – Connect Notion to your favorite AI tools
- GitHub - MarkusPfundstein/mcp-obsidian: MCP server that interacts with Obsidian via the Obsidian rest API community plugin
- So I’ve had gpt-5 for a bit now… - YouTube
- The current state of gpt-5 - YouTube
- 🎙️ MacWhisper
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 88 • I Could Use A Big Giant Femur Bone
Scott and Peter talk a lot, and this time it’s all about the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar watch. Also, GPT 5, FoodNoms AI, YouTube Premium, and a little vibe coding.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- AI Update
- ChatGPT 5 and Vibe Coding
- YouTube Premium
- FoodNoms AI mode
- The Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar vs Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Things Peter misses from the Apple Watch Ultra
- Siri
- Message sending
- Medication tracking
- Responding to notifications
- Responding to authenticator apps
- Controlling audio playback
- Better UI
- Charging
- Music
- Podcasts
- Customizable faces and widgets
- Watch bands
- Things Peter likes about the Garmin
- Battery life
- Buttons
- Loading workouts
- Workout data analysis
- Notifications in AirPods (without messing up audio playback)
- Weight difference
- Bluetooth pairing and pairing indicators
- Things that are the same (or close enough)
- Workout tracking
- GPS navigation
- Safety features
- Things that are just different
- More features and apps geared towards athletes
- Syncing
- Garmin documentation is not always accurate
- Haptic directions
- Which does Peter like better?
- Both
- Things Peter misses from the Apple Watch Ultra
The Links
Episode 87 • Enemies of Chrome
Peter doesn’t want to think different, he wants to run different. Scott just wants his automations to run different. They both watch Adam Mockler, and they both have thoughts about the current political discourse.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Coava Coffee Roasters S.O. Blend
- Yorkshire Gold | Yorkshire Tea
- The Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar vs Apple Watch Ultra 2
- macOS Automations
- Mockler, Meidas Touch, and Politics
The Links
Episode 86 • Whatever, Software
Coffees, Macs, Kumas, and Mocklers... it's like a grab bag of topics. Also Peter does the math on AppleCare One, Scott tells him how to log into meetings with Dato, and both are angry at reminders.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Backporch Blend — Backporch Coffee Roasters
- Market Basket French Roast Whole Bean Coffee
- Fellow Opus Coffee Grinder
- Prime Day Mac minis
- Foundry Virtual Tabletop
- Tailscale Node
- Uptime Kuma
- Superman movies live on YouTube
- AppleCare One
- Calendar hell with Peter Nikolaidis
- Dato by Sindre Sorhus
- Due Reminder App
- The problem with reminders
- Adam Mockler - YouTube
The Links
- Backporch Blend — Backporch Coffee Roasters
- Market Basket French Roast Whole Bean Coffee
- Opus Conical Burr Grinder – Fellow
- Foundry Virtual Tabletop
- Uptime Kuma - A Fancy Self-Hosted Monitoring Tool
- Superman movies live on YouTube
- AppleCare One
- Dato — Sindre Sorhus
- Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad
- Adam Mockler - YouTube
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 85 • I’m Big in Japan
Scott went to Japan (and wishes he was still there). Peter went to Japan too, in 2002. They both like Shinkansen and Japanese food. Scott Spotlighted Raycast (that’s a new verb), Scott and Peter both bought refurbished M1 Mac minis to use as Tailscale exit nodes, Peter plays Virtual Tabletop games, and it’s the Year of 5% Linux on the desktop!
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Scott goes to Japan
- Peter’s Japan Rotary Club experience
- Shinkansen
- Visas and long-term stays in Japan
- Spotlighting Raycast
- M1 Mac mini
- Virtual Tabletop gaming
- The Year of 5% Linux on the Desktop