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Jun 12 • 🧰 How To Guide
How to Run macOS 26 Tahoe Beta in a VM on Your Mac using UTM

How to Run macOS 26 Tahoe Beta in a VM on Your Mac using UTM

Apple just released the macOS 26 beta at WWDC, and if you're doing any kind of iOS or macOS development, it's a great time to spin up a test environment without risking your main system.
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May 29 • 👨‍💻 Software
How to Start Developing Audio Plugins on macOS

How to Start Developing Audio Plugins on macOS

Recently I've been playing around with making audio plugins on macOS using JUCE. I ended up putting together a few simple scripts to make it easier to quickly spin up new audio projects.
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May 13 • 🧰 How To Guide
How to Setup macOS in a VM on macOS with UTM

How to Setup macOS in a VM on macOS with UTM

I've been experimenting with different autonomous agents lately and I’ve started to sandbox them. When something needs to run on macOS, I’ve found UTM to be the easiest way to spin up a lightweight, isolated macOS instance on Apple Silicon.
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May 12 • 🤔 Thinking about
How to Begin Piloting Autonomous AI Developer Tools

How to Begin Piloting Autonomous AI Developer Tools

I recently encouraged a CEO friend to try an autonomous AI coding service—the kind of tool that would’ve seemed like science fiction not long ago. What stood out in our conversation was the complexity of introducing it to a team.
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Apr 16 • 🪩 Reflecting on
When Your Mac Feels Broken—But Isn’t

When Your Mac Feels Broken—But Isn’t

Recently, I started noticing that every time I rebooted my Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, I’d get stuck with the dreaded beachball. It wasn’t just a one-off. The issue persisted—even when I booted into Safe Mode.
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