This week, Federico and John are back from their holiday break, included so many hardware and automation projects that this is part one of a two-part episode regarding Federico’s networked music automation setup and John’s new research tool. On AppStories+, Federico shares his foldable phone experiments. Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ. This episode is sponsored by: Copilot Money – Your money, beautifully organized. Links and Show Notes Presenting Our Nerdy Holiday Projects John’s Research PWA Parallel.ai Firecrawl Example Club MacStories article by John where he used his research tool How iTunes Shaped the Apple of Today Tools John used: FastAPI Tailscale LLM by Simon Willison Feedbin Federico’s Networked Music Library Roon ROCK (Roon server) Qobuz M4 Mac mini (Refurbished) Terramaster F8SSD+ NAS FiiO R9 FiiO M17 DAP FiiO FT1 headphones John got a FiiO Snowsky Echo Mini DAP Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Access Extra Content and PerksFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for nearly a decade. What started with weekly and monthly email newsletters has blossomed into a family of memberships designed for every MacStories fan. Club MacStories: Weekly and monthly newsletters via email and the web that are brimming with apps, tips, automation workflows, longform writing, early access to the MacStories Unwind podcast, periodic giveaways, and more; Club MacStories+: Everything that Club MacStories offers, plus an active Discord community, advanced search and custom RSS features for exploring the Club’s entire back catalog, bonus columns, and dozens of app discounts; Club Premier: All of the above and AppStories+, an extended version of our flagship podcast that’s delivered early, ad-free, and in high-bitrate audio. Learn more here and from our Club FAQs. Join Now