<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Icepocalypse update&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Casey&amp;#8217;s unit conversions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; helpful… ish&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other authentication options for John&amp;#8217;s Cloudflare apps

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/secure-with-access/"&gt;Cloudflare Access&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_architecture"&gt;Zero trust architecture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://openid.net/developers/how-connect-works/"&gt;OpenID connect&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/tailscale/tsidp"&gt;&lt;code&gt;tsidp&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id"&gt;Pocket ID&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Per-pixel lighting and human perception (via &lt;a href="https://mstdn.social/@dschaub/115982796010503613"&gt;David Schaub&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The state of MicroLED

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBd7_uxrq6c"&gt;Robert Tait of The Hook Up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Claude Code &amp;amp; AI ethics

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM"&gt;Alec&amp;#8217;s video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0116/1553440-mayo-wind-farm/"&gt;Irish wind farm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/top-dogs/umc.cmc.6snqtei46tkkch7odsnoq9nac"&gt;Top Dogs&lt;/a&gt; in Apple Vision Pro&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Marco&amp;#8217;s experiment

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://relay.fm/cortex"&gt;Cortex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://duckduckgo.com/"&gt;DuckDuckGo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kagi.com"&gt;Kagi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-unlocks-the-power-of-agentic-coding/"&gt;Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/116012818319688473"&gt;John&amp;#8217;s Tahoe icon battle continues&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging"&gt;Rubber duck debugging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mister.computer/@kyle/115969287543723293"&gt;Kyle Hughes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_shipping"&gt;Drop shipping&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: &lt;a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-is-killing-off-the-model-s-and-model-x/"&gt;Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/869603/tesla-q4-2025-earnings-revenue-profit-musk-robotaxis"&gt;Most recent earnings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/01/28/tesla-tsla-q4-2025-earnings-call-transcript/"&gt;Earnings call transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/29/teslas-own-robotaxi-data-confirms-crash-rate-3x-worse-than-humans-even-with-monitor/"&gt;The Robotaxi is dangerous according to… Tesla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/self-driving-cars.html"&gt;We really need to get to self-driving&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://waymo.com/safety/impact/"&gt;Waymo&amp;#8217;s safety record&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: &lt;a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-developing-ai-wearable-pin"&gt;Apple&amp;#8217;s rumored AI pin&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/870353/apple-q-ai-acquisition-silent-speech"&gt;Apple buys Q.ai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/29/apples-new-acquisition-could-solve-my-biggest-ai-problem/"&gt;Ryan Chistoffel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

677: I Accept the Battery Cost

FEB 5, 2026121 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

677: I Accept the Battery Cost

FEB 5, 2026121 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Icepocalypse update</li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Casey&#8217;s unit conversions <em>are</em> helpful… ish</li> <li>Other authentication options for John&#8217;s Cloudflare apps <ul> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/secure-with-access/">Cloudflare Access</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_architecture">Zero trust architecture</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://openid.net/developers/how-connect-works/">OpenID connect</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/tailscale/tsidp"><code>tsidp</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id">Pocket ID</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Per-pixel lighting and human perception (via <a href="https://mstdn.social/@dschaub/115982796010503613">David Schaub</a>)</li> <li>The state of MicroLED <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBd7_uxrq6c">Robert Tait of The Hook Up</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Claude Code &amp; AI ethics <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM">Alec&#8217;s video</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0116/1553440-mayo-wind-farm/">Irish wind farm</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/top-dogs/umc.cmc.6snqtei46tkkch7odsnoq9nac">Top Dogs</a> in Apple Vision Pro</li> <li>Marco&#8217;s experiment <ul> <li><a href="https://relay.fm/cortex">Cortex</a></li> <li><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</a></li> <li><a href="https://kagi.com">Kagi</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-unlocks-the-power-of-agentic-coding/">Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@siracusa/116012818319688473">John&#8217;s Tahoe icon battle continues</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging">Rubber duck debugging</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://mister.computer/@kyle/115969287543723293">Kyle Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_shipping">Drop shipping</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-is-killing-off-the-model-s-and-model-x/">Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/869603/tesla-q4-2025-earnings-revenue-profit-musk-robotaxis">Most recent earnings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/01/28/tesla-tsla-q4-2025-earnings-call-transcript/">Earnings call transcript</a></li> <li><a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/29/teslas-own-robotaxi-data-confirms-crash-rate-3x-worse-than-humans-even-with-monitor/">The Robotaxi is dangerous according to… Tesla</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/self-driving-cars.html">We really need to get to self-driving</a></li> <li><a href="https://waymo.com/safety/impact/">Waymo&#8217;s safety record</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-developing-ai-wearable-pin">Apple&#8217;s rumored AI pin</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/870353/apple-q-ai-acquisition-silent-speech">Apple buys Q.ai</a></li> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/29/apples-new-acquisition-could-solve-my-biggest-ai-problem/">Ryan Chistoffel</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://gusto.com/ATP">Gusto</a>: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses.</li> <li><a href="https://www.masterclass.com/atp">Masterclass</a>: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire.</li> <li><a href="https://factormeals.com/atp50off">Factor</a>: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Become a member</a> for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!</p>