On this episode we dive into Tiny Tool Town — a GeoCities‑style app hub for tiny developer utilities — and James walks us through building Tiny Clips, a Mac toolbar screen‑capture app he prototyped and shipped using Copilot, agentic workflows, and a plan‑implement‑review cycle. Expect practical takeaways on multi‑model AI pipelines (planning with 5.2, coding with Codex/Opus), CI/publishing tips, sandboxing/TestFlight pitfalls, and why tiny apps are booming.

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

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<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
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<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank">Adventureface</a></li>
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<description>
 &lt;p&gt;On this episode we dive into Tiny Tool Town — a GeoCities‑style app hub for tiny developer utilities — and James walks us through building Tiny Clips, a Mac toolbar screen‑capture app he prototyped and shipped using Copilot, agentic workflows, and a plan‑implement‑review cycle. Expect practical takeaways on multi‑model AI pipelines (planning with 5.2, coding with Codex/Opus), CI/publishing tips, sandboxing/TestFlight pitfalls, and why tiny apps are booming.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Follow Us&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Frank: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;James: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Merge Conflict: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.mergeconflict.fm/discord" target="_blank"&gt;Chat on Discord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank"&gt;Adventureface&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;⭐⭐ &lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&amp;ls=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Review Us&lt;/a&gt; ⭐⭐&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Machine transcription available on &lt;a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://mergeconflict.fm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>

On this episode we dive into Tiny Tool Town — a GeoCities‑style app hub for tiny developer utilities — and James walks us through building Tiny Clips, a Mac toolbar screen‑capture app he prototyped and shipped using Copilot, agentic workflows, and a plan‑implement‑review cycle. Expect practical takeaways on multi‑model AI pipelines (planning with 5.2, coding with Codex/Opus), CI/publishing tips, sandboxing/TestFlight pitfalls, and why tiny apps are booming.

Merge Conflict

503: Welcome to Tiny Tool Town

503: Welcome to Tiny Tool Town

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