Breaking Change A show in which Justin Searls talks with you from time to time. Programmer things. Apple stuff. Gaming news. Dispatches from Disney World. Each episode also entitles the listener to one (1) exclusive pun, care of of Aaron Patterson (aka @tenderlove). Submit questions and comments to podcast@searls.co Justin Searls A show in which Justin Searls talks with you from time to time. Programmer things. Apple stuff. Gaming news. Dispatches from Disney World. Each episode also entitles the listener to one (1) exclusive pun, care of of Aaron Patterson (aka @tenderlove). Submit questions and comments to podcast@searls.co https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change/ en Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:16:03 +0000 true Justin Searls website@searls.co Copyright 2026 Justin Searls Copyright 2026 Justin Searls HXkrNZTxuB54lXwP5kU1V46P Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:38:37 +0000 v53 - Pod Freeze v53 - Pod Freeze 60 Justin Searls 03:05:37 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v53-pod-freeze/ The promise of Breaking Change is that with every major version (this being the 60th episode of the program, but only the 53rd such release), I will break something. Well, I finally did it. I think I broke the show. Find out how by listening for yourself!

Want to be my friend? Drop me a line at justin@searls.co. Want to file a complaint with my supervisor? Forward your concerns to podcast@searls.co.

These links may rot, but alas—death comes for us all:

]]> frpqoqTt430DR5c4zycjlOqC Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:44:29 +0000 v52.0.1 - Len Testa: Bring back the Starcruiser v52.0.1 - Len Testa: Bring back the Starcruiser 59 Justin Searls 02:12:49 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v52.0.1-len-testa-bring-back-the-starcruiser/ Today, we're joined by a very special guest, Len Testa! You might know him from The Disney Dish podcast or from his excellent theme park travel planning app Touring Plans. Or you might not know him at all! No wrong answers.

This episode is all about Disney's ill-fated Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser live action role-playing hotel—which we both had the opportunity to experience right when it first launched. It was a life-changing experience for both of us, so why did it fail? Is it true that the top Disney brass learned all the wrong lessons from that failure? And will the CEO-in-waiting Josh D'Amaro ever have the courage to attempt something so ambitious again? Listen to this episode, in which we speak with an unearned confidence that suggests we have all of these answers!

You can reach out to Len at len@touringplans.com and you can write into the show at podcast@searls.co. He'll read your e-mail and reply to it, but I may only skim it.

]]> jMD5gkwNXboIv58cFdL6osrP Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:06:30 +0000 v52 - Skynet any% v52 - Skynet any% 58 Justin Searls 02:06:23 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v52-skynet-anypercent/ Sure feels like some combination of AI, the US military, and the AI military could bring an end to the world any day now, so I figured I'd better record one last show for posterity. Welcome me on this version's speedrun to the apocalypse!

So long as the EMP blasts don't nuke all our ham radios, write in to podcast@searls.co and I'll read it on the next release of the program. Over.

Be sure to click all these links while the clickin's good:

]]> PynMvNw14WSvVejIfD7rKn37 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:35:38 +0000 v51 - Praise-bomb v51 - Praise-bomb 57 Justin Searls 02:13:18 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v51-praise-bomb/ I feel like I'm getting saltier, and it's concerning. If you want me to tone it down and/or up, let me know. It'll go a lot better if you just write to podcast@searls.co instead of yelling at your phone.

As usual, I brought the goods. Now here are the receipts:

]]> PbTFoSOtxLxxi9plXocHAne8 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:53:25 +0000 v50 - SpaceXXX v50 - SpaceXXX 56 Justin Searls 02:25:52 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v50-spacexxx/ Elon has combined 3 of his 4 businesses and everything makes sense. Also, I went to Japan and all I came back with was another weird story about animal sperm. Other stuff happened too, but let's be honest, it's the typical AI schlock you've come to expect from this decade.

Write in with your own takes to podcast@searls.co. Please. Really! Do it.

Citations needed?

]]> Qbqi4bmqNbCEi08D7G0itHlA Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:01:34 +0000 v49 - Saving Face Oil v49 - Saving Face Oil 55 Justin Searls 02:00:00 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v49-saving-face-oil/ I'm about to get on a plane and will be gone for a couple weeks, but didn't want to leave you Breaking Changeless so I did the thing where I stand up in front of a microphone and talked at you. Again. Like I do.

Fun fact: this is the first and only time I've taken a phone call live, on-air! I was just too lazy to edit that out gracefully.

Whenever I go to Japan solo, I experience moments of loneliness, so I'd really appreciate it if you sent me some praise or complaints or ideas to podcast@searls.co and I'll feel comforted by the knowledge that you exist. Your engagement sustains me.

Lotta weird and dumb links this go-round:

]]> Yr4EFTgG3juCg3dYN8kPwTIJ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:52:41 +0000 v48.1 - 2nd Annual Punsort v48.1 - 2nd Annual Punsort 54 Justin Searls 01:40:52 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/feature-release-v48.1-2nd-annual-punsort/ During the end-of-year podcasting doldrums, I'm pleased to bring you this Feature Release, in which I eschew my tradition of eschewing traditions and present a second annual sorting of the puns. As 2025 (a.k.a. Season 2) of Breaking Change comes to a close, Aaron Patterson once again joins the show to execute our latest iteration of the punsort algorithm.

Following along at home? Here's a spoiler-free link to the original Season 2 rankings.

Ready to be spoiled? Visit /puns for the final pun rankings of 2025.

If you agree, disagree, or are indifferent about where things landed, feel free to get it off your chest at podcast@searls.co.

]]> QZ8Aoe9kUs1mebZpnCNxTptD Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:48:01 +0000 v48 - Coil Whine v48 - Coil Whine 53 Justin Searls 02:25:52 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v48-coil-whine/ I'm experiencing what breathing out of my nose properly feels like for the first time. Everything is new and wondrous and I've never felt so optimistic. This sensation lasted for two days and now I'm used to it and existence is once again pain.

Share your existential musings at podcast@searls.co and I'll nod and sigh along. I might even nod and sigh performatively for you on the show!

Important ground covered in this episode:

]]> 7pD6OxQTEO5hF9SdeHnXu0nb Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:07:27 +0000 v47 - Turbinately Ill v47 - Turbinately Ill 52 Justin Searls 02:36:36 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v47-turbinately-ill/ Had a little pep in my step this time. Maybe it's because I decided to start recording after 7 AM for once. Maybe it's because I can finally fucking breathe out of my nose holes.

Tell me about what you do while you continue to draw breath at podcast@searls.co.

Things you can read if you're bored:

]]> rAcVgzciylKfLkz6owzYUIkC Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:24:27 +0000 v46 - Adjusted Gross Intelligence v46 - Adjusted Gross Intelligence 51 Justin Searls 02:23:41 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v46-adjusted-gross-intelligence/ I'm back and I'm angry. My power went out, which caused my Internet to go down, which broke my favorite mug. And that's just the shit that happened before 7 AM. By 9 AM my doorbell was continuously chiming for no fucking reason.

Join me in the struggle. We shall persevere. Tell me how your morning went by writing in to: podcast@searls.co.

Here 4 U:

]]> DGDimWIOitxqbzNSOwo7lehe Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:54:47 +0000 v45 - Developer Strap-on v45 - Developer Strap-on 50 Justin Searls 02:59:03 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v45-developer-strap-on/ This may be the version 45 release of Breaking Change, but when you factor in its Hotfixes and Feature Release entries, this is somehow the 50th episode of the show!

Why? Why are we still doing this to ourselves? Write in your answer and how you feel about yourself as a result to podcast@searls.co. Seriously, I need some new material.

The web runs on links, so have some:

]]> 1ucqFDV4qyn0sfsrY4aA0i3A Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 v44.0.2 - Mike McQuaid: If you don't like it, Quit v44.0.2 - Mike McQuaid: If you don't like it, Quit 49 Justin Searls 01:39:07 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/hotfix-v44.0.2-if-you-dont-like-it-quit/ Post-recording update: As I've been lobbying for (both publicly and behind the scenes), it has been announced that the RubyGems and Bundler client libraries are being transferred to Matz and the Ruby core team.

Mike McQuaid (of Homebrew fame) and I scheduled this episode of Hot Fix a week before the Ruby community exploded. Hot Fix is all about getting spicy, but even we were a little wary of the heat in that particular kitchen. The problem Mike brought to the table is the same one he's always on about: open source is not a career. Incidentally, Mike's favorite topic also happens to be relevant to the latest RubyGems controversy—because it all boils down to paying people to work on open source.

Not content to miss out on the fun, Jerod from The Changelog asked if he could join and discuss the ongoing Ruby drama as a group. So we decided to team up and do a collab episode—call it Breaking Changelog, I guess? It's nothing if not efficient: record once, edit twice, and syndicate everywhere.

If you don't mind swear words, listen to this version. If you don't like swearing, what the fuck are you doing here? (But seriously, you can listen to their edit if you want!)

Please send your compliments to podcast@searls.co and your complaints to editors@changelog.com.

]]> yilkIvfiQxhIiqxPzZgCU0tK Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:29:48 +0000 v44.0.1 - José Valim: It's a time for builders v44.0.1 - José Valim: It's a time for builders 48 Justin Searls 01:30:33 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/hotfix-v44.0.1-ignore-all-previous-instructions/ If you know who José Valim is, then you know he probably made a mistake by joining me for our third installment of 🔥Hotfix🔥. The inventor of the Elixir programming language is at it again with his colleagues at Dashbit and they've got a new product called Tidewave. It's a coding agent with a twist: it has such a deep level of integration with your web framework that it can get the executable feedback it needs to tackle the entire feature development lifecycle.

I do eventually let him plug the tool (and our conversation genuinely makes me want to try it—I logged a todo and everything!), but to be on Hotfix you gotta bring a thorny problem to the table, and he picked a great one: marketing hype aside, nobody has a clue what the future of AI agents looks like.

Like always, we totally 100% and A+ solved the problem by correctly predicting the future. You gotta listen to find out.

Every time I talk to José, I get ideas for what I should be doing instead of what I'm actually doing. If you feel so inspired, write into podcast@searls.co and I'll read it on the next mainline version release of Breaking Change.

You can follow José on Bsky, X, and Mastodon. Pick your poison. ☠️

]]> NbLfBn7auO2Tet4oE9EL9z1a Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:39:55 +0000 v44 - Can't get it up v44 - Can't get it up 47 Justin Searls 02:33:41 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v44-cant-get-it-up/ Hey, look! Breaking Change now has chapter support for each segment! More on how I did that while still upholding my commitment to laziness later.

I didn't get a good job connecting this version's release to what I was referencing, so to be clear I was referring to my heart rate as opposed to any other bodily functions. The other ones are getting up just fine, thank you. Get your head out of the gutter.

Thanks for all the great e-mails the last couple weeks! Throw yours on the pile at podcast@searls.co. Hopefully Fastmail won't lose it.

For the folks who pronounce URLs like Earls:

]]> QdXoxFaapJvSJIYDSTanLe4h Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:44:58 +0000 v43.1 - iPhone 17 Event Review v43.1 - iPhone 17 Event Review 46 Justin Searls 059:56 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/feature-release-v43.1-iphone-17-event-review/ It's an emergency bonus edition of Breaking Change as I take the covers off yet another show-within-a-show. I call it Feature Release, and its job is to fill in that middle number in our semantically versioned series of conversations together. No pun, no news, just some timely content wrapped up in a name, logo, and jingle package that still has that new podcast smell.

It's a 1-hour review of the Airpods, Apple Watch, and iPhone updates Apple announced today. You can see the full event video on YouTube. The Verge has a 17 minute abridged version if you just want the synopsis.

Please enjoy this episode of Feature Release! It may be the only one. Write into podcast@searls.co with your feedback!

]]> 4We9AhnlvtzVwlbkNhSeVr7d Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:58:22 +0000 v43 - The Slop Economy v43 - The Slop Economy 45 Justin Searls 02:35:05 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v43-the-slop-economy/ Remember it is your civic duty to e-mail me at podcast@searls.co. As of this episode, that address is monitored by Fastmail, so there's a higher probability I'll actually get your e-mail!

Some links you won't click:

]]> 2f0EenW3A0isxXbvD34hyr5S Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:41:14 +0000 v42.0.1 - Scott Werner: Ignore all previous instructions v42.0.1 - Scott Werner: Ignore all previous instructions 44 Justin Searls 01:47:25 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/hotfix-v42.0.1-ignore-all-previous-instructions/ 🔥Hotfix🔥 is back with a new guest! Scott Werner is the CEO of Sublayer, helps organize the Artificial Ruby meetup in NYC, and is the author of the extremely well-named (and well-written) Substack, Works on my Machine.

In this conversation, we jointly grapple with WTF is happening to programming as a career. Did the unprecedented peacetime the software industry experienced from 2005-2022 make us all soft? Is the era of code-writing agents fundamentally changing the nature of the job? Should we be less like DHH/Matz and more like why the lucky stiff?

We'd love to get your feedback to podcast@searls.co — I'll read it all and flag relevant questions and comments for the next Breaking Change.

You can follow Scott Werner online at:

A handful of things we mentioned:

]]> auyiF7Gf1CPkeJLGXSItAU9c Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:34:21 +0000 v42 - Free as in Remodel v42 - Free as in Remodel 43 Justin Searls 03:13:46 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v42-free-as-in-remodel/ Thanks for writing so many lovely emails to podcast@searls.co. Hell, thanks even for the unlovely ones.

Be sure to look out for me showing up on Dead Code at some point after it records next Tuesday. I'm realizing not all podcasts have a 1-hour-or-less turnaround time like this one does.

As promised, some URLs follow:

]]> 3mrE3AWXzRkesgXIHFkcUgIo Sun, 03 Aug 2025 16:33:57 +0000 v41 - Liquid Glasshole v41 - Liquid Glasshole 42 Justin Searls 02:16:10 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v41-liquid-glasshole/ I've made it! I'm over the hump! I'm actually writing* my language-learning app in Swift!

Send an email expressing how proud you are of me to podcast@searls.co. Or if there's any news worth following that isn't about AI. Too much AI stuff lately.

*And by "I'm writing", I admit Claude Code is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here.

Hyperlinks:

]]> MFhjfbX0p1V9FEw4HLdhkNvr Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:55:23 +0000 v40 - Go home Claude, you're drunk v40 - Go home Claude, you're drunk 41 Justin Searls 02:33:28 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v40-go-home-claude-youre-drunk/ Finally, a recommendation-heavy, full-mailbag show. Been a while.

New to the pod are achievements—watch your BreakingScore™ increase each time you write in to podcast@searls.co. The winner will receive nothing, probably.

Lynx:

]]> ANYSNEVRuDKjeNczcNpRwyPc Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:07:18 +0000 v39.0.1 - Dave Mosher: Use AI in Anger v39.0.1 - Dave Mosher: Use AI in Anger 40 Justin Searls 02:18:02 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/hotfix-v39.0.1-use-ai-in-anger/ Welcome to the first episode of 🔥Hotfix🔥! Breaking Change's first show-within-a-show, wherein I let somebody else talk for once. Each episode will show up as a patch release in the Breaking Change feed and feature guests with Hot takes about a relevant issue and a clear fix in mind for what we can do about it.

That first guest is a long-time collaborator and top 5 all-time colleague of mine named Dave Mosher, who's here to drop some truth bombs labeled "agentic coding" on the unsuspecting populace.

My secret mission on each of these is to lean into the show's E-for-explicit tag and try to get the guest to say something that could get them fired. I failed this time, but in fairness to me, Dave is Canadian.

We'd love to get your feedback to podcast@searls.co — I'll read it all and flag relevant questions and comments for the next Breaking Change.

You can follow Dave Mosher online at:

A handful of things we mentioned:

]]> edvUoYSM5atR2hTs96Dvzvob Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:01:59 +0000 v39 - Broken Home v39 - Broken Home 39 Justin Searls 02:42:48 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v39-broken-home/ I have returned to the nation of freedom and tariffs and all my shit has stopped working! Which shit? Why? What did I buy now? Listen and find out.

Remember, listeners who write in to podcast@searls.co will be spared on judgment day.

Website stuff follows:

]]> 14HnZU7g2eUq3XYev96bvmRT Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:22:46 +0000 v38 - Searls HQ2 v38 - Searls HQ2 38 Justin Searls 02:51:04 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v38-searls-hq2/ Spoiler alert: I'm in the same country as I was for v37, but this time from a different nondescript business hotel. Also: I have good personal news! And, as usual, bad news news. I don't get to pick the headlines though, I just read them.

This episode comes with a homework assignment. First, watch Apple's keynote at 10 AM pacific on June 9th. Second, e-mail podcast@searls.co with all your takes. I'd love your help by informing me where my head should be at when I show up on the Changelog next week.

And now, fewer links than usual:

]]> BtVHRZe3UhCwsm7zjK6SmeOL Thu, 22 May 2025 07:22:11 +0000 v37 - Whose bone is this? v37 - Whose bone is this? 37 Justin Searls 02:35:02 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v37-whose-bone-is-this/ Coming to you LIVE from a third straight week of Japanese business hotels comes me, Justin, in his enduring quest to figure out how to exchange currency for real estate in the land of the rising fun.

[Programming note: apologies, as the audio quality at the beginning of the podcast suffered because I fucked up and left the hotel room's air conditioner on (I caught it and fixed it from the pun section onward)]

Had a few great e-mails to read through this week, but now I'm fresh out again! Before you listen, why not write in a review of this episode? podcast@searls.co and tell me about how amazing it will be before it lets you down like your best friend and/or workplace mentor and/or parent figure.

Href time:

]]> ltjppED1OEJCQsYHjU3SZElb Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:35:09 +0000 v36 - Hedgelord v36 - Hedgelord 36 Justin Searls 02:24:00 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v36-hedgelord/ I'm going away on a trip for an unexpectedly long time, and you'll never guess why! (You might guess why.) Anyway, here's something to remember me by.

If you've ever been worried about whether something you cared about would work out okay, email podcast@searls.co and tell me about it so that I can share your story with a bunch of strangers on the Internet.

Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.

References available upon request:

]]> s8DQRejrHs3emoz5qZEaZy0q Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:10:38 +0000 v35 - GPT Casserole v35 - GPT Casserole 35 Justin Searls 02:35:19 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v35-gpt-casserole/ Your favorite podcast about nothing continues to find things to talk about.

Whatever you do, DO NOT e-mail me at podcast@searls.co or else I will read it on air and tell everyone how smart you sound and how good you look.

Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.

Links to follow:

]]> 3pZxdZbssp9MB6ubpwXLc2iQ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 16:11:13 +0000 v34 - Bait and Switch 2 v34 - Bait and Switch 2 34 Justin Searls 03:10:16 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v34-bait-and-switch-2/ Nothing like a peaceful Sunday morning at the end of an exhausting, historically-volatile week to pour a hot cup of coffee and spew absolutely scalding takes in all directions. If you get burned, don't say I didn't warn you. Read the message on the lid.

We've done 34 of these now and my mailbag is getting full of old e-mails that don't make sense anymore. Please email new stuff to me at podcast@searls.co and we, like civilization, will start fresh next time!

Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.

You can read more about things on other websites below:

]]> u3uLf7aZ5oziyd9BPXYDvTsG Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:30:29 +0000 v33 - Apathetic Intelligence v33 - Apathetic Intelligence 33 Justin Searls 02:57:58 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v33-apathetic-intelligence/ I hope you ordered your podcast spicy, because this version is a slow heat, but it builds. I was pretty fired up by the end of this one. If I crossed a line here, please report it to HR at podcast@searls.co and they will conduct an investigation.

Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.

I tossed this bouquet of URLs in the air but no one caught them:

]]> dnKFt0xBPJ7EucmFtgXyLvyz Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:48:49 +0000 v32 - Large Lemon Model v32 - Large Lemon Model 32 Justin Searls 02:11:15 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v32-large-lemon-model/ Turns out I'd accidentally been letting some of your e-mail get filtered as junk mail. I want to be clear that I don't think you're junk, Apple does. Write in with your feelings to podcast@searls.co and I'll read it, assuming I get it.

Video of this edition of the show is up on YouTube.

Without further ado, links!

]]> 9YB2CbsAmcOnRw5IV1YCANtK Sun, 16 Feb 2025 02:07:42 +0000 v31 - Full Searls Driving v31 - Full Searls Driving 31 Justin Searls 02:57:55 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v31-full-searls-driving/ Update: This is the first version of Breaking Change available in 4K video. Check it out on YouTube.

The one where Justin picks the perfect time to buy his first Tesla vehicle.

Sometimes the things I say and do make people feel things. Share those feelings with me at this e-mail address: podcast@searls.co. Whatever you're feeling, I'll read it and do my best to acknowledge it. I also may read it on air. Unless you ask me not to, in which case I won't.

Okay, so anyway, there are links to be lunked:

]]> c3LRIgelwpz5JrKYEwU09wnv Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:28:13 +0000 v30 - Mall of the Gulf of America v30 - Mall of the Gulf of America 30 Justin Searls 02:42:32 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v30-mall-of-the-gulf-of-america/ If you're here for the spicy, good news: you're gettin' it spicy.

I am usually joking, but I mean it this time: I'm going to stop doing this podcast if you don't write in to podcast@searls.co. Give me proof of life, that's all I need. I won't even read it on air if you don't want!

If you're not bored yet, click the links:

🌶️

]]> v1gXJ3MAlaq3coas98ugFn0L Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:17:35 +0000 v29 - Super Switch v29 - Super Switch 29 Justin Searls 03:05:16 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v29-super-switch/ In this episode: Justin goes to a birthday party, drives a Tesla, and configures your BIOS.

The compliments department is, as always, available at podcast@searls.co.

Have some URLs:

]]> EEMCZpi0G9gWtSAScOwZg5Tx Sat, 04 Jan 2025 20:37:34 +0000 v28 - Do you regret it yet? v28 - Do you regret it yet? 28 Justin Searls 02:24:46 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v28-do-you-regret-it-yet/ I don't normally do this, but content warning, this episode talks at length about death and funerals and, while I continue to approach everything with an inappropriate degree of levity, if that's something you're not game to listen to right now, go ahead and skip the first hour of this one.

Recommend me your favorite show or video game at podcast@searls.co and I will either play/watch it or lie and say I did. Thanks!

Now: links and transcript:

]]> yPyH4g0c0QzneRrlGVS8rulG Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:25:03 +0000 v27 - The Punsort Algorithm v27 - The Punsort Algorithm 27 Justin Searls 02:39:12 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v27-the-punsort-algorithm/ HEADS UP: This one has a video version in case you'd prefer to watch that!

HEADS UP SEVEN UP: Here's a spoiler-free link to this year's puns as they existed prior to this recording.

Welcome to a very special Holiday Edition of Breaking Change: our first annual Breaking Change Punsort! Today, we're joined by a surprise guest! Want to know who it is? You'll just have to listen and find out. Yes, it's Aaron.

As always, you can e-mail the show at podcast@searls.co. If you enjoyed this episode and want to see a second annual edition next year, let me know! If you don't write in, I'll stop—because editing multiple speakers plus video is a massive pain in the ass.

No links today, because we didn't actually talk about anything worth citing.

]]> bhJzSBk5m1vFEIy476GnXgYb Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:16:25 +0000 v26 - Luigi's Mansion v26 - Luigi's Mansion 26 Justin Searls 03:24:11 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v26-luigis-mansion/ I'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread houses to make and a tree to trim. And no nog to speak of. Really, that's all you get by way of show notes this time as a result, deal with it.

Send your complaints to podcast@searls.co and they will be read on air.

Some bullet points below the fold:

]]> eUm0xoSQPSTJcXvN9T3MAl16 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:50:14 +0000 v25 - Ghost Engineering v25 - Ghost Engineering 25 Justin Searls 02:50:25 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v25-ghost-engineering/ I left the country for a few weeks to get that taste out of my mouth but now I'm back and as salty as ever. Brace yourself.

I made a pretty strong appeal that you should e-mail the show at podcast@searls.co, so I won't repeat myself here. DO IT. DO IT NOW.

Hopefully I'll be back at least once more before we call it for 2024. Stay tuned. 📻

]]> wUvWdMSGgZdcqXG3g82tPCXl Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:29:28 +0000 v24 - Prophylactic Jet Lag v24 - Prophylactic Jet Lag 24 Justin Searls 03:05:00 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v24-prophylactic-jet-lag/ TIL that 4 AM is way too goddamn early to record a podcast. Apologies if I'm more chipper than usual, that's probably the coffee talking.

Had some great e-mails this show. You should keep the streak alive and mouth off with your fingers at podcast@searls.co.

Savor this version, folks. Gonna be at least a few weeks until you'll have another one.

]]> vSER6imfCOAVE4OptuOPUbRn Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:37:49 +0000 v23 - M4 Supermax v23 - M4 Supermax 23 Justin Searls 02:31:53 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v23-m4-supermax/ It is Wednesday, my dudes! This is normally a weekend listen, but there are new Macs to talk about. I wanted to give you the absolute freshest, least accurate information I can about all these neat new computers that I WILL NOT BE BUYING BECAUSE TIM COOK IS A COWARD.

Write something you want to say in all caps over at podcast@searls.co and maybe I'll scream it on the show!

Inside-voice links follow:

]]> DS9m3EbQbv0i3HN8eGVlsSa8 Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:36:16 +0000 v22 - Coming to VHS v22 - Coming to VHS 22 Justin Searls 02:11:49 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v22-coming-to-vhs/ Welcome to this podcast which, by now, you have probably decided you either listen to or don't listen to! And if you don't listen to it, one wonders why you are reading this.

Remember to write in at podcast@searls.co with suggestions for news stories and whatever you'd like me to talk about. Please keep it PG-rated or NC-17 rated. I want nothing in between.

Family-friendly and/or sexually explicit links follow:

]]> HaJ2ByGDZ1uJZ4wcPKOlR0Ks Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:07:12 +0000 v21 - Not From Backup v21 - Not From Backup 21 Justin Searls 03:23:09 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v21-not-from-backup/ Get ready for a three-hour-plus Breaking Change spectacular! Why is it special? I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to listen.

Remember, money doesn't change hands when you consume this Content™, but that doesn't make it free! In exchange for downloading this MP3, the license requires you to write in to podcast@searls.co at least once every three episodes. Some of y'all are past due, and I know where to find you.

Want URLs? I got URLs:

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]]> PYSsx1JmIYxA9xGSqiYDleew Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:26:00 +0000 v20 - Mandatory Stealth v20 - Mandatory Stealth 20 Justin Searls 02:56:33 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v20-mandatory-stealth/ There have now been 20 major versions since the initial release of Breaking Change, but this is one of the less bad ones. It was substantially improved by friend of the show, Eric Doggett, who helped out with mixing!

If you have strong feelings about anything you hear, you know where to stuff those feelings (other than "deep, deep down"): podcast@searls.co.

Spicier-than-usual show notes follow:

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]]> J6iAmSicyALdWXYNNmRbqRxq Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:47:49 +0000 v19 - Feature Complete v19 - Feature Complete 19 Justin Searls 02:24:40 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v19-feature-complete/ It is me, I am back! And after working too hard and becoming too dull I'm finally done* with that big app I've been working on.

I'm running behind on e-mails and need your best and worst takes for the next episode: podcast@searls.co.

Find out what that asterisk refers to below:

*I am, in fact, not at all done.

]]> dTv7vKW0BVSDzOMfUiNn92Sr Sun, 11 Aug 2024 19:29:51 +0000 v18 - Arriving today by 10 PM v18 - Arriving today by 10 PM 18 Justin Searls 02:35:35 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v18-arriving-today-by-10pm/ Boy, have I got a great show for you today! I guess. You be the judge.

If you listen to the podcast, please rate it on a scale from Good Charlotte to My Chemical Romance at podcast@searls.co.

The following links are included with your subscription:

]]> vsWRqwBmLpvLaP9zgzdCF1wI Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:48:06 +0000 v17 - Shallow Tissue Massage v17 - Shallow Tissue Massage 17 Justin Searls 02:18:50 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v17-shallow-tissue-massage/ I hope you like stories about moaning during a couples massage, bugs with Apple's Home Key system, and when it's OK to duplicate code in software. Because that's most of what I got this time.

Not enough of you are writing in, and if you don't start soon I am going to CANCEL this PODCAST production PERMANENTLY: podcast@searls.co. (Write in or else.)

Some proof of work:

]]> wRpV32RYAESywtfCgS7Ku2dP Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:24:09 +0000 v16 - No Politics Allowed v16 - No Politics Allowed 16 Justin Searls 02:52:59 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v16-no-politics-allowed/ Big day: now with transition music! 🎶

There's one topic that's been dominating headlines for the last two weeks, but if you want to hear about it you'll have to look elsewhere! That's because Breaking Change is a safe space. So listen up and let's find other things to get mad about.

Do you have opinions about politics? Do you want to share them with an Internet friend? Now's your chance: podcast@searls.co. (Other topics also welcome.)

I heard you like links:

]]> lLw5epFEYsFqU2BPz93Q6qBe Sun, 30 Jun 2024 21:57:23 +0000 v15 - An E Ink iPod Touch v15 - An E Ink iPod Touch 15 Justin Searls 02:45:47 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v15-an-eink-ipod-touch/ I bought a new gadget! And it runs Android! And I don't hate it!

Tell me about things you hate and don't hate and I might just read your feelings on air, for others to have opinions about! The e-mail, as always, is podcast@searls.co.

Sources below:

]]> gNXBIPKNW9ygMlXvalXhAFMs Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:28:52 +0000 v14 - Actual Intelligence v14 - Actual Intelligence 14 Justin Searls 02:36:29 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v14-actual-intelligence/ WWDC came and went and now we're all just left to ponder what life will be like under the thumb of our new AI overlords (and underlords). But at least for now, humans are still allowed to produce podcasts on their own, which means we can safely opine about the fresh hell we're all hard at work creating.

I finally got a chance to get to some mailbag questions in this episode! If you want to be a part of the ✨magic🪄, shoot me an e-mail to podcast@searls.co. I won't read your last name on air, unless I accidentally do. Promise!

Here are some links to stuff from this episode:

]]> 2B8c61CRgtgYz1RHE7TWIVtB Sat, 08 Jun 2024 22:29:55 +0000 v13 - WWDC Spoilers v13 - WWDC Spoilers 13 Justin Searls 02:50:43 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v13-wwdc-spoilers/ WWDC is right around the corner, and I wanted to do a predictions podcast before Monday's keynote, but then Mark Gurman went and just read back literally everything that's going to happen.

So I guess let's talk about that or something.

As always, I love love love to receive your e-mail even though it's hard to get through very many of them on the program. Please know that your comments and questions really bring me a lot of joy and that you should e-mail whatever pops into your head to podcast@searls.co. Quick. Now. Don't think, hit send.

Okay, and now for some 👐Show Notes👐:

Just think, next time we speak, it'll be Beta Season.

]]> 32B6o49SYGV9QptSV1J5P40A Wed, 29 May 2024 06:51:15 +0000 v12 - LIVE from Japan v12 - LIVE from Japan 12 Justin Searls 02:51:21 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v12-live-from-japan/ [Update: if you're reading this, then you're listening to an updated version of this episode with a more aggressive denoise filter, to try to combat the karaoke jingles playing incessantly in the background 🎤.]

Welcome to the rhetorical Bemusement Park that is the Breaking Change podcast! This episode was recorded in Japan, the recording of which was an ordeal that you will hear all about if you choose to press play and listen to this version of the podcast.

I have failed you all, however, because I had to duck out of my "recording" "booth" ahead of schedule and I didn't get to any items from the mailbag. That means now's your chance to skip the line ahead of all those other mailbaggers by rapid-firing off an e-mail to podcast@searls.co for inclusion in a theoretical, unannounced, unsure-if-it'll-even-happen version 13.

Heard people liked URLs so I hallucinated some for you:

さようなら

]]> SMn9rOqt8sgJGvFXv7gUKplN Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:56:04 +0000 v11 - I'm feeling unlucky v11 - I'm feeling unlucky 11 Justin Searls 02:42:07 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v11-im-feeling-unlucky/ Today we have a veritable smorgasboard of potpurri as we indulge in the figurative potluck dinner that is, "shit Justin wants to talk about." This may be the last major version for a while, so savor this.

Thank you to listeners who took version 10's mandatory e-mail feedback demand seriously, as the mailbag once again is full of good questions. But you must do your part and e-mail podcast@searls.co to keep it that way. Each e-mail you send entitles you to a license to listen to three more episodes, so—in a sense—you can't afford not to write in.

Have some links:

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]]> KuTHfVt6AZutnIYDVZTk8qXI Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:27:25 +0000 v10 - Inhumane A.I. v10 - Inhumane A.I. 10 Justin Searls 02:55:55 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v10-inhumane-ai/ It's been over two weeks! Let's catch up. We can talk about anything you want, so long as it's App Store policies regarding "retro" game emulators or where to find the best Japanese love hotels.

Also, I hate to spoil an announcement, but due to a lack of mailbag engagement, e-mailing podcast@searls.co after you listen to each episode of the program is now mandatory for all listeners. Figure it out.

Citations follow:

]]> q6NaXks0VHt2phzhmQQzsAkV Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:02:13 +0000 v9 - Learn to Unicode v9 - Learn to Unicode 9 Justin Searls 02:09:06 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v9-learn-to-unicode/ If you're itching for a discussion that explains why I'm afraid to move into my new bathroom, what I really think about Andrew Huberman, and why it might make more sense to learn French than Java… prepare to be scratched, I guess?

I am highly confident that at least one person will get angry and unfollow this show as a result of words that came out of my mouth. If you've got thoughts and/or feelings, let me have'm at podcast@searls.co!

Some links to things:

]]> OqqjIAlFq6fNjP5VbqOFPlly Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:26:32 +0000 v8 - Anti-trustworthy v8 - Anti-trustworthy 8 Justin Searls 02:47:41 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v8-antitrustworthy/ This podcast is dedicated to the brave men and women at the Department of Justice for taking bold and decisive action against a clear and present danger to the continued existence of the United States of America: Apple's use of green bubbles and how they make some Android users feel bad.

Since the DOJ's lawsuit is all about vibes, send me your vibes—good or bad—and I'll be there for you. Who knows, if you choose to direct your energy to podcast@searls.co, maybe I'll get lucky and finally feel something in this cold, dead heart of mine.

Links and such follow:

]]> 0e2wkWMVUzpIje0JzlNM8A5x Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:53:45 +0000 v7 - Outside your app's business hours v7 - Outside your app's business hours 7 Justin Searls 03:04:43 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v7-outside-your-apps-business-hours/ This was a long episode, so here are some short notes.

As always, your e-mails delight and inspire me. Send one to podcast@searls.co with anything you want in it. I don't care if it's just emoji and gifs.

Citations follow:

]]> 0U9qXYUFL2wSwVrDuWRNWOXk Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:59:26 +0000 v6 - Pausing doesn't pause v6 - Pausing doesn't pause 6 Justin Searls 01:57:25 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v6-pausing-doesnt-pause/ [UPDATE: In this episode, I referenced Stripe having an IPO in the past tense. I was mistaken, they are not (yet) publicly traded. We regret the error.]

The audio is better this week! I'm learning.

Also, I finally had something to talk about that has nothing to do with Apple! The target of the ion cannon that is my mouth this time? drumroll… it's Stripe! Sorry, Stripe. If you like rants about software quality and the systemic reasons everything is terrible, hoo boy! This one brings the heat. 🔥🔥🔥

We're starting to work down our mailbag backlog, so help me freshen it up by e-mailing the show at podcast@searls.co and our dedicated staff (me) will read it and—potentially, maybe—respond on the air!

And now, some URLs:

Also, "Team Bally Total Fitness Extreme Racing" doesn't turn up anything on Google. Just an FYI

]]> O9pow0buE9bir0t5T4PEKcCN Sat, 17 Feb 2024 20:50:53 +0000 v5 - Regressive Web Apps v5 - Regressive Web Apps 5 Justin Searls 01:56:54 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v5-regressive-web-apps/ Welcome to Breaking Change, the 14th most popular technology podcast in Argentina! (And 30th in Norway!)

It's been a couple weeks since my last breaking change and, guess what, I done broke things again.

If you would prefer I not make so many breaking changes (or if you wish me to break even more of them!), e-mail me at podcast@searls.co and let me know and/or share your darkest secrets under a pseudonym using a throwaway account. Nobody needs to know.

Links and so forth:

]]> gpcQw0M7fvS7wC5RucJA3k9p Sat, 03 Feb 2024 18:44:10 +0000 v4 - Facial Computing v4 - Facial Computing 4 Justin Searls 02:03:03 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v4-facial-computing/ This podcast is a month old and four episodes in and the singular event looming over all of it has finally arrived! The era of facial computing has begun!

Join me for a Vision Pro extravaganza in which I detail all of my first impressions using the device, including dozens of things that seemingly every media and YouTube reviewer missed or excluded. Listen to this podcast and you'll hear tell of bugs you wouldn't believe even if you did see them!

The headline takeaway is: Apple Vision is clearly the future, because it's clearly not yet the present. (And why I'm probably keeping it anyway.)

As always, e-mail me your reviews, reactions, and errata at podcast@searls.co and I'll absorb them into the bubbling stew of opinions I'm forming about this futuristic-and-not-necessarily-in-a-good-way computing platform.

Scant show notes follow:

  • Life updates:
    • What life? There is only Vision Pro!
  • Follow-up:
    • No time. Skipped it!
  • I managed to completely botch the reading of yet another of Aaron's puns
  • News:
    • Apple Vision Pro is here and I talk about it. At length!
  • Recommendations:
    • Flowriter is worth checking out for generating immersive 3D spaces with text prompts alone
  • Mailbag:

See you, spatial cowboy.

]]> Z63s74DxQQyqX3wlmABcgB9R Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:19:02 +0000 v3 - Core Technology Fee v3 - Core Technology Fee 3 Justin Searls 02:27:29 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v3-core-technology-fee/ Welp, Apple forced my hand and generated even more news in the run up to the launch of Apple Vision Pro and it demands a response! (Right?)

As is so obvious and well-established that I forgot to mention it, you can e-mail me the show at podcast@searls.co and maybe I'll find a way to work it in. Comments, questions, and complaints are all welcome!

Without further ado, let's a-do it:

That's it. You've got places to be.

]]> 9gK8rcAVx4Gwee2T23EaFaU3 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:13:57 +0000 v2 - Vision Pre-order v2 - Vision Pre-order 2 Justin Searls 01:43:03 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v2-vision-pre-order/ Heads up gang, there's a new breaking change with this release: my wallet is like $8000 lighter thanks to the Vision Pro preorders.

As always as of a week ago, you can e-mail me at podcast@searls.co and I'll read it silently in my head. If all goes well, I'll read it out loud, too. And everything works out, I may even read it out loud and into a microphone for the next show.

Okay, let's dig into this latest version:

Phew. Until next time, I guess.

]]> R59sTj0WGOBKnxgxfYyRHxKK Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:04 +0000 v1 - Initial Commit v1 - Initial Commit 1 Justin Searls 01:47:19 Justin Searls https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v1-initial-commit/ I finally gave up and recorded a podcast. And now I'm writing show notes. I tried not to let this happen but here I am typing this and it's happening. Forgive me.

This is a podcast for anybody who shares my interests and likes passing the time with a friendly, opinionated voice in their head. I have done thousands of hours of chores and errands over the years listening to mostly agreeable, sometimes interesting 1.5-3 hour podcasts to keep my mind busy. Now it's time for me to give back, I guess.

Here's the deal: e-mail me at podcast@searls.co and I'll talk about whatever you want me to talk about. Write whatever you want into that e-mail body: ask a question about video games, ask for my take on a new technology, ask for relationship advice, tell me my podcast sucks. You write it, I'll read it.

Okay, here's what I covered in version one of Breaking Change:

Phew. Until next time, I guess.

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