Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut, independent Mac developer and Red Sweater Software founder, returns to vent about macOS 26 Tahoe. They rail on small UI inconsistencies, misused menu icons, and uneven adoption across Apple apps. They debate whether Tahoe is a mitigated disaster, recall Apple’s lost pixel-perfect culture, and discuss how leadership and community fixes might steer a course correction.

In this episode, Rosemary and David are joined by Daniel Jalkut, the man in the red sweater behind FastScripts, MarsEdit, and the Core Intuition podcast. Together they ponder the future of AppleScript, the restaurant at the end of the universe, and just how fast is a script? This episode of Automators is sponsored by: TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off. Hunter Douglas: Take advantage of generous rebate savings opportunities on select styles. DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off. Guest Starring: Daniel Jalkut Links and Show Notes: Get Automators Max: a longer, ad-free version of the show About: Daniel Jalkut Red Sweater Software xkcd: Automation time spent vs saved invariablyafk/thinkc-mac-classic-helloworld: Hello world example using Think C 5.0, for Classic Macintosh System 7 Dash for macOS - API Documentation Browser, Snippet Manager - Kapeli Getting Started with Headless Chrome - Chrome Developers Puppeteer  |  Tools for Web Developers  |  Google Developers Driving Headless Chrome with Python - GeeksforGeeks Selenium SmolSoftBoi/puppeteer-stealth: For puppeteer to prevent detection. iCab Mobile (Web Browser) on the App Store Beautiful Soup Documentation — Beautiful Soup 4.4.0 documentation Transloader for Mac, iPhone and iPad - Eternal Storms Software FastScripts 3 1.4 Using OSA Menu with OS 9 Apple's Script - Red Sweater Blog FastScripts 3: Scriptlight Search, Parallel Execution, Progress Reporting, and More! - Red Sweater Blog How to Create and Use Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on a Mac The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 343, With Paul Kafasis BetterTouchTool | folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac! Core Intuition Podcast

Daniel Jalkut, co-producer of Core Intuition podcast, shares his experience and insights on feeds, multitasking, building communities online, personas across different platforms, and exploring new formats of self-expression on the web.