Abstractions

Justin Mayer & Dan Jacobson

English News Tech News Technology

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Episodes 52

Avg. Duration 46m

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Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (5)

Since Mar 2025

Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule

Weekly

Format

Episodic

Consistency

79%

Hosting

shows.arrowloop.com

About This Podcast

Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.

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Recent Episodes

They Deserve the Dunks

Apr 02, 2026 43m Transcript

Apple puts ads in Maps, ARM will fab its own CPUs, and Python darling Astral is acquired by OpenAI. 🔗 Links Unstream Flighty Airports GG desktop GUI app for Jujutsu Introducing Apple Business Apple…

Great Dog Uprising

Mar 26, 2026 44m

Human.json helps create a web of trust for human-created content, Justin builds a Pelican plugin to support it, and Nvidia DLSS 5 aims to “enhance” first-person game realism. 🔗…

Multiplex Your Terminals

Mar 19, 2026 42m Transcript

We celebrate both our one-year anniversary and 50th episode, Apple marks 50 years of thinking different, and people learn from even the least powerful of computers. 🔗 Links Kagi Translate now…

Artist Preference Doxxing

Mar 12, 2026 36m Transcript

Apple announces the affordable MacBook Neo, and rising hardware component prices threaten local computing, self-hosting, and data sovereignty. 🔗 Links Muspy: Be notified when artists release new…

Anti-Schadenfreude Linter

Mar 05, 2026 55m Transcript

Bots hit Justin’s open-source repositories, and Apple announces new high-end M5 MacBook Pros and Studio Display monitors. 🔗 Links XKCD digital infrastructure comic, now interactive Stolen Gemini…

Wave of Automated Everything

Feb 26, 2026 44m Transcript

OpenAI outgrows its original mission, generative LLM software overwhelms open source maintainers, and several projects attempt to distinguish human from bot contributors. 🔗 Links My journey to the…

Banana Signal Loss

Feb 19, 2026 38m Transcript

Hard drives are sold out for the year, Apple announces video podcasts, OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI, and generative software bots make open source maintainers’ jobs even harder. 🔗 Links Justin…

Rage-Quit Maneuver

Feb 12, 2026 48m Transcript

Discord will require face scan or ID for full access, Qobuz adopts human-first policy on software-generated music, and research indicates LLMs intensify work instead of reducing it. 🔗…

Self-Serving Barnacle

Feb 05, 2026 48m Transcript

Clawdbot’s new name changes (again) to OpenClaw, related projects Moltbook and Moltworker arise, Apple acquires Q.ai while losing the faith of long-time fans, and the Jekyll static site generator may…

YOLO-Driven Development

Jan 29, 2026 48m Transcript

Apple announces 2nd-generation AirTags, Jujutsu aims to best Git at version control, Claude Code continues to impress, and Moltbot can connect LLMs to your entire digital life. 🔗 Links Apple…

Replete with Cringe

Jan 22, 2026 1h

Apple releases Creator Studio replete with cringe-worthy icons, Gemini will power Apple Intelligence, OpenAI will put ads into ChatGPT, and Tailwind CSS revenues and headcount are decimated by…

All My Segues Are Broken

Jan 08, 2026 43m Transcript

Anna’s Archive backs up all of Spotify, users are vexed by icons in MacOS 26 Tahoe menu items, email-based authentication is on the rise, and Microsoft wants you to stop saying “slop”. 🔗 Links 2025…

You Are to Blame and Thank You

Dec 24, 2025 33m Transcript

Mozilla has a new CEO, Olmo 3 open-source LLM is released, Justin switches to Kagi for web searches, and Dan installs Unraid for network-attached storage. 🔗 Links Scooter: Interactive…

Aerodynamic Turkey

Dec 18, 2025 47m Transcript

RAM prices rise precipitously, the “open source” moniker continues to be abused, Omarchy Linux reviews are in, and we take a first look at the Asus ProArt 6K display. 🔗 Links Size of Life The RAM…

Ramparts of Dissatisfaction

Dec 11, 2025 44m Transcript

Apple UI head Alan Dye leaves for Facebook, Apple removes our control over update notifications, and evidence leaks that OpenAI is planning to put ads in ChatGPT. 🔗 Links Losing Confidence (in…

Will It Into Existence

Dec 04, 2025 49m Transcript

Apple Intelligence uptake, needy programs, Google breaks YouTube links, solid-state drives slowly lose data, and mounting criticism of generative software. 🔗 Links Take on Me by A-ha turns 40 Song…

Time-Traveling Ads

Nov 26, 2025 37m Transcript

Justin has a new toy, the creator of Mastodon steps down as CEO, Apple Podcasts now generates chapters, dynamic ad insertion plagues podcasts, and misguided folks force links to open in new browser…

Charmingly Antiquated

Nov 20, 2025 55m Transcript

Valve announces new Steam video game hardware, Plex neglects its core user base, Canva makes Affinity Suite free, Nisus Writer may be moribund, and Nike announces robot shoes. 🔗 Links TextSniper I…

An Era in Middle Earth

Nov 13, 2025 45m Transcript

Large language models and command-line coding agents can expand programming horizons, and Bazzite Linux puts the fun back into playing video games on PCs. 🔗 Links The Art of Interacting Incorrectly…

Into the Disintegration Chambers

Nov 06, 2025 39m Transcript

Whispering is an open-source dictation/transcription desktop app, Neo puts the “human” in humanoid robots, and OpenAI stuffs ChatGPT into a web browser. 🔗 Links Dictation / transcription desktop…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Abstractions have?

Abstractions has published 52 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in News, Tech News.

Is Abstractions still active?

Abstractions is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 46m.