Episode notes
Follow-up: Overcast & Transcriptions Marco had never seen inside a datacenter What about podcasts that include their own transcripts (via Matt King ) Apple Podcasts transcript options tag MP3 ID3 “SYLT” tag What is Marco using for a job queue? Perhaps Faktory ? (via Drew Stephenson) beanstalkd Ansible Monitoring & control interface Imagine a Beowulf cluster of the minis… (via Aaron Dippner) System X RDMA over Thunderbolt was added in macOS 26.2 I Ran a Trillion Parameter AI on a Mac Apple Didn’t Have to Go This Hard Apple Insider Mac fleet management advice Apple Business AirPods Max…
Accidental Tech Podcast
by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa · English · Tech & Science
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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E686 · 9 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 2 min
686: Write Two Letters
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E685 · 1 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 16 min
685: The Ability to Be Hotter
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E683 · 19 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 22 min
683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug
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E712 · 8 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 17 min
712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized
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E711 · 1 Oct 2026 · 2 hr
711: Hot Dog on an Actuator
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E709 · 17 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 8 min
709: Steel-Cable Insurance
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