# Actually Really Useful

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Podcast: [Empower Apps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empower-apps-676755)
Published: 2026-06-03T14:24:47+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/b0323fef
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Duration seconds: 978

## Resource

After ten months away, Leo's back. He covers Swift Craft 2026, the rest of his speaking year (Beer City Code, iOSDevUK), and his honest take on AI dev tooling. Plus updates on MistKit, SyntaxKit, swift-build, MonthBar, and a new watchOS app called AtLeast (in TestFlight now). He's open to work, offering free 30-minute consultations, and a live WWDC 2026 episode is coming. Subscribe so you don't miss it. Related Links Free 30-min consultation — Zcal Swift Craft 2026 — Folkestone, May 2026 Beer City Code — Grand Rapids, Aug 14–15, 2026 iOSDevUK — Wales, September 2026 AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It AI-assisted development talk (Boston) — YouTube MistKit — GitHub SyntaxKit — GitHub swift-build — GitHub MonthBar — month.bar AtLeast — atleast.app (TestFlight) Bushel — getbushel.app Related Episodes Ep 200 — Live from CommunityKit WWDC 2025 with Matt Massicotte Ep 199 — v26.0 with Peter Witham Ep 178 — SOTU 2024 with Peter Witham Ep 196 — Swift on Android with Marc Prud'hommeaux Ep 203 — Milk Diary with Kaya Thomas Chapters (00:00) - I'm Back (00:43) - Conferences 2026 (03:54) - AI in 2026 (05:59) - Swift Automation (07:34) - Projects 2026 (12:02) - Free Consultation (14:37) - Thank you Watch Click here to watch a video of this episode. Transcript Click here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton Welcome new supporters: Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdion GitHub - @brightdigit GitHub - @leogdion Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im YouTube - @brightdigit X - @leogdion X - @brightdigit Credits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) License: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

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