Stu Maschwitz

You know you can just DM me right

Many good questions! For the purposes of this conversation, try to keep your replies to roughly the same length as my prompts. That will help me keep ideas straight. I have ADHD, and when you throw 100 things at me I get overwhelmed.

I’ll take Prompts that Will be Ignored for 500 Alex.

If my Drinking Buddy post left you with questions about vibe-coding, App Store rejections, the role of Shortcuts in an AI-future, and what exactly is possible today using various AI app-creation tools, I highly recommend the latest episode of @appstories.macstories.net.

Thanks for the write-up! I was actually listening to that episode this morning and nodding along furiously the entire time!

Presenter Chad Perkins in front of text saying "What's New in Red Giant Dec 2025" and a motion graphics computer interface.

Chad's got a nifty tutorial for you on our main feature in last week's release!
▶️ https://maxonvfx.com/4iC97nB

My App Will Harm You Physically, Using Math — Prolost

My App Will Harm You Physically, Using Math

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Kinda crazy deal on the PYXIS 6K right now.

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Pretty good. Currently my favorite video that unironically uses the cursed term “bad CGI.”

When the photo disproves the title.

I tried the Reflection Frame and immediately returned it. It made my photos look so dim and sad.

This is a screen capture from an actual app! Right now Prolost Beta subscribers are testing VECTATE, a vector-graphics fidget toy/sketchpad for iPhone.

This is a screen capture from an actual app! Right now Prolost Beta subscribers are testing VECTATE, a vector-graphics fidget toy/sketchpad for iPhone.

Kern Type A game to learn how to kern type

Insufferable font nerds, test your mettle:

type.method.ac

Thanks man, I can’t wait to show you how I made it!

Finding new ways to be back on my BS

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I love this gorgeous free web app for making UV checker maps.

uvchecker.atlux.one

Steve realizes something that Apple doesn’t seem to: a platform doesn’t feel alive until creative people start making cool stuff for it without being required to have an engineering degree.

This is super cool and fun. And a fairly approachable workflow if you’re comfortable with 3D animation. Hope we see a lot more of this!

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Oh look it’s @tvaziri.com being cool AF: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERKE...

No and no.

New Prolost Apple Log LUTs coming soon! Prolost Beta subscribers get them first.

What would you do if you could automatically estimate the depth in your footage?
Coming soon from #RedGiant!

Yep, very. I filed a FB. Also strange that my icon is missing here. What version of iOS are you on?

Thanks, nice to see how it’s supposed to work! But I’m never presented with that menu to choose the Shortcut. (iOS 26.0 (23A345))

I appreciate the suggestion but I can’t find Control Center anywhere in the Shortcuts share sheet.

So cool! But iOS 26 is defeating me as I try to set this up. I create a new Run Shortcut button but I’m never given the option to choose a Shortcut. I can create one, but that created Shortcut doesn’t get linked to the button.

Buh-bye Dubai.

Just a very normal situation.

Mimi, hold my calls

We’ve all been there

Setting up Camera Control on iPhone 17 Pro

One thing I’ve not seen discussed: When you set up your 17 Pro, the Camera Control Button defaults to not enabling the fussy half-press and swipe controls. Apple quietly admitting these features didn’t land the way they’d hoped.