Breaking Change
Episodes
v48 - Coil Whine
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm experiencing what breathing out of my nose properly feels like for the first time. Everything is new and wondrous and I've never felt so optimisti...
v47 - Turbinately Ill
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Had a little pep in my step this time. Maybe it's because I decided to start recording after 7 AM for once. Maybe it's because I can finally fucking b...
v46 - Adjusted Gross Intelligence
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm back and I'm angry. My power went out, which caused my Internet to go down, which broke my favorite mug. And that's just the shit that happened be...
v45 - Developer Strap-on
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This may be the version 45 release of Breaking Change, but when you factor in its Hotfixes and Feature Release entries, this is somehow the 50th episo...
v44.0.2 - Mike McQuaid: If you don't like it, Quit
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Post-recording update: As I've been lobbying for (both publicly and behind the scenes), it has been announced that the RubyGems and Bundler client lib...
v44.0.1 - José Valim: It's a time for builders
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you know who José Valim is, then you know he probably made a mistake by joining me for our third installment of 🔥Hotfix🔥. The inventor of th...
v44 - Can't get it up
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, look! Breaking Change now has chapter support for each segment! More on how I did that while still upholding my commitment to laziness later. I d...
v43.1 - iPhone 17 Event Review
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's an emergency bonus edition of Breaking Change as I take the covers off yet another show-within-a-show. I call it Feature Release, and its job is ...
v43 - The Slop Economy
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember it is your civic duty to e-mail me at [email protected]. As of this episode, that address is monitored by Fastmail, so there's a higher proba...
v42.0.1 - Scott Werner: Ignore all previous instructions
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔥Hotfix🔥 is back with a new guest! Scott Werner is the CEO of Sublayer, helps organize the Artificial Ruby meetup in NYC, and is the author of t...
v42 - Free as in Remodel
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for writing so many lovely emails to [email protected]. Hell, thanks even for the unlovely ones. Be sure to look out for me showing up on Dead ...
v41 - Liquid Glasshole
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I've made it! I'm over the hump! I'm actually writing* my language-learning app in Swift! Send an email expressing how proud you are of me to podcast@...
v40 - Go home Claude, you're drunk
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, a recommendation-heavy, full-mailbag show. Been a while. New to the pod are achievements—watch your BreakingScore™ increase each time you...
v39.0.1 - Dave Mosher: Use AI in Anger
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of 🔥Hotfix🔥! Breaking Change's first show-within-a-show, wherein I let somebody else talk for once. Each episode wi...
v39 - Broken Home
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I have returned to the nation of freedom and tariffs and all my shit has stopped working! Which shit? Why? What did I buy now? Listen and find out. Re...
v38 - Searls HQ2
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert: I'm in the same country as I was for v37, but this time from a different nondescript business hotel. Also: I have good personal news! A...
v37 - Whose bone is this?
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coming to you LIVE from a third straight week of Japanese business hotels comes me, Justin, in his enduring quest to figure out how to exchange curren...
v36 - Hedgelord
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm going away on a trip for an unexpectedly long time, and you'll never guess why! (You might guess why.) Anyway, here's something to remember me by....
v35 - GPT Casserole
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your favorite podcast about nothing continues to find things to talk about. Whatever you do, DO NOT e-mail me at [email protected] or else I will read...
v34 - Bait and Switch 2
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing like a peaceful Sunday morning at the end of an exhausting, historically-volatile week to pour a hot cup of coffee and spew absolutely scaldin...
v33 - Apathetic Intelligence
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I hope you ordered your podcast spicy, because this version is a slow heat, but it builds. I was pretty fired up by the end of this one. If I crossed ...
v32 - Large Lemon Model
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out I'd accidentally been letting some of your e-mail get filtered as junk mail. I want to be clear that I don't think you're junk, Apple does. ...
v31 - Full Searls Driving
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Update: This is the first version of Breaking Change available in 4K video. Check it out on YouTube. The one where Justin picks the perfect time to bu...
v30 - Mall of the Gulf of America
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're here for the spicy, good news: you're gettin' it spicy. I am usually joking, but I mean it this time: I'm going to stop doing this podcast i...
v29 - Super Switch
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: Justin goes to a birthday party, drives a Tesla, and configures your BIOS. The compliments department is, as always, available at pod...
v28 - Do you regret it yet?
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I don't normally do this, but content warning, this episode talks at length about death and funerals and, while I continue to approach everything with...
v27 - The Punsort Algorithm
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HEADS UP: This one has a video version in case you'd prefer to watch that! HEADS UP SEVEN UP: Here's a spoiler-free link to this year's puns as they e...
v26 - Luigi's Mansion
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread hou...
v25 - Ghost Engineering
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I left the country for a few weeks to get that taste out of my mouth but now I'm back and as salty as ever. Brace yourself. I made a pretty strong app...
v24 - Prophylactic Jet Lag
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TIL that 4 AM is way too goddamn early to record a podcast. Apologies if I'm more chipper than usual, that's probably the coffee talking. Had some gre...
v23 - M4 Supermax
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is Wednesday, my dudes! This is normally a weekend listen, but there are new Macs to talk about. I wanted to give you the absolute freshest, least ...
v22 - Coming to VHS
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this podcast which, by now, you have probably decided you either listen to or don't listen to! And if you don't listen to it, one wonders w...
v21 - Not From Backup
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a three-hour-plus Breaking Change spectacular! Why is it special? I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to listen. Remember, money...
v20 - Mandatory Stealth
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There have now been 20 major versions since the initial release of Breaking Change, but this is one of the less bad ones. It was substantially improve...
v19 - Feature Complete
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is me, I am back! And after working too hard and becoming too dull I'm finally done* with that big app I've been working on. I'm running behind on ...
v18 - Arriving today by 10 PM
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Boy, have I got a great show for you today! I guess. You be the judge. If you listen to the podcast, please rate it on a scale from Good Charlotte to ...
v17 - Shallow Tissue Massage
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I hope you like stories about moaning during a couples massage, bugs with Apple's Home Key system, and when it's OK to duplicate code in software. Bec...
v16 - No Politics Allowed
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Big day: now with transition music! 🎶 There's one topic that's been dominating headlines for the last two weeks, but if you want to hear about it y...
v15 - An E Ink iPod Touch
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I bought a new gadget! And it runs Android! And I don't hate it! Tell me about things you hate and don't hate and I might just read your feelings on a...
v14 - Actual Intelligence
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WWDC came and went and now we're all just left to ponder what life will be like under the thumb of our new AI overlords (and underlords). But at least...
v13 - WWDC Spoilers
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WWDC is right around the corner, and I wanted to do a predictions podcast before Monday's keynote, but then Mark Gurman went and just read back litera...
v12 - LIVE from Japan
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[Update: if you're reading this, then you're listening to an updated version of this episode with a more aggressive denoise filter, to try to combat t...
v11 - I'm feeling unlucky
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a veritable smorgasboard of potpurri as we indulge in the figurative potluck dinner that is, "shit Justin wants to talk about."...
v10 - Inhumane A.I.
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over two weeks! Let's catch up. We can talk about anything you want, so long as it's App Store policies regarding "retro" game emu...
v9 - Learn to Unicode
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're itching for a discussion that explains why I'm afraid to move into my new bathroom, what I really think about Andrew Huberman, and why it mi...
v8 - Anti-trustworthy
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is dedicated to the brave men and women at the Department of Justice for taking bold and decisive action against a clear and present dang...
v7 - Outside your app's business hours
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This was a long episode, so here are some short notes. As always, your e-mails delight and inspire me. Send one to [email protected] with anything you...
v6 - Pausing doesn't pause
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[UPDATE: In this episode, I referenced Stripe having an IPO in the past tense. I was mistaken, they are not (yet) publicly traded. We regret the error...
v5 - Regressive Web Apps
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Breaking Change, the 14th most popular technology podcast in Argentina! (And 30th in Norway!) It's been a couple weeks since my last breaki...
v4 - Facial Computing
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is a month old and four episodes in and the singular event looming over all of it has finally arrived! The era of facial computing has be...
v3 - Core Technology Fee
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welp, Apple forced my hand and generated even more news in the run up to the launch of Apple Vision Pro and it demands a response! (Right?) As is so o...
v2 - Vision Pre-order
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heads up gang, there's a new breaking change with this release: my wallet is like $8000 lighter thanks to the Vision Pro preorders. As always as of a ...
v1 - Initial Commit
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I finally gave up and recorded a podcast. And now I'm writing show notes. I tried not to let this happen but here I am typing this and it's happening....