Slightly Caffeinated

Starday Coffee, Book Club App, and Tauri vs Swift

September 5, 2026·41 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr talk through Novelhood, the book club app Chris is building with his wife, and how stacking design skills got him to a version that works for readers from 20 to 80. TJ shares where Sonari stands ahead of launch, including a listener DM that has him chasing custom speech models for people with speech impediments, exploring what accessible AI tooling could look like.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedPurity Coffee Sacred Cups Star Coffee - the honey processed Starday bag with the galaxy packagingNorth Meet South 199 - the crossover episode on vetting vibe-coded contributionsLovable - what Zillow hands to non-technical people for prototypingNovelhood - Chris's book club management app, wait list openOpen Library - the book data behind Novelhood's title searchBookshop.org - the planned way for clubs to send book sales to a local bookstoreSonari - TJ's local-only Mac transcription appHalcyon - TJ's markdown notes app, built on TauriTauri - the framework TJ recommends over raw Swift for Mac appsSparkle - the update framework TJ is wiring into SonariPolar license keys - how TJ plans to handle Sonari licensingWhisperKit - the on-device models TJ would fine-tune for speech impediments

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