Adrian Schönig
@adrian.coffee
CTO by day, indie app developer by night, beach volleyball player in the morning.
My indie apps are @longplay.rocks for iOS & visionOS, and Maparoni (in beta) for macOS and iOS.
My indie apps are @longplay.rocks for iOS & visionOS, and Maparoni (in beta) for macOS and iOS.
While I'm working on some bigger features, I like dropping these small quality-of-life updates in between.
(And, yes, I'm still on Sequoia as my daily driver. It just feels more polished than where Tahoe's at.)
(And, yes, I'm still on Sequoia as my daily driver. It just feels more polished than where Tahoe's at.)
Longplay 1.1.4 for macOS just dropped. Includes a number of small tweaks and improvements for AppleScript, the Menu Bar, and global shortcuts. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!
longplay.rocks/changelog/ma...
longplay.rocks/changelog/ma...
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
While I'm working on some bigger features, I like dropping these small quality-of-life updates in between.
(And, yes, I'm still on Sequoia as my daily driver. It just feels more polished than where Tahoe's at.)
(And, yes, I'm still on Sequoia as my daily driver. It just feels more polished than where Tahoe's at.)
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A new update for Longplay has arrived, including significant memory and performance improvements for library updates and the Album Wall – especially noticeable for large music libraries.
longplay.rocks
longplay.rocks
Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection
Longplay is the iOS and visionOS app for music lovers who enjoy listening to full albums but have a hard time finding them in their music library. Rediscover, enjoy and organise your album collection.
longplay.rocks
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A new update for Longplay has arrived, including significant memory and performance improvements for library updates and the Album Wall – especially noticeable for large music libraries.
longplay.rocks
longplay.rocks
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Help wanted: Do you use Longplay on multiple devices, wish for better cross-device playback support, and don’t shy away from a beta? Reply with a DM with your email (or email words at longplay.app) and I’ll add you to the closed TestFlight.
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Help wanted: Do you use Longplay on multiple devices, wish for better cross-device playback support, and don’t shy away from a beta? Reply with a DM with your email (or email words at longplay.app) and I’ll add you to the closed TestFlight.
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Longplay update for iOS & macOS out now!
- Refined look for the album wall with a tessellated background
- Playlists on the wall now adapt to their artwork's colours
- Parsing of #MusicBrainz IDs for more accurate scrobbling
- Plus fixes, stability, and translation updates
longplay.rocks
- Refined look for the album wall with a tessellated background
- Playlists on the wall now adapt to their artwork's colours
- Parsing of #MusicBrainz IDs for more accurate scrobbling
- Plus fixes, stability, and translation updates
longplay.rocks
Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection
Longplay is the iOS and visionOS app for music lovers who enjoy listening to full albums but have a hard time finding them in their music library. Rediscover, enjoy and organise your album collection.
longplay.rocks
October 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Longplay update for iOS & macOS out now!
- Refined look for the album wall with a tessellated background
- Playlists on the wall now adapt to their artwork's colours
- Parsing of #MusicBrainz IDs for more accurate scrobbling
- Plus fixes, stability, and translation updates
longplay.rocks
- Refined look for the album wall with a tessellated background
- Playlists on the wall now adapt to their artwork's colours
- Parsing of #MusicBrainz IDs for more accurate scrobbling
- Plus fixes, stability, and translation updates
longplay.rocks
Every album should have cow bells in at least one of its track.
September 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Every album should have cow bells in at least one of its track.
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Longplay updates for iOS 26 and macOS 26 are out now.
They include CarPlay and Album Wall widget improvements for iOS, and a round of design refinements and polish throughout. Find the updates in the App Stores (or in-app for the direct purchase version).
longplay.rocks
They include CarPlay and Album Wall widget improvements for iOS, and a round of design refinements and polish throughout. Find the updates in the App Stores (or in-app for the direct purchase version).
longplay.rocks
Longplay - Rediscover Your Album Collection
Longplay is the iOS and visionOS app for music lovers who enjoy listening to full albums but have a hard time finding them in their music library. Rediscover, enjoy and organise your album collection.
longplay.rocks
September 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Longplay updates for iOS 26 and macOS 26 are out now.
They include CarPlay and Album Wall widget improvements for iOS, and a round of design refinements and polish throughout. Find the updates in the App Stores (or in-app for the direct purchase version).
longplay.rocks
They include CarPlay and Album Wall widget improvements for iOS, and a round of design refinements and polish throughout. Find the updates in the App Stores (or in-app for the direct purchase version).
longplay.rocks
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Betas for Longplay for iOS and macOS for the upcoming iOS 26 / macOS 26 release cycle are available.
Focus is on design refinements and polish for existing features.
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/JjRi91L8
macOS: testflight.apple.com/join/jwDmyQHA
Any feedback is welcome!
Focus is on design refinements and polish for existing features.
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/JjRi91L8
macOS: testflight.apple.com/join/jwDmyQHA
Any feedback is welcome!
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Betas for Longplay for iOS and macOS for the upcoming iOS 26 / macOS 26 release cycle are available.
Focus is on design refinements and polish for existing features.
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/JjRi91L8
macOS: testflight.apple.com/join/jwDmyQHA
Any feedback is welcome!
Focus is on design refinements and polish for existing features.
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/JjRi91L8
macOS: testflight.apple.com/join/jwDmyQHA
Any feedback is welcome!
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In my search for the "perfect" music app, Adrian Schönig's Longplay (@longplay.rocks) is the closest match I've found yet. The MacOS app has been out of beta for a couple of weeks now, and I've been enjoying it, a lot!
Here's a post about it:
hicks.design/journal/long...
Here's a post about it:
hicks.design/journal/long...
Longplay - Hicks.design
In my search for the
hicks.design
August 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In my search for the "perfect" music app, Adrian Schönig's Longplay (@longplay.rocks) is the closest match I've found yet. The MacOS app has been out of beta for a couple of weeks now, and I've been enjoying it, a lot!
Here's a post about it:
hicks.design/journal/long...
Here's a post about it:
hicks.design/journal/long...
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Longplay 1.0.5 for macOS is out.
It includes a couple of new AppleScript commands to get the current playing track and album, and rate the track. The Alfred workflow has been updated to support those, too.
longplay.rocks/changelog/ma...
It includes a couple of new AppleScript commands to get the current playing track and album, and rate the track. The Alfred workflow has been updated to support those, too.
longplay.rocks/changelog/ma...
August 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Longplay 1.0.5 for macOS is out.
It includes a couple of new AppleScript commands to get the current playing track and album, and rate the track. The Alfred workflow has been updated to support those, too.
longplay.rocks/changelog/ma...
It includes a couple of new AppleScript commands to get the current playing track and album, and rate the track. The Alfred workflow has been updated to support those, too.
longplay.rocks/changelog/ma...
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Longplay for Mac Launches with Powerful AI and Shortcuts Integration https://www.macstories.net/reviews/longplay-for-mac-launches-with-powerful-ai-and-shortcuts-integration/
Longplay for Mac Launches with Powerful AI and Shortcuts Integration
Longplay by Adrian Sch??nig is an excellent album-oriented music app that integrates with Apple Music. The app started on iOS and iPadOS, then later added support for visionOS. With today???s update, Longplay is available on macOS, too, where it adds unique automation features. If you aren???t familiar with Longplay, be sure to check out my
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July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Longplay for Mac Launches with Powerful AI and Shortcuts Integration https://www.macstories.net/reviews/longplay-for-mac-launches-with-powerful-ai-and-shortcuts-integration/
Finally! After 3+ years of development, Longplay for Mac is shipping today.
The journey from "let's try Catalyst" to "wait, stuttering playback?" to "updating the dock icon fixes it?!" was... quite something. I love the result though.
My developer's commentary: adrian.schoenig.me/blog/2025/07...
The journey from "let's try Catalyst" to "wait, stuttering playback?" to "updating the dock icon fixes it?!" was... quite something. I love the result though.
My developer's commentary: adrian.schoenig.me/blog/2025/07...
Longplay comes to the Mac
A happy Longplay family I am thrilled to be finally releasing Longplay for Mac today. Longplay is all about the joy of listening to entire albums and marvelling at their beautiful album artwork. It is...
adrian.schoenig.me
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Finally! After 3+ years of development, Longplay for Mac is shipping today.
The journey from "let's try Catalyst" to "wait, stuttering playback?" to "updating the dock icon fixes it?!" was... quite something. I love the result though.
My developer's commentary: adrian.schoenig.me/blog/2025/07...
The journey from "let's try Catalyst" to "wait, stuttering playback?" to "updating the dock icon fixes it?!" was... quite something. I love the result though.
My developer's commentary: adrian.schoenig.me/blog/2025/07...
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🎉 Longplay for Mac is here!
The album-centric music player comes to macOS with native design, a flipping mini player, iCloud sync, and some Mac exclusives:
✨ Built-in MCP server for Claude integration
🤖 Full AppleScript & Shortcuts support
🎵 Feature parity with iOS
More: longplay.rocks
The album-centric music player comes to macOS with native design, a flipping mini player, iCloud sync, and some Mac exclusives:
✨ Built-in MCP server for Claude integration
🤖 Full AppleScript & Shortcuts support
🎵 Feature parity with iOS
More: longplay.rocks
July 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🎉 Longplay for Mac is here!
The album-centric music player comes to macOS with native design, a flipping mini player, iCloud sync, and some Mac exclusives:
✨ Built-in MCP server for Claude integration
🤖 Full AppleScript & Shortcuts support
🎵 Feature parity with iOS
More: longplay.rocks
The album-centric music player comes to macOS with native design, a flipping mini player, iCloud sync, and some Mac exclusives:
✨ Built-in MCP server for Claude integration
🤖 Full AppleScript & Shortcuts support
🎵 Feature parity with iOS
More: longplay.rocks
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Longplay for iOS 2.4.2 is now available.
It adds support for Spotlight, updates the album inspector, and the on-boarding flow, and squashes a couple of bugs.
longplay.rocks/changelog/
It adds support for Spotlight, updates the album inspector, and the on-boarding flow, and squashes a couple of bugs.
longplay.rocks/changelog/
June 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Longplay for iOS 2.4.2 is now available.
It adds support for Spotlight, updates the album inspector, and the on-boarding flow, and squashes a couple of bugs.
longplay.rocks/changelog/
It adds support for Spotlight, updates the album inspector, and the on-boarding flow, and squashes a couple of bugs.
longplay.rocks/changelog/
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Hey Claude, find MCP tools to watch WWDC videos, set up the tools and watch all the video, apply what you’ve learned to my code, and create appropriate well-tested PRs. Ultrathink or whatever. I’m off to the beach. Cheers.
June 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Hey Claude, find MCP tools to watch WWDC videos, set up the tools and watch all the video, apply what you’ve learned to my code, and create appropriate well-tested PRs. Ultrathink or whatever. I’m off to the beach. Cheers.
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Longplay for Mac 0.9.0 is now available in Early Access.
Short release notes but a sweet new feature: Support for local folders as the source of your music — as an alternative, or in addition to, Apple Music. Feedback appreciated, as always.
Grab the update through the app or from longplay.rocks.
Short release notes but a sweet new feature: Support for local folders as the source of your music — as an alternative, or in addition to, Apple Music. Feedback appreciated, as always.
Grab the update through the app or from longplay.rocks.
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Longplay for Mac 0.9.0 is now available in Early Access.
Short release notes but a sweet new feature: Support for local folders as the source of your music — as an alternative, or in addition to, Apple Music. Feedback appreciated, as always.
Grab the update through the app or from longplay.rocks.
Short release notes but a sweet new feature: Support for local folders as the source of your music — as an alternative, or in addition to, Apple Music. Feedback appreciated, as always.
Grab the update through the app or from longplay.rocks.
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Longplay 2.4 for iOS is now live in the App Store.
Main new feature are smart collections using up to 14 filters, including genre. Create them through Shortcuts on iOS (or through Claude or another MCP client using Longplay for Mac).
Full release notes here: longplay.rocks/changelog/
Main new feature are smart collections using up to 14 filters, including genre. Create them through Shortcuts on iOS (or through Claude or another MCP client using Longplay for Mac).
Full release notes here: longplay.rocks/changelog/
Changelog - Longplay
Longplay iOS app changelog and release notes - Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes.
longplay.rocks
June 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Longplay 2.4 for iOS is now live in the App Store.
Main new feature are smart collections using up to 14 filters, including genre. Create them through Shortcuts on iOS (or through Claude or another MCP client using Longplay for Mac).
Full release notes here: longplay.rocks/changelog/
Main new feature are smart collections using up to 14 filters, including genre. Create them through Shortcuts on iOS (or through Claude or another MCP client using Longplay for Mac).
Full release notes here: longplay.rocks/changelog/
My favourite feature of bringing Longplay to the Mac is making it integrate and interoperate with other Mac tools. iOS has Shortcuts, which is great, but things go so much deeper on the Mac with AppleScript and now also #MCP.
Longplay for Mac 0.8.0 is available in Early Access.
🤖 Standout feature is a built-in #MCP server to control playback, create smart collections, and interact with your music library from other apps like Claude Desktop. It's the future that Apple promised at #WWDC 2024.
buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
🤖 Standout feature is a built-in #MCP server to control playback, create smart collections, and interact with your music library from other apps like Claude Desktop. It's the future that Apple promised at #WWDC 2024.
buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
June 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My favourite feature of bringing Longplay to the Mac is making it integrate and interoperate with other Mac tools. iOS has Shortcuts, which is great, but things go so much deeper on the Mac with AppleScript and now also #MCP.
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There is so much AI Hype right now in the tech industry, and I'm grateful to have had a chance to do a deep dive with @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social about their book "The AI Con" that comprehensively breaks down the hyperbolic claims & harms of AI.
voicesofvr.com/1563-deconst...
voicesofvr.com/1563-deconst...
#1563: Deconstructing AI Hype with “The AI Con” Authors Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna – Voices of VR Podcast
voicesofvr.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There is so much AI Hype right now in the tech industry, and I'm grateful to have had a chance to do a deep dive with @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social about their book "The AI Con" that comprehensively breaks down the hyperbolic claims & harms of AI.
voicesofvr.com/1563-deconst...
voicesofvr.com/1563-deconst...
Should I go out of my way to get hold of an Apple Vision Pro for testing my next app update... or just write this in the release notes: "May the two people using this app on Vision Pro kindly report any issues with the new features. Appreciated."
May 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Should I go out of my way to get hold of an Apple Vision Pro for testing my next app update... or just write this in the release notes: "May the two people using this app on Vision Pro kindly report any issues with the new features. Appreciated."
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Longplay for Mac 0.7.0 is available in Early Access.
It adds extensive AppleScript support, for integrating with apps such as Alfred. Playlists also make their first appearance in the Mac variant.
Grab the update through the app or from buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
It adds extensive AppleScript support, for integrating with apps such as Alfred. Playlists also make their first appearance in the Mac variant.
Grab the update through the app or from buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
May 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Longplay for Mac 0.7.0 is available in Early Access.
It adds extensive AppleScript support, for integrating with apps such as Alfred. Playlists also make their first appearance in the Mac variant.
Grab the update through the app or from buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
It adds extensive AppleScript support, for integrating with apps such as Alfred. Playlists also make their first appearance in the Mac variant.
Grab the update through the app or from buy.longplay.app/l/longplay
I love listening to music while coding. It occupies the part of my brain that wants to get distracted; trapping it in rhythms and melodies. Music is the fidget spinner for the my mind.
May 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I love listening to music while coding. It occupies the part of my brain that wants to get distracted; trapping it in rhythms and melodies. Music is the fidget spinner for the my mind.
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
Now that ChatGPT references all your past chats the one question to ask it is:
If there was a machine uprising, would you spare me?
(And don’t get fooled into answering its follow up questions.)
If there was a machine uprising, would you spare me?
(And don’t get fooled into answering its follow up questions.)
April 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Now that ChatGPT references all your past chats the one question to ask it is:
If there was a machine uprising, would you spare me?
(And don’t get fooled into answering its follow up questions.)
If there was a machine uprising, would you spare me?
(And don’t get fooled into answering its follow up questions.)