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Xcode Goes Agentic
Plus: AI for Caregivers, Not Step Counters
Jafar Najafov
February 04, 2026 • Read this in 7 minutes
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Today we are going to see Fitbit’s founders are back with Luffu, a new AI tool for families trying to keep up with caregiving in a fragmented health system. Meanwhile, Apple is pushing Xcode into agentic coding territory, letting developers build entire app features with natural language prompts. Different use cases, same throughline: AI that doesn’t just assist, it collaborates.
In today’s post:
What AI can’t fake and shouldn’t try to
Apple just gave Xcode an AI upgrade
Luffu wants to make caregiving less chaotic
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RESEARCH
Xcode now codes with you
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Apple’s newest Xcode release brings agentic coding into the mainstream. With built-in support for OpenAI and Anthropic tools, it’s no longer just autocomplete, it’s co-development.
Here’s everything you need to know:
Xcode 26.3 lets devs use agents like Claude and Codex to build, test, and fix code directly inside the IDE.
The agents don’t just generate snippets, they explore project structure, run tests, and self-correct.
Apple’s MCP protocol connects these agents with Xcode’s native features, creating deeper integration and smarter automation.
Devs can guide the agents using plain language prompts, like “Add a photo gallery using SwiftUI.”
As the AI works, it narrates each step showing what’s changing, why, and what’s next.
Apple designed the experience with transparency in mind, especially for newer coders learning the ropes.
Want to try it? Xcode now supports model selection (e.g. GPT-5.2 vs. Claude 3) and lets you toggle versions as needed.
Agentic coding isn’t about replacing developers, it’s about raising the floor for what developers can do. With this update, Apple’s not just chasing the AI trend. It’s quietly changing how software gets written
STRATEGY
Using AI with your friends isn’t smart
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A friend at a funeral suspected the eulogy was written by AI. It was polished but hollow all abstractions, no stories. He walked away with one quiet thought: when you know, you know.
Here’s everything you need to know:
AI can help you write faster but with friends, faster isn’t better.
A eulogy written by ChatGPT might hit all the right beats, but it misses the one that matters: real care.
We use writing with friends to show up not just to inform, but to connect.
When you outsource that effort, you don’t just save time. You send a message: “you’re not worth it.”
Even when the output looks sincere, the reader senses the shortcut. There's no proof of work.
Friendship is inefficient by design. The clunky text, the slow reply they show you’re human.
Using AI to write like you care isn’t caring. It’s performance without presence.
AI makes it easy to simulate sincerity but that’s not the same as being sincere. If you’re too busy to write back with your own words, maybe the problem isn’t time. Maybe it’s that the friendship deserves more than efficiency
LAUNCH
The Fitbit founders are back
Image Credits: Fitbit
After leaving Google, Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman didn’t build another fitness tracker. They built Luffu, an AI tool to help families care for each other, without burning out.
Here’s everything you need to know:
Luffu is designed for modern family caregiving, cross-country, cross-generational, and deeply fragmented.
It quietly tracks health info, spots changes, and alerts you before things slip through the cracks.
You can ask it real questions like: “Is Mom’s new medication affecting her sleep?”
Park says the idea came from personal experience: trying to care for his parents from afar, without making them feel watched.
Unlike most health apps built for individuals, Luffu treats health as a shared reality spanning kids, parents, pets, and partners.
The app accepts info via voice, text, or photos meeting users where they are, not where the system expects them to be.
It’s not just about tracking symptoms; it’s about reducing the cognitive load of constant vigilance.
Tech often claims to “solve” caregiving, but most tools just create more work. Luffu feels different not because it replaces the human part, but because it supports it. And that’s the bar any AI built for families needs to clear.
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