# 439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut

An episode of [The Talk Show With John Gruber](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/528458508), 27 Jan 2026, 1 h 59 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/daringfireball/thetalkshow-439-daniel-jalkut.mp3

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe. Sponsored by: • Notion: The AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together. • Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow. • Sentry: A real-time error monitoring and tracing platform. Use code TALKSHOW for $80 in free credits. • Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year, with code talkshow50off. Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good. Links: • Classic Mac OS Control Strip. • Manu Cornet’s oft-cited cartoon caricaturizing the org charts of major tech companies circa 2011. • Black Ink. • MarsEdit. • Rogue Amoeba: “Removing Tahoe’s Unwanted Menu Icons”. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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