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September 27th, 2021 × #Developer Tools#Mac Apps#Terminals#Audio/Video

Hasty Treat - Desktop Apps + New Tech We Love

Scott and Wes discuss new and popular developer tools and apps like Lucylang state machines, MD Specs for Svelte, Fig terminal autocomplete, Warp terminal in Rust, Raycast app launcher, Obsidian note taking app, and Descript audio/video editor.

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Show Notes Transcript

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the hottest new tech they love!

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Show Notes

03:30 - Lucy Language

06:10 - MDSvex

09:56 - RECut

12:26 - Fig

  • https://fig.io/
  • It's an app you install on your computer, it adds autocomplete to your terminal
  • Works with most popular terminals
  • Autocompletes git commands
  • NPM commands + tons more - npm install ___ works
  • Adds descriptions of what each command does
  • Mac only - again another reason why Mac is best!
  • Themeable
  • Why not use Fish/ZSH?
    • This isn't a replacement for anything, it's just autocomplete on top
    • These fish plugins are to vim, as Fig is to VS Code
    • Better UI is KEY

15:56 - Warp

  • https://www.warp.dev/
  • Rust-based termnial
  • Very fast
  • Extensions and themes
  • Share commands and sessions
  • Great for remote server dev
  • Share terminal state - with share links

19:33 - Raycast

  • https://www.raycast.com/
  • App launcher
  • File Finder
  • Workflow runner
  • Everyone is asking why is it better than Alfred
  • better UI
  • Better outputs math
  • Better defaults - currency conversion
  • Fast as hell
  • Better integrations
  • More Flexible

21:26 - Table Plus

23:59 - Obsidian Update

26:50 - Descript Update

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