Workbench is the best developer tool I've ever made (in beta now)
Agentic coding has grown quite a bit since I started dabbling in this two years ago. We used to request tiny changes to functions
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A lean Mac terminal for working across many projects with Claude Code.
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Three fresh nonogram puzzles every day, in your browser.
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Professional podcast chapters, made while you listen.
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Picked by meTouch is the second most exciting part of the new MacBook Pro
A few days ago, Apple released a new product: a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen. But I think they actually released two things, and
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Credit where it's due, Apple's doing RAM right
For several years I gave Apple consistent criticism over shipping their Macs with too little RAM in the entry level
Workbench 0.9
Here's what's new in today's update to Workbench. It's another really significant
The Weather Channel RetroCast
The Weather Channel just put up RetroCast, which lets you see your current weather in the way many of us
iPhone Duo owners thrilled to get this Samsung feature
Stephen Hackett: I Fixed My iPhone Duo with This One Weird Trick Thankfully, Stephen Robles has created a Shortcut that
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Workbench now in living color
Today's update to Workbench has some good stuff. Themes By default, Workbench uses your ghosty theme. But in
