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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I'm Matt Birchler, a designer, product manager, YouTuber, and developer who's been writing about tech since 2010.
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A beautiful read-later service for articles that matter.
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MacStories Best New App of 2025
Review the things you love and share them to social media.
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Workbench
A lean Mac terminal for working across many projects with Claude Code.
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nonogame
Three fresh nonogram puzzles every day, in your browser.
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Birchfeed
Rock solid RSS syncing for the reader app you already use.
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Chapterize
Professional podcast chapters, made while you listen.
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Quick Subtitles
Fast, private, on-device transcription to text or SRT.
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Quick Notes
Voice to text with Apple's on-device language models.
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Yearly Run Goals
Yearly distance goals for running, cycling, and more.
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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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My daily Workbench update New
Workbench is in beta and is currently on a near-daily release cycle, so here's today's
Workbench for iOS is in public beta
Earlier this week, I released Workbench for the Mac, the best (if I dare say so) way to use Claude
A few updates to Workbench
I launched Workbench yesterday and the response has been fantastic. Thank you to the many people who tried it and
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People are still creative – they will not stop making things. Where they make those things is an open question.
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
Pro workflows benefit from touch too
Jason Snell: Quick thoughts about the new MacBook Pro one portion of Apple’s intro video showed a developer using
Fixing Letterboxd's cast list on the web
I love Letterboxd, but I hate how they show you the cast on the web app. Here's the
