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swyx

Writer and developer; runs the Latent Space newsletter and podcast and writes at swyx.io.

10 things

BeeperSoftware

liked

the super messaging app. https://www.beeper.com/download (i know founder)

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

uvSoftware Astral

liked

the new hotness is uv from Astral

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

Video Speed ControllerSoftware

recommended

Video Speed Controller ← VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

pnpmSoftware

recommended

Used to recommend yarn. now brew install pnpm as fast node package manager

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

podmanSoftware

recommended

podman instead of docker https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45137525

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

Wispr FlowSoftware Wispr

usesaffiliate link

AUDIO KEYBOARD - I used to use SuperWhisper but have now shifted to Wispr Flow

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

Arc BrowserSoftware The Browser Company

uses

Arc Browser: I tried Kagi but too many apps are incompatible with Safari so RIP. set to default.

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

RaycastSoftware Raycast

uses

my goal is to replace as many small utilities i used to use, with raycast plugins

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

WarpSoftware Warp

mixed

Install Warp (my normal terminal of choice, good for AI generated commands

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

SuperWhisperSoftware

mixed

AUDIO KEYBOARD - I used to use SuperWhisper but have now shifted to Wispr Flow

'My 2025 New Mac Setup' — everything he installs and uses on a new MacBook Pro.

2025-08-06·swyx.io ↗

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