Cool Tools I’ve Been Using Lately

I talk about a lot of cool things on this channel. Here are the ones I actually use every day.

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S/O Ph4se0n3 for the awesome edit 🙏

[iamilyes]

1:12 drizzle
4:08 superhuman
6:38 supermaven
9:05 diskStation
12:58 pretty typescript errors
15:23 rectangle
17:04 posthog
19:54 arc

[stephenjames]

Phrases never expected to hear. ‘I only have 12 terabytes remaining.”

[NeoNyaa]

The CTRL + A for superhuman going from your current selection all the way down ignoring the content above can just be done with SHIFT + END. CTRL + A with how it works normally makes sense as it selects *A* ll the items and not just everything below, whereas SHIFT + END selects everythiung from where you are to the *END* of the list.

[viccie]

Rectangle: Aka basically what the window management in Windows 11 (and to an extent Windows 10) does by default. That shit should be something Apple should just ship in MacOS, with all the "It just works" Mac is known for

[arstneio]

I believe all the Arc AI features are completely free right now. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[sentinelav]

I really wanted to like Arc but I just couldn't adjust. The performance of some of the split view features was terrible and the idea of keeping long-term bookmarks alongside short-term tabs never stuck with me.
I tried Edge recently, and it pissed me off how much I enjoyed it. It runs more smoothly than any other browser I've tried, and you can make the interface even more minimal than Arc if you want to. It's now my daily driver. Wish I was paid to say it but it's the truth.

[IzzyIkigai]

CTRL + A not selecting all(yknow, that's what the A stands for) but just mirroring properly implemented SHIFT + END behaviour is ridiculous. Like.. I cannot fathom why anyone who likes keyboard shortcuts would find breaking existing behaviour to duplicate another existing behaviour good in any way shape or form.
Also, if you want real storage on your network, honestly, synology is a bit of a cheap-but-expensive option, if you're willing to put the time in there's much better ways to create storage(hell, 1500 bucks for an empty enclosure almost affords you a proper server with a real CPU instead of that embedded-cpu stuff synology sells you) that's available on the network with better hardware, redundancy and throughput. Like just to give a perspective - synology only last year introduced ECC RAM by default, something a storage device should have had 10 years ago, especially when you're dealing with double- or even triple-digit terabyte systems.

[Dave-cgli]

I started looking into productivity tools after I burnt out almost 2 years ago and was desperately trying to find something to "fix" me. So after about 15 years, I switched from Chrome to Arc. And my experience was VERY similar to yours - I switched away after a week or two, but gave it a shot after a few months and fell in love with it, and I'm not a developer.

I also don't use any of the AI features, but it just makes my tabs so easy to organise. It also feels so smooth and looks clean. On the other hand, it eats just as much RAM as most other Chromium-based browsers 😅

[MatheusCruzRocha]

Theo, great tips, the typescript error plugin, the supermaven and the rectangle already got me and I installed them while I was watching the video. Looking forward to using it daily

[geniusdevil]

Also have you tried Raycast? Spotlight + Rectangle + a bunch of other cool stuffs

[BenRangel]

I love the details in Theo's videos like the "CMD+A should only select down from current position" realization at 5:20

[LadyEmilyNyx]

Arc and Supermaven have literally changed my entire workflow. It's unreal.

[kernelverflow]

btw arc browser is available in Windows. But I believe only on windows 11, but they are trying hard to get older windows versions supported to. Also they will work on a android and Linux version in the future.
Fun fact:
Arc is written in Swift, and they compiled the swift code to windows somehow (I am not an swift dev but I think that’s normally not easily possible)
Sadly the windows version is not exactly as good as the macOS version, but it will be soon, therefore I am certain

[bone_broth_]

A fun open-source alternative to Rectangle if you're coming from i3 on MacOS is Yabai. I have mine setup so that my first desktop is a normal floating space, but all other desktops which I use for dev work are automatically tiled.

[AbstruseJoker]

VSCode needs to support pretty typescript errors natively

[bjdubb]

personally i think (Ctrl + Shift + End) or (Cmd + Shift + Fn + →) makes more sense than (Ctrl + A) or (Cmd + A) from the current cursor down

[ShaqarudenGames]

Another cool thing about Synology is, if you have multiple locations where you do your work you can have a second Synology at the other location and I use I think it’s called SyncThing to sync your data between the two locations. Doesn’t even have to be all your data it can be maybe just your active coding projects and not all the VODs for example

[hugosa]

We run our design agency off a Synology NAS and its honestly been great for us so far, people can access it remotely as well which is great. Only had issues with it once when moving offices, but was quick to figure out and fix

[ytnathandude]

holy fuck its 3:21 am here in cali, i take a break from debugging asm, pop open youtube and see theo posted! bro is def a nightowl fr

[d.wolfin]

I am a heavy advocate for instead using an old pc or buying a second hand to turn into a nas.

For instance, I have been helping a friend build his own first nas for less than half the cost of a 4 bay Synology NAS. Not only is the price a bonus, the processor is 50% faster, it has 8x more ram (which is very important if you are running apps or game servers). It is more repairable, can expand to more drives for cheaper, and can be upgraded in the future.

Perhaps you should do your own NAS build video and/or go over your experience using it, even comparing it to something like a Synology NAS? Things such as cost, ease of use, etc.