Hasty Treat - Desktop Apps + New Tech We Love

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the hottest new tech they love! Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Show Notes 03:30 - Lucy Language https://lucylang.org/ A concise language for describing Finite State Machines 06:10 - MDSvex https://github.com/pngwn/MDsveX Mdx for Svelte Smartypants options transforms ASCII punctuation into fancy typographic punctuation HTML entities https://github.com/rehypejs/awesome-rehype 09:56 - RECut https://getrecut.com/ 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 https://tableplus.com/ Fantastic little DB tool 23:59 - Obsidian Update https://obsidian.md/ Wes: I haven’t got into it - find myself still going back to VS Code 26:50 - Descript Update https://www.descript.com/ All-in-one audio and video editing, like a doc Links https://chriscoyier.net/ https://hyper.is/ https://www.alfredapp.com/ https://strapi.io/ https://studio3t.com/ https://www.mindnode.com/ https://remarkable.com/ https://www.notion.so/ https://joplinapp.org/ http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm https://shinywhitebox.com/ Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets