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Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 1 p.m.

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the hottest new tech they love!

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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\u2019s 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\u2019t a replacement for anything, it\u2019s 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\u2019t 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/

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