Recent Software Experience Log

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MacOS Apps

Currently Using

• Brave Browser #browser

  • A great balance between performance and features;
  • Built-in ad blocking and excellent vertical tabs;
  • Comes with many Web3-related buttons, but they can be disabled;

• ChatWise #chatbox

  • In my opinion, the best choice for a native macOS UI experience;

• Dory #switcher

  • Similar to rcmd, but with a cleaner feel;

• Ghostty #terminal emulator

  • Comparable to WezTerm; minimalist and easy to configure;

• Updatest #updater

  • An app updater that helped me migrate many of my apps to Homebrew management;

• NetNewsWire #rss

  • A native, cross-platform RSS reader for macOS/iOS; clean, smooth, and feature-sufficient;

• Velja #browser picker

  • Automatically routes URLs to the appropriate browser based on custom rules;

Watching

• Helium Browser #browser

  • A privacy-first alternative to the Chrome behemoth, though it lacks vertical tabs;

• wezterm #terminal emulator

  • The stable version hasn't been updated in a long time; the novelty has worn off😁;

• Latest #updater

  • Free and open-source, but lacks the advanced features of the paid Updatest;

• Orion #browser

  • A WebKit-based browser; unfortunately, it's currently too buggy and updates are slow;

• Zed #editor

  • A high-performance editor built in Rust; its extensibility and customization still lag behind VS Code;

Abandoned

• Cotypist #ai

  • System-wide AI auto-completion;
  • Performance was mediocre and felt a bit intrusive;

• Folo #rss

  • Laggy UI and gimmicky features; it felt like the developers lost their focus;
  • Dropped it entirely after they went "all-in on AI" and redesigned the UI;