Finally gave Raycast a fair shake for a few weeks. It definitely has richer UI capabilities than my old pal LaunchBar, which makes me want to love it. The built in tutorial is incredibly good, for instance. But LaunchBar’s “unified index” continues to be something I miss bitterly. Hit ⌘␣, then type the name of an app, a file, a contact, a website you recently visited or bookmarked… They’re all in the same “root” search index! Every competitor (Alfred, Raycast, etc.) requires you to specify the kind of thing you’re searching for before you can type your search string. The Raycast manual specifically calls this out as a design decision, but the tradeoff is just not one I can make. I’d also miss Instant Send, but LaunchBar’s unified index is really what removes all friction from macOS for me.

In Sydney to speak at Web Directions #DevSummit25. Any night-before festivities going on? I miss the old Twitter social scene around these conferences.

Big weekend. Very proud of my team. :)

Successfully added Apple CarPlay to my Tesla Model 3 (I know…) with a little box that injects the CarPay UI into the video signal for the centre screen. Feels great to be able to pick an episode from my Pocket Casts “up next” list while driving without having to touch my phone.

Days since I accused someone of using AI to communicate with me and wasting both our time: 0.