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• Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

  In no particular order: Prologue [0] - iOS Audiobook player, used Plex as a media source Overcast [1] - iOS Podcast player CleanShotX [2] - macOS screenshot/video/gif capture with annotation Drafts [3] - iOS/macOS note taking tool Paprika [4] - Cross platform recipe app YNAB [5] - "You Need A Budget" - web/mobile budgeting app 1Password [6] - Cross platform password manager Carrot Weather [7] - iOS weather app... - Source: Hacker News / 18 days ago

• Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

  Phoenix [0] is another option in this space if you want to write JS/TS instead of Lua. I just commented about it here [1]. [0] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

  Have you heard of Phoenix [1]? It seems relatively unknown but I actually found it to work better than Yabai in some ways. The gist is that it basically simulates a tiling wm and virtual desktops by internally tracking state. It's also highly hackable/extensible being written in JS. Spin2Win [2] is a config that's worked well for me. [1] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix That said, it seems there are no perfect... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?

  When I was annoyed with this I went ahead and downloaded phoenix (https://github.com/kasper/phoenix) wrote a little javascript and now I have a bunch of globally accessable hotkeys so I can lay my windows out in a number of combinations. Right now I have setups for over/under left/right, two by two grid, and three by three grid. I've got some plans to spend some time... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Hyprland, a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on looks

  Actually, if you're interested at all, I just, after literally months of reading about this, found a pretty sick solution. Have you ever heard of Phoenix? https://github.com/kasper/phoenix/. And what it does is basically ignores the built-in spaces and creates truly virtual desktops by just hiding and resizing windows. And it works pretty well. The response time between switching "desktops" is basically instant. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Has anyone made the switch from developing in Windows to macOS? Any general or specific advice about the switch?

  Get a window tiler. At the very least, you'll want one that can maximize (not fullscreen) and split windows in different configurations. Some options here are Rectangle, BetterTouchTool, or Phoenix if you like to tweak and customize. Source: over 1 year ago

• Just got a Mac, what are some of your must-have apps and software to have on it?

  I like Phoenix, since you can program it exactly to your needs in any flavor of JavaScript. Source: over 1 year ago

• Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS

  I've been using Phoenix (https://github.com/kasper/phoenix), which is hackable in JavaScript and has a smaller scope (only window management), but haven't found it compelling enough to keep hacking at my config, so I'm back to Moom (https://manytricks.com/moom/), which would be perfect if it supported chaining sequences of sizing instructions (i.e., tile a window twice to the left to turn it from 1/2 to 1/3 width). - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Why doesn't my Mac "remember" arrangement of external displays if I unplug it?

  I use 2 things to fix this, DisplayPlacer which sets my monitors correctly and a framework called Phoenix for positioning my windows. I can't recommend Phoenix unless you want to write code but don't let DisplayPlacer scare you off, it's very easy to use. Source: over 2 years ago

• Workspacer: A tiling window manager for Windows 10

  It's not the same thing at all, in the sense that this is very much keyboard-driven whereas FancyZones is mouse-driven. Think of it as XMonad-like, with permanently tiled, auto-arranged windows (see https://workspacer.org/screenshots/) and able to move/rotate windows using keyboard alone. I use FancyZones a lot and am currently trying to find a Mac analogue - nothing does "drop and place" the same way, so I've... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago