I’ve been using Automator for a long time now (like 20 years, really), and I started replacing some of my services and quick actions with Shortcuts. Thanksfully, it is possible to directly import exiting Automator workflows into Shortcuts, so that was not that painful. There’s still a lot work to do, though. #apple

My favourite small tools, scripts and aliases. #unix

Proofreading with Writing Tools: Great use of side by side diff windows with BBEdit. Effectively, I was really late to this one (writing tools have been around for a while now). #apple

Apple doesn’t seem too happy about agents. — Apple and a Hacker’s Future

I’m not either.

Today’s little joy: I temporarily saved a draft post to the Desktop while working with BBEdit, then renamed and moved the file to my Hugo directory. When I tried to reopen that file from the Recent file menu, BBEdit correctly picked up the udpated file. I guess that’s what native macOS app are intended to do, after all. What a relief not to have to worry about that sort of detail. #apple

/me is listening to “Dry Your Eyes” by Ash Code

Remember when System Preferences had a graphical UI for controlling your local Apache webserver? Remember when /usr/bin was filled with interpreters before you installed Xcode? — Will Apple get on the bus?

At that time, it was even possible to manage Ruby or Python projects in XCode.

Setting up iCloud sync for BBEdit preferences. #apple

What makes Lisp difficult to read?. I don’t think the Stroop effect is after all of the implied slowdown. Rather, lack of practice with functional languages and infix notation that we were told ever since we were children are probably more important in this case, but that’s my 2¢.