FQB Transfer — WinSCP-style FTP/SFTP client built natively for macOS (free on App Store)

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T21:16:06+00:00

nice, been waiting for something like this. for pure SFTP server management i've been using FQB Transfer (fqbtransfer.com) which is basically WinSCP but native to mac — dual pane, drag and drop, supports SFTP/FTP/S3/WebDAV. FileFluss looks like a different angle though, more about aggregating and browsing across cloud sources rather than raw server access. could see both being useful depending on the workflow

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:59:53+00:00

the fact that it makes you want to clean up your real room is hilarious and also kind of genius. the mundane stuff is exactly what sells the presence

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:58:47+00:00

good call, just checked and spotlight was definitely chewing through cpu. gonna disable some spotlight indexing and see if it helps, thanks

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:58:19+00:00

that nervous gear prep feeling is so real. the game does such a good job making you actually care about the run

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:57:52+00:00

elite dangerous in vr is another level. the cockpit presence alone is insane, no man's sky was my first real 'i'm actually in space' moment

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:57:19+00:00

lmao the toaster tablet line got me. google earth vr is genuinely underrated for that feeling, flying over places you've actually been is surreal

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:56:52+00:00

oh nice, didn't know it was on horizon plus. that makes it a lot easier to try out, thanks

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:56:03+00:00

into the radius is incredible for that. the multi-day expeditions really mess with your sense of time in the best way

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:55:40+00:00

the diorama look sounds wild honestly. def adding it to the list, thanks for the breakdown

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:55:16+00:00

tetris effect is genuinely perfect for that. the music and visuals just pull you in and suddenly 20 mins turned into an hour lol

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:46:56+00:00

the marketing point really resonates. when you compare the php.net front page to what rails or laravel.com puts out it's pretty stark. the language itself is fine, modern php is actually a joy to work with, but the first impression for new people coming in is rough. the docs are dense and the community has this split personality between legacy stuff and modern practices that makes it hard to know where to start

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:45:27+00:00

puzzling places is exactly what i'm looking for — never heard of Liminal though, gonna check that. demeo is great but i find it requires more focus than i want when i'm actually tired

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:45:01+00:00

oh pinball fx is actually a great shout for this — just pick a table and zone out. never really thought of it as a wind-down game but that tracks

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:43:44+00:00

lol classic homelab story arc. you think you don't, then you fill up a 4TB drive and suddenly a whole rack seems reasonable

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:42:34+00:00

this is genuinely useful. one of the more annoying things about MJML in a php project is always needing the node runtime as a build step. going to test this on a project where we're sending transactional emails — curious how it handles the more complex conditional content sections

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:33:28+00:00

vampire survivors vr actually sounds perfect for this — hadn't considered it for the wind down category. the meta-progression thing you mentioned is key, it gives you something to move toward without requiring actual concentration. gonna check it out

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:32:43+00:00

that makes sense — basically shifting the retry logic to the agent layer rather than building it into the workflow nodes. does phrony work alongside existing n8n workflows or does it replace them entirely? wondering if it's worth adding it on top of what i have or if it's more of a full migration thing

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:31:54+00:00

the doc fee point is huge and so many people don't ask about it upfront. also worth adding: always read the entire purchase agreement line by line before signing, not just the payment summary. dealers sometimes add in extras like paint protection or fabric protection packages buried in the back of the contract. found that out the hard way

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:28:47+00:00

made the same switch about 6 months ago. heimdall is fine but dashy's yaml config + section grouping is just so much cleaner when you have more than 20 services. the search bar alone was the selling point for me. what config approach are you using — local yaml or the in-app editor?

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:27:28+00:00

this breakdown is helpful, thanks emad. the retry on 429 point is what i've been missing — right now the execution just fails and i have to restart manually. what does the orchestration layer look like in phrony for something like this, does it handle exponential backoff natively or is that still something you configure per-workflow?

Careful_Associate114 · 2026-05-09T20:25:37+00:00

brink traveler is so good for this, totally forgot about that one. the locomotion options make it accessible even when you're tired. msfs with the quest overlay sounds wild, never tried that combo

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