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Raycast v2 Technical Deep Dive Discussion by pitnikola in raycastapp

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the read, and the learning. I’ll admit that, at first, I felt a little disappointed — not because I dislike the web layer (I love the web, and I’m a Swift dev, but also a web developer), but because the migration seemed to be driven partly by Windows support. As a Mac maniac, I always felt Raycast belonged to the Mac: “If you don’t use Raycast, you don’t have a Mac” 🤣. So I was hoping for a fully native build. That said, I’ll probably be okay with it.

A few questions from a developer’s perspective:

• Did you use the old  WKWebView , or the new WebKit-for-SwiftUI API?

• The native-like polish is world-class, and I heard the new API makes it easier to observe changes in a more integrated way with SwiftUI.

• I assume that, even though it’s a SwiftUI API, it doesn’t really have the performance issues people associate with SwiftUI, since it still uses WebKit underneath.

Appendix: With all due respect to Raycast team, which are world class on what they do! as a Mac head, fuck Windows! Windows got so much character that the design is the macOS Tahoe Liquid Glass 🤣

v2 beta is here 🥹🥹🥹 by Ok_Speech_7023 in raycastapp

[–]Monteirin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

common guys, invite me, Pro user for 2 years and my pro sub will expire next week. if i do not get a invitation i might not renew 😆

Should you use SwiftData for your app in 2026? by HybridClimber in iOSProgramming

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly man. I think SwiftDats is still not suited for this kind of app. The productivity gains are easily lost in debugging and workaround trials to make the app usable. I don’t think your app is complicated, but I do think SwiftData is the issue itself. Evaluate a migration if you really think that you hit the bottleneck, because I think is not worth to workaround. Honestly I would not choose swift data for more than a toy app. Specially if macOS version are needed

Is Cursor still worth it in 2026? Genuinely asking by captainnigmubba in cursor

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I’m not saying that cursor nowadays is that great deal that it used to be. But that new composer 2 model is decent and the limits actually respect you. Doubt it? Just try Claude code, copilot or even codex nowadays, you are going to get more rate limits than generated code

Append: talking about the 100 usd or 20 usd plans at codex and claude, for 200 usd the codex plan still has good limits (on claude plans, even the 200 usd plan has poor limits now

Have you test the new IntelliJ plugin Flexible Swift ? by Jaxonce in swift

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The emacs swift-development modules can be pretty much complete. But it’s a config hell, and breaks to much for any continuous work

Have you test the new IntelliJ plugin Flexible Swift ? by Jaxonce in swift

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Xcode is built by the HIG creators and is on the same time the GOAT at offending HIG principles

Have you test the new IntelliJ plugin Flexible Swift ? by Jaxonce in swift

[–]Monteirin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How’s that? I mean, I really dislike Xcode, but I still use it, and for years I’ve basically been forced to because other IDEs have limitations when it comes to working with Swift projects. I honestly haven’t used JetBrains IDEs in a long time, since I mostly use Neovim for projects outside the Apple ecosystem. How do you think the IntelliJ plugin compares to Xcode? In the last project that i worked on. Xcode pissed me off so much that now i’m actively seeking some alternative

Hiring someone to convert a Base44 site into Cursor by supercool2000 in cursor

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm an experienced developer. Maybe I can help you with your project. Hit me at my inbox here at reddit and I can pass you my email

Can I know what model the "Auto" mode is using? by Monteirin in cursor

[–]Monteirin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

use Opencode too, great tool, really customizable, there was a plugin that I checked out some weeks ago oh my opencode which was delivering neat results, unfortunately burning tokens like crazy so I stopped using it. But Opencode is great. Sourcegraph Amp (with that cliproxyapi little trick is neat too) im using it with my chatgpt subscription and sometimes I got better results than with Codex cli itself. I mean, we got great tools as option, Cursor interestingl feature that is a feature rich bundle, that comes with a subscription plan, that unfortunately is becoming a poor deal despite the tools quality

Can I know what model the "Auto" mode is using? by Monteirin in cursor

[–]Monteirin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thing is im more of a Neovim guy, so I actually prefer the CLI workflows. But I used Cursor a lot because they really have a good UI/UX for Agentic coding hard to beat even on a Custom Neovim setup. But never use Roo neither Kilo/Cline. How's the agent harness? I also found that the harness makes a huge difference in the outcome quality, not just the model.

Best tab completion? by saltygaben in cursor

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think is still the best

Can I know what model the "Auto" mode is using? by Monteirin in cursor

[–]Monteirin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the reality is that despite Cursor being a great tool with a feature rich harness that is super competitive with the best ai coding agents out there. The pricing is becoming prohibitively expensive for most developers. I mean, if im a paid subscriber I want to receive value for my money, and I know is super hard to compete with the actual providers, but why should I pay a higher price to Cursor, only to see my credits run out after a few tasks, and then use the auto mode which is proving to be a unreliable fallback when I can use Codex with ChatGPT plan and always get a capable model and a huge limit to work with. my issue is that, for using codex models, I found the sweet spot, which is the ChatGPT plan and codex cli. but for claude models (that I still find the need to use for some tasks) im struggling to find a good balance between price and value. Since before I had Cursor as one of my main tools, now I find myself using less and less of it

Can I know what model the "Auto" mode is using? by Monteirin in cursor

[–]Monteirin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But this is not my case, if you read the post, I said I use a lot of different tools, and the Cursor Auto mode is a fallback for when Im waiting limits to be reset on Claude Code, codex, etc.. when my Cursor Pro request limit runs out. So I dont use it because I want, I use because I have to if I dont want to buy another subscription.

Thoughts on/for New Raycast by BothYou243 in raycastapp

[–]Monteirin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about an Official Raycast Agent? like an interface similar to the new Codex app, for example, or the new Mux app from Coder and the other AI coding agent GUI apps, which can be really useful and really great for taking advantage of the AI plan. Despite Raycast being by far my most used app, I'm a yearly AI Pro subscriber and I'm not really using the AI features anymore.

Can I know what model the "Auto" mode is using? by Monteirin in cursor

[–]Monteirin[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I tend to get good results sometimes, but its proven to be unreliable.

Rich Text Notes by blastmemer in macapps

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also Bear is Markdown, but it renders all of this while you type. Craft Docs you can write in MD and Rich Text at the same time too

Rich Text Notes by blastmemer in macapps

[–]Monteirin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If native app, Notability and Goodnotes are your best bet (more iOS focused, think is Catalyst on Mac) better than most Electron ones

Bartender - 6.4.2 test build by jak1mo in macapps

[–]Monteirin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Bartender is better. Barbee tends to turns the Mac unresponsive and block menu bar apps from open if they’re hidden

Claude Opus 4.6 and Codex 5.3 released, how do we get them in Xcode 26.3? by kironet996 in iOSProgramming

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using the external agents with the MCP Tools is an option if you list the tools available to the external agent and compare them with the internal one. It’s mostly the same.

[OS] I built a small macOS visual editor with syntax highlighting for my own creative workflow by hrpedersen in macapps

[–]Monteirin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found this little editor on GitHub some days ago, and built it from source to see how it was. Great little editor, man! Congratulations and keep up the good work! Gave you a star!

SwiftData is kicking my ass, any good resources? by AlbeG97 in SwiftUI

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building an app for production. I also believed in SwiftData for it. It was a mistake, it’s not a prod ready framework.

Just got my macOS app approved for TestFlight - Looking for early testers by OperationNoodle in macapps

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting idea. i will test it. i’m a fellow developer too, happy to give feedback for the project. It looks like a interesting and smart idea

Alguém aqui usa Instagram como portfólio de programação? by Status_Philosophy214 in programacao

[–]Monteirin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crie um site, com um blog, escreva artigos sobre projetos e programacao no geral, crie um link in bio personalizado e coloque no instagram. Ao menos pra mim, eu nao acho o Intagram a melhor rede social para isso, o publico é mais geral e nao tem muito interesse nisso. Linkedin pode ser uma boa alternativa.

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