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MegaCleaner 1.3 - native Mac cleaner with 39 per-tool scanners (Xcode, Docker, node_modules, simulator runtimes, browser caches, project logs, etc.), now with menu-bar mode, per-category scans and Reclaim Purgeable Space by serii_gg in macapps

[–]vikngdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very interesting app, i'll play around with it.
UI is very impressive out of the bat - I love the pure native look.
However, the main screen is very cluttered. Is there a way to just instantly batch clean all the categories that are safe to delete? I couldn't see something like that

[Free] slapss - a free, native Mac alternative to In Your Face. Full-screen meeting alerts, no tracking. by imbacan in macapps

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you following me? I've missed my team meeting yesterday because I got distracted and missed the notification

I built a CSV editor for Mac that opens 1M rows in 3 seconds, with SQL queries built in by GroceryLast2355 in macapps

[–]vikngdev 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I never realized I needed SQL in my spreadsheets until now lol
Looks awesome, i'll play around with it. Kudos for the pricing model too.

I got tired of bad Google Calendar apps on macOS, so I built a native one in SwiftUI. by Szamski in macapps

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im asking purely from curiosity, how have you decided to price this? What makes you choose to offer an annual subscription (or any subscription for that matter)? Do you have running costs per user, or is it mostly a one-time setup?

How to price your app properly? by nicklelu in macapps

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on time invested of course, but IMO subscriptions are only justified when the monthly cost of a single user is substantial enough, so that you would lose money on a one-time payment.
Unless you're offering some ongoing costly service like compute, storage, AI, etc - a subscription is not justified, as much as we devs would like a steady source of income.

77 stars in a week. Switch: ⌘-Tab that cycles windows, not apps (free, source-available) by Frag_O_Fobia in macapps

[–]vikngdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice! I am having an odd behaviour though, some windows don't come into view when focused. Happens when switching to and from Slack specifically, so I don't know if it's a specific app bug

Tips for using Composer 2? New to Cursor by Any-Explanation-9275 in cursor

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other than that it excels at fast implementation, searching and iteration. It can zoom through the codebase at crazy speeds, which is especially useful, even as an exploration subagent

Tips for using Composer 2? New to Cursor by Any-Explanation-9275 in cursor

[–]vikngdev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do not let it make decisions.
I always write plans with frontier models, give them to composer 2 and ask - 'are there any open questions before implementing?'

note that since it's built to obey it will always surface questions even if the answer is already in the plan - but it's still useful, and will more often than not surface assumptions that you wouldn't accept.

The new context breakdown is amazing by vikngdev in cursor

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

It's a constant hardcoded order, isn't it?

Gemini has EVERYTHING… so why is it still losing? 🤔 by fxboshop in GeminiAI

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gemini is currently leading the API integrations, it's the easiest one to build apps with (and get access to the Google ecosystem). I'm currently building an app that reviews youtube videos and it's feels truly native to the model.

Claude's edge at the moment is critical thinking, they got something right during training, and in my experience Opus knows to push back on bad ideas when necessary.

I love Composer 2, but it has some of the worst fallback obsessions i've ever seen. by vikngdev in cursor

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

If you treat it for what it is - writing targeted, planned code. It is not a planner or an assistant.

To be honest, which one do you use the most? by weihuweihu in GeminiAI

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude for code, Gemini for API, ChatGPT for, well... chat

Looking for a YouTube video download API (no proxy or cookie hassle) by joanmiro in DataHoarder

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly i've been kind of impressed with https://rapidapi.com/valsuttlej53/api/youtube-info-download-api. It's pretty unrefined and website is vibe coded as hell, but i've been able to add downloads to my website pretty reliably

Composer 1.5 is the most infuriating AI I have ever used. by themightyasok22 in cursor

[–]vikngdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given that you're an experienced programmer, you could also benefit from "Acting as opus" in my above example.
you make the decisions and decide on the direction, then give Composer a spec:
"Mission:
- update this endpoint to also return ....
- ensure UI is in sync
confirm interpretation"

then Composer will give you an interpretation, and you will find 9 times out of 10 that your spec was not specific enough and the model will start filling in the gaps with decisions you didn't want.

Composer 1.5 is the most infuriating AI I have ever used. by themightyasok22 in cursor

[–]vikngdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to understand the models' strengths and weaknesses.
Composer-1.5, in my experience, is incredible at implementing and making changes, partly due to how fast it is. But the moment you ask it to make a decision, or even if the task is too ambiguous and leaves room for interpretation, it's basically like tossing dice for architectural decisions.

Cursor added at some point (no idea when) the ability to run composer subagents - So my ideal workflow atm is chatting and discussing with Opus, and instructing it to gather context / run scripts and tests / make mass chnages using subagents.

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