So last night I decided I was going to try using Safari/Webkit DevTools. I asked myself: What is Firefox Developer Edition/Chrome DevTools giving me that Safari DevTools isn’t? I thought I’d try it out for a couple of weeks… I also asked myself the same thing about iTerm2, so I also decided to try out the basic macOS Terminal application.

Of course, I’m a stickler for UI consistency. It took some time for me to get Visual Studio Code to resemble WebKit DevTools, but I must say, I really like it!

Update: August 5, 2024 – I’ve switched back to iTerm as my Terminal. The reason? Panes. I simply didn’t like how Terminal.app handled panes, and I had a few instances where I wanted to use them. For example, I was using a command to transcribe some audio to text using Whisper, but I also needed to monitor htop because it was significantly impacting my CPU usage. I required a pane… unless I had a specific need. So, my philosophy has been to ask myself if a native macOS application provides what I require. As soon as I discover that a native app doesn’t offer what I need, I’ll consider alternatives. For instance, Raycast turned out that I only utilized 3% of its features. Since I switched to Spotlight, it has been more than sufficient.

Update: July 15, 2024 – I’ve also abandoned Raycast. I once again questioned whether I genuinely use it. In reality, I don’t think I do. I could, of course, but in truth, I only use about 10% of its features. Therefore, I disabled it (I’ll still utilize the AI features I paid for). I installed a snippet and clipboard history tool, enabled Spotlight, and moved on.

Update: June 11, 2024 – So far, I’m still using the built-in macOS Terminal and WebKit. Terminal has occasionally behaved erratically, but I always load up the application I’m working on in iTerm, and it usually turns out that the issue also occurs in iTerm. However, there are a few things I’ve had to compromise on in iTerm. It allows you to remap right ⌘ to CTRL, but I can’t do that in Terminal. That’s okay with me; I’ve simply remapped alt-s in Micro and called it a day. I don’t use panes (although panes are a pain, haha), but I’ll use tabs. So far, that’s it… I’m still waiting for a gotcha.

Update: June 3, 2024 – I’ve also been moving all my to-do lists (yes, even for work) to Reminders and using Notes more frequently. I’m genuinely enjoying the feeling of having less… less apps, less organizing!