Welcome to The Lab.

Creating TerminalWidgets With AI

I’ve been using AI agents to scaffold little Mac automations for a while, but TerminalWidget is an especially good fit. The CLI is flag-heavy in a good way — once the model can see the real docs, it stops inventing fake options and starts writing scripts that actually update a widget. ai, automation, backup, desktop, formatting, history, ios, launchd, logging, macos, network, productivity, reading, scripting, shortcuts, status, terminal, terminalwidget, updates, widgets, writing

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Introducing TerminalWidget

I’ve always wanted a personal dashboard that actually stays out of the way. Not another browser tab. Not a full-screen monitoring app. Just the numbers and status I care about — sales, transfer speeds, uptime, whether that long-running script is still chewing — available the moment I look. automation, backup, desktop, ios, macos, productivity, scripting, shortcuts, status, terminal, terminalwidget, widgets

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Introducing Quick Look Doctor

If you’ve ever pressed Spacebar in Finder and gotten the wrong Quick Look preview — plain text instead of Markdown, someone else’s renderer, or a blank stare from macOS — you already know the pain. PluginKit registrations are fiddly, conflicting extensions are common, and the fix usually involves a scavenger hunt through Terminal. extensions, macos, markdown, marked, markedql, quick look, troubleshooting, utilities

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