Tonatiuh Rodriguez

Engineer 💻, Creator, Dad 👶.

Human -- Technology -- Human.

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

Ghostty 1.3 is going to have a preview of AppleScript support. All windows, tabs, splits, terminals are exposed via AppleScript. For macOS users, this satisfies some of the most common requests: broadcast commands, automatic layouts, jump to working directory, etc. PR here: https://t.co/n7FnmlbM6G

I also think this is an incredibly important feature to ship early/now so agentic tools like Claude and Codex can take advantage of a scriptable Ghostty on macOS.

I still plan on a generic cross-platform scripting/plugin API (two separate things), but integrating with native features like AppleScript is entirely in scope of the Ghostty mission and like our Shortcuts integration it importantly lets you connect multiple sources since AppleScript can control multiple applications from one script.

Note I normally don't ship features so down to the wire with a release, but this one is very isolated in its impact and I'm going to explicit document it in the release notes and website as a preview since I fully expect we're going to iterate a lot on the objects and commands exposed.

From a security perspective, Apple already prompts for permission to control different applications so we're covered, but there is a master kill switch you can put in the config, too.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@kepano This is awesome!

Is it currently possible/will it be possible to render Dataview plugin queries from the command line with this? As in, specify a file and extract any content that would be rendered from any ‘dataview’ blocks in that file?

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

Nice!

[kepano @kepano]

Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

ITS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. I’M SHAKING 😭. https://t.co/NA56i4IBLn

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@LLMJunky Oh right on. I just recently set up a Tailscale + tmux + terminus stack to accomplish this very thing. It’s been working great so far with some compromises on workflow. Curious to see how the UX plays out with something official from Anthropic.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

What would your advice be for someone that got as far as maybe a “late stage junior-level/early stage mid-level” engineer in terms of hands-on experience and aptitude?

I’ve been making it a point to continue to ask any and all questions that come up as I read through the AI’s output, but the seduction of moving faster and faster is strong, like a siren’s song.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@thekitze 🔥🔥🔥

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

Reminds me of a recent post by @Shpigford : https://t.co/7tJrpA2iNI

I myself have yet to set up and tinker around with OpenClaw. I'd been meaning to, but I've been busy enough just setting up a personal infra for using discrete agents as part of my workflow. From what I know, I can remain in the loop even in full OpenClaw mode, but to think of it "fully automating" anything and everything seemed a bit out of scope for where I'm currently at. Similar to heading into that area with the skeletons in Dark Souls where you right not a high enough level yet 😅.

[Josh Pigford @Shpigford]

i'm approaching the point with 🦞 where i kinda feel like i need to just revisit it in a few months.

lots of really cool stuff that feels like the future. overwhelmingly unstable.

hard to do more than just tinker (which is fine, nothing wrong w/ that! just can't *rely* on it)

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@swyx @DevinAI @LinkedIn 👀

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

I remember posting about something similar to this a while back. As a self-identified "multipotentialite"/scanner (via Barbara Sher's book "Refuse to Choose"), anytime I come across a point being made about how multi-tasking erodes and compromises focus potential it challenges my peace. It makes me wonder if I've hamstrung myself and the potential for my creative output. In the meantime, I move forward fully-in on my self-identification, as I need real data to determine if it's held me back or not.

https://t.co/Mpby3wzpzH

[Josh Pigford @Shpigford]

i feel this. but it also ignores the fact that everyone's brain works differently. and for certain types, multitasking is very much the key to unlocking solutions to big problems.

the key is just being honest with yourself about what *genuinely* works best for your brain-type.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@thekitze By wish list, do you mean “fun purchases”? If so, mind sharing any fun buys? I’ve put together a “buy list” of various things I’m working on making money for through the current agentic AI resources we now all have access to. Mainly kitchen/cookware and music production gear 😅.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@alexhillman Nice!

Are you at all worried about the whole facial scan/full ID requirement announcement made by Discord recently?

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

Reminds me of a quote from the song Small Worlds by Mac Miller (RIP):

“Win or lose, win or lose
I don't keep count, nobody checking”

Nobody is checking. No one is keeping track. It may seem like there are people just waiting and watching, ready pounce on your most vulnerable insecurities, but the really isn’t. They’re just phantoms in our own minds.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

My life began when I realized nobody knows what they’re doing. There’s no “council of elders” running the world. You don’t need permission to do anything. You don’t need approval or qualifications. You can just do things. Embrace that and the world starts bending to your will.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

“The potential for wasting time has multiplied so exponentially, it can now far exceed what was always the ceiling: the amount of time you personally have available”

This has been the siren song for me in this current agentic AI zeitgeist. The allure/illusion of “oh sweet I’ll have so much MORE TIME now!”. And that is absolutely not the case.

And really it isn’t about injecting more time into our lives, it’s about how well these agentic AI resources can facilitate our human-capability-capped thought processes and workflows. We can use these tools to greatly reduce the cognitive friction and general load that can be a part of building and creating.

It’s not about magically having more time. It’s about greater efficiency and higher chances of flow state. That’s how I’m focusing on learning and using these new super powers.

[Tiago Forte @fortelabs]

We are witnessing the rise of an entirely new echelon of productivity porn fueled by AI

What we had before was modest and reasonable in comparison – maybe you’d waste an afternoon or two reorganizing your files or polishing your dashboard

Now you deploy vast swarms of intelligent beings to construct civilization-scale monuments to your procrastination

I really thought AI would offer an escape from the psychological traps that people get stuck in seeking to do meaningful, productive work

Now I see it’s making those traps a thousand miles deep, tunneling straight into the infinite depths of productivity hell

You can now throw industrial quantities of compute, power, energy, and attention at a problem rather than having to make even the simplest decision

You can explore hundreds of parallel pathways instead of ever taking the risk of stepping down one. You can simulate worlds within worlds so you never have to pay attention to this one

The potential for wasting time has multiplied so exponentially, it can now far exceed what was always the ceiling: the amount of time you personally have available

Now you can waste the time of unlimited swarms of agents, all pouring their best effort into the most mundane aspect of your existence, trading bits of info back and forth in endless loops that you can convince yourself are adding value

Welcome to the productivity singularity

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@kmdrfx What! Wow :O

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@wesbos Not sure if they’ve been mentioned here already, but @fortelabs and @NickMilo are super helpful resources! I’d also check out the awesome Excalidraw plugin for Obsidian by @zsviczian :)

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@steipete lol not me trying to click the image in the image and wondering why it didn’t open 😭.

Awesome stuff! :D

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

I like this. Admittedly, I’ve been searching and thinking high and low for info on sourcing “profitable” pain points to try and make money quicker, but it all keeps coming back to focusing on pain points I’d truly care about solving.

I keep seeing posts from certain people on here talking about fully automated pain point scraping on places like app stores where they search for low star reviews and automate building MVPs and shipping them to cash in. It sounds like that can be very lucrative, but, idk, I keep hitting a wall and/or find myself derailed when I try going that route.

Probably just a skill I’d guess lol.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽.

This used to be the most sensitive "nerve ending" for me. While I try not to use the term "imposter syndrome" anymore to try and keep those negative vibrations away from me, it's admittedly been an affliction.

I only feel like I got so far in my dev journey, always thinking I hadn't really figured it all out yet the way people would expect me to if I ever decided to "open my mouth" somewhere public about anything software engineering related.

Heck, I still can be afraid of that. But I've essentially said F*CK it, and especially now with the super powers agentic AI has been offering, and a grounded attitude for keeping learning and hard work as the foundation still, I'm all but practically obliterated that stuff. One day at a time, though.

[Tonatiuh Rodriguez @TCRodriguez_]

@obsdmd has been my daily driver for managing my second brain for years now. All this while never anticipating we'd be where we're at now in this age of agentic AI.

And sure enough, moving my second brain folder into a monorepo that is my "digital exoskeleton" I've been calling "DreamsOS" has yielded such unexpected fruit. It's freaking awesome.

Thank you @kepano and team for all that you do! 👏🏽

[Nick Milo @NickMilo]

Obsidian has officially won the note wars [Video]

Everyone seems to be scrambling to install complex protocols, paying for plugins or built-in AI subscriptions—or just switching apps once again—as their current app fails to catch up to the latest AI developments.

Meanwhile, in Obsidian, AI integration looks like this:

Point AI at a folder.

And you're done.

Or, if you're like many, don't integrate AI at all.

Either way, with Obsidian, it's your choice.

Watch 👇