[shay_ker]

This sounds interesting at a high-level, and the octopus is cool, though I'm having trouble understanding how it'd impact my day-to-day. There's a gif on the homepage on how to... add to a "space"? I'm not totally sure what value this would bring to me.

Do you have a gif or video showing someone already set up with everything, and then show them solving a few problems? And maybe even a side-by-side with someone trying to do the same thing, without Slapdash?

[kanevski]

For folks that use are comfortable with using the keyboard, we recommend installing our desktop application. The desktop application adds a global shortcut (Cmd + J) by default, which you can use to pull up Slapdash.

If you use launchers like Alfred or Spotlight, you can think of it as a drop-in replacement for those tools. The difference is that Slapdash can capture not just your desktop environment, but your cloud apps (and browser) too. The benefit is similar here too, it's a faster way to use your computer.

Side-by-side is a good idea, we really should make some videos like that.

[summitsummit]

> you can think of it as a drop-in replacement for those tools

Unless I misunderstood the app while playing around with it and reading every word on your product page, it is not a _ drop-in replacement_ for those tools. Albeit, I didn't try creating my own url/launchers but if anything its functionalities seem like a subset of Alfred's abilities as opposed to a replacement.

..which was one of my primary hesitations considering this tool for adoption while playing with it. I already have Alfred, this doesn't replace Alfred, and I don't want yet another launcher to keep in mind. I could just sync all apps locally (Dropbox/Google Drive) and get the majority of the value proposition of Slapdash with Alfred.

[kanevski]

You are right - the “control-your-computer” functionality is currently a subset of Alfred, but we are working on bridging that gap.

Most people use Alfred in limited ways, and we tried to cover those hot paths. However, we are still working on covering the long tail of that feature set.

[orliesaurus]

Also came here to ask to see more examples of day to day usecases!

[kanevski]

Here is a sampling of ways I use Slapdash daily.

* Open files I know exist without touching the browser[0]

* Create new issues without touching the browser

* See what my colleagues are working on[1]

* Launch Mac Apps

* Use custom commands to speed up debugging. We have commands like "Find Customer"

* Use commands to launch recurring Zoom rooms

* Open my VSCode to a specific directory to start coding

* Use spaces to organize work I'm currently working on researching

In practice, everyone uses the computer differently, so when we get people set up on Slapdash, we do something called an "ergonomic fitting". We learn how use the computer and then we match you up with the features that you would benefit from most.

[0] https://twitter.com/iKanevski/status/1261410583951204352

[1] https://headwayapp.co/slapdash-changelog/visual-search-filte...

[hugodutka]

How do you use Slapdash to control VSCode? I thought that maybe I could create a command that executes a shell script, but it seems a command can only open a url in the browser, right? I can't find any docs for custom commands on your website.

[Pwntastic]

VSCode registers[0] a url handler for vscode:// so you can open a directory or other things in VSCode with just a url

[0] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/command-line#_open...

[kanevski]

Exactly right.

I have my command set up to open this URL:

vscode://file/<ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_YOUR_DIR>

The "file" above is important, first time I set it up I missed it and it didn't work correctly.