Raycast (YC W20)
Productivity
launcher and command palette
SHOW HN2020
18points
9comments
#1,790of 3,028 in 2020
Top 60%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Looks nice and feels good to use
From 2 comments
I just downloaded it. Looks nice. Using it has revealed something frustrating that dates back to when I worked on Spotlight (then called Matador) in 2003. Someone (not named to…
diskzero on HNTried it out and really liked it. I'm an Alfred user as well, and am wiring them up for side-by-side competition between Cmd-Space and Option-Space. Seems like you're really…
kerbs on HN
Redesigned landing page is an improvement
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch Thomas - I liked your previous landing page, but this new one is even better. Nice job on the seed round too!
kiwicopple on HN
Objections
Jira Server and GitHub Enterprise not yet supported
From 1 comment
Tried it out and really liked it. I'm an Alfred user as well, and am wiring them up for side-by-side competition between Cmd-Space and Option-Space. Seems like you're really…
kerbs on HN
Text files show as wrong type, so Quick Look previews fail
From 1 comment
I just downloaded it. Looks nice. Using it has revealed something frustrating that dates back to when I worked on Spotlight (then called Matador) in 2003. Someone (not named to…
diskzero on HN
Requests
Support for Jira Server and GHE
From 1 comment
Tried it out and really liked it. I'm an Alfred user as well, and am wiring them up for side-by-side competition between Cmd-Space and Option-Space. Seems like you're really…
kerbs on HN
Better file type detection for text previews
From 1 comment
I just downloaded it. Looks nice. Using it has revealed something frustrating that dates back to when I worked on Spotlight (then called Matador) in 2003. Someone (not named to…
diskzero on HN
Questions
Will it expand beyond developer productivity tools?
From 1 comment
This looks really cool! Do you want to focus on developer productivity tools only or expand to other applications as well?
lnsp on HN
How to get correct previews for TypeScript files
From 1 comment
I just downloaded it. Looks nice. Using it has revealed something frustrating that dates back to when I worked on Spotlight (then called Matador) in 2003. Someone (not named to…
diskzero on HN
Alternatives named
Alfred
From 1 comment
Tried it out and really liked it. I'm an Alfred user as well, and am wiring them up for side-by-side competition between Cmd-Space and Option-Space. Seems like you're really…
kerbs on HN
Spotlight
From 1 comment
I just downloaded it. Looks nice. Using it has revealed something frustrating that dates back to when I worked on Spotlight (then called Matador) in 2003. Someone (not named to…
diskzero on HN