The Data Science Lab Spiral Dynamics Optimization with Python Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to implement a geometry-inspired optimization technique called spiral dynamics ...

VS Code 1.120 brings the Agents window to Stable preview. The new window opens from a title-bar button. Agent customizations include Agents, Skills, Instructions, Hooks, MCP Servers and Plugins. It ...

Your VS Code workflow is probably slower than it needs to be, but if you use the Command Palette you'll be faster.

A 6MB editor quietly replacing tools that cost ten times more.

Apple is rumored to be adding an AI feature for creating shortcuts with natural language to the Shortcuts app in iOS 27, but ...

Federico Viticci at MacStories is out today with yet another wild tool that integrates with Apple’s Shortcuts app. Shortcuts ...

Shortcuts Playground lowers the barrier to creating iPhone and Mac automations by turning natural prompts into working ...

Today, I’m pleased to introduce something I’ve been working on for the past six months: Shortcuts Playground, a plugin for ...

Shortcut 1: The main shortcut in Mario Kart Stadium is at the very end of each lap. Just look for the pipes in the rough and use a boost item (a mushroom or star) to blast past the sand. Shortcut 1: ...

Reaper offers nearly all the features and flexibility of powerhouse digital audio workstations at a fraction of the cost.

Apple’s Shortcuts app offers tremendous power, especially with iOS 26’s additions around AI. But my own most-used shortcuts tend to be extremely simple, including one shared by Quinn Nelson for ...

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