As a Raycast user, I have to say the devs built something incredibly sleek and stable. It genuinely makes macOS feel like a pro-level OS.
For the developers: will Glaze replace Raycast, or are they meant to run concurrently?
Glaze by Raycast
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#122i can get an app one shotted pretty much every time i use cline too. why would i ever use a proprietary solution that’s opinionated and likely eventually costs (idk i didn't look)?
add this to the bubble theory
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
So… could I one-shot a Glaze competitor? ;) More seriously, what do you believe your moat is here?
Moat? Maybe they built something they wanted?
They also plan on having their own app store where you publish these glaze apps and maybe they charge commission for paid apps down the line?
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#124As a Raycast paying user, I was a little bent that they have apparently not been focusing on the core product.
However, having just vibe coded an actually useful Raycast extension, I can see wanting to bring this capability to a wider audience - and how this could scale their core product adoption beyond “nerds who think Spotlight stinks”. Which is getting
A lot of good (if negative) comments ITT though; it’s going to be tough for them to bring this to market safely.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
I haven't used v0 or replit before, I have the same feelings as you. But I've been thinking about building macOS apps for my personal use for a long time now. Also I'm a long time Raycast user. I have a bias here, so I've joined the waitlist, I can't be sure until I try, right?
Just build Mac apps then. Claude Code can help you whip up real native apps without any Glaze dependencies just fine. I’ve built 4 Mac and iOS apps in the last 6 months for my own use. I even have my own HN app for iOS and Mac.
Even if you don't like Electron, I was able to get Claude to build Electrobun and Tauri apps as well. I don't understand what benefit Glaze will bring outside of more lock-in?
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#126Not to be a curmudgeon, but why are they spending time on this? As an enthusiastic Raycast user, I would prefer to see them focus on making Raycast better, not finding new ways to jump on the AI bandwagon.
This seems a natural evolution of Raycast Extensions (which are an evolution of Script Commands) - given the current landscape (generative everything). I would be surprised if there’s no “Raycast inside” within and around the new toolchain.
I’m torn about what this likely means for iOS; while I do want to do Raycast-y things in my phone, I’m not sure there’s enough of us to make a business out of it.
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#127Might sound like a rube here, but: is agentic development really this good at novel UIs? The video shows a sort of cassette tape music player, and a fancy looking audio visualizer/equalizer thing. I'm well aware agents are very good at boilerplate UIs, but I wouldn't expect them to be able to one-shot novel, dynamic UI elements like this. I've had Claude attempt some SVG animations and the results were very crude. Th…
I had the same results a year ago. Everything has changed since ~Nov 25, give it another go and you'll be surprised
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#128Why is this called raycast when it doesn't appear to have anything to do with graphics or euclidean geometry?
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
So… could I one-shot a Glaze competitor? ;) More seriously, what do you believe your moat is here?
Sales are about distribution, they have a channel. This "moat" thing matters to unestablished start-ups a lot more. We should apply context while copy pasting arguments.
This just means that the existing sales channel would be their moat. Which can be a valid argument, though I don't remember having heard of Raycast before, so it isn't obvious to me. I was interested in hearing what they see as their moat here.
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#130Might sound like a rube here, but: is agentic development really this good at novel UIs? The video shows a sort of cassette tape music player, and a fancy looking audio visualizer/equalizer thing. I'm well aware agents are very good at boilerplate UIs, but I wouldn't expect them to be able to one-shot novel, dynamic UI elements like this. I've had Claude attempt some SVG animations and the results were very crude. Th…
Hooooo, boy, if you haven't used Opus 4.5/4.6, do yourself a favor and check it out. It's pretty good.
My experience has been that Opus consistently generates UIs that are genuinely good. As always with anecdata, YMMV.
There's a reason Tailwind Plus has revenue problems right now.