u/valentinezubkov

Three weeks ago I wrote here asking for a Raycast Dictation to be at least Wispr level quality. Especially annoying when you broke your arm, and this feature basically becomes accessibility requirement rather than convenience.

Almost a month in:
- same glitches: start dictation triggers recoding only half of the times, etc;
- same silly cringy transcription quality: I always start any message with «Sorry guys arm is broken using stupid dictation app that’s why text looks so weird” – made a snippet for that;
- same failure rate

Good news is that arm is almost healed and I’m writing this post without any Dictations features.

Stay safe really, armwrestling is not worth it…

For ages I thought how great would it be to run localhost web dev environment on my physical devices (same network ofc) through Xcode somehow. Why not if the connection is already there?

Now when we got Device Hub I was sure it's finally here. If I can fully control all my connected physical devices through Device Hub then I surely can run dev server.

Of course not.

Silly of me to expect...

The reality of software development in 2026 is brutal: if you want to launch on Product Hunt, your app will compete for the attention with more than 300 other products.

I've spent the last couple of weeks researching those product launches, and I'm terrified. Roughly 95% of them are AI-related, and more than a half are the pure vibe-coded slop that will die in a couple of months. Simply because no one is going to maintain it.

The other thing is that an absolute majority of all the Product Hunt launches today are either developer tools, or any other form of b2b oriented SaaS-like solutions. Everything that simply designed to make people's life better seems to be forgotten.

That's why launching on Product Hunt today feels confusing and exciting at the same time. I'm not expecting anything from it, and treat it as an experiment.

Upvote today on Product Hunt

tinypad is definitely different from everything else found today on Product Hunt: this simple tool is built for regular normal people, who just want to de-clutter their web browsing and keep their bookmarks always in sync. It's a one-time purchase for a clean, minimalist interface, fast and reliable service, and simple product vision that don't overwhelm with a complex roadmaps.

And there is no AI: tinypad will never suggest you to analyze your bookmarks with AI, and annoying chat bot will never appear in front of you suggesting to talk.

Support tinypad on Product Hunt today with your upvote. It costs you nothing, but in 2026 it's a statement against AI slop, vibe-coded trash and enterprise-driven automation tools: https://www.producthunt.com/products/tinypad

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I assume that everyone in this subreddit is interested in agentic workflows and probably uses browser control feature for coding and debugging almost everyday.

And this browser control feature, more precisely how it is implemented, is what was bothering me for quite a while from the technological standpoint. Recently I began to see more and more products (on Product Hunt and other places) that sell the technology of an agent controlling user's browser and performing different tasks on their behalf.

The hype is booming, and one startup was recently even tried to hire me for a design engineer role to build a browser control feature for their users.

I decided to spend some time researching, learning and coming up with my own opinion and set of solutions. Not that I am particularly interested in building those kind of products, but just to stay on top of the subject, since it's popular in our industry.

As a result I've made a prototype (no money involved, purely educational project), and gained quite some knowledge on the way.

Prototype's interface

I think there is a point in this whole “browser control” idea that everyone gets wrong. In short, you don’t actually need to make everything run on the computer vision.

In this prototype I showcase my main architectural decision when approaching this problem from a product perspective. The core of this idea is a scenario router, that decides what type of automation (deterministic script, agentic control, or even api/mcp call) to execute depending on the use’s intent.

There is a GitHub repo, Substack article, and YouTube video.

Would really love to hear your thoughts about it!

I’m attaching all the links in the comments below, so the post is not cluttered.

Enjoy!

Recently one startup tried to hire me to build an agentic browser control feature for their users. Roughly speaking, user says “book me a table in a nice place”, and then AI Agent operates user’s browser and comes back with a result.

Not my cup of tea (I love to use my own machine too much), but still an interesting underlying idea. It got me thinking and researching, and I realized that the hype around these products is enormous. I decided to form my own opinion on how this experience should be designed and built, and then make a prototype to showcase it.

Interface of the prototype I've built

Long story short, I don’t think that general public will be ready for fully automated browser control any time soon (it’s not just unsafe, but also expensive). However, some type of a hybrid approach can work, if done safely and reliably.

I’m not sure if you guys are interested in the technical details and architectural solutions on how to make this hybrid approach possible. But if you are, I’ll leave the links to the article, YouTube video, and GitHub repo in the comments.

I’m not planning to build any products in this domain, that’s why opening up and sharing it all publicly. Hopefully some product teams can agree with me on that, and people will potentially get a better experience.

Curious to hear your thoughts on this whole idea in general. Are you ready to give up control of your browser to the agent?

I assume that everyone in this subreddit uses browser control feature for coding and debugging almost everyday.

But the majority of people don’t know anything about it, and when they see how browser on their computer “does things by itself”, for them it looks like a creepy malware. However, I see that hype around this type of products is booming. One startup was recently just tried to hire me for a design engineer role to build a browser control feature for their users.

I think there is a point in this whole “browser control” idea that everyone gets wrong. In short, you don’t actually need to make everything run on the computer vision.

I made a simple prototype to showcase my main architectural decision when approaching this problem from a product perspective. The core of this idea is a scenario router, that decides what type of automation (deterministic script, agentic control, or even api/mcp call) to execute depending on the use’s intent.

Since personally I’m not interested in building and maintaining this type of products, I’m opening it all up, and believe the best place for me to share all of it is here.

There is a GitHub repo, Substack article, and YouTube video.

Following the rules of this subreddit I’m attaching all the links in the comments below.

Enjoy!

Attaching two screenshots:

1. My prompt (basic job: read my comment for PR, ask questions if any, don't make any code changes):

https://preview.redd.it/08moeup7sg4h1.png?width=3732&format=png&auto=webp&s=10885b2dc2983469d14e39170b4008f2b0de7cc8

2. Usage summary:

https://preview.redd.it/v3nigmensg4h1.png?width=3732&format=png&auto=webp&s=53d6675018811f7bafb7ebeb65a0ae8341615635

Why on Earth it costed me 300 credits?

Yes it was Opus 4.8. But if you sell 400 credits for 10 bucks, it means that Warp OZ reads my comment for 8 bucks with Opus 4.8. Seriously? It's not an Anthropic issue.

I began to use Warp literally yesterday, but was looking forward to it from long ago. I would be happy to migrate all my real job and side projects to Warp.

But this pricing just doesn't make any sense.

Hey Warp team,

How to disable this?

https://preview.redd.it/ouz7h8ncdb4h1.png?width=3732&format=png&auto=webp&s=55b21a86966c52579f76b7b679de88612751ab1e

I try to have as little notes as possible.

That’s my general approach to note taking, and that’s why I felt in love with Raycast Notes from day one.

A few moments later, why Notes today don’t get enough attention?

For example:

1. Selecting text on iOS is buggy (something wrong with multi-line selection);
2. Sync between iOS and macOS takes ages (I need to kill Raycast and then restart it to get notes synced from iPhone to MacBook);
3. Window resizing on macOS is very limited (maybe that’s intentional, just don’t get why).

And some more little things here and there that makes the complete experience clunky.

On top of that, there are many more cool features that can be built for Notes in 2026, so they don’t feel outdated.

I understand it’s not your priority at the moment, just wanted to know if there are some fixes and improvements on the roadmap.

I’m on the Raycast 1, macOS x iOS.

Regarding all the jazz around web-based nature of Raycast 2: I don’t care and will happily migrate with new laptop, I just don’t feel like Tahoe on my current machine.

So if Notes on Raycast 2 are all fixed and wonderful, then it’s my bad to open up this thread…