script-commands VS HomeBrew

Sure! Again, I use Raycast, along with it's Raycast AI[2] feature and it's snippets feature. And then for a bunch of other stuff, I have Raycast script commands[4] (mostly specially-formatted shell + Python scripts) that do API gluing to internal apps, such as our help desk and MDM systems, as well as Linux servers via SSH.

For help desk tickets, I have a script that pulls new tickets, reads in the information for each ticket, determines a likely response/resolution/followup questions ("I see you did not include an (asset tag|screenshot) with your ticket. Could you please add that?", "It looks like this knowledge base article might help. ").

I also use the Raycast AI commands "Improve Writing" and "Summarize" several times a day on emails, documentation, tickets, etc. Essentially, I select text in any window, hit a keyboard shortcut to launch that action and it quickly performs the action on the selected text. Super quick.

My goal is to automate anything I do >= once per day.

My tier 1 is Raycast here, but I had much of this on Alfred (what I used prior), much of this with formerly Albert and now ulauncher on my Linux box, and with the launcher that comes with Power Toys on Windows.

1. https://www.raycast.com/

2. https://manual.raycast.com/ai

3. https://manual.raycast.com/snippets

4. https://github.com/raycast/script-commands and https://manual.raycast.com/script-commands

A script can take up to 3 arguments. (see https://github.com/raycast/script-commands/blob/master/documentation/ARGUMENTS.md)

I only know the official one at https://github.com/raycast/script-commands

It is possible, although not that smooth. You have to add this script to your command scripts in Raycast. Then you can assign > as a shortcut and you'll be able to do what you want. The only difference is that you need to type >, then space, then command.

there's this script: https://github.com/raycast/script-commands/blob/master/commands/developer-utils/create-image-from-code.sh

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There's just one thing I can not do: write an email to a contact. In Alfred I could write e.g. "email tom" and it will auto suggest people from my contacts and it would open a new email to the selected contact. Is there something similar in Raycast? All I could find is an email script command (https://github.com/raycast/script-commands/blob/master/commands/system/new-email.sh) that opens a new email window, but it's not possible to select a contact, you have to enter the email address.

To add it to Raycast follow instructions detailed here: raycast/script-commands:.

Not sure if I'm missing something. The title says the app is open source, but checking GitHub, I see extensions and script-commands, and I don't think the "main" repo is there

Homebrew is a highly popular package manager on macOS and Linux systems, enabling users to easily install, update, and uninstall command-line tools and applications. Its design philosophy focuses on simplifying the software installation process on macOS, eliminating the need for manual downloads and compilations of software packages.

Homebrew - package manager for linux-based OSs.

Package Manager: Homebrew

Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix.

Are you using SQLite that ships with macOS, or SQLite installed from homebrew?

I had a different problem in the past with the SQLite that ships with macOS, and have been using SQLite from homebrew since.

So if it’s the one that comes with macOS that gives you this problem that you are having, try using SQLite from homebrew instead.

https://brew.sh/

Before we begin, make sure you have Homebrew installed on your Mac. Homebrew is a package manager that makes it easy to install software and dependencies. You can install Homebrew by following the instructions on their website: https://brew.sh/

I’m on MacOS and erlang.org, elixir-lang.org, and postgresql.org all suggest installation via Homebrew, which is a very popular package manager for MacOS.

I have always either installed Node from the installer provided by the Nodejs website or, via Brew in macOS. I have also used nvm in the past but did not know that there was a best practice to guide us.

A running Rails application needs a database to connect to. You may already have your database of choice installed, but if not, I recommend PostgreSQL, or Postgres for short. On a Mac, probably the easiest way to install it is with Posrgres.app. Another option, the one I prefer, is to use Homebrew. With Homebrew installed, this command will install PostgreSQL version 16 along with libpq:

On a macOS machine, you can use homebrew by running the command.