spectacle VS hammerspoon

> warning about Mac is this: Window management is utter garbage. Maximizing is actively discouraged. Tiling left / right etc? Doesn't exist.

I've been using Spectacle (https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle/) which is technically unsupported but seems work fine on an M1 mac and provides all the neat tiling left/right/up-down windows 8 functionality via the keyboard. This is the first thing I install on a new work computer along with Amphetamine.

Spectacle for macOS is no longer being maintained.

https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle#important-note

There's a newer rewrite in Swift, called Rectangle.

https://rectangleapp.com/

like spectacleapp.com or alfredapp.com for example

Personally I use Spectacle [0] and a few handy shortcuts to move and resize windows. For me, it's just enough customization without going over the board with scripting a window manager from scratch. As I just discovered, Spectacle is no longer actively maintained, but it still works just fine. The recommended alternative from their readme is Rectangle [1].

[0] https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle

[1] https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

Note that Spectacle for macOS is no longer being maintained.

https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle#important-note

A common alternative mentioned is Rectangle.

https://rectangleapp.com/

It is, since Spectacle is no longer maintained. Rectangle is linked from the Spectacle README on GitHub: "Spectacle users have recommended Rectangle as an open source alternative."

https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle#important-note

If you're comfortable with shortcuts already, consider using Spectacle. Or their successor, Rectangle.

Another option for hacking something like this together could be HammerSpoon. I’ve spent some time with it, but haven’t tried integrating with Apple Notes, I mostly did stuff at the file system level to keep it easy.

https://www.hammerspoon.org/

For basic window tiling, I stumbled across Hammerspoon and the MiroWindowsManager spoon.

https://github.com/miromannino/miro-windows-manager

https://www.hammerspoon.org/

I use hammerspoon a lot and it seemed like scheduling SelfControl could be done using it so I created Hammer Control. Check it out!

Hammerspoon - Price: Free Desktop automation tool for macOS that allows you to write Lua scripts to control your Mac.

Assuming no one has a cut-and-dried solution that just works, would something like this be possible with say, AppleScript or another scripting tool like Hammerspoon? I've not used either of these tools before, but would be open to seeking out a scripting solution on my own if it's viable. Or am I going to run into insurmountable security restrictions?

Spark (not the email app). There are others like Hotkey and Hammerspoon.

I have tried different tools for this including Rectangle, but I've finally settled with hammerspoon. It solves the problem of window-management but you can also use it to create custom keyboard shortcuts and much more.