diff --git a/daily-finds.log.md b/daily-finds.log.md index 419e006..84dec95 100644 --- a/daily-finds.log.md +++ b/daily-finds.log.md @@ -865,3 +865,10 @@ Reader's Digest Jokes / TidBITS / Kevin Kelly thetechnium: not scanned this run - **Put This On → marketplace-only output mostly**. Their "Inside Track" weekly emails are eBay-link members-only digests. Public posts are infrequent (J. Press March 5 was the last substantive one). Consider downgrading from `weekly` to `as-needed` cadence and only checking when a non-Inside-Track post is referenced elsewhere. - **Kikkerland Amazon-storefront verification**: still blocked by CAPTCHA. The 2026-05-06 evening note's two unblocks (pre-cached ASIN list, brand-store landing page) remain unimplemented. Until one lands, Kikkerland is functionally an unproductive source for finds that need the `gift` Amazon-default tag rule applied. - **Snow Peak collection JSON parsing**: the 2026-05-06 morning post-run note about migrating MoMA + Snow Peak to JSON-endpoint fetches finally got applied this run for both. Snow Peak in particular has a much richer pool than the homepage suggested — the 28-product New Arrivals collection is a steady source of distinctive titanium kit. Worth formalizing the regex-on-product-handle pattern in the skill. + +## 2026-05-09 — review: loop-radial-window-manager + +Graduated from find captured 2026-05-09, source: r/macapps. +Hero + carousel: 4-slide carousel matching the homerow/dockdoor pattern. Pulled `Radial Menu.mp4`, `Preview.mp4`, `Cycles.mp4`, and `Stash.mp4` from `MrKai77/Loop` GitHub develop branch (`assets/graphics/`). Sources were 3680×2304@60 retina screen recordings, 4-6 MB each — re-encoded with ffmpeg (`scale=1280:-2`, libx264 CRF 23, yuv420p, faststart, audio stripped). Final sizes: 1.3 MB / 2.9 MB / 1.2 MB / 182 KB. Hero (slide 1, radial-menu.mp4) registered in `src/lib/hero.ts`. +Category: `interface` (existing — same bucket as alcove, alt-tab, dockdoor, monocle). +Pattern note: **GitHub `assets/graphics/` directories are an underused hero source for open-source mac apps**. Listed via `api.github.com/repos/.../contents/assets/graphics`, downloaded with curl. Source quality (retina captures) means re-encoding is mandatory or the page weighs 25+ MB; standard recipe is `scale=1280:-2` + CRF 23 + strip audio. diff --git a/src/content/find/2026/05/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx b/src/content/find/2026/05/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx index cbe318f..745cdaa 100644 --- a/src/content/find/2026/05/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx +++ b/src/content/find/2026/05/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ topics: - macos-apps tags: [window-management, indie, open-source, keyboard] description: "Hold a key, flick the cursor in a direction, and Loop snaps the active window. A radial menu instead of a hotkey grid." +promotedTo: loop-radial-window-manager --- Loop replaces the Rectangle/Magnet hotkey grid with a radial menu: hold the trigger key, move the cursor toward the half/quarter/edge you want, release. The preview window shows the resize before commit, so muscle memory builds without overshoot. Free, GPLv3, macOS 13+. diff --git a/src/content/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/cycles.mp4 b/src/content/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/cycles.mp4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3940f4b Binary files /dev/null and b/src/content/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/cycles.mp4 differ diff --git a/src/content/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx b/src/content/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e237bfb --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/index.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +--- +name: Loop +subtitle: Window snapping by gesture, not by hotkey +date: 2026-05-09 +category: interface +tags: [macos, window-management, indie, open-source, keyboard] +description: "A free, open-source macOS window manager that swaps the Rectangle/Magnet hotkey grid for a radial menu — hold a key, flick the cursor toward an edge, release." +link: https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop +linkText: github.com/MrKai77/Loop +source: "r/macapps" +fromFind: loop-radial-window-manager +--- + +import slide1 from './radial-menu.mp4'; +import slide2 from './preview.mp4'; +import slide3 from './cycles.mp4'; +import slide4 from './stash.mp4'; + +
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