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paulsp··on Show HN: MQLens – A Native MongoDB GUI (SSH, X.509, Kerberos, No Electron)
Sorry I am not too deep into the topic, I have just been using mongo compass when needed. But whats the benefit over that here. Is it purely ressource usage and performance? Or are there any other benefits.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Yeah Im using raycast as well with this setup it pairs really well.

The shortcuts I made are really close to omarchy's shortcuts, because that's what I got used to now.

I guess the most important one is super + k. It gives you an overview about all shortcuts so you don't have to guess or dig through config files.

paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
I just realized it was putting in the config file even if korren is not installed, thanks for the hint I fixed that with a guard. Its harmless but useless clutter.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
hahaha nice catch thats an easter egg or sneak peak. Its not required and the piece in the install script is just for me atm to integrate it with the theming so it stays consistent with the omacosy theme. It does nothing if korren is not installed. That readme section just shows how you can configure your default terminal and browser for the shortcuts. Korren is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with workspaces, tabs and splits with command blocks that I am still working on and plan to open source soon.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Sounds like a cool project as well, what were your thoughts about disabling SIP? Would be curious to hear how omacosy compares to your setup. What you have similar what you did different.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Just had some time to look at this, it needs SIP disabled which opens up some risk. That was the reason for me to choose AeroSpace as a foundation instead of yabai.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
What are some of the main or repeating issues you have been running into? Like the floating window goes to the background for example.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Hard to monetize I guess, omarchy and hyprland are also public domain and just build out of passion, like this project.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
This setup switches instant. But on default MacOS I think the only thing similar is Accessibility > Display > Reduce Motion. But I think it doesnt remove it just makes it shorter. I am not aware of any other way.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Yes this is based on AeroSpace, I used it with some custom configs and hidden commands for the tiling. This project is more about combining it with the custom menu bar, mission control, shortcuts and a few other things to get a well rounded experience.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
this is really cool perhaps I could integrate it or get some inspiration from it to declutter the tiling view
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Yeah its a bit painful on mac. You cant have floating windows constantly in front on mac like you have on hyprland. In my implementation I added a super + s shortcut to pull any floating windows I lost to the front again. But its definitly not the nicest solution.

For fullscreen windows I also added a custom implementation with super + f that works in the workspaces setting. Just making videos fullscreen or clicking the green fullscreen button still exits the setup to macos fullscreen. The system is still kinda usable with mac fullscreen in parallel but its not a clean experience.

paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Currently I use it on two monitors, both have independent 1-9 workspaces and you can move your windows across them with shortcuts or by dragging. On my big monitor I mostly just use the first workspace.

When you plug the monitor out it collapses the workspaces and tries to fit them on empty ones on the Mac screen. It remembers the previous setup to restore them once you plug the monitor in again.

paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
No worries, curious if you already see things in the screenshots that could be improved.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Yes there are 4 screenshots in the readme, it's a bit long and most of them are in the bottom. There is a plain desktop one, one for the shortcuts help menu, one tiled one and one for the custom mission control. They are in the docs folder in the repo it you just wanna check out the screenshots.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Thats true, my bad hyprland is definitly what makes omarchy work so well. I should have stated that in the description.
paulsp··on Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
Hey thanks, I will try to get the readme more human. I am not a great writer and I wanted to have each piece explained well and in detail. Especially about the permissioning and different features. Looking forward to your experience hope you area gonna like it.