The reason AI is so good at coding is not just the models. The people building coding agents use them all day, every day. That feedback loop compounds.

Fun fact: Relentless.com still redirects to Amazon because Jeff Bezos originally considered "Relentless" as the company's name, capturing his vision for an always-innovating business.

This year, the Engineering role splits in two: 👨‍💻 Coders: Love writing code, worried as agents take over their passion. 👷 Builders: See code as a means to an end, excited to create more.

Wake up. Train. Build. Sleep.

When software becomes disposable, everything changes.

Success ≠ Pure Skill Failure ≠ Pure Mistake

Getting a startup off the ground is tough and rarely happens over night. Here's my 2020 commit graph from when we started Raycast. Some days I committed 100 times. Petr, my co-founder, and our early team had similar graphs. Don't half-ass it.

My current LLM setup: 👨‍💻 Coding: Opus 4.5 🐞 Debugging: GPT-5.2 🔬 Researching: Haiku 4.5 ✍️ Writing: GPT-5 Mini

New shoes. Zero mileage. Fresh start.

Building a startup in a nutshell: 1️⃣ Commit daily 2️⃣ Release weekly 3️⃣ Plan monthly 4️⃣ Dream yearly 🔁 Repeat

Found my old iPhone 4. I want that compact size with an edge-to-edge screen so badly.

New year, new defaults: - Safari → Dia - Warp → Ghostty What else should I try out this year? x.com/thomaspaulm...

6 years of building Raycast 🎂 Flashback to when Petr and I first stepped into our apartment for the YC Winter 2020 batch. Little did we know... A massive shoutout to everyone who's been with us on this journey. Your support means the world! Here's to 2026 💪

New Year’s Resolutions: - 23% give up by week one - 50% quit by end of January - 9% stick it out all year Pick wisely.

2020 → 2025

Swing by our Raycafé in London tomorrow! ☕ Enjoy free coffee and pastries 💡 Get tips and tricks about @raycast ✨ Connect with fellow builders 🧑‍🔧 Optionally co-work with others 👪 Bring your friends Get all the details 👉 luma.com/cy11xi1t

Big update to the Dia extension for Raycast! 🔍 Instantly search across pinned and open tabs 📚 Easily browse your history from anywhere 📋 Seamlessly copy formatted links to share 💾 Effortlessly organize your bookmarks Install the extension 👉 ray.so/dia

Regular reminder: Users come for the features and stay for the details.

It’s not about saving time. It’s about never wasting it.

Wild 🤯

Surprise sticker pack for the team to celebrate the Windows launch. Thinking of adding it to our merch store. Should we?

If it takes less than 2 minutes, do it now.

Simple but effective: 🔇 Turn on Do Not Disturb by default on all devices 📵 Delete all work apps from your phone 💻 Use your computer for work, your phone for life 🏠 If you WFH, leave your phone in another room

To build a high-quality product, you have to test it. Our entire team dogfoods a new version of Raycast every single day!

Feedback > Data

Opening files and folders in style!

Not this time...

Hackathon 1 completed ✅ Huge thanks to everyone who came out. We had a blast and the vibes were off the charts! Enjoy the swag and prizes 🙌

1️⃣ Attach focused browser tab 2️⃣ Mention Video Downloader extension 3️⃣ Chat with YouTube video Grab the extension 👉 ray.so/JAUCooC

Choose Your Fighter

Testing GPT 4.5 and using AI Extensions to fact-check - kinda nice

Raycast Focus Stay in flow by blocking distracting apps and websites. 🎯 raycast.com/focus

reacting to @t3.gg's video about @raycast.com youtu.be/WY9KBwhPNvc

Created a custom @raycast.com AI Command to extract the title/ID from PRs and convert them into changelog items in the format that I wanted Took me two seconds to put together, going to save me a ton of time

Every year, people look for a new productivity hack. Just stick to the basics: 1️⃣ Block out time for uninterrupted work 2️⃣ Always tackle the most important thing 3️⃣ Turn on "do not disturb" mode Just repeat until it compounds, and you'll be surprised how much you can achieve!

Can you beat Bruno in Typing Practice?

Highlights of 2024.

Joined the @raycast.com party late, but I'm never going back.

This @raycast.com wrapped blew my mind. I seem to really like using their tool.

If you ask me @raycast.com is hands down the best Mac app I’ve ever used. I use it 1000+ times a day. That's crazy 🙇🏼‍♂️ → Amazon Lambda Scripts, Custom scripts, translations, money conversion, clipboard history… pure value 🤝 Mac users give it a try, you won't regret it! #buildinpublic

73k in app launches, 23k times opened and 24k actions, you could say I use @raycast.com a lot!

🎁 Raycast Wrapped 2024 It's time to reflect on your productivity over the past year. See insights about your most used apps and extensions, launches, AI usage, and a lot more! Look out for the "Raycast Wrapped 2024" command.

🫣 If you're not using Emoji Keywords in Raycast, you're missing out. Check out all about them in Jordan's tip for day 15 of our Advent Calendar.

✍️ Here's Giedrė with some help on using the keyboard to navigate Raycast Notes for our 14th Advent Calendar tip.

Testing

simple

🎁 Our second week of the Advent Calendar starts with Alex's tip about Secondary Actions

🎄 Here's tip number 7 from Tirta. A special one for hotkey and alias enthusiasts!

Set up today, enjoy forever!

Quicklinks are sooo underrated..!