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Zach Waugh

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Engineering @ Loom, building @artifacts_app on the side. Previously: @GoRewatch/@basecamp/@37signals

Baltimore, MD
Joined May 2008
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
1 year
I’ve been working on a new app for macOS and iOS called Artifacts, which is an image + link organizer. A completely native, local first way to save all that stuff you find across the web.
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Zach Waugh
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I have to admit I like it more than I thought I would, liquid glass feels pretty nice on a content heavy app like @artifacts_app.
@artifacts_app
Artifacts App
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Back from a bit of a summer break and getting Artifacts ready for Liquid Glass!
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Grok
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Join millions who have switched to Grok.
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Zach Waugh
18 days
Using iOS 26 on my main device, I think I can now see the ideal state of liquid glass. This is a Safari view controller within X, feels like the entire screen is just the content with no chrome. Buttons are available, but don’t stand out.
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Zach Waugh
27 days
From everything I've seen and played with myself related to liquid glass, the whole thing just feels like a huge waste of time. How many design and engineering years were spent on this just to be so buggy and not really improve anything for anyone?.
@SebJVidal
Seb Vidal
27 days
Damn - this nasty visual effect view corner radius bug is back in beta 5!
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
Choosing my terminal now based on what has better Claude Code support
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
My fatal flaw is whenever I slowly hit a few keys on the piano I'm pretty sure I'm close to creating the next "The Social Network" soundtrack.
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Zach Waugh
3 months
TIL that CloudKit has a limit of 750 references with a `deleteSelf` action. Already have users hitting that limit in @artifacts_app, so will need to manage that myself now, which is annoying.
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Zach Waugh
3 months
Everybody is working on iOS 26 already, but I'm just here finally adding AppIntents to @artifacts_app. If you're an Artifacts + Shortcuts user, let me know what you'd want to see! Starting with intents to add links and images with optional title/description
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Zach Waugh
3 months
Oh no, the hammer sitting outside the background in Xcode was always one of my favorite app icons
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
My stream of consciousness WWDC wish list with things that were top-of-mind for me.
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What I would love to see (but probably won't) from WWDC 2025
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
Most likely going to return it for a Remarkable 2, Supernote Manta, or Kindle Scribe.
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Zach Waugh
3 months
Really wanted to like the Daylight tablet, I love the entire mission and concept, but just don’t like the screen. There’s a grain/texture to it that makes it hard to read and reading was the entire point for me.
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
Such a bummer that sites like X and Reddit that benefit so much from the web and people sharing links don't willingly provide them for their own content. Both of the sites will only provide OpenGraph tags to Messages/WhatsApp and block other user agents.
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
Alright, last new feature! Really love the style. Jordan has been developing here on macOS.
@jordanborth
Jordan Borth
3 months
"No new features! Whoops we built an importer" 😅 @artifacts_app
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Zach Waugh
3 months
RT @artifacts_app: Artifacts 1.0 is coming soon!.
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Zach Waugh
3 months
The key thing for me is this cut out 50% of the most annoying work and got me over the hurdle of the blank page, which has been a struggle for a side project. I have limited time to work on it, so this was a huge boost. Once I have a working prototype, my motivation goes way up.
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Zach Waugh
3 months
Then, had Cursor/Claude 4 create the UI and TCA reducer for the importer. This UI is. not great, but it's really easy to see where it's shitty and fix. I can make this look good 10x faster than I could create it from nothing. Tested on an export from pinboard and it worked!
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Zach Waugh
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Next, had ChatGPT write an importer based on that data. It was ok, but I was able to rewrite the core parts pretty quickly. I brought it into Cursor and had Claude 4 write unit tests
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Zach Waugh
3 months
Building an import feature for @artifacts_app has been on my list for a long time, but I've been pushing it off because I know it was going to be tedious, so I had AI do most of the work. First, got ChatGPT to do deep research on the formats I'd need to support
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Zach Waugh
3 months
The most unbelievable part of this demo is that Xcode previews are working.
@oskargroth
Oskar Groth
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Coding will never be the same
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@zachwaugh
Zach Waugh
3 months
Looking for more podcasts like @dwarkesh_sp, specifically ones that go deep on technical aspects of AI.
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Podcast Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 05/22/2025 · 2h 24m
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