A dev's best friend

Hi, hi, hi! Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the daily digest. In today’s Product Highlight, I’m talking about a new feature from the team at Warp that aims to let developers talk to their computers in plain English, But first…

The headlines: 

🧑‍⚖️ The US government is suing Adobe for “deceiving subscription practices.”

🧵 Threads has finally launched its API for developers to build with.

🍎Apple is shutting down Apple Pay Later, only months after launch. 

📹 Runway announced Gen-3, its new AI model for video generation.

Imagine being a developer and telling your command line exactly what you need in plain English.

That’s the idea behind Warp’s newest product, Agent Mode. Agent Mode lives in the Warp Terminal and allows developers to write in plain English and receive step-by-step guidance through development workflows.

Agent Mode is not a code generation tool; it’s more of an always-on technical assistant in your terminal. According to Melanie Crissey, Warp's Product Marketing Manager, it represents a “paradigm shift” in how developers interact with their computers.

What can it do?

Unlike an external AI assistant, Agent Mode follows along in your terminal while you work. It learns about your project, identifies roadblocks, and understands the technologies you're using to make smart suggestions about your dev environment.

For example, if you’re setting up a Rails project but are unfamiliar with the command line commands, you can ask for guidance in plain English. The AI agent will walk you through each command you need to input.

Agent Mode can also execute tasks. In the announcement video, Founder and CEO Zach Lloyd sets up a database pooling connection. After Agent Mode explains the initial tasks, Zach asks it to set up a Docker file. The assistant seeks permission to run specific commands and instantly sets up the Docker file once approved. It will ask for permission anytime you request it to execute a command. 

There’s been a lot of talk about AI replacing developers. Remember Devin, the supposedly first AI-powered software engineer? The Warp team has decided to take a different, choosing to empower developers instead of replacing them. CEO Zach Lloyd said, “Instead of trying to replace software engineers with AI, Agent Mode unlocks productivity, tightening the feedback loop between humans and AI.”

If you want to give it a spin, you can download or update Warp and simply type “hello” and Agent Mode will be ready and waiting.

FOR MAKERS 

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Cal.com and Supabase just launched a boilerplate that lets you more easily build marketplaces, especially ones where users book other users times. It’s built on the company’s Atoms technology, so it can natively handle user-to-user scheduling. 

FOR PRODUCTIVITY 

Summit is an AI-powered tool that helps you organize and track your goals, stay accountable to those goals, and be supported 24/7 by a customizable and personalized AI life coach that gets to know you. 

The Noices is a white-noise generator aimed at improving focus and relaxation. You can choose from a variety of sounds, including natural and ambient sounds. It has different customization options, and you can queue up noises to play after each other.

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