I avoid this slowdown by mapping every single app I use to a two key binding. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/dotfiles/blob/master/karabiner/karabiner.edn#L1

I avoid this slowdown by mapping every single app I use to a two key binding. https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/dotfiles/blob/master/karabiner/karabiner.edn#L181 https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/dotfiles/blob/master/karab... i.e. w+l opens VS Code. w+k opens Safari and so on. It's instant, no lag at all. I also bind four finger swipes to open top apps with BetterTouchTool. i.e. four finger swipe up opens Safari, swipe right = VS Code, swipe left = iTerm.