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Shortcuts is one of those rare products that have been acquired and have not only not been ruined, but has improved tremendously for first and third party app i
by runjake 3y ago
Shortcuts is one of those rare products that have been acquired and have not only not been ruined, but has improved tremendously for first and third party app integrations.
I was initially turned off by the visual programming style because it was mind-bending. Now I use it a lot because it is mind-bending and flexes my brain while also being highly useful.
If for some reason I don’t want mind-bending, I can hope into Pythonista and get stuff done. Or thanks to the tight integration, integrate it with Shortcuts.
- corbezzoli 3y agoAs a programmer, I hate Shortcuts. I really can’t believe 10 instructions can take multiple seconds. I can’t believe Apple decided this product is ready for prime time.
- runjake 3y agoIt depends on what those 10 instructions do. While Shortcuts isn’t the fastest execution platform, I have plenty of Shortcuts that I don’t have execution time issues with. Typically, I find that if I’m doing something and it’s taking more time than I’d like, there’s a better way to do it.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoAdmittedly, I do a lot of low level and embedded programming, but my one venture into Shortcuts was brief and filled with wtfs. I don’t know who thinks about computers in that way. It makes zero sense to me.