iTerm vs cmux vs tmux: Why That Question Is Backwards

Three-layer terminal stack diagram showing emulator, multiplexer, and AI agent runner categories.

Every few weeks, someone asks me which terminal they should switch to. The question usually arrives shaped like this: “iTerm or tmux or cmux or something else — which is best for a developer in 2026?” I’ve started giving the same annoying answer: the question is wrong. Not in a clever-internet-person way. Wrong in a …

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iOS Development Workflow: 5 Time Wastes I Eliminated as an Indie Dev

iOS app development workflow with Xcode SwiftUI previews and automation tools

A few months ago I timed myself during a typical development day. Not the coding — just the overhead. Waiting for builds. Re-signing a provisioning profile that expired without warning. Copy-pasting the same networking boilerplate into a new feature. Tapping through 12 screens to test one change. Switching between Xcode, Safari (for docs), and Terminal …

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CI/CD for Indie Developers: How I Ship iOS Builds Without Thinking

I used to dread shipping builds. Not the coding part — that was fine. The deployment part. Open Xcode. Wait for indexing. Archive. Wait. Upload to App Store Connect. Wait. Realize I forgot to bump the build number. Archive again. Wait again. The whole ritual took 20-30 minutes of my attention, and I couldn’t do …

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MacBook Neo vs Air vs Pro: Which One Do Developers Actually Need?

My MacBook Air M2 has been my daily driver for SwiftUI development, React projects, and the occasional DevOps pipeline wrangling. 16GB RAM, 512GB storage. It still handles everything I throw at it without breaking a sweat. So when Apple dropped three new MacBooks in March 2026 — the $599 Neo, the M5 Air, and the …

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