Mason McLead
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Not yet. I know. We're working on automating some of the things around Flow Mode to give you a webhook URL. So you click that and you can start to control other stuff that you want to do. So you could send that through Zapier, connect it to all sorts of things. We actually have someone, one of our people in our community, who automated his entire room whenever he entered flow mode.
Not yet. I know. We're working on automating some of the things around Flow Mode to give you a webhook URL. So you click that and you can start to control other stuff that you want to do. So you could send that through Zapier, connect it to all sorts of things. We actually have someone, one of our people in our community, who automated his entire room whenever he entered flow mode.
So he would click the button. It would do the stuff that we automated it to do, block out notifications, set time on the calendar. And then he would have it set his phones to silent mode, and he had a smart bulb in his room, and it turned it purple and dimmed the lights. And it also, whenever you do it, it puts a purple icon in your Slack so that people know that you're coding.
So he would click the button. It would do the stuff that we automated it to do, block out notifications, set time on the calendar. And then he would have it set his phones to silent mode, and he had a smart bulb in his room, and it turned it purple and dimmed the lights. And it also, whenever you do it, it puts a purple icon in your Slack so that people know that you're coding.
And so he automated his entire room to put himself into flow mode with that. So there's a lot that you can do from that. And so we're excited about building that out as well. Yes, API comes in. We have reports functions so you can export your data across different projects and different timeframes and things like that.
And so he automated his entire room to put himself into flow mode with that. So there's a lot that you can do from that. And so we're excited about building that out as well. Yes, API comes in. We have reports functions so you can export your data across different projects and different timeframes and things like that.
which is actually helpful if you're a consultant or you work for a consultancy and you need to publish hours or time spent on stuff for invoices. You can start to do that as well automatically without clicking a button to start and stop timers.
which is actually helpful if you're a consultant or you work for a consultancy and you need to publish hours or time spent on stuff for invoices. You can start to do that as well automatically without clicking a button to start and stop timers.
So we've got extensions for VS Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Sublime, Atom, and Eclipse. There's no Vim. No Vim. We used to have it a long time ago, and we'll probably bring that back. And so many people use Vim and Emacs, so...
So we've got extensions for VS Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Sublime, Atom, and Eclipse. There's no Vim. No Vim. We used to have it a long time ago, and we'll probably bring that back. And so many people use Vim and Emacs, so...
You know how it is. As far as we can see from installs, I mean, VS Code is just... taking the market. IntelliJ is still there as the second place, but VS Code by far is the most popular one that we see. Oh yeah. I think we've got a bit of a, on our website and marketing, we've got a bit of a VS Code sort of bent to everything.
You know how it is. As far as we can see from installs, I mean, VS Code is just... taking the market. IntelliJ is still there as the second place, but VS Code by far is the most popular one that we see. Oh yeah. I think we've got a bit of a, on our website and marketing, we've got a bit of a VS Code sort of bent to everything.
So it's no surprise that it's our biggest one, but it's like 89% of installs is through that one versus anything else. Scary.
So it's no surprise that it's our biggest one, but it's like 89% of installs is through that one versus anything else. Scary.
I mean, I suppose you could do that if you wanted to. I wouldn't recommend it. Like if you're
I mean, I suppose you could do that if you wanted to. I wouldn't recommend it. Like if you're
Well, I think there's there's two things there. There's some things that are as as they escalate, they don't go linear, they go exponential. That's pretty interesting. And there's some data that we've got that that disproves common held beliefs about how developers work. Like if you watch television or movies about developers,
Well, I think there's there's two things there. There's some things that are as as they escalate, they don't go linear, they go exponential. That's pretty interesting. And there's some data that we've got that that disproves common held beliefs about how developers work. Like if you watch television or movies about developers,
They'll be sitting there all day and all night, days on end, coding constantly. Yep, that's me. Yeah.
They'll be sitting there all day and all night, days on end, coding constantly. Yep, that's me. Yeah.