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32 points · 8 comments · leopalamim

  1. Maphielbso · · focus · HN ↗
    Original idea, I like it. Can you expand it vertically in order to show larger chunks of output if needed?
    1. leopalamim · · focus · HN ↗
      i thought about it, but starboard is glued to the dock. I'm thinking of two alternatives: (1) make it expand as needed; (2) a button to open a terminal/ghostty window.

      what use case are you thinking for starboard? running agents?

    2. leopalamim · · focus · HN ↗
      hey Maphielbso, now Cmd+E expands it to 100% height when you need to see larger chunks, and btw I started running my agents in starboard because of this... nice call. Cmd+E snaps it back to dock height
    3. nottorp · · focus · HN ↗
      Isn’t it the quake console but desktop wide?

      Not that I dislike it.

      1. leopalamim · · focus · HN ↗
        it's a nice framing, it's the same family, but think of starboard as a quake console that's never dismissed and never steals focus, glued to the dock in a way that doesn't interfere with anything else, an now expands for longer processes (i.e. running agents) thanks to your feedbacks
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