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Reflections on product, design and the craft of building native macOS software.
5 Browser Gesture Extensions That Can't Match System-Level Automation
CrxMouse, Gesturefy, Gestury — they work in browsers. Curflow works everywhere. Here's why browser extensions hit a wall.
Browser Gestures vs System Gestures: Which Actually Scale?
Browser gestures work until you switch apps. System gestures follow you everywhere. The philosophy behind tools that scale with your workflow.
Gesturefy vs Curflow: Browser Extension vs System-Level Gestures
Gesturefy works great in Firefox. Curflow works everywhere on your Mac. Here's when to choose each one.
BetterTouchTool vs Curflow: Which One Should You Choose?
BetterTouchTool is the Photoshop of gestures. Curflow is Figma. One gives you 500 options. The other gives you the 10 you actually need, working from minute one.
How to automate repetitive tasks on Mac without memorizing keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts have a cognitive ceiling. Past a certain point, the tool that was supposed to save you effort starts costing more than it saves.
The best automation tools for Mac in 2026
There is no universal automation tool for macOS. There is the right one for each type of problem. This guide helps you tell them apart.
StrokesPlus alternative for Mac: mouse gestures on macOS
If you came from Windows and used StrokesPlus, you know exactly what you are looking for on macOS. This is the guide to find it.
The automation that actually scales: why a gesture + a script changes how you work on Mac
AppleScript has been around for thirty years on macOS. The problem was never the tool — it was the access point. A gesture eliminates that entry friction.
The keyboard killed flow. Gestures bring it back.
Every time you search for a shortcut in your memory, you interrupt your thinking. Cursor gestures eliminate that friction at the root.
Curflow vs the alternatives: why not BetterTouchTool or Keyboard Maestro?
There are powerful tools to automate your Mac. The question is not which does more things — it is which one disappears while you work.