Better App Icons for joy

Brendan Patterson

26 Jun 2025 — 1 min read

The two tools I've been using quite a bit are Warp Terminal and Cursor. Most things about those are fantastic, but their icons are so indistinct I was starting to have real trouble finding them amongst my sea of typically about 17 icons when I would rapidly switch between apps. Using Cmd+Tab on Mac.

It was starting to feel like the hardest thing about vibe coding 😆

So up updated them to these and now it couldn’t be easier.

Small simple wins like this somehow feel outsized for the effort. Need to find more of these types of Ws.

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FINALLY voice transcription that works

Vibe coding has arrived The train is starting to pull away from the station, but there is plenty of room!

I'm back

How to use Qwen to drive a coding Agent