Worktrees

Flipbook, Glaze, and IDEs for Everything (Worktrees Ep 002)


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Generative interfaces, vibe-coded desktop apps, and Jack's attempt to build agent workspaces for every domain.
We opened with Flipbook, a generative visual web experiment where pages are rendered as AI-generated images instead of traditional HTML interfaces. The bigger question: what happens if software skips GUI frameworks entirely and models generate visual UI directly?

  • Flipbook

  • X-Pilot

  • Coverage: Flipbook as a generative visual internet

Chris tested Claude Design for slide creation and found the output visually polished but practically unusable. The discussion centered on design as intent, not aesthetics: Claude handled fonts and colors well, but missed constraints, hierarchy, format, and density.

  • Claude Design

  • Mike Krieger leaves Figma’s board

  • Figma

We talked through Glaze, Raycast’s new AI app builder, and Chris’s attempt to recreate a Ring camera desktop/menu bar app from a PRD. Glaze produced a functional TypeScript app shell, but authentication, live data, OAuth, and polish remain open challenges.

  • Glaze

  • Raycast

  • Ring App Store

  • Ring Live View

  • Fly.io

Jack proposed testing Glaze with an FFmpeg wrapper: a simple drag-and-drop video converter with presets. The point was to see how far these AI-built app platforms can reach beyond mock UI and into real local tooling.

The results were not bad with a one-shot prompt!

  • FFmpeg

  • Permute

Jack shared progress on Recursive after 1,500+ sessions using it as his primary development environment. The next step is abstracting the core into a monorepo so the same agent workspace, inbox, plugin system, automations, and tooling can power vertical apps for finance, writing, marketing, and more.

  • Obsidian

  • Model Context Protocol

  • Copilot Money

  • Xcode

The episode closed with a quick Click update: new builds are ready, but Apple review and TestFlight checks have slowed distribution to testers. The conversation touched on how review processes may be getting stricter, especially around privacy-sensitive app behavior.

  • TestFlight

  • Apple Developer

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WorktreesBy Jack Bogdan and Chris Messina