New comment by QuicklyNow in "Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop"

QuicklyNow — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:49:51 +0000

Really interesting, thanks for creating this. I've been slow to adopt the desktop apps (although use the web interface and VS code plugins for all the main players). This might just be the point at which there's a vendor-agnostic option worth investing my effort into setting up.

My question is, can I interact with it over mobile? If I'm away from the desktop, and I want to check-in with it (query the .knowledge, or trigger some coding task etc), is there that option?

New comment by QuicklyNow in "Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup"

QuicklyNow — Thu, 01 May 2025 13:58:44 +0000

I made an account to thank you for this. I've been looking for a _fast_ alternative to explorer since Windows XP. But one that doesn't require a change in workflow. This is the fastest I've tried by far. I've only been using it for 5 minutes, but I'm sold. Earlybird discount too!

Thank you for posting this, and if you have any other speedy apps you'd recommend I'd welcome suggestions. Mine top suggestions are Speedcrunch [0] (calculator app) and Everything [1] file search combined with Listary [2]

[0] https://github.com/ruphy/speedcrunch

[1] https://www.voidtools.com/

[2] https://www.listary.com/

(For reference, I've tried Total Commander, DOpus, Files, Explorer XP, XY Explorer, Explorer ++, FreeCommander, Double Commander, Q-Dir)

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