Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding

Re:Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding by spacedcowboy on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:57PM (#46878601)

I guess I’m not seeing what you’re seeing. I don’t often switch desktops - I tend to keep a project on a desktop, and there’s enough real-estate for everything I need for that project right there - and I don’t work on more than one project at a time.

Window switching is instantaneous though, and I do that a lot

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Re:Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding by lynndotpy on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:03PM (#46878668)

As you said, it's the set up. I'm almost exclusively using a single monitor, which works well when there's zero cost to switching desktops.

For your use case, imagine if the Window switcher, instead of being instantaneous, was a ~1200ms animation which blocked all key presses during the animation.

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Re:Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding by spacedcowboy on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @04:03AM (#46883373)

Mm. On the Studio, my desktop switching is pretty quick - 17 frames from tapping the ctrl/arrow. I have an M4 Max which is actually 1 frame faster at 16 frames (though measurement-error probably accounts for that).

In either case that's less than 1/3 of a second. It's nowhere near what you're seeing. I'd be tempted to take the machine to an Apple Store and say "this is broken, please fix it".

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Re:Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding by lynndotpy on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @04:12PM (#46891849)

What frame rate are you using on those monitors? I ask because this is faster at lower frame rates. This is surprising and I very much want what you have.

Are you using software like Rectangle, Better Touch Tool, etc?

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