Chris

Over the last few weeks I've really been using Codex and Claude to solve a lot of parallel tasks, across a lot of different projects. This lead me to wishing that I could interface with my agents in the same way that I interface with my already existing windows and editors. For me, this usually means that I have like 5 to anywhere around 8 different windows that I drag around depending on where I want to focus, this could mean I am focusing on the terminal now, or I want to test stuff in a simulator or browser; but when I go to interface with agents, I have to manage many tabs, or I have to look through a list in their native apps. This is not convenient for me, and I'm almost certain this is not convenient for many of you.

That's why I built an infinite canvas, where my traditional desktop style workflow can come to life alongside my agents, I can drag them around depending on where I want my focus to be, or I can let them just pile up, like the 15 finder windows you're hiding with your browser right now. But, when I do want to go back to that thread, I will intuitively just know right where it is.

I didn't stop there though, I really enjoyed the inbox style agent interface that Google shipped many months ago with Anti Gravity, but I didn't really enjoy much other than that, so, I built that in too.

But, I still didn't stop there, a traditional code editor still comes in handy every once and awhile, just to read, or to tradcode, though Ret doesn't feature a VS-Code fork, yet anyways, maybe one day something similar could exist, it does feature a fairly comparable implementation, powered by the same technology, in a similar layout, just without the plugins and bloat.