Tyke is like a scratchpad for your computer =========================================== By George Mandis https://george.mand.is/2017/10/tyke-is-like-a-scratchpad-for-your-computer Tuesday, October 10th 2017 This is a short post just to promote a tiny piece of software I found via Twitter called [Tyke](http://tyke.io/). It’s basically a scratchpad that lives in the menubar on your Mac. I used to rely heavily on [TextMate](https://macromates.com/) for all my quick note-taking needs. It’s lightweight and fast and gets the job done just fine. Recently I switched to Microsoft [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) after noticing how many people seemed to be using it at all the JavaScript conferences I’ve [spoken](https://george.mand.is/talks) at this year. It’s funny — I’m finding advantages using it as my primary IDE, but I find it cumbersome and unwieldy to use for a quick text file note, and opening up TextMate just to take notes feels silly when I have VSC already open. Tyke is a great solution!