Developer Builds macOS File Manager to Fix Broken AI Coding Agent Workflow

A software developer has identified persistent friction points in AI-assisted coding workflows, where terminal-based agents like Claude or Grok operate separately from file browsers and editors, forcing constant context-switching. Key pain points include mismatched working directories, invisible file changes, and unreadable Markdown output in standard file managers. The developer spent months experiencing these inefficiencies before concluding that the surrounding tooling, not the AI agents themselves, was the core problem. To address this, they built Iruka, a native Swift file manager for macOS that integrates a terminal, file previews, and Git controls in a single window. The app is named after the Japanese word for dolphin, inspired by KDE's Dolphin file manager, and is designed to keep the shell, file browser, and agent workflow in sync.