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Dev tools · January 8, 2014

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Use Twitter as CLI for any *other* app

Ever noticed that the 140 chars tweet sometimes feels like CLIing? Me too. So I made CtrlTwit with which you can use twitter as CLI to any other app (that has an API). For example: you can like an instagram photo simply by replying "@instagram like #ctrltwit" to a tweet with an instagram photo. Or, you can RSVP to a meetup simply by replying "@meetup rsvp yes #ctrltwit" to a tweet with a meetup link. Or you can tweet "@foursquare where to eat? #ctrltwit" and fsq will reply with the best restaurant recommendation based on your location. There are more examples on the website and of course I'd…

Use Twitter as CLI for any *other* app launched on January 8, 2014 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Ever noticed that the 140 chars tweet sometimes feels like CLIing? Me too. So I made CtrlTwit with which you can use twitter as CLI to any other app (that has an API). For example: you can like an instagram photo simply by replying "@instagram like #ctrltwit" to a tweet with an instagram photo. Or, you can RSVP to a…

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