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Why does Claude keep finding "The Smoking Gun" and being wrong about it?

A vibe-coded script reminding me to close the windows as it gets warm is still useful after a year

prq is a PR queue with warm worktrees and tmux notifications

Download audiobooks from Libby to listen offline

Managing stacked Merge Requests with git branchless

Mark files as generated for easier review in Github and Gitlab

A couple of simple techniques for getting better results from Claude Code

My feelings about AI are complicated

A TypeScript pattern for ensuring that two types are the same.

A git alias to use changeset descriptions as commit messages

Nx supports inferring tasks by looking at config files, but that's backwards.

Using self-hosted Counterscale to track page views on my blog

Can we create a tool that allows users to specify constraints in a spreadsheet and then solve them?

Make Result types in TypeScript as ergonomic as Rust's ?

An app to load music and audiobooks onto Shokz OpenSwim headphones

Schedule talks for a multi-track conference with an eye to avoiding conflicts

What I wish I'd known before having a baby

Use dotbot to link your dotfiles to the right spots on macOS, Linux and Windows

Setting up neovim smart-splits with kitty on macOS

VS Code Rewrap is a handy extension for wrapping long comments in your code.

Astro View Transitions can break Alpine.js components.

Setting up a JavaScript package repo with multiple packages, TypeScript, testing, codegen, and automatic releases

Custom matcher for checking if a Promise is settled (either resolved or rejected).

Can we solve the Letter Boxed puzzle with a regex?

A look at the challenges faced by the Grammarly for Developers team when fixing a bug in the Grammarly Text Editor Plugin.

How to recover a lost git commit message

I've been swimming a lot recently.

A comparison of two tools for managing version numbers and changelogs in a monorepo

Contentful's migration strategy is lacking.

How to pass an array as a parameter to a raw SQL query in Rails

A C++ library for safely invoking external commands and pipelines.

A comparison of Alpine.js and Stimulus.js for adding interactivity to server-rendered pages (Alpine.js wins IMO).

How to avoid CORS restrictions by setting up a proxy with AWS Cloudfront

Clipbox is a little utility that I've been using in some form or another for years.

Solving a difficult problem with Aurora Serverless

Save a snapshot of an Aurora Serverless database to an S3 bucket

A technique for breaking bash pipelines into smaller, more easily debuggable pieces.

Use parcel to build a browser extension with Vue

Convert between lat-lng, web mercator tiles, and pixel coordinates.

A coworker had a question about combining the values from multiple javascript Promises.

A technique for getting work done in the face of overwhelming challenges.

We'll explore two different approaches to solving the same problem: Inheritance and Composition.

Using linear programming to schedule a medical residency program

Migrating a small ASP.NET web api from .NET Framework 4.6 to .NET Core.

Using CloudFront to host a single-page web app and avoid CORS issues