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Running Clawdbot on DigitalOcean
I’d been wanting to try running Clawdbot on DigitalOcean but hadn’t gotten around to it. Then Nader’s tweet and excellent gist showed up over …
Blog
Thoughts on code, workflows, and developer experience. Also see my Ship30 essays.
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A quick way to see which dev servers are running locally
I sometimes have a few projects going at the same time. Most of them are running some kind of server. And at some point, one of them won’t start because a port …
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3 min read
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Project
Postbox: Filing Stories From Anywhere
Lately, I’ve been building a lot of small things. Experiments, tools, half-ideas—most of them start and live in the terminal.
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2 min read
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Using Workspace Color Themes to Identify Projects in VS Code
Most of the time, I’m in the terminal now. That’s where I do most of my coding, usually with Claude alongside it.
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2 min read
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My Claude Code Skills
I’ve been building up a collection of custom slash commands (skills) for Claude Code. These are reusable prompts that I can invoke with a single command …
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My Current Coding Workflow
I’ve been wanting to write this down for a while, mostly so I don’t forget how my workflow has evolved and why it looks the way it does today.
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1 min read
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Safari Tab Count
I have a tab problem. So I built a tiny Safari extension that shows the total count across all windows. No tab management, no fancy features - just a number on …
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Setup Guide: Upload to Spaces Skill
This is part of my Postbox workflow — when I’m writing and need to include a screenshot, I don’t want to leave the terminal. Open a browser, upload …
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Project
I Built a Small Bedtime Story Tool
At bedtime, our (soon-to-be) four-year-old usually wants to make up her own stories. She’ll tell me what the story should be about — a character, a rough plot — …
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Rethinking My Terminal Workflow
I started playing around with Zellij recently. It’s a tmux-like tool that runs inside the terminal and helps manage multiple panes and tabs in one place. I’m …
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Thought
Slow Down the Thinking, Speed Up the Setup
I’ve been building a lot of things recently. A lot of side projects. A lot of small projects.
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Workflow
Filing Stories from the Terminal
One thing I wanted Postbox to do: let me capture ideas without leaving my terminal.
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Building Postbox: GitHub Issues, Flask, and Git
I wanted a simple way to publish to this blog. Not a CMS. Not a hosted platform. Just something small that fits how I already work.
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1 min read
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Testing Post via Email After Transferring Domain to Porkbun
Hover got too expensive. Moving things to Porkbun. So far so good. PS: This blog was published via email using Simple Butler Service.
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Thought
You Don’t Get Points for Memorizing Syntax
Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. He said, “I don’t know. Why should I fill my head with facts I can look up in two minutes?”
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Thought
Coding Isn't Programming
I’ve been building with LLMs a lot lately. One thing has become very clear: there’s a difference between coding and programming. And that difference matters …
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1 min read
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Thought
On Podcasts: Not Everything Needs to Be a TED Talk
I miss when podcasts were just conversations. Two people talking. Same voices, week after week. Occasionally a guest might drop in, but the format stayed …
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4 min read
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Workflow
Creating Reusable Prompts in Claude
I’ve been using Claude a lot to refine code, generate checklists, and just generally help me move faster.
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1 min read
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Thought
Start with the Short List
Zipf’s Law says that in any language, a tiny set of words does most of the heavy lifting. Words like “the,” “and,” “of.”
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Emailed Posts Now Get a Footnote on ajot.me
I have a little service set up for ajot.me that lets me publish posts just by sending an email. I email my content to a special address, and the post goes live …
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Thought
The Goal of a Tutorial Isn't to Make People Follow Every Step
It’s to get them up and running as quickly as possible. That’s why every guide should include the complete sample code right at the top.
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Thought
We've Been on the Road for 10 Months Now, with a Two-Year-Old in Tow
A lot of friends and family have asked why we did this, how we did this, and what it’s been like. So I thought I’d share our experience—what led to it, how it’s …
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Thought
Quick Start Guides: Give Everything, Assume Nothing
Don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re writing a quick start guide, give people everything they need. Right there in the guide. No …
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1 min read
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Workflow
Updating Hugo Blog via email
This blog post was published to my Hugo blog simply by sending an email. Pretty cool. Huh!
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Setting Up Environment Variables
Setting Up Environment Variables to store API Keys Safely in Python Virtual Environments Introduction Working with APIs often involves handling sensitive keys. …