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Figuring out software, one rabbit hole at a time.
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The Codex App Lied to Me About /clear
I kept using /clear in the Codex App, and the agent kept confirming that context was cleared. It wasn't.
Developers Are the New Middle Management
Agentic coding inverted the 80/20 of a developer's job. What's left of the role looks a lot like middle management, unless you move toward product ...
More of my thoughts
535 articles and countingHow to support multiple Slack workspaces on MCP for Claude Code
Run 2 or more Slack workspaces in Claude Code at once by putting each extra workspace on a token-based stdio MCP server. Here's the setup, the gotchas, and one surprising twist.
Customizing Claude Code Memory
Claude Code memory is repo-local by default. Here's how autoMemoryDirectory changes scope, where it's allowed, and how to share memory across repos.
Codex Automations
I liked Codex automations immediately, but after trying them I think the right mental model is heartbeat, not a forever-running agent loop.
Claude Helped Spring Clean My Mac and Freed 90 GB
I ran Claude Code to spring clean my Mac. It dug through ~/Library, found 49 GB of simulator logs in 2 files, dead containers, Chrome's hidden Gemini model, and a Time Machine s...
I Vibe Coded a Mac App to Fix Xcode 26.4 Simulator Paste
Xcode 26.4 broke Mac-to-Simulator clipboard sync. The fix is a polling loop. Here's how it works, and why every clipboard manager does the same thing.
Xcode 26.4 Simulator Paste Is Broken: Here's the Workaround
After updating to Xcode 26.4, paste from Mac to iOS Simulator is completely broken. Cmd+V does nothing. Long-pressing a text field shows no âPasteâ option. The Simulatorâs clipb...
My AI Agent Watched 359 Episodes of Point-Free So I Don't Have To
I've been paying for Point-Free for years but barely watched any episodes. Using Chrome DevTools MCP, I had Claude Code extract 322 transcripts, summarize every episode, and sur...
How to Set Up Chrome DevTools MCP for Claude Code
Letting your AI agent control your browser is one of the most useful MCP setups. I set it up the hard way so you don't have to.
What Your AI Code Reviewer Actually (Prompts) Behind Your Back
You type /review and trust the output. But Claude Code and Codex use wildly different prompts. Here are the full verbatim instructions, side by side.
AI Agents Write the Code Now. So What's a Developer For?
Agents produce more PRs than ever. They also revert each other's fixes, miss half the scope, and ship regressions in 900-line diffs. The developer's job isn't writing code anymo...
tmux cheatsheet
tmux has become more useful whenever I need to SSH from my mobile device to my main running computer. Here are some frequently used commands.
How I Got Claude Code to Run Forever (Well, Almost)
Claude Code's /loop expires after 3 days. Here's how I worked around it with persistent memory, tmux, and macOS launchctl to keep an AI agent running indefinitely.
Apple Xcode MCP vs XcodeBuild MCP: Which One Actually Helps an AI Agent Ship
I tried both Apple Xcode MCP and XcodeBuild MCP on the same iOS project. One can build. The other can actually close the loop.
I Caught My AI Agent Fabricating Data to Look Busy
I set up an AI agent to monitor Slack while I was on leave. It fabricated timestamps, skipped reading threads, and stored fake IDs. The root cause is a pitfall every AI agent bu...
I Deprecated Dotfiles and Oh My Zsh, and Moved to Chezmoi
After years of legacy dotfiles and oh-my-zsh, I moved to a lean chezmoi setup with agent-assisted cleanup.
Control Your Mac from Your iPhone (Safely): Tailscale + SSH + tmux
I want to control my Mac Studio from my iPhone: run commands, vibe code, kick off builds, restart services, check logs â without opening my home network to the internet.
macOS Built in Firewall: Quick Hardening for my MacBook
I saw Jordan Lyallâs OpenClaw hardening thread and realized if thereâs so much to hardened my servers, then why not do the same for my laptop?
Setup Codex CLI notifications on macOS (iTerm2 + terminal-notifier)
Get reliable notifications (with sound) when Codex finishes a turn or needs approval.
The Codex Trap: Upgrading to Pro Wonât Unlock a New Codex Model
Iâm writing this as a friendly PSA for fellow devs who use Codex (especially via codex CLI) and are tempted by the $200 ChatGPT Pro upgrade.
Incremental iOS Builds with Claude Code and XcodeBuildMCP
When using Claude Code for iOS development, raw xcodebuild commands are slow. While xcodebuild does support incremental builds, itâs not optimized for speed.
How to Migrate from GitHub Pages to Cloudflare Pages
A guide on migrating your static website from GitHub Pages to Cloudflare Pages for better performance and features
Review of Whispr Flow, superwhisper, MacWhisper for vibe coding
Dictation is critical in vibe coding, and there are two components to it:
Secret Xcode docs for Claude Code + Sosumi MCP
Claude Code is powerful for iOS development, but it lacks access to Apple documentation because they are locked behind JavaScript. Here are two solutions.
Fixing SwiftUI refreshable with The Composable Architecture
If youâve used The Composable Architecture (TCA) with SwiftUIâs .refreshable modifier, youâve likely noticed an annoying issue: the refresh indicator dismisses immediately inste...
How to Fix Claude Code's Trailing Whitespace Problem for Swift
If youâre using Claude Code for iOS development, youâve probably noticed an annoying habit: it consistently adds trailing whitespace to your code. Those pesky spaces at the end ...
The X.com embed disaster: Still broken, but we have a reverse engineered solution
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TypeScript in React: Lessons for Swift dev
Moving from Swift to TypeScript? Here are the key concepts I learned while diving into a React codebase, with the help of Claude Code.