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Trying to use opencode inside tmux was a struggle
First time really trying to use opencode inside tmux on WSL2. Hit Esc to interrupt an agent and nothing happened. Couldn't scroll properly. Couldn't copy to clipboard. Here's what finally worked.
Dogfooding Projex: My Own Library Broke on the First New Feature I Tried
I built Projex to showcase projects on my site. The first time I tried using the dev.to integration, nothing worked. Tests passed. Types checked. Stats were completely broken.
I Updated a Package and package.json Didn't Change. Turns Out That's Normal.
I ran npm update, verified the new version was installed, but package.json still showed the old version. That sent me down a rabbit hole trying to understand how npm actually manages versions.
My Subagents Kept Asking Permission for Everything: The Config Ordering Trap
I set up granular bash permissions for my OpenCode subagents, but every command still prompted for approval. Turned out to be three separate issues stacked on top of each other.
I Built Projex and Never Wrote a Word About It
209 commits. A rename mid-flight. Publishing pipelines that broke for two days straight. And zero blog posts while any of it happened.
Straico Has Great Models But No Streaming, So I Built a Proxy
Straico's API gives me access to 90+ AI models through one key, but it doesn't support streaming or function calling. OpenCode needs both. I built a proxy to bridge the gap and it turned into way more than I planned.
The Essay Everyone Is Sharing Left One Thing Out
An essay making the rounds argues that 'follow your passion' is bad advice. But it conflates accepting your circumstances with choosing them, and that distinction matters.
Building a Reading Companion for My Vault
I built a skill that enriches book passages with historical context, pop culture connections, and thematic insight. Here's how it works and why I keep using it.
Same Content, Different Job
Most build-in-public advice stops at 'just keep showing up.' But what you're building with that consistency matters as much as the consistency itself.
Dropping Obsidian Sync for Syncthing: What I Learned Setting Up a Headless Linux Sync Hub
Obsidian Sync costs $120 a year. I wasn't paying for yet another subscription. So I set up Syncthing with my always-on NucBox as the hub. Here's what I learned about the bits most guides skip.
The Hobby Isolation Paradox
Some hobbies give you community. Some hobbies break the promise of community entirely. I've been thinking about why.
The Day I Achieved Nothing
On reactive days, invisible work, and protecting time for thinking.
Posting Into The Void
The specific kind of demoralizing that comes from building something, sharing it for free, and getting nothing back.
Anthropic, Open Source, and Why I Cancelled My Subscription
Anthropic contributed MCP to the world while locking down Claude subscription access and sending legal letters to open source projects. I use one of the tools they targeted.
Why I Started This Blog
I've had blogs before. Let them die. This one's about documenting what I build and what breaks along the way.
I Fixed Velite Watch Mode Problem (And Immediately Broke It Again)
The irony of debugging Velite watch mode: I restored code that was intentionally removed to fix double builds. Here's what happened.
I Nuked My X History with a ZeroWork TaskBot
I wanted to start fresh on X, but my history was flooded with content I no longer cared about that I had retweeted years ago. Sketchy deletion tools wanted my credentials. So I built a ZeroWork TaskBot to delete everything instead.
Draft Posts Still Showing in Production: My Velite Filtering Journey
Velite's draft filtering wasn't working in production. Here's what I tried, why it failed, and what finally fixed it.
OpenCode Nested Commands: $1 Solution, -102 Lines
I tried to make a slash command call another slash command in OpenCode. It doesn't work. Here's what I discovered and how I consolidated two duplicate commands into one.
Git Said My Objects Were Corrupt - How I Recovered Without Losing Anything
Got 'fatal: loose object is corrupt' when running git log. Three empty object files, repository broken. Here's how I recovered everything using git fetch and why moving files instead of deleting them was right call.
Adding Draft Posts to Velite: Why 'draft: true' Isn't Enough
I wanted to hide draft posts in production. Thought I could just add draft: true to frontmatter. Turns out Velite needs explicit schema definition AND filtering logic.
I Broke My Blog Review System Trying to Beat Session Limits
I broke my entire blog review system trying to reduce prompt overhead so I could fit more messages into Claude's session limits. My 'optimization' saved 1,100 tokens but cost me 5 hours of debugging. Here's what I learned about premature optimization in multi-agent systems.
Why Claude Code Still Prompts for Edits to .claude/ Files (Even with Auto-Accept On)
I thought auto-accept edits mode was broken. Turns out it's a security feature protecting Claude Code's configuration files - and here's why that's actually brilliant.
I Built an AI to Debate Itself So My AI Instructions Don't Bloat
I wasn't updating my CLAUDE.md file enough. When I asked Claude to do it, I got bloat. So I built a multi-agent debate system where AI argues with itself to keep instructions lean.
I Built a Multi-Agent System to Review My Blog Posts (And It Actually Works)
How I created a four-agent workflow system to transform raw notes into authentic blog posts - complete with debates, convergence protocols, and real expert frameworks.
Installing @tailwindcss/typography Was Not The Solution I Needed
Added @tailwindcss/typography to fix bullet points. It worked, but suddenly headings and code blocks looked terrible. Here's why plugins aren't always the answer.
Setting Up an Asus Router Behind an ISP Modem: My Unexpected Gotchas
I bought an Asus RT-BE88U router to replace my ISP's Fritzbox WiFi. What I thought would be simple turned into a two-hour networking adventure. Here's what tripped me up.
Fixing Unraid Docker Containers After Upgrading - The Missing Label Problem
After upgrading Unraid from 6.9 to 7.0.1, all my Docker containers became unmanageable - marked as '3rd party' and locked out of updates. Here's how I fixed it without recreating everything.
Building my career timeline
I added a career timeline to my About page. Not for a resume, but because building it taught me something unexpected about both code and career. Here's what I learned.
Adding Shiki for a pop of colour in my code blocks was a struggle
I wanted to add syntax highlighting to my Velite/Next.js blog using Shiki. Seemed straightforward - install packages, configure, done. Wrong. Here's what went wrong and how I fixed it.
Setting Up Velite with Next.js 16
Spent hours debugging Velite with Next.js 16 - wrong imports, watch mode not working with Turbopack, async params, and more.
The Entrepreneurial Conundrum
I keep having business ideas and not executing on them. Then someone else ships the same thing. The Noah Kagan quote that made me cringe.