Luke Manning

luke@terminal:/$ ls

luke@terminal:/tags$ grep -l "Projex" posts/*.md

[Projex]4 posts

I Shipped a Component Library. I Have No Idea If Anyone Actually Uses It.

› 2026-04-17⏱ 4 min read

luke@terminal:/tags$ cat i-shipped-a-library-now-what.md

After a deep code review with my AI agent, I realised the code wasn't the problem. The problem was I couldn't figure out how to show anyone what I'd built.

Projex

Dogfooding Projex: My Own Library Broke on the First New Feature I Tried

› 2026-04-15↻ 2026-04-15⏱ 4 min read

luke@terminal:/tags$ cat dogfooding-projex-devto.md

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.

Projex

I Built Projex and Never Wrote a Word About It

› 2026-04-10⏱ 7 min read

luke@terminal:/tags$ cat building-projex-retrospective.md

209 commits. A rename mid-flight. Publishing pipelines that broke for two days straight. And zero blog posts while any of it happened.

Projex

Posting Into The Void

› 2026-04-04↻ 2026-04-14⏱ 3 min read

luke@terminal:/tags$ cat posting-into-the-void.md

The specific kind of demoralizing that comes from building something, sharing it for free, and getting nothing back.

Projex Reflections

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