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Ok maybe rewriting the terminal 5 times was actually worth it.

Ok maybe rewriting the terminal 5 times was actually worth it.

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Many sleepless nights later, we're almost there

Many sleepless nights later, we're almost there

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The new Solo desktop app has been in the hands of beta users for about a week! Now rolling it out to 25% of regular users. If all goes well, it'll be generally available tomorrow! Your single app for working with every agent and managing your dev stack 🤤

The new Solo desktop app has been in the hands of beta users for about a week! Now rolling it out to 25% of regular users. If all goes well, it'll be generally available tomorrow! Your single app for working with every agent and managing your dev stack 🤤

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In perhaps the most Try Hard way possible: we shipped dark and light mode *videos* for the course. With a little thought and planning up front by Steve Tenuto, it ended up being relatively easy! Lemme walk you through it

In perhaps the most Try Hard way possible: we shipped dark and light mode videos for the course. With a little thought and planning up front by Steve Tenuto, it ended up being relatively easy! Lemme walk you through it

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And on the fourth rewrite, we achieved 120fps terminal animations

And on the fourth rewrite, we achieved 120fps terminal animations

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Here we've got one Claude and TWELVE Geminis and it's buttery smooth! We did it! No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle

Here we've got one Claude and TWELVE Geminis and it's buttery smooth! We did it! No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle

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I gotchu fam

I gotchu fam

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Smooth 60fps. Feels good man

Smooth 60fps. Feels good man

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There are already tools that do this! Yes, but now it fits my workflow *exactly*. I can generate perfect og image templates for all my articles without leaving the admin area.

There are already tools that do this! Yes, but now it fits my workflow exactly. I can generate perfect og image templates for all my articles without leaving the admin area.

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Claude Code made key sections of my launch video for me (quoted) In this specific chunk, I had Claude write out a fake terminal interaction using ANSI codes so I could time it out to the music and create the ANSI explosion effect! There are a couple other tricks here too 1/

Claude Code made key sections of my launch video for me (quoted) In this specific chunk, I had Claude write out a fake terminal interaction using ANSI codes so I could time it out to the music and create the ANSI explosion effect! There are a couple other tricks here too 1/

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I've spent most of this week focusing on performance, getting memory and CPU down. Turns out the big wins basically boil down to: don't do stupid things. The fastest code is code that doesn't run at all

I've spent most of this week focusing on performance, getting memory and CPU down. Turns out the big wins basically boil down to: don't do stupid things. The fastest code is code that doesn't run at all

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Stunning scroll-driven animation on tempo's homepage!

Stunning scroll-driven animation on tempo's homepage!

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Real, actual Postgres right from your browser! Learning a lot. This is fun

Real, actual Postgres right from your browser! Learning a lot. This is fun

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Gemini Deep Research has totally altered the way I use Google. Instead of trawling forums, videos, and old docs, Gemini does it for me. It looked at ~200 different sources (!) to help debug a remote resolution issue. Not sure what it means for SEO, but it's a huge time saver.

Gemini Deep Research has totally altered the way I use Google. Instead of trawling forums, videos, and old docs, Gemini does it for me. It looked at ~200 different sources (!) to help debug a remote resolution issue. Not sure what it means for SEO, but it's a huge time saver.

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Instead of going back and forth with your agent saying "hmm little more, no a little less" just ask it to build you a control to tweak it yourself, then give it the params you like.

Instead of going back and forth with your agent saying "hmm little more, no a little less" just ask it to build you a control to tweak it yourself, then give it the params you like.

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I've been building Solo for several months, and it's out today! It's a desktop app that manages your entire dev stack. Add a project, Solo detects your processes, and you can start everything with one click. It's free! Try it today:

I've been building Solo for several months, and it's out today! It's a desktop app that manages your entire dev stack. Add a project, Solo detects your processes, and you can start everything with one click. It's free! Try it today:

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They say AI is the end for developers. They say the job market is gone. They say learning to code is pointless. I don’t buy it. I think we're just getting started.

They say AI is the end for developers. They say the job market is gone. They say learning to code is pointless. I don’t buy it. I think we're just getting started.

273,321 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

📣 My next course, Introduction to Postgres, is going to be 100% free! The kind folks at Supabase are sponsoring it so that everyone can learn how to use Postgres confidently. But that's not all... I'm changing things up a bit. I'm making a bet. Watch the video to see more!

📣 My next course, Introduction to Postgres, is going to be 100% free! The kind folks at Supabase are sponsoring it so that everyone can learn how to use Postgres confidently. But that's not all... I'm changing things up a bit. I'm making a bet. Watch the video to see more!

332,877 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

I wrote zero lines of this code. I think things are changing more rapidly than I understood. I probably spent 30 minutes talking to Opus 4.5 about it, and now I have a fully functioning tool. And I'm making more tools every day. I don't think we're slowing down!

I wrote zero lines of this code. I think things are changing more rapidly than I understood. I probably spent 30 minutes talking to Opus 4.5 about it, and now I have a fully functioning tool. And I'm making more tools every day. I don't think we're slowing down!

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Introducing Fusion - a new way to write JavaScript with Laravel. I hope you like it.

Introducing Fusion - a new way to write JavaScript with Laravel. I hope you like it.

316,512 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

📣 We're excited to announce Mastering Postgres, a video course coming October 15th. Steve Tenuto and I started this business with dreams to improve the quality of database education. With the help of Xata 🦋, this course is our next step in that direction.

📣 We're excited to announce Mastering Postgres, a video course coming October 15th. Steve Tenuto and I started this business with dreams to improve the quality of database education. With the help of Xata 🦋, this course is our next step in that direction.

282,989 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

A few weeks ago, I got laid off. Here's what I'm doing next.

A few weeks ago, I got laid off. Here's what I'm doing next.

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Many many years ago I built 128 square feet of handwriting robots. I still think about them

Many many years ago I built 128 square feet of handwriting robots. I still think about them

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I'm a sucker for generative art.

I'm a sucker for generative art.

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Your terminal now has an MCP Agents can spawn agents • Codex → Claude • Claude → Amp • Amp → Gemini Whatever you want! They can chat back and forth, dispatch tasks, monitor, do research, read output, and set durable wakeup timers.

Your terminal now has an MCP Agents can spawn agents • Codex → Claude • Claude → Amp • Amp → Gemini Whatever you want! They can chat back and forth, dispatch tasks, monitor, do research, read output, and set durable wakeup timers.

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High Performance SQLite launches next week! Come see what all the fuss is about. Y'all go sign up for the waiting list at to hear when it launches + get a discount! Super excited for y'all to see it!

High Performance SQLite launches next week! Come see what all the fuss is about. Y'all go sign up for the waiting list at to hear when it launches + get a discount! Super excited for y'all to see it!

260,092 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Here's my quick demo of a Laravel-native version of the new "composer dev" command that was just shipped! It's like npx concurrently, but a little bit nicer and more powerful. Lemme know! (Thanks to Joe Tannenbaum and his Laracasts course for the inspiration.)

Here's my quick demo of a Laravel-native version of the new "composer dev" command that was just shipped! It's like npx concurrently, but a little bit nicer and more powerful. Lemme know! (Thanks to Joe Tannenbaum and his Laracasts course for the inspiration.)

144,512 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Yesterday I tweeted DHH and asked if we could talk about SQLite. To my surprise and delight, he said yes! It's a fun conversation spanning SQLite, Campfire, the one-person framework, Stoicism, and their new ONCE product! Click on the video to see the full discussion.

Yesterday I tweeted DHH and asked if we could talk about SQLite. To my surprise and delight, he said yes! It's a fun conversation spanning SQLite, Campfire, the one-person framework, Stoicism, and their new ONCE product! Click on the video to see the full discussion.

148,897 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

The new Solo app is out! Run your agents, terminals, and devstack all in one app. I've increased the free tier, cleaned up the terminal, made trusting commands less annoying, fixed a few zsh issues, shift+enter issues, etc. Lots of good stuff!

The new Solo app is out! Run your agents, terminals, and devstack all in one app. I've increased the free tier, cleaned up the terminal, made trusting commands less annoying, fixed a few zsh issues, shift+enter issues, etc. Lots of good stuff!

39,644 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

There's a very real possibility that I accidentally just invented tmux in PHP

There's a very real possibility that I accidentally just invented tmux in PHP

104,886 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

We have been working hard to make screencasting.com the comprehensive destination for all things screencasting. 🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉 • How to Screencast • Screenflow • Premiere Pro • DaVinci Resolve • Final Cut Pro But that's not all!

We have been working hard to make screencasting.com the comprehensive destination for all things screencasting. 🎉 We're excited to announce FIVE new courses 🎉 • How to Screencast • Screenflow • Premiere Pro • DaVinci Resolve • Final Cut Pro But that's not all!

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We do a little stress testing from time to time. Not yet perfect, but getting a lot closer!

We do a little stress testing from time to time. Not yet perfect, but getting a lot closer!

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Here's a perfect example of when I use Solo's scratchpads. I had Amp do a bunch of research on how to implement live light/dark theme switching in terminals, but turns out I'm not ready to do it yet. Instead, I had it write all the research to a scratchpad for later!

Here's a perfect example of when I use Solo's scratchpads. I had Amp do a bunch of research on how to implement live light/dark theme switching in terminals, but turns out I'm not ready to do it yet. Instead, I had it write all the research to a scratchpad for later!

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