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James Long

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work at @opencode. prev @stripe, maker of @actualbudget, @mozilla. also started prettier.

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You get used to it. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde... brunette... redhead...

You get used to it. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde... brunette... redhead...

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more and more work is moving into coding agents, I don't live in my editor anymore but you gotta keep an eye on these little goblins, they write bad code. so we built a diff viewer in opencode! available now

more and more work is moving into coding agents, I don't live in my editor anymore but you gotta keep an eye on these little goblins, they write bad code. so we built a diff viewer in opencode! available now

182,825 views • 1 month ago

OpenCode is about to get more powerful with remote sandboxes I showed a brief demo before, but here's a much more in-depth demo. it's not hard to add basic support for a remote env, but handling all the edge cases like when a remote env gets deleted is difficult. especially if care about good UX You never want to lose session data. so the choices are: run the session in your env, but run all tool calls remotely. that's too complex and painful. The other way is to just let the full session run remotely, but sync back all the session data in your env. We chose this path: we built a syncing system which logs all events in a way that we can always recreate your entire session. That means the remote env could get destroyed, but we can easily restore it. it also opens up other interesting ideas which we'll be exploring

OpenCode is about to get more powerful with remote sandboxes I showed a brief demo before, but here's a much more in-depth demo. it's not hard to add basic support for a remote env, but handling all the edge cases like when a remote env gets deleted is difficult. especially if care about good UX You never want to lose session data. so the choices are: run the session in your env, but run all tool calls remotely. that's too complex and painful. The other way is to just let the full session run remotely, but sync back all the session data in your env. We chose this path: we built a syncing system which logs all events in a way that we can always recreate your entire session. That means the remote env could get destroyed, but we can easily restore it. it also opens up other interesting ideas which we'll be exploring

304,288 views • 3 months ago

announcing tigma, my latest weekend project. It's like figma but for TUIs try it: `bunx tigma` → supports text, lines, rectangles → drag to move around and resize → edit text, change stroke and fill, multiple selection, and more (music by me!)

announcing tigma, my latest weekend project. It's like figma but for TUIs try it: `bunx tigma` → supports text, lines, rectangles → drag to move around and resize → edit text, change stroke and fill, multiple selection, and more (music by me!)

428,844 views • 6 months ago

new feature in opencode: warping never worry about whether or not you should work in a worktree again! now you can move sessions between worktrees and your local projects by warping them. it also brings any local changes with it!

new feature in opencode: warping never worry about whether or not you should work in a worktree again! now you can move sessions between worktrees and your local projects by warping them. it also brings any local changes with it!

123,163 views • 2 months ago

a quick recording of how I approach dealing with layout shifts

a quick recording of how I approach dealing with layout shifts

61,021 views • 1 month ago

what have I been working on for the last 2 weeks at OpenCode? we are bringing workspaces in as a first-class concept: agents will be able to run anywhere: local directory/container/worktree, remote sandbox, or anything. instead of having a single server that only knows about local directories, the server will act as a "control plane" that routes prompts to where they should go it will manage all of the sessions across these environments and provide a unified layer for all clients to interact with them we will be smart about this: it's not *only* about routing. we will sync all data from remote environments into the local control plane server. this means the remote env can be destroyed, and we will be able to later recreate a new env with exactly the same state. it's reproducible note: this is very early and experimental, the UI you see the video is just a prototype and not guaranteed to make it to prod. We hope to start shipping something soon-ish though!

what have I been working on for the last 2 weeks at OpenCode? we are bringing workspaces in as a first-class concept: agents will be able to run anywhere: local directory/container/worktree, remote sandbox, or anything. instead of having a single server that only knows about local directories, the server will act as a "control plane" that routes prompts to where they should go it will manage all of the sessions across these environments and provide a unified layer for all clients to interact with them we will be smart about this: it's not only about routing. we will sync all data from remote environments into the local control plane server. this means the remote env can be destroyed, and we will be able to later recreate a new env with exactly the same state. it's reproducible note: this is very early and experimental, the UI you see the video is just a prototype and not guaranteed to make it to prod. We hope to start shipping something soon-ish though!

170,530 views • 4 months ago

it's time I got a new job, it's my first day at OpenCode

it's time I got a new job, it's my first day at OpenCode

163,162 views • 5 months ago

Excited to release workspace support (beta) in OpenCode 1.4.11: lets you run sessions in git worktrees and even remote environments. * Sessions stay coordinated in one place * Remote OC server keeps them running * Local sync keeps your data with you * Plugins can add any workspace type

Excited to release workspace support (beta) in OpenCode 1.4.11: lets you run sessions in git worktrees and even remote environments. * Sessions stay coordinated in one place * Remote OC server keeps them running * Local sync keeps your data with you * Plugins can add any workspace type

74,353 views • 3 months ago

this week we got editor integration working with opencode where it sends the context to it automatically now it knows which file is open and which lines you've selected we use the same protocol that Claude Code uses so if you have that extension this will just work

this week we got editor integration working with opencode where it sends the context to it automatically now it knows which file is open and which lines you've selected we use the same protocol that Claude Code uses so if you have that extension this will just work

57,468 views • 2 months ago

Major life update from me: I left Stripe! it's been a great 5.5 years at Stripe, now I'm looking for something new. let's chat? also launching something, see video? → email: longster at gmail com → was staff software engineer at Stripe for 5.5 years, rebuilt design system from scratch and more → remote → works hard, not 24/7, 996 whatever → more info at and in thread

Major life update from me: I left Stripe! it's been a great 5.5 years at Stripe, now I'm looking for something new. let's chat? also launching something, see video? → email: longster at gmail com → was staff software engineer at Stripe for 5.5 years, rebuilt design system from scratch and more → remote → works hard, not 24/7, 996 whatever → more info at and in thread

133,967 views • 9 months ago

shipped another worktree improvement: opencode will show all worktrees available from git you don't have to create them through opencode anymore! use whatever tool you want to name and organize them

shipped another worktree improvement: opencode will show all worktrees available from git you don't have to create them through opencode anymore! use whatever tool you want to name and organize them

43,180 views • 2 months ago

hear me out blender for terminals

hear me out blender for terminals

20,595 views • 6 months ago

I’m building an assistant from scratch using OpenCode first step is iMessage integration. I could run the OpenCode webapp on my phone, but I want a group text with my wife where we can ask it stuff together Here’s a demo, so cool that I can open the same session in the TUI (filmed by my 8 yr old, be gracious)

I’m building an assistant from scratch using OpenCode first step is iMessage integration. I could run the OpenCode webapp on my phone, but I want a group text with my wife where we can ask it stuff together Here’s a demo, so cool that I can open the same session in the TUI (filmed by my 8 yr old, be gracious)

11,433 views • 5 months ago

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