In 2017, the Vault7 CIA leak was published to wikileaks
Buried among exploits was a git command that has lived in my zshrc ever since
git branch --merged origin/main | grep -vE "^\s*(\*|main|develop)" | xargs -n 1 git branch -d
Nukes merged branches locally. Post here
spencer.wtf/2026/02/20/c...
Claude code is very good at writing it's own CLAUDE.md file
Turn on plan mode, "behave like a senior developer and write an effective claude.md, focus only on rules that impact the behaviour of claude code"
Then ask it to audit the code against the new rules. Huge quality boost.
Add this one liner to your Rails background jobs:
discard_on ActiveJob::DeserializationError
When a record is deleted, your job just quietly disappears gracefully instead of failing forever
Simple patterns > clever patterns
You can just throw your website to claude and it does a decent job of improving your SEO and accessibility.
I’m talking about building tiny reusable tools at 13:45 in room 2 at #ukgc26. Should we pay for Slack, Mailchimp etc?Should we just make our own alternatives?
I’m heading to @ukgovcamp.com tomorrow, connect if you want to talk about building tech products!
#ukgovcamp #ukgc26
2026 feels like the year of open source.
It's easier than ever to scratch your own itch. I think we'll see lots of open source replacements to major software this year
See this guy
x.com/code_kartik/status/2010651653125607464
BREAKING: Senior developer finally caves and tries claude code
strong opinions incoming
I like this idea, I often shove notification to telegram but i want something for me and my products only. Will it be pwa/mobile?
Love the check in idea, I’ll add that to the feature list
What features would you like the most?
Exactly! None of the bloat of the big support apps, just a tiny support desk and knowledge base for cheap, or host yourself on a $4 vps. That’s the plan
It would be source available to self host or a managed version for <$40. Zendesk is like 200 a month for a small team
200 a month for a support desk?
someone should really make a self-hosted alternative 👀
would you use it?
#BuildInPublic
day 2 of templating everything to launch quickly:
here's the baseline lighthouse scores, not great, not terrible. only a little work to get it in the green
#buildinpublic
day 2 of templating all my shit so I can launch a bunch of dumb ideas this year and get to $3 MMR
critique my design:
- all basecoatui
- i'm building a landing page and marketing stack in one app
- accessible
- optimised
- fast
#buildinpublic
Crazy how much this improved my lighthouse score
#buildinpublic
day 1 of templating my apps so I can launch my dumb ideas faster
#BuildInPublic
@bsidespyongyang.bsky.social can I rewatch the talks anywhere?
Build accessibility into your products from day 1. It's not difficult and it matters.
If you're a company doing UI, you should be using an established kit, or building and maintaining your own. Front end should defend this with their lives. Devs should just be able to pick it up and build. Good design and accessibility are not incompatible with building fast.
I used daisyui for a long time but it's almost too much choice. I've recently been building with basecoatui
and I'm enjoying the limitations of a smaller but tighter UI kit
Tailwind is amazing, but it's low level. I've built entire products on tailwind and inconsistencies creep in everywhere when your buttons are 20 classes. You need a higher level UI kit with utility classes
Your product needs a UI kit 🧵not having one is a time/productivity sink.
I've seen companies wing UI or do designs for ONLY the they're building now. Big mistake, results in:
- questions (how does this work if we change X)
- no longevity
- slow dev
- inconsistencies creep in
Please don't be afraid to show what you're working on this year.
I genuinely love reading peoples blogs, checking out your side projects, seeing the passion your have for your work.
Write blogs, make stuff, talk about it. Fight the brain dead slop content. Chose to be actively anti-slop.
You do now 👋
Heading to Brighton today ready for @brightonruby.com tomorrow. My dms are open for anyone going who wants to make friends and chat Ruby
Brighton Ruby ticket secured. Had a blast last year with good people and good food, can’t wait to do it again
DaisyUI is a great balance for me. I can make stuff happen fast and look great, but I can always break out of it's rules if needed
