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Building in the open

Hello, friends. I’m Josh Beckman. I make things - mostly software, mostly for others. This is where I keep years of writing, notes, and reading highlights, as a knowledge garden built in the open. I write about software craft, building, and whatever I’m learning. Read more about me, what I believe, or jump to navigation.

Contributing to Open-Source Should be Required, Like Jury Duty

A note I found in my journal, from seven years ago, on the day I wa...

Directed Notifications for Claude Code Async Programming

This afternoon I leveled up my previous Claude Code notifications. ...

UI vs. API. vs. UAI

First we built a user interface (UI) when the application was just ...

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Lunch Row 🚣

I am rowing today because my heel is feeling better and I don’t wan...

Bant

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Passing Weight Training 🏋️

Our oldest cat passed away yesterday so this is mostly an opportuni...

Moving the Critic Into My Editor

What if you could have an AI critic semantically linting your writing, inline?

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Sparrows start to nest, cherry blossoms bloom

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