Josh

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.

The season is: Start of Summer
Birds and frogs begin singing

Today’s belief is: Things come and go in seasons — You don’t have to embrace your current season, but recognizing it gives you control.

My Studio Stool

I bought the instruction zine for The Studio Stool from Manual mont...

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...

Making MCP Tool Calls Scriptable with mcp_cli

I will often explore a solution or script with an LLM agent (e.g. C...

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One Leg Weight Training 🏋️

I finally got an MRI a couple weeks ago because my Achilles heel ha...

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from Ex Libris Kirkland: Recently Added Notes

This cooking analogy is becoming very useful for Tao. Digestion is ...

from Terence Tao

Good Pull 🏋️

Lots of arms and back today and while it wasn’t my strongest showin...

The Scene Inside and Outside The House

It’s May 4th and I’m working from home in the sunshine.

Indoor Row

After Sunday beers with friends, I had time to fit in a 6400m row i...

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