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: Clear and Bright ◇
Geese fly north, rainbows appear
Today’s belief is: Trust accumulates in a “trust battery” — Every interaction charges or depletes trust.
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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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Automating My Apple Music Library Export
Using macOS GUI scripting to fully automate my music stats pipeline
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From taxes to the environment to public broadcasting like PBS and N...
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