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Prompting

Let's make a timeline chart of https://www.githubstatus.com/history for the past 1yr and upload it as a gist

yields [GitHub Status Incident Timeline — Feb 2025 to Feb 2026](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubuserconten...)

219 total incidents across 12 full months, averaging 18.3/month. January 2026 was the worst month, and August 2025 was the calmest.

It's all really happening. Pretty much every meeting with friends touches on what their recent sightings or stories of ICE terror have been. Everyone who hasn't seen it first hand has a second hand story.

Absolutely everyone I talk to is against ICE's actions and that is the thing giving me hope that it will be defeated by the citizenry.

I think asking your questions in that form is akin to "sorting prompts" that I learned about from https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/is-the-llm-response-wro... and I have been using successfully when when writing code (e.g. [as a Claude code slash command](https://www.joshbeckman.org/notes/936274709)).

Essentially, you're asking the LLM to do research and categorize/evaluate that research instead of just giving you an answer. The "work" of accessing, summarizing, and valuing the research yields a more accurate result.

[Accidental Tech Podcast](https://atp.fm/) has been valuable to me for years.

Not that story specifically, but maybe a modern reinterpretation of it was [this episode of Rick and Morty](https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Crystal).

In exploring `gh` CLI extensions recently I found at least 2 devoted to being a better PR review interface. I've also seen [Trag](https://usetrag.com/) and others pop up.

Agreed. I think this is why we’re seeing a lot of new wrappers being built like Graphite.

Previously (launch): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42377018

This example is based on this proposed standard (making to robots.txt or security.txt): [The /llms.txt file – llms-txt](https://llmstxt.org/)

Reminds me of [Language as Intermediate Representation](https://chrisvoncsefalvay.com/posts/lair/) - LLMs are optimized for language, so translate an image into language and they'll do better at modeling it.

I think an alternative is to fund _individuals' maintenance of the projects_, as opposed to the project itself. Filippo Valsorda has written about this recently: https://words.filippo.io/full-time-maintainer

https://www.joshbeckman.org

Writing about building software and teams and little projects, with lots of my own photography mixed in.

You may learn something from my experience building the same thing: https://www.joshbeckman.org/narro/

The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander.

It really made me reconsider the process and ultimate goals of building systems beyond housing, and how to make pattern languages for any system I build, especially software systems.

I’ve run https://www.thecolorapi.com for years that offers similar color introspection via JSON API ergonomics.

Location: Chicago

Remote: Absolutely

Willing to relocate: No, thanks

Technologies: Ruby, React/Node.js/all-the-JS, Go, Elixir, Java, Swift, Obj-C, React-Native, Machine Learning, Python, PHP, Nginx, SQL, NoSQL, Docker, lots more.

Resume/CV: https://www.joshbeckman.org || https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-beckman-0aa20b50/

Email: josh at joshbeckman.org

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Experienced technical founder with a demonstrated history of building products and product teams from concept to scale. Looking for a larger team where I can help manifest a technical vision.

In a vein similar to your annoying technology site, you would probably appreciate https://grumpy.website/ One of my favorite blogs of all time.

Looking through the repo's dependencies (https://github.com/stripe/stripe-cli), it seems they are using the GO CLI framework Cobra (https://github.com/spf13/cobra).

Front-End/UI Developer | OfficeLuv | Chicago | Full-time, Onsite

We’re growing here at OfficeLuv (https://www.officeluv.com) and are looking for a Front-end/UI Developer to help us shape our product. You will help design, develop, and deliver the technology that powers OfficeLuv and our loyal customers. You will work within our tech/product team to build applications in the browser and on mobile devices.

We’re building for the long run. You’ll be excited about our rapid, iterative progress and providing direct benefit to our customers. We’re standardizing and automating a process that’s ripe for it. You’ll be shaping the management of offices across the country! We are automating and expanding the pulse of purchasing and communication in the workplace. You are a thinker, a maker, and a passionate advocate for the Minimum Delightful Product that helps us "ship it" every week.

We run a very collaborative and growth-mindset product team. We focus on automating as much as possible (continuous integration and deployment for all systems) so we can all sleep soundly at night. If you want a taste of our management style, [you can read about it][0]. [We contribute][1] to the open source community and communicate within our company continuously. Read more and apply here: https://www.officeluv.com/careers

[0] https://github.com/andjosh/as-your-manager [1]: https://officeluv.github.io/

Front End Developer | OfficeLuv | Chicago | Full-time, Onsite

We’re growing here at OfficeLuv (https://www.officeluv.com) and are looking for a Front-end Developer to help us shape our product. You will help design, develop, and deliver the technology that powers OfficeLuv and our loyal customers. You will work within our tech/product team to build applications in the browser and on mobile devices.

We’re building for the long run. You’ll be excited about our rapid, iterative progress and providing direct benefit to our customers. We’re standardizing and automating a process that’s ripe for it. You’ll be shaping the management of offices across the country! We are automating and expanding the pulse of purchasing and communication in the workplace. You are a thinker, a maker, and a passionate advocate for the Minimum Delightful Product that helps us "ship it" every week.

We run a very collaborative and growth-mindset product team. We focus on automating as much as possible (continuous integration and deployment for all systems) so we can all sleep soundly at night. If you want a taste of our management style, [you can read about it][0]. [We contribute][1] to the open source community and communicate within our company continuously. Read more and apply here: https://officeluv.applytojob.com/apply/kRxZ5TEgX1/Front-End-...

[0] https://github.com/andjosh/as-your-manager [1]: https://officeluv.github.io/

It's fun to map each idea into a separate product. Reminds me of Craigslist's re-bundling [0].

From the post:

Personal Podcast: [...] When on an article, you can generate an audio version that will be added to the feed [...] just send/text the link to add it to your preferred podcast app

That's exactly what we've built at https://www.narro.co - with Firefox support via good ol' vanilla bookmarklet.

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[0] http://acrowdedspace.com/post/166470695392/the-rebundling-of...

If anyone's interested in this space/solution, we've been running Narro (https://www.narro.co) along the same lines (with a TON of integrations now) for years. It also supports dozens of languages/voices, PDFs, ebooks, videos, publisher analytics, yadda yadda yadda

If you're interested in this space/solution, we've been running Narro (https://www.narro.co) along the same lines (with a TON of integrations now). It also supports dozens of languages/voices, PDFs, ebooks, videos, yadda yadda yadda

I use my git aliases dozens of times each day, especially the last few that pop open relevant repository webpages: https://github.com/andjosh/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitconfig#L...

Full-Stack Engineer | OfficeLuv | Chicago | Full-time, Onsite

We’re growing here at OfficeLuv (https://www.officeluv.com) and are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to help us shape the momentum! You will help develop, solve, and produce the technology that helps power OfficeLuv and our loyal customers. You will work with the small product team to build applications in the cloud, in the browser, and on phones that will iterate rapidly and provide direct benefit to customers you'll talk to. We're building for the long run. You'll be excited about the two-sided marketplace you can shape here. We're standardizing and automating an industry that's ripe for it. You'll be shaping the supply and grocery of offices across the country! Read more and apply here: https://officeluv.applytojob.com/apply/Lv6mQy0m2I/Full-Stack...

https://officeluv.github.io/

Full-Stack Engineer | OfficeLuv | Chicago | Full-time, Onsite

We’re growing here at OfficeLuv (https://www.officeluv.com) and are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to help us shape the momentum! You will help develop, solve, and produce the technology that helps power OfficeLuv and our loyal customers. You will work with the small product team to build applications in the cloud, in the browser, and on phones that will iterate rapidly and provide direct benefit to customers you'll talk to. We're building for the long run. You'll be excited about the two-sided marketplace you can shape here. We're standardizing and automating an industry that's ripe for it. You'll be shaping the supply and grocery of offices across the country! Read more and apply here: https://officeluv.applytojob.com/apply/Lv6mQy0m2I/Full-Stack...

https://officeluv.github.io

I have been watching videos of this guy narrate the process of creating and maintaining bonsai trees and they are interesting and relaxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGevD5jd64

Years ago, an investor and I had about the same conversation. He was adamant about needing a spreadsheet that would allow him to model hires vs. cost vs. time.

I built a calculator that models that koan: https://www.andjosh.com/hard-numbers/

Full-Stack Engineer | OfficeLuv | Chicago | Full-time, Onsite

We’re growing here at OfficeLuv (https://www.officeluv.com) and are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to help us shape the momentum! You will help develop, solve, and produce the technology that helps power OfficeLuv and our loyal customers. You will work with the small product team to build applications in the cloud, in the browser, and on phones that will iterate rapidly and provide direct benefit to customers you'll talk to. We're building for the long run. You'll be excited about the two-sided marketplace you can shape here. We're standardizing and automating an industry that's ripe for it. You'll be shaping the supply and grocery of offices across the country!

Read more and apply here: https://officeluv.applytojob.com/apply/Lv6mQy0m2I/Full-Stack...

https://officeluv.github.io

Full-Stack Engineer | OfficeLuv | Chicago | Full-time, Onsite

We’re growing here at OfficeLuv (https://www.officeluv.com) and are looking for a Full-stack Engineer to help us shape the momentum! The Full-stack Engineer will help develop, solve, and produce the technology that helps power OfficeLuv and our loyal customers. You will work with the small tech/product team to build applications in the cloud, in the browser, and on phones that will iterate rapidly and provide direct benefit to customers you'll talk to. We're building for the long run. You'll be excited about the two-sided marketplace you can shape here. We're standardizing and automating a process that's ripe for it. You'll be shaping the supply and grocery of offices across the country!

Apply here: https://officeluv.applytojob.com/apply/Lv6mQy0m2I/Full-Stack...

https://officeluv.github.io