Porting Midje's Arrow to Rust (facts)
The reading order problem Stock Rust testing is fine, in the sense that a hammer is fine. You get assert!, assert_eq!, assert_ne!, and the #[test] attribute. Everything past that — better diffs, …
Developer Tools
Running Local MCP Servers Without a Node or Python Runtime (bx)
MCP server configs across the ecosystem default to npx. That quietly forces a Node runtime onto every machine that wants to run a native binary tool. bx is the missing primitive for the other case. I …
Team Code Review Without the Server: a CLI (casual-review)
Most code review tools want to be a service. The interesting question is what falls out when you refuse to run one — and use git itself as the sync layer instead. I’ve spent the last few weeks …
A Rust-Native Architecture Toolchain: forge, puml, and adoc
A Rust-Native Architecture Toolchain: forge, puml, and adoc Replacing the JVM and Ruby pieces of the architecture documentation stack with single static binaries Most of the tools I reach for when …
Sandboxing AI Coding Agents: Why Isolation Matters
The more context and tools an AI coding agent has access to, the better it performs. But more power means more risk. How do we harness the full capability of AI coding assistants while keeping our …
Exploring Your Backstage Catalog Without Backstage
Exploring Your Backstage Catalog Without Backstage How bsv gives you instant visibility into your software catalog from the terminal Backstage has become the de facto standard for software catalogs. …
Seeing Your Codebase as a City
Seeing Your Codebase as a City Why we need better ways to understand code at scale – and how 3D visualization can help Software teams accumulate code the way cities accumulate buildings. One project …
Visualizing Project Structure with rv
Visualizing Project Structure with rv A fast, interactive way to see what’s actually in your project Every developer has had the experience of opening an unfamiliar codebase and trying to figure out …
Building a Code Knowledge Graph for AI Agents
Building a Code Knowledge Graph for AI Agents How I rebuilt codegraph in Rust to give AI coding assistants a semantic map of your codebase There’s a fundamental tension at the heart of agentic coding …
Vibe Coding
Vibe Coding is an innovative approach to software development that emphasizes creativity, flow, and emotional engagement in the coding process. It encourages developers to tap into their intuition and …