







Noting perhaps my largest personal career accomplishment, which is launching CodePen 2.0. Far more work, believe it or not, than the entire creation of the original CodePen. This isn’t the pl…
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i now spend 2-3 hours per day reading research papers and building something with goose that i didn't think it capable of doing. i never see a line of code, and never trapped in an IDE.it works nearly every time, but does requires some nudging every now and then. incredible.— jack (@jack) June 4, 2025
Reflections on a decade of coding
I've been programming professionally for about 12 years. Here are some of the things I worked on in the last 2 years.
Prospero: a new coding harness for a more civilized age
Cracking the Code to Mobile Productivity
Our global journey to rethink, redesign, and align our mobile experiences

codegod100/semblage
Contribute to codegod100/semblage development by creating an account on GitHub.
Musings on LLM-assisted coding - Jacky Alciné
Reckoning with the state of software development as of late as an indie developer at large.

I Switched From Claude Code to OpenCode — Here's Why
I tested OpenCode against Claude Code for real development work. Here's what surprised me about the open-source alternative — and what I don't miss.

What I’ve learned over the past year funding open source
July 8 marks the 1 year birthday of CodeFund (previously Code Sponsor). It has been an amazing experience so far. I’ve met so many amazing…


Give Away Your Code, But Never Your Time — William Gross
As software developers, I think we can agree that open-source1 code has transformed the world. Its public nature tears down the walls that prevent some pieces of software from becoming the best they can be. The problem is that too many valuable projects stagnate, with burned-out leaders:

NewCrafts Paris 2025
NewCrafts Paris, an ephemeral learning ground for professional developers who care for quality code and bettering their practices.
Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file
512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks.

Announcing CodeCombat Classroom Curriculum, Seed Round from 3KVC, a16z, and Allen & Co
I remember when I wrote my first lines of code. I was a freshman in college, and I had signed up for the introductory computer science course on a whim after choosing my practical career-advancing courses: writing, chemistry, poetry, and go [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)]. I
Tangled · Your code forge for the next decade
Tangled is your open, federated code forge for the next decade. Host your code anywhere, review in stacks and run CI on your own machines.

I realise I never shared this! A few weeks ago I built Tack: a collaborative whiteboarding app, mainly designed for open source project planning. It's like a git-native FigJam. Free, open source, self-hosted. tack.social