I got tired of manually copying binaries to servers, so I built Distronomicon. It automates continuous deployment of artifacts directly from CI and supports private GitHub repositories.

It's written in Rust and designed for Linux servers with systemd. Code is here: github.com/jtdowney/distronom...

Been a fan of Fabric (from @danielmiessler.bsky.social) for a while and wanted this for myself, so decided to build it. Tapestry brings Fabric patterns into Chrome/Firefox. Run prompts on any page without context hopping. github.com/jtdowney/tap...

Knowing that LLMs are a fuzzy approximation of the internet and then seeing how quickly Claude is willing to ignore failing tests does not bode well for the broader software industry

Inside every LLM coding agent are three wolves:

1. Superstar instantly spotting bugs you chased for weeks
2. Mid-level dev who can Google and read docs
3. Intern on day one with a recent head injury

Which shows up depends on your prompt and context. It’s not always immediately clear who arrived.

Had an itch to simplify my tsnsrv setup, registering multiple services easily in one process. Not a Go dev, but AI coding assistants (mostly Claude, a bit of Gemini) helped me build tsbridge this weekend. It supports Docker too, inspired by Traefik!

Check it out:
github.com/jtdowney/tsb...

Is it dns or bgp, I'm guessing bgp

Me too, Claude Code, me too

Something I realized yesterday while testing Codex on a legacy codebase: if your team already supports junior devs with clear documentation, strong test coverage, and clean architecture, you’ll easily adopt these AI coding tools. If you don’t, the AI tools will struggle just like junior devs do.

Proud to serve on the board of the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation and support its mission as a dystonia patient.

The DMRF's 2025 Auction for Action is live. Funds raised go directly to research and support for the dystonia community.

Take a look and consider bidding: bit.ly/4diKJVt

“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc

First pope that's almost certainly eaten an Italian beef

We've spent so many years teaching people that effective management in creative fields is giving people autonomy and not micromanaging them. Now we want people to manage AI agents where micromanagement is a strength. #ai #management

My 6-year-old wanted to help make coffee so they could surprise Mom for Mother's Day. After I explained the coffee maker, they had two big takeaways: it's basically a shower for coffee grinds, and four is not a real number.
#MothersDay #CoffeeTime #Parenting #KidsLogic

I think I've finally figured out my feelings about AI coding assistants. It's like building a Lego kit with my six-year-old: overeager, mostly independent, but still needs detailed instructions, frequent check-ins, and the occasional fix from me. #AI #Coding

Just released rsubst: a lightweight CLI tool built in Rust for template substitution, inspired by envsubst and Jinja. Great for Docker configs where you don't want to include a Python runtime.

GitHub: https://github.com/jtdowney/rsubst

#Rust #Docker #DevTools #OpenSource

I recently shared how our security and IT teams at GoFundMe rolled out phishing-resistant MFA using YubiKeys. Check out our journey here:

Announcing ExAcme, an Elixir library for interacting with RFC 8555 ACME servers. Still early, but it successfully issues with Pebble and Let's Encrypt staging. There are many missing features, but I wanted to stop and extract this library from my side project.

github.com/jtdowney/ex_...