Michaux Kelley
@mkelley33.com
Senior Application Development Engineer coding in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, Next.js, and other web technologies. A family man first, coder second, but a lover of all things code. Check out my blog at https://mkelley33.com
Six passing builds in a row. What, me worry? Merge.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Six passing builds in a row. What, me worry? Merge.
GitHub Copilot with Claude Sonnet 4.5 generated this; some pretty solid advice about not taking your secrets to email or slack:
### ❌ DON'T
- Commit `.env` files to git (already in `.gitignore`)
- Share secrets in Slack/email
- Use the same AUTH_SECRET across environments
### ❌ DON'T
- Commit `.env` files to git (already in `.gitignore`)
- Share secrets in Slack/email
- Use the same AUTH_SECRET across environments
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
GitHub Copilot with Claude Sonnet 4.5 generated this; some pretty solid advice about not taking your secrets to email or slack:
### ❌ DON'T
- Commit `.env` files to git (already in `.gitignore`)
- Share secrets in Slack/email
- Use the same AUTH_SECRET across environments
### ❌ DON'T
- Commit `.env` files to git (already in `.gitignore`)
- Share secrets in Slack/email
- Use the same AUTH_SECRET across environments
I updated my GitHub Copilot instructions file to this today. Here's the gist to it: gist.github.com/mkelley33/bc...
Please feel free to copy and change in any way you wish, including suggesting edits and forking the gist.
#githubcopilot #ghcp #ai #gist
Please feel free to copy and change in any way you wish, including suggesting edits and forking the gist.
#githubcopilot #ghcp #ai #gist
GitHub Copilot Instructions
GitHub Copilot Instructions. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I updated my GitHub Copilot instructions file to this today. Here's the gist to it: gist.github.com/mkelley33/bc...
Please feel free to copy and change in any way you wish, including suggesting edits and forking the gist.
#githubcopilot #ghcp #ai #gist
Please feel free to copy and change in any way you wish, including suggesting edits and forking the gist.
#githubcopilot #ghcp #ai #gist
Reading docs for Video.js bit.ly/483x16H
"A lot of the root source directory is JSON configs for various package managers because, Internet." 😂😂😂
Many big projects evoke Nietzsche's "gazing into the abysss," bit.ly/3WBSA95 Gaze not into code rewrite, rather remember: "because, Internet"
"A lot of the root source directory is JSON configs for various package managers because, Internet." 😂😂😂
Many big projects evoke Nietzsche's "gazing into the abysss," bit.ly/3WBSA95 Gaze not into code rewrite, rather remember: "because, Internet"
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Reading docs for Video.js bit.ly/483x16H
"A lot of the root source directory is JSON configs for various package managers because, Internet." 😂😂😂
Many big projects evoke Nietzsche's "gazing into the abysss," bit.ly/3WBSA95 Gaze not into code rewrite, rather remember: "because, Internet"
"A lot of the root source directory is JSON configs for various package managers because, Internet." 😂😂😂
Many big projects evoke Nietzsche's "gazing into the abysss," bit.ly/3WBSA95 Gaze not into code rewrite, rather remember: "because, Internet"
This message is dedicated to all my fellow tab hoarders!
I sort of just rage quit all browser tabs and windows had open, regaining about 8 GB or so of memory. It felt so dangerous. It felt so good. It was worth it. Totally. Oh, and I wasn’t really raging nor did it stop me from creating new tabs. I closed the tabs in Visual studio Code! All my editors!
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This message is dedicated to all my fellow tab hoarders!
I sort of just rage quit all browser tabs and windows had open, regaining about 8 GB or so of memory. It felt so dangerous. It felt so good. It was worth it. Totally. Oh, and I wasn’t really raging nor did it stop me from creating new tabs. I closed the tabs in Visual studio Code! All my editors!
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I sort of just rage quit all browser tabs and windows had open, regaining about 8 GB or so of memory. It felt so dangerous. It felt so good. It was worth it. Totally. Oh, and I wasn’t really raging nor did it stop me from creating new tabs. I closed the tabs in Visual studio Code! All my editors!
And this is what just putting the heading “Ideal” under my other four prompt-generating headings yielded. “It looks like a Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem out of a Coney Island of the mind” unlike the other four headings this one doesn’t stop spitting out words. It starts repeating them! #AI #GHCP
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I started with four headings to prompt the AI to deliver an even better response than the one before for each heading. And Claude Sonnet in GitHub copilot does a fantastic job. Tonight I wondered if I might strike a chord with the AI by giving it the heading “Ideal” and it wrote a full page prompt!
My favorite new GitHub copilot trick:
Create a markdown file. Establish four headings: Good, Better, Best, and Outstanding. Write your first prompt under the heading Good: “As a senior software engineer…” Repeat this process for each heading and let GHCP iterate over the prompts. I get great mileage
Create a markdown file. Establish four headings: Good, Better, Best, and Outstanding. Write your first prompt under the heading Good: “As a senior software engineer…” Repeat this process for each heading and let GHCP iterate over the prompts. I get great mileage
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I started with four headings to prompt the AI to deliver an even better response than the one before for each heading. And Claude Sonnet in GitHub copilot does a fantastic job. Tonight I wondered if I might strike a chord with the AI by giving it the heading “Ideal” and it wrote a full page prompt!
@addyosmani.bsky.social has spoken, and vibe coding shall not pass youtu.be/dHIppEqwi0g?...
Beyond Vibe Coding with Addy Osmani
YouTube video by The Pragmatic Engineer
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
@addyosmani.bsky.social has spoken, and vibe coding shall not pass youtu.be/dHIppEqwi0g?...
AI tool just told me it had synthesized a typescript pattern name as its “honest” answer as to where I was getting its info. Nice feature, but do I have to prompt where it’s getting its information from every time I use it? Anyone heard of const assertion object pattern?
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
AI tool just told me it had synthesized a typescript pattern name as its “honest” answer as to where I was getting its info. Nice feature, but do I have to prompt where it’s getting its information from every time I use it? Anyone heard of const assertion object pattern?
My favorite new GitHub copilot trick:
Create a markdown file. Establish four headings: Good, Better, Best, and Outstanding. Write your first prompt under the heading Good: “As a senior software engineer…” Repeat this process for each heading and let GHCP iterate over the prompts. I get great mileage
Create a markdown file. Establish four headings: Good, Better, Best, and Outstanding. Write your first prompt under the heading Good: “As a senior software engineer…” Repeat this process for each heading and let GHCP iterate over the prompts. I get great mileage
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My favorite new GitHub copilot trick:
Create a markdown file. Establish four headings: Good, Better, Best, and Outstanding. Write your first prompt under the heading Good: “As a senior software engineer…” Repeat this process for each heading and let GHCP iterate over the prompts. I get great mileage
Create a markdown file. Establish four headings: Good, Better, Best, and Outstanding. Write your first prompt under the heading Good: “As a senior software engineer…” Repeat this process for each heading and let GHCP iterate over the prompts. I get great mileage
I have two vs code windows open, running GitHub copilot in both running the same prompt, and my computer still hasn’t run output of memory yet. Good vibes only
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I have two vs code windows open, running GitHub copilot in both running the same prompt, and my computer still hasn’t run output of memory yet. Good vibes only
I feel the urge to merge
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I feel the urge to merge
Copilot finished iterating on the prompt, and told me this with emojis: Charles Xavier would be impressed with this level of mental organization 🧠✨
Trying to encourage my AI coding assistant with this prompt: “Fix the linting errors that occur when you run npm run lint.”
“Then just to mess with the AI:
Charles Xavier and Cerebro could do it, but I bet you can do it with your hands tied behind your back”
“Then just to mess with the AI:
Charles Xavier and Cerebro could do it, but I bet you can do it with your hands tied behind your back”
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Copilot finished iterating on the prompt, and told me this with emojis: Charles Xavier would be impressed with this level of mental organization 🧠✨
Would love any suggestions on how to add a little more flavor to my shadcn-ui components, then please let me know—not really a designer per se.
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Would love any suggestions on how to add a little more flavor to my shadcn-ui components, then please let me know—not really a designer per se.
Trying to encourage my AI coding assistant with this prompt: “Fix the linting errors that occur when you run npm run lint.”
“Then just to mess with the AI:
Charles Xavier and Cerebro could do it, but I bet you can do it with your hands tied behind your back”
“Then just to mess with the AI:
Charles Xavier and Cerebro could do it, but I bet you can do it with your hands tied behind your back”
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Trying to encourage my AI coding assistant with this prompt: “Fix the linting errors that occur when you run npm run lint.”
“Then just to mess with the AI:
Charles Xavier and Cerebro could do it, but I bet you can do it with your hands tied behind your back”
“Then just to mess with the AI:
Charles Xavier and Cerebro could do it, but I bet you can do it with your hands tied behind your back”
Well, I’ve exhausted the GitHub copilot premium requests for my personal account this month using the Pro subscription. I’m already scraping the piggy bank for more. Today so far: a meager spend of two bucks or so. Will I make it to the end of the month on a $15 budget?
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well, I’ve exhausted the GitHub copilot premium requests for my personal account this month using the Pro subscription. I’m already scraping the piggy bank for more. Today so far: a meager spend of two bucks or so. Will I make it to the end of the month on a $15 budget?
Holy Batman. GitHub copilot is running python to fix my typescript errors. What is the world coming to? What am I doing with my life?
a cartoon character is laying on the grass with the words " i don t know what i 'm doing with my life "
ALT: a cartoon character is laying on the grass with the words " i don t know what i 'm doing with my life "
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October 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Holy Batman. GitHub copilot is running python to fix my typescript errors. What is the world coming to? What am I doing with my life?
Anytime I’ve type a long command for the 1000th time, I get the urge to make an alias for it and save my precious hands from all that typing
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Anytime I’ve type a long command for the 1000th time, I get the urge to make an alias for it and save my precious hands from all that typing
My dad watching my editor generate code using GitHub copilot, shrugs and says: “Oh yeah, I’ve seen the Matrix” like what was happening on the screen was so yesterday
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My dad watching my editor generate code using GitHub copilot, shrugs and says: “Oh yeah, I’ve seen the Matrix” like what was happening on the screen was so yesterday
Me talking to AI as I review the code it generated: Yeah, that looks right—kinda how I used to do it. Whistles. And merge.
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Me talking to AI as I review the code it generated: Yeah, that looks right—kinda how I used to do it. Whistles. And merge.
GitHub copilot flow:
1. Prompt it with lotsa context
2. Click allow always buttons
3. Click continue always buttons
4. Curse hallucinations
5. Take the time to review the changes
6. Make it write unit tests for code added
7. Lint and fix errors
8. Make it review the code it just wrote
And so it goes
1. Prompt it with lotsa context
2. Click allow always buttons
3. Click continue always buttons
4. Curse hallucinations
5. Take the time to review the changes
6. Make it write unit tests for code added
7. Lint and fix errors
8. Make it review the code it just wrote
And so it goes
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
GitHub copilot flow:
1. Prompt it with lotsa context
2. Click allow always buttons
3. Click continue always buttons
4. Curse hallucinations
5. Take the time to review the changes
6. Make it write unit tests for code added
7. Lint and fix errors
8. Make it review the code it just wrote
And so it goes
1. Prompt it with lotsa context
2. Click allow always buttons
3. Click continue always buttons
4. Curse hallucinations
5. Take the time to review the changes
6. Make it write unit tests for code added
7. Lint and fix errors
8. Make it review the code it just wrote
And so it goes
When AI coding assistant goes all rogue and starts vibe coding with opinions that aren’t mine
Ooga Booga Caveman GIF
ALT: Ooga Booga Caveman GIF
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October 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
When AI coding assistant goes all rogue and starts vibe coding with opinions that aren’t mine
Sometimes my AI prompts make me feel like that person in a long line line at Starbucks trying to order a Venti, half-caf, sugar free caramel latte (exactly 6 pumps), add whipped cream, skinny, with a few shakes of cinnamon on the froth and cup sleeve to protect my stupid hands!
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Sometimes my AI prompts make me feel like that person in a long line line at Starbucks trying to order a Venti, half-caf, sugar free caramel latte (exactly 6 pumps), add whipped cream, skinny, with a few shakes of cinnamon on the froth and cup sleeve to protect my stupid hands!