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Cole Lawrence
@colelawrence.com
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End user programming & AI tool designer.
🛠️ CTO at @forethink.ai & https://phosphor.co
🦀 Rust NYC / https://RustEastCoast.com organizer 🙋🏻‍♂️he/him
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I started working on an open-source todo "UI" that syncs with a markdown file, since all my TODOs are in markdown for AI editing context.

Also has a
- Pomodoro timer
- Customizable sound cues for break start, end, task completion, etc
github.com/colelawrence...
Shows how the same TODO markdown file is synchronized in the "floating tracker view", "planner view", and the editor
February 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Made a fun little helper for React to make it possible to "click" buttons without clicking when you have a input focused.
Was having some trouble with debugging some focusout issue
gist.github.com/colelawrence...
February 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Throwback to Feb 2020 👀, when I first started designing StoryAI–a textual low-code editor.

After struggling to explain how the editing should "feel", I ended up having to dust off my After Effects skills one weekend to draw this up!

#buildinpublic #design #nocode #toolsforthought #rip #storyai
November 27, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Two things I didn't realize @windsurfai.bsky.social was going to do so well:
1. Quickly fall into a rhythm of writing impl, writing tests, testing, and iterating (using `vitest run [filename]`
2. Analyzing `.d.ts` files to try to understand how to use my deps

bravo 👏 #ai #llms #dev #typescript
Screenshot of Windsurf's Cascade window (AI writing chat) --- Edited memoize.ts +4 -4 78 Open diff The key change is that we now cache the Promise itself rather than waiting for its resolution. This ensures that concurrent calls will get the same Promise instance, and thus the function will only be called once. Let's run the tests again: Ran terminal command application/ui $ pnpm vitest run memoize Stdout CopyInsert RUN v2.1.3 /Users/cole/dev/forethink-web-extension/application/ui ✓ src/core_application/js/__tests__/memoize.test.ts (7 tests) 4ms Test Files 1 passed (1) Tests 7 passed (7) Start at 16:20:41 Duration 707ms (transform 80ms, setup 119ms, collect 17ms, tests 4ms, environment 189ms, prepare 76ms) Great! All tests are now passing. Here's a summary of what we've done: Created comprehensive tests for both memoize and memoizeWithExpiration functions Fixed the concurrent calls handling in memoizeWithExpiration by: Caching the Promise instead of its resolved value Using ExpiryCache to handle expiration timing Properly handled time-based tests using Vitest's fake timers The test suite now verifies: Basic caching functionality Expiration timing Custom key functions Zero expiration cases Concurrent calls All functionality is working as expected, with proper handling of async operations and cache expiration. Your modified files: memoize.ts application/ui/src/core_application/js +3 -3 Me: Update tests to handle null expiration time on set
November 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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🧵 Trying out @windsurfai.bsky.social for a few days - here are my initial thoughts on this new AI-powered editor (1/6)
#windsurf #vscode #ai #cursor #programming
Windsurf for macOS after fixing a bug with "Cascade" mode
November 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM