Joseph Hale
@jhale.dev
Software Engineer, Musician, Speedcuber | @37signals | ¡Hablo Español!
If you're at #GitHubUniverse, I just wrote a custom filesystem app for the hackable badges!
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you're at #GitHubUniverse, I just wrote a custom filesystem app for the hackable badges!
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Every time I switch AI tools, I start from zero. I'm starting to think that I can't be the only one feeling this frustration.
Here's a small example...I recently used an AI tool to build a presentation and the AI kept structuring slides in ways that didn't match how I actually present. It was text heavy, wrong flow, missing my voice. It had no idea how I work because it had no context about my previous presentations. I stopped and built the slides manually.
My problem is that my context is locked up somewhere else. I've spent hours with Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini and none of that travels with me when I jump into a different tool.
And this is happening everywhere now. Most of the SaaS apps I use daily are adding AI powered features by the same foundational models. But when I use those features, they start from zero. They don't know anything about how I work or what I need.
What I actually want is control over my own context, locally. Build it once, keep it with me, and selectively share pieces with whatever tool I'm using. When a new model comes out that's better for my specific task, I want to test it without rebuilding my entire workflow from scratch. When I open an app with AI built in, I want to drip in just enough context to make it useful without explaining myself all over again.
Right now it works backwards. The tools own my memory. I'm stuck rebuilding context in every new app, every new conversation, every new project. And when the AI doesn't have that context, it's not useful to me at all.
I've been researching tools like Mem0 and SuperMemory but they feel more like tools an engineer would use to build an app. I know folks like Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot have written about this and he seems optimistic about where the solutions are headed.
Has anyone found a better way to manage context across multiple AI tools?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z64wjxpxaicyz5mf76b4eupc/bafkreie7v2rdasjgqmcfrau3sodygt5q3dmafbuk3pqsh46zznqzumsssm@jpeg)
My "Habit Sync for @todoist.com" app is about to get a significant update, so here are some "behind the scenes" of what it took.
- 9 major version upgrades of #ReactNative
- Writing my own component library
- Translating #Java to #Kotlin
@github.com #ZeroToMergedContest
- 9 major version upgrades of #ReactNative
- Writing my own component library
- Translating #Java to #Kotlin
@github.com #ZeroToMergedContest
September 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My "Habit Sync for @todoist.com" app is about to get a significant update, so here are some "behind the scenes" of what it took.
- 9 major version upgrades of #ReactNative
- Writing my own component library
- Translating #Java to #Kotlin
@github.com #ZeroToMergedContest
- 9 major version upgrades of #ReactNative
- Writing my own component library
- Translating #Java to #Kotlin
@github.com #ZeroToMergedContest
"It felt a bit like the opening of 'A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy' ..." #RailsWorld 2025
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"It felt a bit like the opening of 'A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy' ..." #RailsWorld 2025
"The message was clearly that individuals, like you and me, have the power to build things to improve the world – we don’t have to wait for someone else" #RailsWorld 2025
September 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"The message was clearly that individuals, like you and me, have the power to build things to improve the world – we don’t have to wait for someone else" #RailsWorld 2025
@thehale/react-native-keep-awake is now in the #ReactNative Directory!
September 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@thehale/react-native-keep-awake is now in the #ReactNative Directory!
"Thank you for existing", "I'm 11 years old and ... your library made it possible"
It's amazing how far a single kind gesture can go.
It's amazing how far a single kind gesture can go.
September 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Thank you for existing", "I'm 11 years old and ... your library made it possible"
It's amazing how far a single kind gesture can go.
It's amazing how far a single kind gesture can go.
This thread reminds me of Excel's formula evaluator, which lifts the values of each expression into the current context.
It's so helpful for the debugging to come to me, where I retain full context.
Picture Source: stackoverflow.com/q/6470263/14...
It's so helpful for the debugging to come to me, where I retain full context.
Picture Source: stackoverflow.com/q/6470263/14...
September 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This thread reminds me of Excel's formula evaluator, which lifts the values of each expression into the current context.
It's so helpful for the debugging to come to me, where I retain full context.
Picture Source: stackoverflow.com/q/6470263/14...
It's so helpful for the debugging to come to me, where I retain full context.
Picture Source: stackoverflow.com/q/6470263/14...
Explore an interactive report of who wrote each line of code in a #git repository!
Git Authorship now supports .𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚙 and .𝚐𝚒𝚝-𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎-𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚜 files to provide even cleaner and more organized reports.
Git Authorship now supports .𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚙 and .𝚐𝚒𝚝-𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎-𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚜 files to provide even cleaner and more organized reports.
April 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Explore an interactive report of who wrote each line of code in a #git repository!
Git Authorship now supports .𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚙 and .𝚐𝚒𝚝-𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎-𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚜 files to provide even cleaner and more organized reports.
Git Authorship now supports .𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚙 and .𝚐𝚒𝚝-𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎-𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚜 files to provide even cleaner and more organized reports.
New type of post for me... New type of music for my friend @DHeusta...
I had a blast recording the intense Latin chorus! If you've ever felt constrained by others' expectations, Against the Grain is for you!
#AgainstTheGrainSong #DHeusta
#BillboardTop100 <-- coming soon 😜
I had a blast recording the intense Latin chorus! If you've ever felt constrained by others' expectations, Against the Grain is for you!
#AgainstTheGrainSong #DHeusta
#BillboardTop100 <-- coming soon 😜
March 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New type of post for me... New type of music for my friend @DHeusta...
I had a blast recording the intense Latin chorus! If you've ever felt constrained by others' expectations, Against the Grain is for you!
#AgainstTheGrainSong #DHeusta
#BillboardTop100 <-- coming soon 😜
I had a blast recording the intense Latin chorus! If you've ever felt constrained by others' expectations, Against the Grain is for you!
#AgainstTheGrainSong #DHeusta
#BillboardTop100 <-- coming soon 😜