Mike
@mikenikles.com
Building https://seaquel.app - Database Management, Reimagined.
25 years of helping businesses from 0 to 1. Now building my own product to do it all over again, solo.
Excellent developer experience leads to excellent customer experience.
25 years of helping businesses from 0 to 1. Now building my own product to do it all over again, solo.
Excellent developer experience leads to excellent customer experience.
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Mike
@mikenikles.com
· Jan 10
Seaquel - Database Management, Reimagined
Lightning-fast, resource-efficient database client with AI-powered assistance. Work offline, query smarter, and manage your data with unprecedented speed.
seaquel.app
Do you want to try Seaquel?
seaquel.app -> The demo runs in the browser!
How?
• Adapter pattern for either a @tauri.app Rust or Javascript backend
• @svelte.dev frontend (pick the right backend adapter, done)
• @duckdb.org wasm in the browser
seaquel.app -> The demo runs in the browser!
How?
• Adapter pattern for either a @tauri.app Rust or Javascript backend
• @svelte.dev frontend (pick the right backend adapter, done)
• @duckdb.org wasm in the browser
Does anyone have a Windows machine to test the newly signed Seaquel binary?
You should be able to install and start Seaquel without security warnings.
I'm traveling and don't have access to my Windows VM.
github.com/webstonehq/s...
You should be able to install and start Seaquel without security warnings.
I'm traveling and don't have access to my Windows VM.
github.com/webstonehq/s...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Does anyone have a Windows machine to test the newly signed Seaquel binary?
You should be able to install and start Seaquel without security warnings.
I'm traveling and don't have access to my Windows VM.
github.com/webstonehq/s...
You should be able to install and start Seaquel without security warnings.
I'm traveling and don't have access to my Windows VM.
github.com/webstonehq/s...
First half of the day, full body health check.
Second half:
• Microsoft approved my business, so I can now sign Seaquel binaries for Windows
• Implemented commercial licenses
Finally, back to regular feature development. Expect the current beta to be promoted to the latest release this weekend!
Second half:
• Microsoft approved my business, so I can now sign Seaquel binaries for Windows
• Implemented commercial licenses
Finally, back to regular feature development. Expect the current beta to be promoted to the latest release this weekend!
February 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
First half of the day, full body health check.
Second half:
• Microsoft approved my business, so I can now sign Seaquel binaries for Windows
• Implemented commercial licenses
Finally, back to regular feature development. Expect the current beta to be promoted to the latest release this weekend!
Second half:
• Microsoft approved my business, so I can now sign Seaquel binaries for Windows
• Implemented commercial licenses
Finally, back to regular feature development. Expect the current beta to be promoted to the latest release this weekend!
Reposted by Mike
svelte-check just got much faster
We've added --incremental and --tsgo as new options to speed up Svelte type checking
We've added --incremental and --tsgo as new options to speed up Svelte type checking
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
svelte-check just got much faster
We've added --incremental and --tsgo as new options to speed up Svelte type checking
We've added --incremental and --tsgo as new options to speed up Svelte type checking
"Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation"
What is the value of money anyway 😂?! Also, who's the first to raise a series AA?
In any case, the $100 I give Anthropic a month is well worth it for me.
What is the value of money anyway 😂?! Also, who's the first to raise a series AA?
In any case, the $100 I give Anthropic a month is well worth it for me.
February 13, 2026 at 7:04 AM
"Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation"
What is the value of money anyway 😂?! Also, who's the first to raise a series AA?
In any case, the $100 I give Anthropic a month is well worth it for me.
What is the value of money anyway 😂?! Also, who's the first to raise a series AA?
In any case, the $100 I give Anthropic a month is well worth it for me.
The world: "Let's depend on US technologies."
China: "You go ahead, all the best."
China: "You go ahead, all the best."
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The world: "Let's depend on US technologies."
China: "You go ahead, all the best."
China: "You go ahead, all the best."
First time I have to use the @drizzle.team ORM and I have no idea why a new table with 5 columns creates a meta JSON file with 3,455 lines.
@prisma.io certainly has its fair share of problems too, but not quite 3,455 lines of code bad 😂.
Makes me miss @remult.dev... that's the way to go in 2026.
@prisma.io certainly has its fair share of problems too, but not quite 3,455 lines of code bad 😂.
Makes me miss @remult.dev... that's the way to go in 2026.
February 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
First time I have to use the @drizzle.team ORM and I have no idea why a new table with 5 columns creates a meta JSON file with 3,455 lines.
@prisma.io certainly has its fair share of problems too, but not quite 3,455 lines of code bad 😂.
Makes me miss @remult.dev... that's the way to go in 2026.
@prisma.io certainly has its fair share of problems too, but not quite 3,455 lines of code bad 😂.
Makes me miss @remult.dev... that's the way to go in 2026.
New skill unlocked: Use AI to generate mermaid diagrams.
No more excuse not to visualize your workflows.
No more excuse not to visualize your workflows.
February 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
New skill unlocked: Use AI to generate mermaid diagrams.
No more excuse not to visualize your workflows.
No more excuse not to visualize your workflows.
It's not Halloween yet, but here's how you can scare a developer any time in 2026.
"Let me rewrite everything."
"Let me rewrite everything."
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
It's not Halloween yet, but here's how you can scare a developer any time in 2026.
"Let me rewrite everything."
"Let me rewrite everything."
My buddy Alfred, the AI bot I develop for a client, now creates its own database branch on Neon for each feature it works on.
It creates the branch off the production branch, anonymizes PII data and off it goes.
Any human that reviews the code automatically uses the same database branch as Alfred!
It creates the branch off the production branch, anonymizes PII data and off it goes.
Any human that reviews the code automatically uses the same database branch as Alfred!
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
My buddy Alfred, the AI bot I develop for a client, now creates its own database branch on Neon for each feature it works on.
It creates the branch off the production branch, anonymizes PII data and off it goes.
Any human that reviews the code automatically uses the same database branch as Alfred!
It creates the branch off the production branch, anonymizes PII data and off it goes.
Any human that reviews the code automatically uses the same database branch as Alfred!
`man cp`
You know you're about to learn something that makes you feel dumb when you open the `cp` man page...
So for anyone else who has ever written this:
[ ! -f .env ] && cp .env.example .env
Try this instead:
cp -n .env.example .env
You're welcome 😅
(check your `man cp` for compatibility)
You know you're about to learn something that makes you feel dumb when you open the `cp` man page...
So for anyone else who has ever written this:
[ ! -f .env ] && cp .env.example .env
Try this instead:
cp -n .env.example .env
You're welcome 😅
(check your `man cp` for compatibility)
February 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
`man cp`
You know you're about to learn something that makes you feel dumb when you open the `cp` man page...
So for anyone else who has ever written this:
[ ! -f .env ] && cp .env.example .env
Try this instead:
cp -n .env.example .env
You're welcome 😅
(check your `man cp` for compatibility)
You know you're about to learn something that makes you feel dumb when you open the `cp` man page...
So for anyone else who has ever written this:
[ ! -f .env ] && cp .env.example .env
Try this instead:
cp -n .env.example .env
You're welcome 😅
(check your `man cp` for compatibility)
This reminds me that even after decades of few people writing end-to-end tests, we still don't have a way to make them reliable.
@playwright.dev was my hope, but recently the vibe I got has been "we tried, but we're winding down".
Is www.jetify.com going to solve it??
@playwright.dev was my hope, but recently the vibe I got has been "we tried, but we're winding down".
Is www.jetify.com going to solve it??
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This reminds me that even after decades of few people writing end-to-end tests, we still don't have a way to make them reliable.
@playwright.dev was my hope, but recently the vibe I got has been "we tried, but we're winding down".
Is www.jetify.com going to solve it??
@playwright.dev was my hope, but recently the vibe I got has been "we tried, but we're winding down".
Is www.jetify.com going to solve it??
Alfred, my AI bot I develop for a client, spins up ephemeral dev sandboxes with sprites.dev to get his work done.
Then, mise.jdx.dev sets up the sandboxes with all needed tools and fnox.jdx.dev provides secrets from 1Password.
Alfred then works and opens PRs.
Thank you, @jdx.dev 🙏!
Then, mise.jdx.dev sets up the sandboxes with all needed tools and fnox.jdx.dev provides secrets from 1Password.
Alfred then works and opens PRs.
Thank you, @jdx.dev 🙏!
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Alfred, my AI bot I develop for a client, spins up ephemeral dev sandboxes with sprites.dev to get his work done.
Then, mise.jdx.dev sets up the sandboxes with all needed tools and fnox.jdx.dev provides secrets from 1Password.
Alfred then works and opens PRs.
Thank you, @jdx.dev 🙏!
Then, mise.jdx.dev sets up the sandboxes with all needed tools and fnox.jdx.dev provides secrets from 1Password.
Alfred then works and opens PRs.
Thank you, @jdx.dev 🙏!
TIL about moonrepo.dev/moon.
As I scrolled and scanned the landing page, I kept thinking "why not use mise.jdx.dev instead 🤔?"
Then I reached the footer and saw "Backed by Y Combinator" and my muscle memory kicked in... Cmd+W.
As I scrolled and scanned the landing page, I kept thinking "why not use mise.jdx.dev instead 🤔?"
Then I reached the footer and saw "Backed by Y Combinator" and my muscle memory kicked in... Cmd+W.
moon - A task runner and monorepo management tool for the web ecosystem, written in Rust | moonrepo
Reduces build times and repository maintenance costs through high-quality developer tooling.
moonrepo.dev
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 AM
TIL about moonrepo.dev/moon.
As I scrolled and scanned the landing page, I kept thinking "why not use mise.jdx.dev instead 🤔?"
Then I reached the footer and saw "Backed by Y Combinator" and my muscle memory kicked in... Cmd+W.
As I scrolled and scanned the landing page, I kept thinking "why not use mise.jdx.dev instead 🤔?"
Then I reached the footer and saw "Backed by Y Combinator" and my muscle memory kicked in... Cmd+W.
An impossible situation occurred.
That really makes you rethink the meaning of impossible 😅.
That really makes you rethink the meaning of impossible 😅.
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
An impossible situation occurred.
That really makes you rethink the meaning of impossible 😅.
That really makes you rethink the meaning of impossible 😅.
Somebody, at least one of you, go watch that Melania movie please 🙏.
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Somebody, at least one of you, go watch that Melania movie please 🙏.
If you have a Node.js CLI, use Clack.
It's the one thing I miss since I started building CLIs with Rust.
Clack is beautiful, user-friendly and you get the most maintainable code I've seen when it comes to Node.js CLIs.
It's the one thing I miss since I started building CLIs with Rust.
Clack is beautiful, user-friendly and you get the most maintainable code I've seen when it comes to Node.js CLIs.
Exciting news—Clack v1.0 is here! 🎉
🫳 Dropped CJS distribution (the only breaking change)
🆕 Added autocomplete, taskLog, and more
🌏 Localization support
🐞 Dozens of bug fixes + performance improvements
🤗 Ecosystem alignment
This release marks stable support for our current APIs
🫳 Dropped CJS distribution (the only breaking change)
🆕 Added autocomplete, taskLog, and more
🌏 Localization support
🐞 Dozens of bug fixes + performance improvements
🤗 Ecosystem alignment
This release marks stable support for our current APIs
Clack v1.0 is here!
We're thrilled to announce Clack v1.0: a stylish prompt library for JavaScript CLIs.
bomb.sh
January 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
If you have a Node.js CLI, use Clack.
It's the one thing I miss since I started building CLIs with Rust.
Clack is beautiful, user-friendly and you get the most maintainable code I've seen when it comes to Node.js CLIs.
It's the one thing I miss since I started building CLIs with Rust.
Clack is beautiful, user-friendly and you get the most maintainable code I've seen when it comes to Node.js CLIs.
I'm building SHIP (Smart Headless Implementation Pipeline) for a team of ~15.
• Open Linear ticket
• Tag SHIP
• Wait (SHIP develops what's in the ticket)
• Review PR
Has anyone done that? I know Cursor has something similar, but I'm interested in in-house solutions anyone worked on 🙏.
• Open Linear ticket
• Tag SHIP
• Wait (SHIP develops what's in the ticket)
• Review PR
Has anyone done that? I know Cursor has something similar, but I'm interested in in-house solutions anyone worked on 🙏.
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I'm building SHIP (Smart Headless Implementation Pipeline) for a team of ~15.
• Open Linear ticket
• Tag SHIP
• Wait (SHIP develops what's in the ticket)
• Review PR
Has anyone done that? I know Cursor has something similar, but I'm interested in in-house solutions anyone worked on 🙏.
• Open Linear ticket
• Tag SHIP
• Wait (SHIP develops what's in the ticket)
• Review PR
Has anyone done that? I know Cursor has something similar, but I'm interested in in-house solutions anyone worked on 🙏.
A really neat side effect of seaquel.app is that the dark/light mode syncs between the website and the live demo 💡!
Change it on the website and the app updates and vice versa.
The beauty of @svelte.dev for the website and native app.
Change it on the website and the app updates and vice versa.
The beauty of @svelte.dev for the website and native app.
Seaquel - Database Management, Reimagined
Lightning-fast, resource-efficient database client with AI-powered assistance. Work offline, query smarter, and manage your data with unprecedented speed.
seaquel.app
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 AM
A really neat side effect of seaquel.app is that the dark/light mode syncs between the website and the live demo 💡!
Change it on the website and the app updates and vice versa.
The beauty of @svelte.dev for the website and native app.
Change it on the website and the app updates and vice versa.
The beauty of @svelte.dev for the website and native app.
Alright, why not release a beta version to prod?!
The new SQL tutorial and the visual query builder are now live at seaquel.app!
Click the 🎓 hat in the left sidebar to get started.
To toggle the sidebar and get more space: Cmd+B
The new SQL tutorial and the visual query builder are now live at seaquel.app!
Click the 🎓 hat in the left sidebar to get started.
To toggle the sidebar and get more space: Cmd+B
Seaquel - Database Management, Reimagined
Lightning-fast, resource-efficient database client with AI-powered assistance. Work offline, query smarter, and manage your data with unprecedented speed.
seaquel.app
January 28, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Alright, why not release a beta version to prod?!
The new SQL tutorial and the visual query builder are now live at seaquel.app!
Click the 🎓 hat in the left sidebar to get started.
To toggle the sidebar and get more space: Cmd+B
The new SQL tutorial and the visual query builder are now live at seaquel.app!
Click the 🎓 hat in the left sidebar to get started.
To toggle the sidebar and get more space: Cmd+B
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 AM
✅ Subqueries nested any level deep
✅ Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
✅ Tutorial with 11 lessons, 54 challenges
While I was at it, the visual query builder can now be used with your own database schema too!
Slowly but surely this is the SQL tool I've always wanted.
✅ Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
✅ Tutorial with 11 lessons, 54 challenges
While I was at it, the visual query builder can now be used with your own database schema too!
Slowly but surely this is the SQL tool I've always wanted.
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 AM
✅ Subqueries nested any level deep
✅ Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
✅ Tutorial with 11 lessons, 54 challenges
While I was at it, the visual query builder can now be used with your own database schema too!
Slowly but surely this is the SQL tool I've always wanted.
✅ Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
✅ Tutorial with 11 lessons, 54 challenges
While I was at it, the visual query builder can now be used with your own database schema too!
Slowly but surely this is the SQL tool I've always wanted.
Tonight's project: SQL tutorials in Seaquel 🧑🎓
Visually create queries or write in the editor (with two-way sync) to better learn how SQL works.
For companies: Use my tutorial or create your own for team members to complete based on your needs.
Soon available at seaquel.app!
Visually create queries or write in the editor (with two-way sync) to better learn how SQL works.
For companies: Use my tutorial or create your own for team members to complete based on your needs.
Soon available at seaquel.app!
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Tonight's project: SQL tutorials in Seaquel 🧑🎓
Visually create queries or write in the editor (with two-way sync) to better learn how SQL works.
For companies: Use my tutorial or create your own for team members to complete based on your needs.
Soon available at seaquel.app!
Visually create queries or write in the editor (with two-way sync) to better learn how SQL works.
For companies: Use my tutorial or create your own for team members to complete based on your needs.
Soon available at seaquel.app!
I want to try @tangled.org but why does it require all these Bluesky permissions?
A git hosting platform does not need access to my posts, likes, follows and most certainly not private preferences.
Disappointed 😔
A git hosting platform does not need access to my posts, likes, follows and most certainly not private preferences.
Disappointed 😔
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I want to try @tangled.org but why does it require all these Bluesky permissions?
A git hosting platform does not need access to my posts, likes, follows and most certainly not private preferences.
Disappointed 😔
A git hosting platform does not need access to my posts, likes, follows and most certainly not private preferences.
Disappointed 😔
seaquel.app Windows binaries now available in Beta (.exe and .msi).
I'm going through the process of signing the binaries, but if you want to give it a go and don't mind the security warning, check the latest beta release at github.com/webstonehq/s....
I'm going through the process of signing the binaries, but if you want to give it a go and don't mind the security warning, check the latest beta release at github.com/webstonehq/s....
Seaquel - Database Management, Reimagined
Lightning-fast, resource-efficient database client with AI-powered assistance. Work offline, query smarter, and manage your data with unprecedented speed.
seaquel.app
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
seaquel.app Windows binaries now available in Beta (.exe and .msi).
I'm going through the process of signing the binaries, but if you want to give it a go and don't mind the security warning, check the latest beta release at github.com/webstonehq/s....
I'm going through the process of signing the binaries, but if you want to give it a go and don't mind the security warning, check the latest beta release at github.com/webstonehq/s....
Genius! This is the kind of low friction, excellent developer experience I like.
developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/20...
developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/20...
New Placement Hints for Workers
Explicit placement hints for legacy cloud infrastructure.
developers.cloudflare.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Genius! This is the kind of low friction, excellent developer experience I like.
developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/20...
developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/20...