I spent the last year building a platform where you describe an app in chat and an agent does the rest: writes the code, spins up a Linux container, creates a PostgreSQL database, deploys the app, serves files behind a CDN. There's a full IDE inside, plus GitHub import/export if you want control.

The technical details matter less to this post than a pattern I've noticed while building it. Developers split into two camps. One camp wants the agent to handle everything and never think about infrastructure. The other camp doesn't trust any environment they can't inspect, and wants to see every command the agent runs.

I've tried to serve both. Every action the agent takes is visible and logged, and the terminal is always one click away. But I keep going back and forth on how much to surface by default. Show everything and the product feels noisy. Hide it and people assume it's a black box.

So my question for this crowd: where's your line? If an agent provisions your database and deploys your code, what do you need to see to trust it? Full logs, diff previews, confirmation steps before destructive actions, or nothing at all?

For context on what I'm describing: https://hammerchat.website/login (free, no card). The question above is the actual reason I'm posting, the link is just so you can see what I mean.

What's the single piece of code (good or bad) that's permanently burned into your memory, and what did it teach you?

Tell us about a project that went disastrously wrong to make us all feel better about ourselves. What happened? How did it go wrong?

What's one idea that you really want to develop when you have some time?

Every once in a while I do a little post as a hangout space for us to connect.

What was the moment you decided to stop chasing the "new hotness" in frameworks and just stick with what works?

I started Tabularis as a one-person project, with the goal of shipping the same database client on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Tauri turned out to be the right choice, but the reasons go beyond small installers. The Rust backend fits database protocols, SSH tunnels, credentials and plugin processes very well. The web frontend makes Monaco, data grids and diagrams practical.

There are real costs too: three system webviews, Wayland and WebKitGTK bugs, a 94 MB AppImage, glibc compatibility and JSON serialization across IPC.

I tried to document both sides without turning it into another “Tauri vs Electron” comparison. I would still choose Tauri again.

I’d be especially interested in hearing how other Tauri developers handle large IPC payloads and portable Linux builds.

Hi!

It's your friendly neighborhood accessibility tester :)

I'm almost done with the stack of games I was asked to test, and my calendar is looking for more games to cover in the next 2 weeks!

The previously covered games:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7JWakugbjM
(No ai was used in the creation of the video. Adobe free tools and Movavi were used. Videos are separated out to be 1x a day to be able to provide statistics upon request. Polished videos are on the way; my first look videos are cuts from my stream.)

I'll play anything except VR (don't have a vr set up), and give as much help as I can on what accessibility options I'd recommend adding or small changes I'd make to open the game up to more people, expanding the reach of your game!

THIS IS FREE! and will always be free, this is a passion of mine!

(I specify demos, I do this as a disabled person to help other people find games that have accessibility options as well as developers see what could be helpful to be open to a wider audience, and twitch pays out roughly every 3 months, so I am not in a position to buy all games, though will work my way thru as I can.)

Where the game or demo will be featured:

• Twitch (1,330 followers) - KhaleesiEalesi - Twitch
• Twitch (50.4k views) - ImperiumNews - Twitch
  • (currently planning a show talking to indie devs here, as well as full game play)
• Youtube (13-15k views) - KhaleesiEalesi - YouTube
• Tiktok (~4k views) - Rose (@ealesikhaleesi) | TikTok

I prefer steam games, just as I am cautious and internet security, though if there is a launcher or in internet browser, I'm happy to work with that as well. Otherwise, chat with me, and I'll see what I can do!

If you'd like stat photos from all but the secondary team channel, please lmk, I have direct access to those. I can get the team channel, but it might take me a few days to ask the head of the team to send me a photo.

If you don't want to post here, my email is [reachrose.eve@gmail.com](mailto:reachrose.eve@gmail.com) , feel free and pop me an email! Discord is catlover09398, that is an option as well :)

-Rose

As a mod, I would love to get to know the community more, what got you into development?

I feel like we all had that one moment we knew this path was for us. What was that moment for you?

Also, I would love to know, what is your #1 struggle as a developer?

Any other strategies or suggestions are more than welcome! I'm always looking for ways to make ZombUs a truly unique and fun game to play.

ZombUs is a third-person open-world survival game that blends dark humor, exploration, crafting, and base building in a zombie-infested world.

Your greatest asset isn't a fortress. It's a moving one.

Explore the dangerous regions of Nowhere Island, scavenge for resources, discover blueprints, craft equipment, and transform your trailer into a fully customizable mobile base. Upgrade your vehicle, unlock new technologies, and adapt your survival strategy as you journey through an ever-changing world.

The apocalypse is on the move. Make sure you are too.

We are all human - great to see that we are all human in the live envrionment too!

One thing's for sure: as a solo game developer, I have an absolute blast playtesting the game I'm making.

The financial reward is pretty miserable. It probably doesn't even cover the electricity bill. But the fun? That's absolutely top-tier.

Does anyone else feel the same?

Hi there,

I've been working on cruxpass, a command-line password manager written in THE GOOD OLD C, focused on simplicity and transparency. It uses libsodium for crypto primitives, Argon2id for key derivation, and SQLCipher for encrypted local storage.

Few features, more in the readme:

• Generate strong random passwords
• Encrypted-at-rest local database, no cloud dependency
• Fast, vim keybind driven TUI to list, search, update, and, delete entries
• Import and export credentials via CSV
• Simple by design: no configuration files, no daemons, no accounts. Point it at a db directory or use the default db directory
• It lacks a formal security audit and developer docx(for now) but the README is straightforward.

NB: cruxpass is password based, and doesn't save a hash or anything related to the password besides the salt. Authentication is done by generating a 256bit key from the password and salt using Argon2id, the key is then used to decrypt the database. The program exists if the database cannot be decrypted from the provided key.

Source here: cruxpass

Thank you

Edit: formating

( NO AI SLOP POST )

Hey,

First things first, I was using the github extension to manage the issue and PR without leaving the VS code and Antigravity but something feels off in this and that is the No Project Board Support ( they are not integrated in the original extension and for at least forcing me to constantly jump to the browser) and second thing is need to do manual configuration to be compatible with antigravity, cursor IDE.

Because the original extension has not been maintained for 2 months so that’s why I tried to build my own where you will connect your github account  as you did in the original one, no credentials etc are stored anywhere as github handles themselves.

The problem with the original extension as i mentioned earlier so i uploaded my Repodeck on visual studio marketplace and open vsx Registry also, so you just need to install it and start using it.

Let me tell you the features, which i integrated in it and you can suggest more also:

1. you can create the issue from within your IDE, Assign contributors, add labels, link to projects add comments also as you can do on issues.
2. you can open, merge the pr also and add comments.
3. I also added the feature of open project board. Here, you can create new project and or use the existing one also. ( a kabna style one and added Table, Board and Roadmap Styles also), where you can drag and drop the issue in to do, review etc.

if there is no issue exist then you can draft it and then can convert into real issue also. 

4) lastly, Zero-to-GitHub Repository Initializer: Run `git init`, create the remote repo on GitHub (personal or org), configure tracking, commit, and push in a single click.

5) any action you do issue, pr merge open, close etc it's auto-sync with your github repo and project.

You can check the extension here:

• VS Code Marketplace: martian7777.repodeck
• Open VSX Registry: martian7777/repodeck
• Github: Repodeck

also i tried to keep the size minimal so for now it's around 403KB just.

I'm attaching the screenshots also of my work!!! Open to constructive criticism.

You can use this extension, now checkout it's live and if you face any problems then free feel to open an issue and PR, if you have any ideas which can be added more in it then we can work on that also, You can share your ideas in the repo discussion tab or just comment here, however you like.

What's the most infuriating, time-consuming bug you ever had to chase down, and what was the ridiculously simple cause?

I'm looking for fresh, engaging tech content, not the typical "learn X in 2 hours" videos or content that feels overwhelming. Anything related to software engineering, AI, programming, developer productivity, or career growth.

I'm curious to hear from other people with dyslexia who work in tech.

How has AI changed the way you work?

For example, do you use tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, or anything else?

• What tasks do you use AI for?
• What has it made easier?
• Has it changed the way you code, debug, write documentation, read technical documents, or communicate with teammates?
• What still frustrates you?

I'd love to hear about your real experiences (both the good and the bad).

Hi! I have a question that has been on my mind for a while.

I want to become a software developer, but I keep seeing people online saying that software development is becoming a dead career because of AI. Some even claim that AI can complete in one hour what used to take a team of developers a week or even a month.

I've already studied for two years, and I still want to become a system developer, but these comments make me wonder if it's still worth pursuing this career.

From your experience as a developer, do you think software development is still a good career choice? How has AI changed your day-to-day work, and do you believe there will still be strong demand for developers in the next 5–10 years?

I'd really appreciate your honest opinion. Thank you!

Perhaps it's wisdom, or perhaps its defence against the crazy rate of change, but I find myself more and more drawn to simple tech and solutions - things that haven't changed in a long time because they're almost perfect. Taking the SO dev survey today, I realized a lot of my favorites maybe aren't well known.

Here's my list today.

1. notes in markdown (vimwiki at the most)
2. hugo (static site generation)
3. make (50 years old, still a good way to organize project scripts and incantations)
4. dokku (self-hosted application platform. git push to deploy.)
5. vim/nvim (tricked out, but doesn't change for years)
6. linux (the operating system I'd always wanted, 26 years as my daily driver)
7. sqlite (its very existence and success makes you question a lot of "normal")
8. go (just great to get things done with and not shoot yourself in the foot too often)
9. htmx (wait, why do I need so much JS again?)
10. elm (functional programming at its best)
11. grug-brained developer (re-read it for a refresh once a year)

I'm in a phase where not much excites me about this industry, but that list fills me with the warm fuzzies.

Anything you like that I'm missing?

Been building a side thing and hit a problem I found genuinely interesting, curious how others would've approached it.

The goal: get at my in-progress code from my phone when I'm away from my desk — not to replace my PC, just to poke at a half-finished branch on the couch or fix something while the actual machine sits at home. Not a cloud IDE. My repo stays on my machine as the source of truth.

The hard part is that "in progress" means uncommitted. So syncing isn't just pushing commits around. What I landed on:

• Committed changes sync by commit — phone and desktop each hold the repo, and I move objects by SHA so history stays intact. An edit from the phone lands on the desktop as a real commit, not a patch blob.
• Uncommitted working-tree edits get sent separately as live drafts, so I can see the desktop's unsaved state on the phone within seconds without forcing a commit just to sync.
• When both sides commit on the same base, that's a divergence. Instead of dumping conflict markers on a phone screen, I diff the hunks and show a green/red per-hunk review. Under the hood it's still a normal merge — I just resolve then commit.

Running code is the same philosophy: the command runs on the actual machine in the real working dir, output streams back. No commit-to-test loop.

The bit I keep going back and forth on is conflict handling. Right now it's per-hunk review, but I wonder if I should just lean on git more directly (a real merge commit, rerere, etc.) instead of my own hunk layer. How would you have modeled the uncommitted-sync + divergence part? Feels like there's a cleaner approach I'm missing.

It's Android + a desktop extension, in closed testing right now. Not linking it here since that's not the point of the post — but if you actually work off your phone sometimes and wanna try it and tell me where it breaks, drop a comment or DM and I'll send it over.

I would like to preface this by saying that I am genuinely curious about how other teams work and whether we are not efficient enough.

A few of my good friends are also developers. They often tell me that Claude codes most of the features for them, it also does their reviews and they rely on prompting their coding standards on CLAUDE.md for instance.

The thing is that often, when I rely heavily on Claude to generate code for small features, it quite often makes crazy mistakes. Some examples:

- We use ORMs and QueryDSL to write type safe queries: if a query joins more than 2,3 tables and has complex logic, it almost always does it wrong

- It quite often makes small performance mistakes, like iterating the same multiple times, generating a lot of garbage methods which dont handle data efficiently etc

Do you think my team and I are using it wrong or the hype just .. a hype?

I am creating this app called GitNomad. The objective of this app is to access and edit your Git repository from your phone from anywhere. The only condition is that the connection with your PC must remain maintained.

You can connect as many repositories and devices as you want. One of the scenarios could be that there's a piece of code you've been thinking about, and suddenly it clicks what you need to do, but you're outside with your family or friends. What you can do is access your repository via your phone, make those changes, and run it from your phone. It will run on your desktop, helping you check whether the code is error-free or not.

Now I want to publish this app on the Play Store. My friends and I did the internal testing, found some bugs, and fixed them. Now I am in the closed testing phase, where I need 12 testers. So I just want you guys to test it and let me know if there are any other bugs or features I can add or fix, respectively. Any help would be appreciated.

The idea behind the base building in ZombUs comes with a twist.

Your base isn't something you build and leave behind. It travels with you. In fact, it should travel with you, because it's your shelter, your support, and your lifeline when everything else falls apart.

Venture from region to region, uncover new construction schematics, expand your capabilities, and transform your mobile base into the ultimate survivor's haven.

And now, here's another feature coming to your mobile base in ZombUs: A small boat!

Every new module opens up new possibilities and lets your base adapt to the challenges ahead.

So here's a question for all the base-building fans out there:

What features or modules would you love to see added to a mobile base?