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Home / nearbycoder- Building AGFS.dev on my wife's MacBook Neo with an AI agent Why the citrus MacBook Neo is more capable than it looks, and why AI-assisted coding makes it a legit first developer machine. Article 2026-04-01
- Building AGFS.dev to make remote agent files easy to share Why I built AGFS.dev for remote agent workflows, why Git is the wrong tool for artifacts, and how I put the web app plus CLI together. Article 2026-03-30
- The Curious Engineer Wins in the Age of AI AI changed the tools, not the trait that matters most. Curious engineers still have the edge. Article 2026-03-24
- When AI in an interview fails you I used AI heavily in a technical interview, felt great about the build, and still got rejected because the team could not gauge enough of my understanding. Article 2026-03-07
- Building hackernews-tui in 30 minutes with OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex I built and shipped a Hacker News terminal UI in about 30 minutes using OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex, then published it straight to npm from the Codex app. Article 2026-03-04
- Building SoloAgent to understand AI harnesses I built SoloAgent as an AI harness experiment to understand how model, tool, state, and execution loops work in practice. Article 2026-03-03
- The 6-hour build and why technical interviewing needs to change Building TripHaven in about six hours made one thing clear: interviews should test end-to-end product replication and engineering judgment, not isolated feature trivia. Article 2026-03-02
- My first technical interview in the AI era I walked out of my first technical interview feeling off, and it forced me to rethink interview formats, AI, and pressure. Article 2026-02-26
- Launching uutil.space A simple utility app with developer tools baked in, so I can run quick helpers from anywhere on the web. Article 2026-02-25
- The Pivot: Reusing a Stable SaaS Codebase for EasyAccessQR.com How a stable SaaS foundation made it fast to launch EasyAccessQR.com, with analytics, A/B testing, and a full design-flow rewrite. Article 2026-02-24
- What engineers are feeling right now My take on why so many engineers feel the pressure, but few of us say it out loud. Article 2026-02-24
- Weekend reset: rest is part of the grind A reminder from the job search season: stepping back for a weekend can be the exact thing that helps you push harder on Monday. Article 2026-02-23
- Launching llink.space Why I finally built llink.space as a link-in-bio home base after putting it off for years. Article 2026-02-20
- Launching imposter.fm Why I created imposter.fm as a podcast host to talk through what engineering feels like in the AI era while navigating layoff uncertainty. Article 2026-02-19
- Use your git history to write a resume that reflects real work A practical workflow for using `.git` with Claude or Codex to turn shipped commits into accurate, role-tailored resume bullets. Article 2026-02-18
- Cold sweat, inbox check, first rejection Four days after sending 14+ job applications, I woke up in a cold sweat and opened my first rejection email. Article 2026-02-17
- Building a full SaaS in less than a day with Claude and Codex How I shipped dailystand.dev with organizations, teams, members, analytics, billing, and observability in under 24 hours. Article 2026-02-16
- Reviving old projects in an AI era How revisiting old ideas after a layoff reignited my creative drive and compressed weeks of work into hours with Claude and Codex. Article 2026-02-15
- Being laid off from Token Terminal Losing my role at Token Terminal forced me to confront how quickly this industry is changing and what resilience looks like now. Article 2026-02-14
- Productivity is high but motivation is low The uneven emotional math of shipping faster with AI while feeling less attached to the work. Article 2026-02-04
- AI has changed the way I code How my day-to-day shifted from mostly typing to mostly prompting, and what that unlocked. Article 2026-02-01
- Console log with implicitly returned React components Sometimes it can be annoying when you are trying to quickly console log something within a component that it implicitily returned, here is a quick trick. Article 2022-11-27
- Getting started with React and ViteJS In this blog post I go over the basic scaffolding of building out a starter React app using ViteJS and explain ViteJS works compared to something like your traditional module loaders such as Webpack. Article 2021-04-02
- Twitter Share Feature Easily adding a simple share button to a blog around sharing on Twitter Article 2021-03-28
- Building a Subscription Feature Using Fastify and Sendgrid to build out a simple opt-in newsletter subscription feature so that I can start to gain a contact list to send out new blog posts. Article 2021-03-22
- How To Start a Pair Programming Routine Pair programming is a side hobby that I have found to help me branch out and learn from local developers in my community. I strongly suggest going for it if you can fit it into your schedule. Article 2017-07-26
- Getting Around API Rate Limiting Anyone who has had to work with an external API knows the problems that can occur when there are a lot of users hitting endpoints that directly pull from the external API's. Article 2016-05-19
- agfs.dev An open-source private filesystem for AI agents, with a web UI and CLI for uploading, previewing, and sharing remote artifacts through signed links. Project Ongoing
- dailystand.dev Open-source, self-hostable async standup platform for teams with analytics, API keys, a public REST API, and MCP support. Project Ongoing
- EasyAccessQR.com An easy and simple QR code generator with analytics tracking and A/B testing. Project Ongoing
- ghostpath.space Puzzle game where you navigate an invisible maze, avoid hidden traps, and find a safe path to the goal. Project Ongoing
- hackernews-tui A lightweight terminal UI built with OpenTUI to quickly search and browse Hacker News from the command line. Project 2026
- imposter.fm A podcast host for sharing honest engineering conversations about AI, layoffs, and adapting in public. Project Ongoing
- llink.space A link-in-bio home base that centralizes my projects, writing, and current work in one shareable page. Project Ongoing
- Math Game Duolingo-inspired math learning game with topic progression, XP, streaks, and lives. Project Ongoing
- Qikbar SaaS product for adding a command bar into any app. Project Ongoing
- QikPoll Anonymous StrawPoll-style app with realtime vote updates, privacy-focused anti-repeat guardrails, and Redis-backed polling. Project Ongoing
- React Chat Real-time ephemeral chat with room-based presence, slash commands, private messages, GIFs, and syntax-highlighted code sharing. Project Ongoing
- Roomba Wars A multiplayer browser game that turns a simple Roomba interview prompt into a realtime 3D arena with procedural terrain, enemies, and benchmark tooling. Project 2026
- Secret Santa Pair Privacy-first Secret Santa app with URL-based state, elegant reveal links, and no backend. Project Ongoing
- SoloAgent Desktop AI harness workspace for coding workflows with project-scoped chat context, terminal execution, and live git visibility. Project Ongoing
- TripHaven A full-stack Expedia-style hotel booking platform with customer flows, admin operations, and an in-app AI assistant wired to MCP tools. Project 2026
- uutil.space A super simple utility app with developer tools baked in for quick use anywhere on the web. Project Ongoing
- Week 3: Roomba Wars Turned a Roomba interview prompt into a multiplayer browser game with realtime systems, 3D rendering, and benchmark tooling. Build log 2026-03-08
- Week 3: hackernews-tui Built and shipped a Hacker News terminal UI with OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex in about 30 minutes, then published it to npm. Build log 2026-03-04
- Week 3: SoloAgent AI harness experiment Built SoloAgent to understand AI harness internals in modern coding workflows by implementing the workflow stack directly. Build log 2026-03-03
- Week 3: TripHaven prototype Built a six-hour TripHaven prototype, a full-stack Expedia-style hotel booking platform, using a modern AI-assisted engineering workflow. Build log 2026-03-02
- Week 2: Shipping uutil.space Launched uutil.space, a simple utility app with developer tools baked in for quick use anywhere on the web. Build log 2026-02-25
- Week 2: The Pivot to EasyAccessQR.com Launched EasyAccessQR.com by reusing the stable dailystand.dev foundation, while dailystand.dev remains active. Build log 2026-02-24
- Launching llink.space as my link-in-bio home base Shipped llink.space to centralize my projects, writing, and profile links into one home base. Build log 2026-02-20
- Launching imposter.fm as a podcast host Shipped imposter.fm as a dedicated podcast host for honest engineering reflections through AI shifts and layoff uncertainty. Build log 2026-02-19
- Launching dailystand.dev and bringing it into focus A launch-focused update on shipping dailystand.dev in week 1 and making it easier to discover across the site. Build log 2026-02-17
- AGFS: make the handoff part of the product A recap of the remote artifact workflow: the problem, the web-and-CLI solution, and the tradeoff that kept the scope focused. Postmortem 2026-03-30
- Roomba Wars: a working answer is only part of the story A recap of an AI-assisted interview, the game built afterward, and the lesson about making engineering judgment visible. Postmortem 2026-03-07
- SoloAgent: finding the complexity around the model A recap of the harness experiment: what shipped, where the complexity lived, and why building it made the abstractions clearer. Postmortem 2026-03-03
- Program a Roomba Queue a few commands. Navigate the room. Learn why a tiny robot still needs a good plan. Experiment Logic & movement
- Cast a local vote Explore the vote-and-results loop behind QikPoll, with a poll that belongs just to this tab. Experiment State & feedback
- Inside an agent loop Step through context, a tool call, a failure, and a review. See where the harness earns its keep. Experiment Tools & decisions
- Building with AI From a change in daily workflow to building the harness and artifact tools around an agent. Reading path 4 stories
- Finding the next chapter The uncertainty of a layoff, the momentum of making things, and the lessons an interview leaves behind. Reading path 5 stories
- Shipping a side project Follow an idea through its first launch, a useful pivot, and the next experiment. Reading path 5 stories
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