Tom Ballinger

love terminal stuff too, rewrote the terminal rendering for bpython long ago

feel free to wait until you see it, thanks for the investigation!

I just need one, plus the version number; there's have been fixes to this, would help to see "oh it's definitely happening still on version X" and could even be video

Thank you! Played with this a bit, I actually would like a ttyrec; I buy these are correlated with the jumps described in the repo but stepping through the frames I don't see jitter when I try to repro

can you say more about breaking completion, like when you're in it it doesn't use shell completions? for shell commands?

You can get filename completion with `@`, I know ways that falls short for me but curious to hear

A config file change tool call, full text follows: ⏺ Write(~/.claude/keybindings.json) ⎿  Wrote 13 lines to ../.claude/keybindings.json { "$schema": "https://www.schemastore.org/claude-code-keybindings.json", "$docs": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/keybindings", "bindings": [ { "context": "Task", "bindings": { "ctrl+b": null, "ctrl+x ctrl+b": "task:background" }

I feel you on ctrl-b, you can rebind that, try "Could you modify my keybinds so that ctrl+b works (set to null) and ctrl-x ctrl-b replaces it?" and got the right changes suggested to me for ~/.claude/keybindings.json

code.claude.com/docs/en/keyb...

Also consider the Claude Code plugin in VSCode or Claude Code Desktop!

a think I *liked* about claude code initially was that I didn't need to learn a new editor to use it, I could just use my old editor to review/modify the code

Originally I preferred to view code in vim / git diff / fugitive, which make Claude Code click more for me that something in an editor. That relies on having a setup that works for you, I've been using tmux/screen + vim for 20 years so this comes naturally but many friends prefer in-editor!

noted

I always use claude code in tmux panes so I don't notice this bc i don't expect it to work but yeah for non-indented stuff should be possible to sometimes? always? use softwrap. Not user error

We deserve a better streams API for JavaScript The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.

After implementing web streams in multiple runtimes, supporting them for years, talking with other implementers, dealing with issues... I think it's well past time we talked about something better blog.cloudflare.com/a-better-web...

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the first time I saw someone use tools like this (September 2024 I think because it was John Pham on www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oxy...) where he highlighted some text and hit a "fix it" hotkey I was real impressed

will mention! I like this flow too, I have a vim shortcut for grabbing the current filename and line number

/me rubs hands together

have you found a way to repro, any specific kind of background command?

is it two queued messages or maybe queued message and something else?

which slash commands would be useful? /resume makes sense, some won't I think

hmmmmm

anytime you see a pattern would be helpful to hear, that's the right instinct imo that a ttyrec is more helpful than a transcript. Just the pattern is helpful too though, "two queued messages flicker swapping position" plus a version number!

It is so fun! Hard to ignore when I'd really been enjoying using it for the last year, very fun to work on a product I use all the time.

A must-complain-to!

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Anthropic's response to the Secretary of War and advice for customers

Incredibly proud of our team at @anthropic.com and the work we’re doing. In many ways, this shows how fortunate I am to be working alongside some of the smartest folks in the industry that don’t shy away from doing the right thing. It’s a one-of-a-kind place.

www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

I work on Claude Code now, if it is ever falling short for you I'd love to hear!

What we are working on right now: blog.exe.dev/meet-exe.dev

We all need more virtual machines. We keep building software to work around the fact that VM infrastructure is clunky. Let's have good VM infrastructure instead.

Just in time software I didn’t plan to write software in the grocery store last night. I was tired and hungry, kids in tow. My long shopping list sat in a text message. I wished I could check items off as I found them.…

After reading this I gave exe.dev a shot and the combination of cheap VMs, the HTTPS proxy with passkey auth and link sharing, and the built-in LLM agent is... incredible.

Like, I know how to use each of these things individually, but combining them feels like when I first learned to script things.

anyone know any Good Discourse on "what is programming anyway"?

random examples of Good Discourse:

- Melanie Hoff's "Always Already Programming" (gist.github.com/melaniehoff/...) & Lucy Keer's reflection on it (lucykeer.com/notebucket/a...)

- PROGRAMme (programme.hypotheses.org)

sounds fake but I'm starting a company with my nemesis Colin P. Zod

and our first hire is @AndaristRake

and our first product is now in beta

sounds fake but I'm starting a company with my nemesis David E. ArkType

and our first hire is @andarist.bsky.social

and our first product is now in beta :)

Very rare behavior I don't understand sounds like a bummer!