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weave is a CLI/TUI for running multiple long-running commands and "weaving" together their output. I use it to solve a persistent pain point of mine -- running multiple dev servers / watchers / etc. at once. (3-minute read)

A tutorial about adding high-quality social media unfurling to your Astro content, including summary, tags, images, estimated reading time, etc. (6-minute read)

An explanation of dopamine fasts, dopamine traps, and why you should care. (5-minute read)

This post describes my process for developing with Claude Code, including the "transient micro-IDE" concept I'm using for managing multiple worktrees at once. (5-minute read)

In this post, I'll be talking about the ideas of coupling, decoupling, and modularization, and how coupling is tightly related to the idea of the software's design context. (12-minute read)

I've started streaming software development at https://www.twitch.tv/LukeTurnerSWE (past streams are available on youtube). In this post, I give a brief explanation of why I've started doing this. (2-minute read)

A quick, semi-scientific comparison of using Github Copilot, Cline, and Cody VSCode extensions to do Chat-Oriented Programming (CHOP). Their performance is compared for writing tests, refactoring, and adding features. (8-minute read)

This post is about an important step in designing software systems: writing design documents. (15-minute read)

This post is a high-level explanation of abstraction and why it's so important for software engineering. (7-minute read)

In this post, I want to talk about how I think about designing software systems, starting from the first and most important principle. This is inspired by my experience conducting interviews at Redox, mentoring engineers over the years, as well as designing complex systems myself. (13-minute read)