Ahmad Awais
@ahmadawais.com
about 3 hours ago if you're using coding agents seriously, curious what surprised you most about how your workflow actually changed.
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if you're using coding agents seriously, curious what surprised you most about how your workflow actually changed. here's what i didn't expect: rebuilding old projects to teach Command Code my taste is more valuable than i thought. each one reinforces patterns i want the agent to know. not because my way is universal, but because consistency matters when you're working at this pace. the result isn't just speed. it's that i can trust the output without the usual "let me rewrite half of this" step. i'm shipping a project most days now because the friction dropped to nearly zero. what changed: the agent actually learns how i code. my guard clause preference. my CLI patterns from 200+ tools over 10 years. functional style. it picks up my architecture decisions without me explaining them every time. stopped watching TV lately. not because i'm disciplined. because building with coding agents (Command Code) became more interesting than Netflix.
sounds absurd. but i'm polyphasic. wake up twice a day. used to split it: once for work, once for TV. now both sessions are building sessions. What if you never had to get an API key ever again?
You can spend 5 min (vibe) coding an app, but 30 min getting the API keys
We need OpenRouter for all APIs. But as a protocol
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqr4... βI built Message Maddie because I wanted a way to receive real physical messages from my friends (or anyone)!β
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β npmjs.com/package/tex...
β built with @CommandCodeAI
β $ npm i -g command-code β let's go!! applescript and shell logic is preserved as searchable text. rich text is stripped to plain text. no manual exports. no noise. no leaks.
$ πππ‘ πππ‘πππ‘ππππππ-ππ-πππ’ππππ
if you are optimizing your local setup, this should save you quite a few gradient descent steps. $ ππππ -π "πππππππ.πππ(πππππππ('./ππππππππ.ππππ').ππππππ + ' ππππππππ')"
review overfitted data separately:
$ πππ‘ πππ‘πππ‘ππππππ-ππ-πππ’ππππ πππππππππ - merge: relational uuid join of snippets and groups.
- filter: drop overfitted suggested snippets by default.
- mapping: deterministic type conversion and text stripping.
verification is built-in. check counts via node one-liners: i wanted a clean migration with zero manual export. no xml fiddling or leaky suggested snippets. read weights directly from source plist and map to raycast json.
built using command code with my cli taste.
technical pipeline:
- access: direct binary plist reading via application support. textexpander acts as an overfitted model on your keystrokes. it memorizes passwords, tokens, and private data. high entropy noise.
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convert textexpander snippets to raycast snippets.
i used textexpander for a decade but started switching to raycast. only problem was migrating 1500+ snippets. 'apple in china' was a crazy read and so i'm pretty intrigued to find out if it's going to be mostly manufactured in mainland china / india / somewhere else. probably china, though.
tech enthusiasm: the apple macbook neo looks cool, actually, i'd get one in a number of circumstances. the price is impressive, though it probably has a ton of factory-labor skullduggery behind it. the macbook is overkill for most people anyway.
one thing that really radicalized me is realizing that the "ability to accept gigantic investments" is a feature of companies like this for huge investors who have to invest a ton of money and don't want thousands of companies in their portfolio, which helps this agglomeration happen
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βI built it because I love music and the official app didnβt really capture that energyβ¦I wanted a space where music nerds like me can geek outβ¦and actually discover new artists together.β
festie.live #IWD2026 Women builders spotlight (2/5): Carol Monroe
Carol built Festie, a Coachella companion app where you can explore the lineup, discover new artists, check set times, and find your festival personality.
festie.live AI is the new unfair advantage.
The same person with AI can research faster, write faster, code faster, and ship faster.
The gap will not be small. It will compound daily.
People who adopt early will look unstoppable later.
Are you building with AI yet? whois ready for this
Changelog #0280
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β’ Project UI Refresh
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