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Dev.to · J Now
3d ago
Translating 'I missed you' so it doesn't land like a form letter
I was trying to tell someone something real in her first language — not "I missed you" from a...
Dev.to · J Now
6d ago
Why I split a single color across two ANSI slots
I spent several weeks reading Claude Code output for hours at a stretch and the default themes were...
Dev.to · J Now
6d ago
rabbitholes: inline explanations with no server in the middle
Most browser extensions that call an external API route your data through their own server. That's...
Dev.to · J Now
6d ago
When one translation isn't enough to say something real
I was drafting a message to my girlfriend in Farsi — something simple, 'I missed you today' — and...
Dev.to · J Now
1w ago
The distribution problem OSS tools have that isn't about code quality
You posted your tool once. Three people starred it. You moved on. This is how most OSS developer...
Dev.to · J Now
1w ago
Terminal themes optimize for syntax. This one optimizes for prose.
Spend a few hours in Claude Code and the screen is mostly English — tool output, reasoning traces,...
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
WCAG lies on dark ground — and it cost me a readable terminal
WCAG contrast ratios break on dark backgrounds. A 4.5:1 pair that passes on white can be functionally...
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
Four themes for a terminal you read more than you syntax-highlight
After a few weeks of running Claude Code for most of my work, I noticed the thing that was actually...
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
Inline Wikipedia for every article you read
Reading about the Treaty of Westphalia and hit 'Augsburg Settlement'? You half-know it. Not enough to...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Terminal themes optimize for syntax highlighting; that's the wrong target
Spend a few hours in Claude Code and count what you actually read: tool output, reasoning traces,...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Distribution Infrastructure for MCP Servers and Agent Tools That Have None
The MCP ecosystem moves fast. New servers, new Claude Code skills, new agent frameworks every week....
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Klein Blue looked right in Figma. On a dark terminal, it vanished.
Yves Klein's IKB — hex 002FA7 — has an APCA lightness contrast of Lc -12 on a dark background. That's...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
rabbitholes: how I built a Chrome extension with no server to touch your data
Most browser extensions that call external APIs route your data through a developer-controlled server...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Designing email campaigns blind: building a design scorer into kopi
Every email tool I'd used handed me a blank canvas or a dated template and called it a starting...
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📋 Product Management
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3w ago
The growth quest picks what you avoid, not what you're already good at
Anthropics February 2026 study classified 11 observable collaboration behaviors across 9,830 Claude...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
The MCP Registry, Smithery, and GitHub Topics don't index themselves
Shipping an MCP server means nothing if developers can't find it. The three places they actually look...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Why WCAG ratios misled me building a dark terminal theme
I reached for WCAG contrast first. Checked IKB against my dark background, got a ratio above 3:1, and...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Scoring email designs before they ship, not after
Most email tools hand you a blank canvas and a template library. You assemble something, send it, and...
Dev.to · J Now
📣 Digital Marketing & Growth
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3w ago
Cross-posting to four platforms by hand doesn't scale past week one
The workflow breaks down fast: you write a Bluesky post (300 chars), realize the Dev.to version needs...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
What separates a 93/100 email from a 70/100 email
A 70 has a CTA button that's 28px tall on mobile. A 93 has one that's 44px minimum, thumb-tappable,...
Dev.to · J Now
4w ago
One MCP server, four clients, zero translation apps open in browser tabs
I built konid after translating work emails in Japanese for six months and realizing I was getting...
Dev.to · J Now
4w ago
The OSS distribution problem isn't posting once — it's showing up every week
Most developer tools die quietly. Not because the code is bad, but because the author posted once,...
Dev.to · J Now
4w ago
Terminal themes are built for syntax colors. Claude Code isn't code.
After a few weeks of heavy Claude Code use I noticed I was squinting at tool output and permission...
Dev.to · J Now
4w ago
Inline context while you read, without losing your place
The pattern that wrecked my reading: find an unfamiliar term, open a new tab, read half the Wikipedia...
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