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Dev.to · J Now
4d 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
6d 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
1w 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
1w 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
1w 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
1w 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
1w 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
1w 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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2w 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
2w 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
2w 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
2w 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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2w 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
2w 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
2w 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
2w 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
2w 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
2w 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...
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
Why one translation isn't enough when you're actually trying to connect
I translate work emails every day in Japanese, still learning, and for a long time I used whatever...
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
Building email campaigns without knowing if the design works
Every email tool I'd used had the same architecture: blank canvas, template library, send and hope....
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
A terminal theme tuned for prose, not syntax — built around Klein Blue
Most of my working hours in Claude Code are spent reading English. Tool output, permission prompts,...
Dev.to · J Now
2w ago
You posted once, got silence, and moved on. Here's why that happens.
Most OSS projects die not because they're bad but because the author posts on launch day, gets a...
Dev.to · J Now
3w ago
Terminal themes solve the wrong problem for Claude Code
Most of what Claude Code outputs is English. Tool output, permission prompts, reasoning traces,...
Dev.to · J Now
🖌️ UI/UX Design
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3w ago
Inline context for every article, without leaving the page
I read slowly. Not because I'm patient, but because half the concepts in any given article have...
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