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Why I Didn't Use an AST Parser in My AI Code Commenter (And Why That's the Right Call)

Wahaj1d ago • 5 min read

Why I Didn't Use an AST Parser in My AI Code Commenter (And Why That's the Right Call)

Every AI code documentation tool I looked at had the same problem: it sent your entire file to an LL...

#ai#javascript#node#cli

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A user's terminal opened a code editor instead of running my CLI tool.

Adrin T Paul2d ago • 2 min read

A user's terminal opened a code editor instead of running my CLI tool.

No error. No crash log. Just... my .js file, popped open in an IDE, like the computer decided to...

#cli#javascript#mcp#node

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My code reviewer kept asking for JSDoc — so I built a zero-dep CLI that catches it first

benjamin2d ago • 2 min read

My code reviewer kept asking for JSDoc — so I built a zero-dep CLI that catches it first

I kept running eslint and thinking my codebase was fine — then someone opened a PR and the first...

#showdev#javascript#cli#opensource

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I reclaimed 12GB from my SSD with one terminal command (and you can too)

MayneJun 18, 2026 • 4 min read

I reclaimed 12GB from my SSD with one terminal command (and you can too)

ZapDir is a free Node.js CLI that finds and removes node_modules, .next, dist, and build folders tak...

#cli#productivity#node#opensource

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I built DevTime - a local-first CLI that helps a repo explain itself from evidence

Aviad Shakargy1d ago • 3 min read

I built DevTime - a local-first CLI that helps a repo explain itself from evidence

Git remembers code. It remembers what changed, who changed it, and when. But it does not remember....

#cli#git#opensource#python

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How I built a yt-dlp CLI wrapper in Rust

NotKiwy14h ago • 4 min read

How I built a yt-dlp CLI wrapper in Rust

I got tired of googling yt-dlp flags every time I wanted to download something. So I just built...

#cli#opensource#rust#showdev

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I Built An API Security Scanner That Won't Shoot You in the Foot

Cory Sorel2d ago • 5 min read

I Built An API Security Scanner That Won't Shoot You in the Foot

Four years into a career focused on APIs and developer tooling, I kept running into the same gap:...

#cybersecurity#api#cli

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Building GitHub OAuth device flow in a Node.js CLI

Berat Bozkurt6d ago • 2 min read

Building GitHub OAuth device flow in a Node.js CLI

When building a CLI tool that needs GitHub access, you have three options: Ask users to create a.....

#node#github#typescript#cli

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Meet mytuis: A Sleek Terminal Application Manager Built with Bash and Gum

Horacio Degiorgi3d ago • 2 min read

Meet mytuis: A Sleek Terminal Application Manager Built with Bash and Gum

Having spent over 25 years in software development and managing countless Linux environments, I've.....

#bash#linux#tui#cli

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How to Create a GitHub Pull Request from the Terminal

Tahsin Abrar2d ago • 7 min read

How to Create a GitHub Pull Request from the Terminal

Pull Requests are a normal part of working with GitHub. You write code in a branch, push it to...

#git#github#cli#tutorial

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Top AI Coding CLIs of 2026 (mid year): the harness is everything

David Van Assche (S.L)2d ago • 12 min read

Top AI Coding CLIs of 2026 (mid year): the harness is everything

The May piece (Every AI Coding CLI in 2026: the complete map, 30 tools compared) sorted tools by...

#ai#cli#opensource#coding

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I built a dead code forensics CLI because "this file is unused" is never enough

Vivek Verma4d ago • 3 min read

I built a dead code forensics CLI because "this file is unused" is never enough

Every senior developer has stared at a file and thought: should I delete this? You run vulture. You...

#cli#showdev#sideprojects#tooling

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ImageX hit 10 stars, got a contributor, and shipped 3 new features :) here's what happened

Kushal Baral20h ago • 2 min read

ImageX hit 10 stars, got a contributor, and shipped 3 new features :) here's what happened

A couple weeks ago I posted about ImageX - a dumb little CLI that lets you edit images without...

#python#opensource#beginners#cli

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Is that timestamp in seconds or milliseconds? I built a zero-dep CLI that just tells you — both directions.

benjamin6d ago • 3 min read

Is that timestamp in seconds or milliseconds? I built a zero-dep CLI that just tells you — both directions.

You find a timestamp in a log line: 1718750000123. Is that seconds? Milliseconds? You reach for...

#showdev#cli#productivity#opensource

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dotenv loads your .env — it doesn't check it. So I built a typed validator.

benjamin6d ago • 2 min read

dotenv loads your .env — it doesn't check it. So I built a typed validator.

A PORT=8O80 typo (that's a letter O), a DATABASE_URL you forgot to set, a NODE_ENV=prodd — none of.....

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I kept shipping version mismatches — so I built a zero-dep CLI that checks all three sources at once

benjamin3d ago • 3 min read

I kept shipping version mismatches — so I built a zero-dep CLI that checks all three sources at once

You know the drill. You bump package.json, update the CHANGELOG, run the tests, push the tag — and.....

#showdev#devops#cli#opensource

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Your repo has whitespace problems you can't see — I built a zero-dep CLI that finds and fixes them all

benjamin4d ago • 3 min read

Your repo has whitespace problems you can't see — I built a zero-dep CLI that finds and fixes them all

Whitespace problems are the ones you can't see until they bite. A pull request where half the...

#showdev#cli#productivity#opensource

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Building with mini, Part 3/9: Capturing ideas with todo

Stanislav Kremeň1d ago • 4 min read

Building with mini, Part 3/9: Capturing ideas with todo

In Part 2, pycalc went through its planning interview. A side product you may have noticed: the...

#ai#claudecode#productivity#cli

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Most AI dev tools assume you have a repo. Ops engineers have a broken node and a 3am page.

enderfirst6d ago • 4 min read

Most AI dev tools assume you have a repo. Ops engineers have a broken node and a 3am page.

Most AI coding tools assume you're sitting in front of a repo. There's a working directory, some...

#linux#sre#shell#cli

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A reformatted PR shows 80 changed lines but changed nothing — I built a zero-dep diff that sees through it

benjamin3d ago • 3 min read

A reformatted PR shows 80 changed lines but changed nothing — I built a zero-dep diff that sees through it

Someone runs the formatter, the line width changes, and suddenly the pull request touches 80 lines.....

#showdev#git#cli#opensource

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Is the cache 4m23s Line in Claude Code's Status Bar Actually Accurate?

郭立3d ago • 6 min read

Is the cache 4m23s Line in Claude Code's Status Bar Actually Accurate?

💡 Originally published on my blog blog.leeguoo.com — field notes on reverse engineering, AI agents,...

#claude#ai#cli#productivity

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gookit/gcli v3.5.0 released - easy-to-use, feature-rich Go command line application and tool library

Inhere1d ago • 5 min read

gookit/gcli v3.5.0 released - easy-to-use, feature-rich Go command line application and tool library

GCli v3.5 Updates: Changes Since v3.3.1 GCli is a command-line application and tool...

#programming#go#opensource#cli

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Muhammad Kashif Ilyas18h ago • 3 min read

How I made Omarchy a 22+ command CLI

The Problem That Started It All I was tired of switching between multiple commands just to understan...

#go#cli#opensource#productivity

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I built a 5-second CLI to check if your site is ready for the Japanese market

greymoth4d ago • 2 min read

I built a 5-second CLI to check if your site is ready for the Japanese market

A monolingual team can ship for years without hitting the bugs that lose them Japanese users on day....

#japan#cli#webdev#opensource

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