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Giving your agents a terminal: a first look at the tabstack CLI

Steve McDougallJun 16, 2026 • 7 min read

Giving your agents a terminal: a first look at the tabstack CLI

Every project I touch lately ends up needing the same awkward thing: a reliable way to pull the web....

#tabstack#go#cli#aiagents

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The DX we wanted for tapflow setup: a host-ready Mac in one command

DuchanJun 17, 2026 • 4 min read

The DX we wanted for tapflow setup: a host-ready Mac in one command

tapflow streams iOS simulators and Android emulators into a browser, so a whole team can test an app...

#node#cli#opensource#devtools

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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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One command turns Claude Code into a full dev team

Yuiko KoyanagiJun 18, 2026 • 3 min read

One command turns Claude Code into a full dev team

I love Claude Code's subagents. But I kept noticing the same chore: every new project, I'd hand-writ...

#claudecode#ai#opensource#cli

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

David Van Assche (S.L)1d ago • 12 min read

Top 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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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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git diff on JSON is mostly noise. So I built a structural diff.

benjaminJun 17, 2026 • 2 min read

git diff on JSON is mostly noise. So I built a structural diff.

You change one value in a JSON config, run git diff, and get a wall of red and green — because a...

#showdev#json#cli#opensource

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

Mayne6d ago • 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 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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fdupes is great — until you can't install it. I built a zero-install duplicate finder.

benjaminJun 17, 2026 • 2 min read

fdupes is great — until you can't install it. I built a zero-install duplicate finder.

fdupes, jdupes, rdfind, fclones — the duplicate-file finders are all excellent. They're also all...

#showdev#cli#opensource#productivity

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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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Your docs have dead links. I built a zero-dependency CLI that catches the local ones — no network

benjaminJun 17, 2026 • 2 min read

Your docs have dead links. I built a zero-dependency CLI that catches the local ones — no network

You rename a file, restructure a folder, tweak a heading — and quietly leave a trail of dead links.....

#showdev#markdown#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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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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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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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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Building with mini, Part 2/9: Shaping the vision with project

Stanislav KremeňJun 17, 2026 • 7 min read

Building with mini, Part 2/9: Shaping the vision with project

In Part 1 we ran mini init and got pycalc — a small calculator for the terminal. init asked only fou...

#claude#ai#cli#productivity

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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.....

#showdev#devops#cli#opensource

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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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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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GNEISS – GNN-powered CLI that detects architectural decay in Java repos

picklerickJun 18, 2026 • 1 min read

GNEISS – GNN-powered CLI that detects architectural decay in Java repos

Curious if others are dealing with this: as more AI-generated code gets merged, the high-level...

#ai#programming#java#cli

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Tech Articles

Giving your agents a terminal: a first look at the tabstack CLI

The DX we wanted for tapflow setup: a host-ready Mac in one command

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

One command turns Claude Code into a full dev team

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

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

Building GitHub OAuth device flow in a Node.js CLI

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

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

git diff on JSON is mostly noise. So I built a structural diff.

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

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

fdupes is great — until you can't install it. I built a zero-install duplicate finder.

How to Create a GitHub Pull Request from the Terminal

Your docs have dead links. I built a zero-dependency CLI that catches the local ones — no network

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

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

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

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

Building with mini, Part 2/9: Shaping the vision with project

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

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

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

GNEISS – GNN-powered CLI that detects architectural decay in Java repos