Lars
@webpro.nl
Independent developer/architect. JavaScript/TS, DX, automation, tooling, performance & OSS. Arch/Linux enthusiast.
🏡 https://webpro.nl
🦋 https://webpro.blue
✂️ https://knip.dev
📊 https://try.venz.dev
🔠 https://wooordle.webpro.nl
🔣 https://ansi.tools
🏡 https://webpro.nl
🦋 https://webpro.blue
✂️ https://knip.dev
📊 https://try.venz.dev
🔠 https://wooordle.webpro.nl
🔣 https://ansi.tools
Nate lays out how anyone can build a second brain (w/o a line of code). Lots of engineering principles & decisions to learn from.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TpO...
Nothing new, but brains mapped it to the "surgical team" idea in the Mythical Man-Month — build while taking ownership, on steroids.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TpO...
Nothing new, but brains mapped it to the "surgical team" idea in the Mythical Man-Month — build while taking ownership, on steroids.
Why 2026 Is the Year to Build a Second Brain (And Why You NEED One)
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Nate lays out how anyone can build a second brain (w/o a line of code). Lots of engineering principles & decisions to learn from.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TpO...
Nothing new, but brains mapped it to the "surgical team" idea in the Mythical Man-Month — build while taking ownership, on steroids.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TpO...
Nothing new, but brains mapped it to the "surgical team" idea in the Mythical Man-Month — build while taking ownership, on steroids.
Reposted by Lars
Main reason for shipping the MCP server (with docs included) is that nobody RTFM (including agents). >90% could get SO MUCH MORE out of Knip, and the two main reasons for that are 1) "ignore" config is misunderstood & abused (Knip is not a regular file linter!) and 2) ignorance of production mode.
January 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Main reason for shipping the MCP server (with docs included) is that nobody RTFM (including agents). >90% could get SO MUCH MORE out of Knip, and the two main reasons for that are 1) "ignore" config is misunderstood & abused (Knip is not a regular file linter!) and 2) ignorance of production mode.
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
✂️ Woke up to 200 contributors and 5M downloads/week for Knip 🥹
THANK YOU ❤️
Also, v5.80.2 is out. Changelog: added ✨ and ❤️🔥 to cut your code to perfection 🔪
THANK YOU ❤️
Also, v5.80.2 is out. Changelog: added ✨ and ❤️🔥 to cut your code to perfection 🔪
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
✂️ Woke up to 200 contributors and 5M downloads/week for Knip 🥹
THANK YOU ❤️
Also, v5.80.2 is out. Changelog: added ✨ and ❤️🔥 to cut your code to perfection 🔪
THANK YOU ❤️
Also, v5.80.2 is out. Changelog: added ✨ and ❤️🔥 to cut your code to perfection 🔪
Reposted by Lars
Engramma is quickly becoming the Design Tokens management tool I've been trying (and stop/starting) to create over the last 3/4 years.
Seriously great open-source work here from @trysound.io
Website: app.engramma.dev
GitHub: github.com/TrySound/eng...
🙏🖤
Seriously great open-source work here from @trysound.io
Website: app.engramma.dev
GitHub: github.com/TrySound/eng...
🙏🖤
The W3C Design Tokens specification was released recently, and many tools and Figma plugins haven’t migrated yet. Engramma can now import legacy token formats and convert them to the new standard.
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Engramma is quickly becoming the Design Tokens management tool I've been trying (and stop/starting) to create over the last 3/4 years.
Seriously great open-source work here from @trysound.io
Website: app.engramma.dev
GitHub: github.com/TrySound/eng...
🙏🖤
Seriously great open-source work here from @trysound.io
Website: app.engramma.dev
GitHub: github.com/TrySound/eng...
🙏🖤
Reposted by Lars
🔥 New blog post: Web dependencies are broken. Can we fix them?
“Dear #JS ecosystem, I love you, but you have a dependency management problem when it comes to the Web, and the time has come for an intervention.”
Read more: lea.verou.me/blog/2026/we...
“Dear #JS ecosystem, I love you, but you have a dependency management problem when it comes to the Web, and the time has come for an intervention.”
Read more: lea.verou.me/blog/2026/we...
Web dependencies are broken. Can we fix them? • Lea Verou
Dear JS ecosystem, I love you, but you have a dependency management problem when it comes to the Web, and the time has come for an intervention.
lea.verou.me
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
🔥 New blog post: Web dependencies are broken. Can we fix them?
“Dear #JS ecosystem, I love you, but you have a dependency management problem when it comes to the Web, and the time has come for an intervention.”
Read more: lea.verou.me/blog/2026/we...
“Dear #JS ecosystem, I love you, but you have a dependency management problem when it comes to the Web, and the time has come for an intervention.”
Read more: lea.verou.me/blog/2026/we...
This list is nothing short of amazing projects. Last year, Knip would've probably ended up even higher than this year. What other tooling is missing here?
January 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This list is nothing short of amazing projects. Last year, Knip would've probably ended up even higher than this year. What other tooling is missing here?
Reposted by Lars
January 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Why open an issue if you're going to submit a PR that closes it right away anyway? Could just discuss it all in a single place?
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Why open an issue if you're going to submit a PR that closes it right away anyway? Could just discuss it all in a single place?
coding isn't dead
dead code is.. dead ✂️
go code, and feel something
dead code is.. dead ✂️
go code, and feel something
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
coding isn't dead
dead code is.. dead ✂️
go code, and feel something
dead code is.. dead ✂️
go code, and feel something
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✂️ Knip for Editors & Agents
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Knip for Editors & Agents
knip.dev
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
✂️ Knip for Editors & Agents
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
✂️ Knip v5.79.0 is out
No less than 3️⃣ plugins have been contributed by the great @alexanderkaran.bsky.social:
→ Knex
→ TanStack Start
→ VitePress
Also, there's proper support for git worktrees + a ton of improvements by other great contributors ❤️
→ github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
→ knip.dev
No less than 3️⃣ plugins have been contributed by the great @alexanderkaran.bsky.social:
→ Knex
→ TanStack Start
→ VitePress
Also, there's proper support for git worktrees + a ton of improvements by other great contributors ❤️
→ github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
→ knip.dev
January 2, 2026 at 7:38 AM
✂️ Knip v5.79.0 is out
No less than 3️⃣ plugins have been contributed by the great @alexanderkaran.bsky.social:
→ Knex
→ TanStack Start
→ VitePress
Also, there's proper support for git worktrees + a ton of improvements by other great contributors ❤️
→ github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
→ knip.dev
No less than 3️⃣ plugins have been contributed by the great @alexanderkaran.bsky.social:
→ Knex
→ TanStack Start
→ VitePress
Also, there's proper support for git worktrees + a ton of improvements by other great contributors ❤️
→ github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
→ knip.dev
✂️ Knip v5.78.0 is out
Did quite the run of bug fixing & triaging 😅
Shoutout to everyone involved! ❤️
Changelog: github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
Did quite the run of bug fixing & triaging 😅
Shoutout to everyone involved! ❤️
Changelog: github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
✂️ Knip v5.78.0 is out
Did quite the run of bug fixing & triaging 😅
Shoutout to everyone involved! ❤️
Changelog: github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
Did quite the run of bug fixing & triaging 😅
Shoutout to everyone involved! ❤️
Changelog: github.com/webpro-nl/kn...
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🎄 Happy holidays!
You can now import CSS custom properties into Engramma and get a flat list of design tokens, making it easier to migrate existing projects to standard format.
You can now import CSS custom properties into Engramma and get a flat list of design tokens, making it easier to migrate existing projects to standard format.
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🎄 Happy holidays!
You can now import CSS custom properties into Engramma and get a flat list of design tokens, making it easier to migrate existing projects to standard format.
You can now import CSS custom properties into Engramma and get a flat list of design tokens, making it easier to migrate existing projects to standard format.
✂️ Knip Extension v1.0.0 is out
For VS Code + Open VSX (e.g. Cursor)
▶️ Install the Knip extension, tell your coding agent to "configure knip" or "fix up knip config" and... profit!
Comes with MCP Server + custom guides + incremental docs for a generated A+ Knip config ✨
Clean code — redefined.
For VS Code + Open VSX (e.g. Cursor)
▶️ Install the Knip extension, tell your coding agent to "configure knip" or "fix up knip config" and... profit!
Comes with MCP Server + custom guides + incremental docs for a generated A+ Knip config ✨
Clean code — redefined.
December 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
✂️ Knip Extension v1.0.0 is out
For VS Code + Open VSX (e.g. Cursor)
▶️ Install the Knip extension, tell your coding agent to "configure knip" or "fix up knip config" and... profit!
Comes with MCP Server + custom guides + incremental docs for a generated A+ Knip config ✨
Clean code — redefined.
For VS Code + Open VSX (e.g. Cursor)
▶️ Install the Knip extension, tell your coding agent to "configure knip" or "fix up knip config" and... profit!
Comes with MCP Server + custom guides + incremental docs for a generated A+ Knip config ✨
Clean code — redefined.
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I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
2025: Year in Review | Semantic Fish Creative Group
This post gets personal about my experiences this year with grief, loss, health emergencies, and being disabled & working in accessibility in the US.
semanticfish.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
Reposted by Lars
Enjoying this channel to stay in the loop about.. that topic you may have heard of by now
youtube.com/@natebjones
youtube.com/@natebjones
AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
Clear, actionable AI strategy for builders & execs. Frameworks, workflows, and playbooks that deliver results.
I'm Nate B. Jones. 20-year product leader, AI strategist, and your guide through the noi...
youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Enjoying this channel to stay in the loop about.. that topic you may have heard of by now
youtube.com/@natebjones
youtube.com/@natebjones
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Available for remote (contract and full-time) work on web apps, design systems, real-time collaboration. DM me.
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Available for remote (contract and full-time) work on web apps, design systems, real-time collaboration. DM me.
✂️ 🦀 Pretty dang awesome to see this happening
Very interesting to see what other projects can pull off/improve in the space, this era of slop is in desperate need of such tools
crates.io/search?q=knip
Very interesting to see what other projects can pull off/improve in the space, this era of slop is in desperate need of such tools
crates.io/search?q=knip
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
✂️ 🦀 Pretty dang awesome to see this happening
Very interesting to see what other projects can pull off/improve in the space, this era of slop is in desperate need of such tools
crates.io/search?q=knip
Very interesting to see what other projects can pull off/improve in the space, this era of slop is in desperate need of such tools
crates.io/search?q=knip
✂️ 🆕 We're publishing on the Open VSX Registry as well
→ Get it here: open-vsx.org/extension/we...
→ Updated knip.dev/blog/for-edi...
🎁 Bonus feature: on hover of a dependency in package.json, usage locations across code & config files pop up
→ Get it here: open-vsx.org/extension/we...
→ Updated knip.dev/blog/for-edi...
🎁 Bonus feature: on hover of a dependency in package.json, usage locations across code & config files pop up
✂️ Knip for Editors & Agents
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Knip for Editors & Agents
knip.dev
December 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
✂️ 🆕 We're publishing on the Open VSX Registry as well
→ Get it here: open-vsx.org/extension/we...
→ Updated knip.dev/blog/for-edi...
🎁 Bonus feature: on hover of a dependency in package.json, usage locations across code & config files pop up
→ Get it here: open-vsx.org/extension/we...
→ Updated knip.dev/blog/for-edi...
🎁 Bonus feature: on hover of a dependency in package.json, usage locations across code & config files pop up
Enjoying this channel to stay in the loop about.. that topic you may have heard of by now
youtube.com/@natebjones
youtube.com/@natebjones
AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
Clear, actionable AI strategy for builders & execs. Frameworks, workflows, and playbooks that deliver results.
I'm Nate B. Jones. 20-year product leader, AI strategist, and your guide through the noi...
youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Enjoying this channel to stay in the loop about.. that topic you may have heard of by now
youtube.com/@natebjones
youtube.com/@natebjones
Reposted by Lars
I just tried it, it's amazing. It makes me want to walk around my codebase clicking on the links. It's fast and accurate. Amazing job!
It also pushed me to finally create a global knip config (instead of 1 per workspace), and this also works amazingly well.
Knip is such an amazing library!
It also pushed me to finally create a global knip config (instead of 1 per workspace), and this also works amazingly well.
Knip is such an amazing library!
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I just tried it, it's amazing. It makes me want to walk around my codebase clicking on the links. It's fast and accurate. Amazing job!
It also pushed me to finally create a global knip config (instead of 1 per workspace), and this also works amazingly well.
Knip is such an amazing library!
It also pushed me to finally create a global knip config (instead of 1 per workspace), and this also works amazingly well.
Knip is such an amazing library!
✂️ Knip for Editors & Agents
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Knip for Editors & Agents
knip.dev
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
✂️ Knip for Editors & Agents
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
Couldn't be more excited and proud to introduce the brand new VS Code Extension and MCP Server. For humans and coding agents alike, Knip will help keep your codebases tidy.
→ Read the blog post:
So... how's your day going? 😂
Anyway, release-it v19.1.0 has improved support for local `npm publish` workflows with 2FA/OTP/whatever npm throws at us
🚀 github.com/release-it/r...
(btw `pnpm run` is fine, but single-workspace only and still uses `npm publish`)
Anyway, release-it v19.1.0 has improved support for local `npm publish` workflows with 2FA/OTP/whatever npm throws at us
🚀 github.com/release-it/r...
(btw `pnpm run` is fine, but single-workspace only and still uses `npm publish`)
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
So... how's your day going? 😂
Anyway, release-it v19.1.0 has improved support for local `npm publish` workflows with 2FA/OTP/whatever npm throws at us
🚀 github.com/release-it/r...
(btw `pnpm run` is fine, but single-workspace only and still uses `npm publish`)
Anyway, release-it v19.1.0 has improved support for local `npm publish` workflows with 2FA/OTP/whatever npm throws at us
🚀 github.com/release-it/r...
(btw `pnpm run` is fine, but single-workspace only and still uses `npm publish`)
✂️ Did a search for "knip" on Twitter. Interesting to see the positive discourse going on over there (and on LinkedIn as well), while there isn't much of that on here except by myself. All good, but clearly time to back off a bit ❤️
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
✂️ Did a search for "knip" on Twitter. Interesting to see the positive discourse going on over there (and on LinkedIn as well), while there isn't much of that on here except by myself. All good, but clearly time to back off a bit ❤️