🎱 Josh Branchaud ✨
@jbranchaud.bsky.social
Free-Range Software Dev and Consultant ✨ PostgreSQL • Ruby on Rails • TypeScript • React ✨ 🏃🐈🍹🎱 (he/him) | Chicago | Work with me: visualmode.dev
and if it isn't clear from the screenshot, that's just the markdown file buffer while in normal mode. as soon as I transition to insert mode, I see the pre-rendered text version of the table.
here is insert mode
here is insert mode
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
and if it isn't clear from the screenshot, that's just the markdown file buffer while in normal mode. as soon as I transition to insert mode, I see the pre-rendered text version of the table.
here is insert mode
here is insert mode
the markdown rendering plugin that I use in neovim has some really nice small touches, including using a subtle gradient for table borders
github.com/jbranchaud/d...
github.com/jbranchaud/d...
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
the markdown rendering plugin that I use in neovim has some really nice small touches, including using a subtle gradient for table borders
github.com/jbranchaud/d...
github.com/jbranchaud/d...
We’re watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It’s a performance of a lifetime from Jim Carrey.
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We’re watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It’s a performance of a lifetime from Jim Carrey.
The cats have been adoring the Catvent Calendar I got them from Costco.
Genuinely impressed by the quality of stuff in here considering it was ~$20.
Genuinely impressed by the quality of stuff in here considering it was ~$20.
December 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The cats have been adoring the Catvent Calendar I got them from Costco.
Genuinely impressed by the quality of stuff in here considering it was ~$20.
Genuinely impressed by the quality of stuff in here considering it was ~$20.
We got so much unexpected free cheese product at the Christkindlmarket
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We got so much unexpected free cheese product at the Christkindlmarket
my cat is over here red teaming claude code
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
my cat is over here red teaming claude code
Watching the Daniel Radcliffe movie (Guns Akimbo) this meme is from
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Watching the Daniel Radcliffe movie (Guns Akimbo) this meme is from
I’m reading my second book by Emily St. John Mandel — Last Night In Montreal
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I’m reading my second book by Emily St. John Mandel — Last Night In Montreal
Thinking about how this person has *4* OpenAI subscriptions and a Claude subscription so that they can run LLM coding agents non-stop all day.
steipete.me/posts/just-t...
steipete.me/posts/just-t...
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thinking about how this person has *4* OpenAI subscriptions and a Claude subscription so that they can run LLM coding agents non-stop all day.
steipete.me/posts/just-t...
steipete.me/posts/just-t...
Also, the llms.txt file available on the @kit.com documentation site is a very nice touch as well.
Claude knew to look for it when it got tired of me not pasting in all the documentation it needed.
Claude knew to look for it when it got tired of me not pasting in all the documentation it needed.
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Also, the llms.txt file available on the @kit.com documentation site is a very nice touch as well.
Claude knew to look for it when it got tired of me not pasting in all the documentation it needed.
Claude knew to look for it when it got tired of me not pasting in all the documentation it needed.
I've seen a couple sets of API docs recently (Twilio and @kit.com) that have made it easy to copy specific pages from their docs into your LLM tool of choice.
I think this is going to quickly become table stakes for being a good API docs site.
I think this is going to quickly become table stakes for being a good API docs site.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I've seen a couple sets of API docs recently (Twilio and @kit.com) that have made it easy to copy specific pages from their docs into your LLM tool of choice.
I think this is going to quickly become table stakes for being a good API docs site.
I think this is going to quickly become table stakes for being a good API docs site.
I watched S5 of Slow Horses over the past two weeks on the spin bike.
It wasn’t as strong as past seasons, but still a lot of fun.
It wasn’t as strong as past seasons, but still a lot of fun.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I watched S5 of Slow Horses over the past two weeks on the spin bike.
It wasn’t as strong as past seasons, but still a lot of fun.
It wasn’t as strong as past seasons, but still a lot of fun.
Broke 100,000 points in @chess.com Puzzles, for whatever that’s worth.
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Broke 100,000 points in @chess.com Puzzles, for whatever that’s worth.
Usually when I make the case that you should be pushing changes to a remote often even if the PR/branch isn't "finished", I imagine your laptop flying out the car window or onto an active train track.
But how about Shai-Hulud wiping your home directory?
www.aikido.dev/blog/shai-hu...
But how about Shai-Hulud wiping your home directory?
www.aikido.dev/blog/shai-hu...
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Usually when I make the case that you should be pushing changes to a remote often even if the PR/branch isn't "finished", I imagine your laptop flying out the car window or onto an active train track.
But how about Shai-Hulud wiping your home directory?
www.aikido.dev/blog/shai-hu...
But how about Shai-Hulud wiping your home directory?
www.aikido.dev/blog/shai-hu...
Finally took the initiative to find that annoying OS setting and turn it off.
In this case, 'add a period if I tap the space bar twice too quickly'.
In this case, 'add a period if I tap the space bar twice too quickly'.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Finally took the initiative to find that annoying OS setting and turn it off.
In this case, 'add a period if I tap the space bar twice too quickly'.
In this case, 'add a period if I tap the space bar twice too quickly'.
@johnlindquist.com I have this @scriptkit.com script that detects if I already have a caffeinate session going, tells me the remaining time, and gives some options.
This info gets crunched into the `arg` input area. I could make it shorter, but is there a better way to display info like this?
This info gets crunched into the `arg` input area. I could make it shorter, but is there a better way to display info like this?
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@johnlindquist.com I have this @scriptkit.com script that detects if I already have a caffeinate session going, tells me the remaining time, and gives some options.
This info gets crunched into the `arg` input area. I could make it shorter, but is there a better way to display info like this?
This info gets crunched into the `arg` input area. I could make it shorter, but is there a better way to display info like this?
I finally got on the "Use Raycast's Emoji Picker" train and it is soooo superior to the built-in macOS one.
It toggles open with the same keybinding, but search is always in focus. Keyboard or mouse navigation to quickly select recently used emojis or ones filtered by search.
It toggles open with the same keybinding, but search is always in focus. Keyboard or mouse navigation to quickly select recently used emojis or ones filtered by search.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I finally got on the "Use Raycast's Emoji Picker" train and it is soooo superior to the built-in macOS one.
It toggles open with the same keybinding, but search is always in focus. Keyboard or mouse navigation to quickly select recently used emojis or ones filtered by search.
It toggles open with the same keybinding, but search is always in focus. Keyboard or mouse navigation to quickly select recently used emojis or ones filtered by search.
MacOS calculator has a "programmer" mode.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
MacOS calculator has a "programmer" mode.
I’ve got this special bottle of Maker’s that I consider an anniversary bottle. I open it once a year and have a pour to celebrate the anniversary of starting my freelance business.
Celebrating 5 years as of this month 🥳
Celebrating 5 years as of this month 🥳
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I’ve got this special bottle of Maker’s that I consider an anniversary bottle. I open it once a year and have a pour to celebrate the anniversary of starting my freelance business.
Celebrating 5 years as of this month 🥳
Celebrating 5 years as of this month 🥳
LLMs, especially Claude Code, write a *lot*.
Left to their own devices they'll write a 2000-line planning doc instead of a 200-line one.
Nice tip from @mattpocock.com here to add a top-level "be more concise" rule to the CLAUDE rules file.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-z...
Left to their own devices they'll write a 2000-line planning doc instead of a 200-line one.
Nice tip from @mattpocock.com here to add a top-level "be more concise" rule to the CLAUDE rules file.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-z...
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
LLMs, especially Claude Code, write a *lot*.
Left to their own devices they'll write a 2000-line planning doc instead of a 200-line one.
Nice tip from @mattpocock.com here to add a top-level "be more concise" rule to the CLAUDE rules file.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-z...
Left to their own devices they'll write a 2000-line planning doc instead of a 200-line one.
Nice tip from @mattpocock.com here to add a top-level "be more concise" rule to the CLAUDE rules file.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-z...
We're really enjoying Tim Robinson's The Chair Company so far.
It is fantastically bizarre. At any given moment I'm never sure how seriously to take it. It's deeply infused with Robinson's humor yet unlike any of his previous projects.
It is fantastically bizarre. At any given moment I'm never sure how seriously to take it. It's deeply infused with Robinson's humor yet unlike any of his previous projects.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We're really enjoying Tim Robinson's The Chair Company so far.
It is fantastically bizarre. At any given moment I'm never sure how seriously to take it. It's deeply infused with Robinson's humor yet unlike any of his previous projects.
It is fantastically bizarre. At any given moment I'm never sure how seriously to take it. It's deeply infused with Robinson's humor yet unlike any of his previous projects.
This summer I read Keigo Higashino’s The Devotion of Suspect X while in Tokyo. It was an excellent murder mystery.
Now I’m reading the next in the series — Salvation of a Saint.
Now I’m reading the next in the series — Salvation of a Saint.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This summer I read Keigo Higashino’s The Devotion of Suspect X while in Tokyo. It was an excellent murder mystery.
Now I’m reading the next in the series — Salvation of a Saint.
Now I’m reading the next in the series — Salvation of a Saint.
I decided to go with the fancier version of their top pick for ceramic heater, instead of a more expensive oil-filled radiator.
Me and the cats are loving it so far.
Me and the cats are loving it so far.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I decided to go with the fancier version of their top pick for ceramic heater, instead of a more expensive oil-filled radiator.
Me and the cats are loving it so far.
Me and the cats are loving it so far.