Michael Wood
@wodin.bsky.social
Switching to a local tool like gemini-cli, codex-cli or claude code is much better than the web interfaces for editing code
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Switching to a local tool like gemini-cli, codex-cli or claude code is much better than the web interfaces for editing code
it's kind of like if they did interviews with a ouija board and used that as a representative of hasbro
It’s legitimately amazing how using a chatbot UI for your LLM has successfully gaslit whole swathes of the media into treating it as a verified source for news about itself.
January 11, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Discovered that a week or two ago as well
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Discovered that a week or two ago as well
Apparently Grok hallucinated that "paid accounts only" restriction and the media believed it
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Apparently Grok hallucinated that "paid accounts only" restriction and the media believed it
Not sure if evalite might be usable for this:
github.com/mattpocock/e...
github.com/mattpocock/e...
GitHub - mattpocock/evalite: Evaluate your LLM-powered apps with TypeScript
Evaluate your LLM-powered apps with TypeScript. Contribute to mattpocock/evalite development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Not sure if evalite might be usable for this:
github.com/mattpocock/e...
github.com/mattpocock/e...
Get a polarised filter (if you can) :)
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Get a polarised filter (if you can) :)
Seems sort of related. Haven't tried it: Ralph Wiggum
twitter.com/mattpocockuk...
twitter.com/mattpocockuk...
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Seems sort of related. Haven't tried it: Ralph Wiggum
twitter.com/mattpocockuk...
twitter.com/mattpocockuk...
I was a bit older. Had to reach around the back of the TV cabinet to unplug my ZX Spectrum, but the socket was quite tight, so I readjusted my fingers to get a better grip and touched the live and neutral pins. Hello 230V
January 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I was a bit older. Had to reach around the back of the TV cabinet to unplug my ZX Spectrum, but the socket was quite tight, so I readjusted my fingers to get a better grip and touched the live and neutral pins. Hello 230V
Yeah! Galaxy Tab is much better!
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December 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yeah! Galaxy Tab is much better!
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Same. I turned off autocompact a while ago. Not sure how much it helped, but it *seemed* to help.
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Same. I turned off autocompact a while ago. Not sure how much it helped, but it *seemed* to help.
Do you have autocompact enabled? Do you have the context window % in your status line? I'm interested to know if there's any correlation between those sorts of issues and the fullness of the context window.
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Do you have autocompact enabled? Do you have the context window % in your status line? I'm interested to know if there's any correlation between those sorts of issues and the fullness of the context window.
I find that getting Claude, Gemini and Codex to review the changes afterwards often picks up issues, although Gemini (2.5. Maybe 3 is better) is way too eager to say everything's brilliant.
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I find that getting Claude, Gemini and Codex to review the changes afterwards often picks up issues, although Gemini (2.5. Maybe 3 is better) is way too eager to say everything's brilliant.
µmging is more about the context win + what phase of the plan to do next than the code changes. What I don't like about plan mode is that it wants to immediately start making changes after finishing the plan. I tell it to stop. I manually switch out of plan mode and go from there
Review screenshot:
Review screenshot:
December 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
µmging is more about the context win + what phase of the plan to do next than the code changes. What I don't like about plan mode is that it wants to immediately start making changes after finishing the plan. I tell it to stop. I manually switch out of plan mode and go from there
Review screenshot:
Review screenshot:
I add directories of relevant stuff, but often have to remind it that it has access to it and it doesn't have to search the web
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I add directories of relevant stuff, but often have to remind it that it has access to it and it doesn't have to search the web
I just finished watching the 2023 Death in Paradise Christmas Special! 😊
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I just finished watching the 2023 Death in Paradise Christmas Special! 😊
I do feel I need to do a lot of micromanaging, though.
I'm trying more unit tests, e2e tests and getting Claude to run them after making changes and propose new tests for new features. So far looks promising, but I've only just added the thing about proposing test, so don't know how well it'll work
I'm trying more unit tests, e2e tests and getting Claude to run them after making changes and propose new tests for new features. So far looks promising, but I've only just added the thing about proposing test, so don't know how well it'll work
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I do feel I need to do a lot of micromanaging, though.
I'm trying more unit tests, e2e tests and getting Claude to run them after making changes and propose new tests for new features. So far looks promising, but I've only just added the thing about proposing test, so don't know how well it'll work
I'm trying more unit tests, e2e tests and getting Claude to run them after making changes and propose new tests for new features. So far looks promising, but I've only just added the thing about proposing test, so don't know how well it'll work
like above 30% (sometimes I let it go higher, but don't really like it higher than 30-something), then I compact before doing the next phase.
Then I get Claude to review the changes and also get Gemini and Codex to review them. Codex seems better at this, but they all find issues to fix
Then I get Claude to review the changes and also get Gemini and Codex to review them. Codex seems better at this, but they all find issues to fix
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
like above 30% (sometimes I let it go higher, but don't really like it higher than 30-something), then I compact before doing the next phase.
Then I get Claude to review the changes and also get Gemini and Codex to review them. Codex seems better at this, but they all find issues to fix
Then I get Claude to review the changes and also get Gemini and Codex to review them. Codex seems better at this, but they all find issues to fix
I have been getting Claude to write a plan, then it often asks questions about aspects of thd work, which I answer. Then I might ask it about parts of it or tell it what I want changed, etc. Then I get it to do one phase or sub-phase. I have the context % in my status line. If it starts getting high
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have been getting Claude to write a plan, then it often asks questions about aspects of thd work, which I answer. Then I might ask it about parts of it or tell it what I want changed, etc. Then I get it to do one phase or sub-phase. I have the context % in my status line. If it starts getting high
Weird. I use it a lot. I have been using these instructions in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, based on @mattpocock.com's since a bit before they started autosaving the plans under ~/.claude, and I have been happy with it
December 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Weird. I use it a lot. I have been using these instructions in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, based on @mattpocock.com's since a bit before they started autosaving the plans under ~/.claude, and I have been happy with it
Have you tried pressing Shift-Tab to get into plan mode? It should automatically write the plan to ~/.claude/plans/...
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Have you tried pressing Shift-Tab to get into plan mode? It should automatically write the plan to ~/.claude/plans/...
Maybe some of Evan Bacon's stuff?
e.g. github.com/EvanBacon/ex...
e.g. github.com/EvanBacon/ex...
GitHub - EvanBacon/expo-rsc-movies: Expo Router movie search app with React Server Components
Expo Router movie search app with React Server Components - EvanBacon/expo-rsc-movies
github.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Maybe some of Evan Bacon's stuff?
e.g. github.com/EvanBacon/ex...
e.g. github.com/EvanBacon/ex...
In current versions I don't see a way to clean them up manually, but you can just tell it to kill them
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In current versions I don't see a way to clean them up manually, but you can just tell it to kill them
On Linux it uses `timeout`. Doesn't appear to exist on macOS by default. One version can be had by `brew install uutils-coreutils`
December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
On Linux it uses `timeout`. Doesn't appear to exist on macOS by default. One version can be had by `brew install uutils-coreutils`