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A Catch-Up: terminal-svg and Token Use v1

Two projects worth writing about: terminal-svg, a new Rust tool for pixel-perfect terminal screenshots, and Token Use finally reaching v1

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A Catch-Up: terminal-svg and Token Use v1

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Playing with Headroom: Compressing the Context Going to My AI Coding Agents

Playing with Headroom: Compressing the Context Going to My AI Coding Agents

I spent a few days running Headroom, a local proxy that promises to cut the tokens your AI coding agent sends to the provider. The savings are real, but they're not where the dashboard first makes you think they are.

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codebase-memory-mcp: Giving Claude Code (and Codex) a Map

codebase-memory-mcp: Giving Claude Code (and Codex) a Map

A short look at codebase-memory-mcp, an MCP server that indexes your codebase into a queryable knowledge graph so Claude Code or Codex can answer structural questions without grepping every file.

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Counting the Cost of Vibe Coding

Counting the Cost of Vibe Coding

A local-first dashboard for tracking AI coding tool spend across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and Gemini CLI - with a TUI, a desktop app, and zero API keys required.

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Is my blog Agent-Ready?

Is my blog Agent-Ready?

Running russ.cloud through isitagentready.com and wiring up the checks that actually make sense for a static blog - Link headers, Content Signals, agent-skills discovery, llms.txt, and a tiny Cloudflare Worker to serve markdown on demand.

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Introducing AI Commit

Introducing AI Commit

A Rust CLI I built to stop writing terrible commit messages - aic generates AI-powered commit messages, PR drafts, diff reviews, and repo visualisations from your staged changes.

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Introducing Hosts Butler

Introducing Hosts Butler

A terminal-based hosts file manager built in Rust that I wrote to stop manually editing /etc/hosts with a text editor and hoping I didn't break anything.

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