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diff --git a/about/resources.gmi b/about/resources.gmi index 5bbcdd43..be92b1a5 100644 --- a/about/resources.gmi +++ b/about/resources.gmi @@ -35,105 +35,105 @@ You won't find any links on this site because, over time, the links will break. In random order: -* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly -* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly -* Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly +* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly +* Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly +* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing +* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly +* Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press +* Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf +* 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications +* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress +* DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly +* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly * The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton -* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner -* Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing -* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt -* Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann -* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers -* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School +* DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible * Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications -* Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly -* DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly -* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress -* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly +* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders * C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup; +* The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle +* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly +* The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible +* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress +* Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly +* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley +* Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly +* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress +* Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt * 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly -* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing -* 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications +* Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann * Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress -* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional -* Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press -* Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt -* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional -* Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly -* Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer +* Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing +* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner +* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press +* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly +* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly +* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt * 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly -* Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly -* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly -* Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press +* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; +* Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers * The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook -* DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible +* Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly +* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School * Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy -* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley -* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress * Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson -* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly -* The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle -* Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers -* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly -* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders -* Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; -* Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf -* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress -* The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible -* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press +* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers +* Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer +* Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press ## Technical references I didn't read them from the beginning to the end, but I am using them to look up things. The books are in random order: -* BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley -* Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley -* Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly -* The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press -* Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas * Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt * Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly * Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly +* Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley +* Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas +* The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press +* BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley +* Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly ## Self-development and soft-skills books In random order: -* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University -* Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons -* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus -* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House -* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook -* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books -* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus -* Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook -* The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select -* Getting Things Done; David Allen -* Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley +* Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business +* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge * The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd * Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook -* The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers -* 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook -* Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne +* Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications +* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus +* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press +* The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite * The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME) +* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK +* Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy +* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks +* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books +* Getting Things Done; David Allen +* The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate +* Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin * Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion -* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press +* Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook * Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME) -* Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon -* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books -* Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications -* Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy -* Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business +* Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons * Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly -* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge -* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK -* Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing -* Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin +* Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne +* Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley +* The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers +* The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select +* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books +* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus * Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook -* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks -* Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business -* The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate -* The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite +* 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook +* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook +* Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business +* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University +* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House +* Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon +* Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing => ../notes/index.gmi Here are notes of mine for some of the books @@ -141,30 +141,30 @@ In random order: Some of these were in-person with exams; others were online learning lectures only. In random order: -* Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training -* The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online * F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc. -* MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training -* Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online -* AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training -* Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online * Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon -* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen * Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online -* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training -* Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) +* Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online * The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online * Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online +* Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online +* AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training * Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; Harold Abelson and more...; -* Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online +* Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online +* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen +* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training +* The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online +* MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training +* Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) +* Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training ## Technical guides These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very useful. in random order: * How CPUs work at https://cpu.land -* Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide * Raku Guide at https://raku.guide +* Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide ## Podcasts @@ -172,56 +172,56 @@ These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very use In random order: -* Fallthrough [Golang] +* BSD Now [BSD] +* Deep Questions with Cal Newport +* Cup o' Go [Golang] +* The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast * Modern Mentor * The Changelog Podcast(s) -* The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast +* Fallthrough [Golang] * Hidden Brain -* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) * Backend Banter -* BSD Now [BSD] +* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) +* Dev Interrupted * Fork Around And Find Out -* Cup o' Go [Golang] * Maintainable -* Dev Interrupted -* Deep Questions with Cal Newport ### Podcasts I liked I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "finished" (no more episodes) or I stopped listening to them due to time constraints or a shift in my interests. -* CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] -* Modern Mentor -* FLOSS weekly -* Java Pub House * Go Time (predecessor of fallthrough) * Ship It (predecessor of Fork Around And Find Out) +* Java Pub House +* CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] +* FLOSS weekly +* Modern Mentor ## Newsletters I like This is a mix of tech and non-tech newsletters I am subscribed to. In random order: -* The Valuable Dev -* byteSizeGo -* VK Newsletter +* Monospace Mentor * Changelog News -* Applied Go Weekly Newsletter -* The Pragmatic Engineer * Golang Weekly +* VK Newsletter * The Imperfectionist -* Register Spill -* Ruby Weekly -* Monospace Mentor * Andreas Brandhorst Newsletter (Sci-Fi author) +* The Valuable Dev +* byteSizeGo +* Applied Go Weekly Newsletter +* Ruby Weekly +* Register Spill +* The Pragmatic Engineer ## Magazines I like(d) This is a mix of tech I like(d). I may not be a current subscriber, but now and then, I buy an issue. In random order: -* freeX (not published anymore) * LWN (online only) -* Linux User * Linux Magazine +* freeX (not published anymore) +* Linux User # Formal education diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.gmi b/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi index eedbd2e3..e34015af 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment -> Published at 2025-06-22T18:49:11+03:00 +> Published at 2025-06-22T20:00:51+03:00 => ./task-samurai/logo.png Task Samurai Logo diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.gmi.tpl b/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi.tpl index 45c0ed84..7fe8cf4d 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.gmi.tpl +++ b/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi.tpl @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment -> Published at 2025-06-22T18:49:11+03:00 +> Published at 2025-06-22T20:00:51+03:00 => ./task-samurai/logo.png Task Samurai Logo diff --git a/gemfeed/atom.xml b/gemfeed/atom.xml index b0f1c5f4..f7bf5fc1 100644 --- a/gemfeed/atom.xml +++ b/gemfeed/atom.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> - <updated>2025-06-22T19:53:43+03:00</updated> + <updated>2025-06-22T20:00:52+03:00</updated> <title>foo.zone feed</title> <subtitle>To be in the .zone!</subtitle> <link href="gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/atom.xml" rel="self" /> @@ -152,6 +152,149 @@ </content> </entry> <entry> + <title>Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment</title> + <link href="gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi" /> + <id>gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi</id> + <updated>2025-06-22T20:00:51+03:00</updated> + <author> + <name>Paul Buetow aka snonux</name> + <email>paul@dev.buetow.org</email> + </author> + <summary>Task Samurai is a fast terminal interface for Taskwarrior written in Go using the Bubble Tea framework. It displays your tasks in a table and allows you to manage them without leaving your keyboard.</summary> + <content type="xhtml"> + <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <h1 style='display: inline' id='task-samurai-an-agentic-coding-learning-experiment'>Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment</h1><br /> +<br /> +<a href='./task-samurai/logo.png'><img alt='Task Samurai Logo' title='Task Samurai Logo' src='./task-samurai/logo.png' /></a><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li><a href='#task-samurai-an-agentic-coding-learning-experiment'>Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#introduction'>Introduction</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#why-does-this-exist'>Why does this exist?</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#how-it-works'>How it works</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#where-and-how-to-get-it'>Where and how to get it</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#lessons-learned-from-building-task-samurai-with-agentic-coding'>Lessons Learned from Building Task Samurai with Agentic Coding</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#how-it-went-down'>How it went down</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#what-went-wrong'>What went wrong</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#patterns-that-helped'>Patterns that helped</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#what-i-learned-using-agentic-coding'>What I learned using agentic coding</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#how-much-time-did-i-save'>How much time did I save?</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#conclusion'>Conclusion</a></li> +</ul><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='introduction'>Introduction</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Task Samurai is a fast terminal interface for Taskwarrior written in Go using the Bubble Tea framework. It displays your tasks in a table and allows you to manage them without leaving your keyboard.</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://taskwarrior.org'>https://taskwarrior.org</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea'>https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea</a><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='why-does-this-exist'>Why does this exist?</h3><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>I wanted to tinker with agentic coding. This project was entirely implemented using OpenAI Codex.</li> +<li>I wanted a faster UI for Taskwarrior than other options, like Vit, which is Python-based.</li> +<li>I wanted something built with Bubble Tea, but I never had time to dive deep into it.</li> +<li>I wanted to build a toy project (like Task Samurai) first, before tackling the big ones, to get started with agentic coding.</li> +</ul><br /> +<span>Given the current industry trend and the rapid advancements in technology, it has become clear that experimenting with AI-assisted coding tools is almost a necessity to stay relevant. Embracing these new developments doesn't mean abandoning traditional coding; instead, it means integrating new capabilities into your workflow to stay ahead in a fast-evolving field.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='how-it-works'>How it works</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Task Samurai invokes the <span class='inlinecode'>task</span> command (that's the original Taskwarrior CLI command) to read and modify tasks. The tasks are displayed in a Bubble Tea table, where each row represents a task. Hotkeys trigger Taskwarrior commands such as starting, completing or annotating tasks. The UI refreshes automatically after each action, so the table is always up to date.</span><br /> +<br /> +<a href='./task-samurai/screenshot.png'><img alt='Task Samurai Screenshot' title='Task Samurai Screenshot' src='./task-samurai/screenshot.png' /></a><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='where-and-how-to-get-it'>Where and how to get it</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Go to:</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://codeberg.org/snonux/tasksamurai'>https://codeberg.org/snonux/tasksamurai</a><br /> +<br /> +<span>And follow the <span class='inlinecode'>README.md</span>!</span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='lessons-learned-from-building-task-samurai-with-agentic-coding'>Lessons Learned from Building Task Samurai with Agentic Coding</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>If you've ever wanted to supercharge your dev speed—or just throw a fireworks display in your terminal—here's a peek behind the scenes of building Task Samurai. This terminal interface for Taskwarrior was developed entirely through agentic coding by me, leveraging OpenAI Codex to do all the heavy lifting (and sometimes some cleanup afterwards). The project name might be snappy, but it was the iterative, semi-automated workflow that made the impact.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>As a side note, I was trying out OpenAI Codex because I regularly run out of Claude Code CLI (another agentic coding tool I am trying out currently) credits (it still happens!), but Codex was still available to me. So, I seized the opportunity to push agentic coding a bit more.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>I didn't really love the web UI you have to use for Codex, as I usually live in the terminal. But this is all I have for Codex for now, and I thought I'd give it a try regardless. The web UI is simple and pretty straightforward. There's also a Codex CLI one could use directly in the terminal, but I didn't get it working. I will try again soon.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>For every task given to Codex, it spins up its own container. From there, you can drill down and watch what it is doing. At the end, the result (in the form of a code diff) will be presented. From there, you can make suggestions about what else to change in the codebase. Once satisfied, you can ask Codex to create a GitHub PR; from there, you can merge it and then pull it to your local laptop or workstation to test the changes again. I found myself looping a lot around the Codex UI, GitHub PRs, and local checkouts.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='how-it-went-down'>How it went down</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Task Samurai's codebase came together quickly: the entire Git history spans from June 19 to 22, 2025, culminating in 179 commits. Here are the broad strokes:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>June 19: Scaffolded the Go boilerplate, set up tests, integrated the Bubble Tea UI framework, and got the first table views showing up.</li> +<li>June 20: (The big one—120 commits!) Added hotkeys, colourized tasks, annotation support, undo/redo, and, for fun, fireworks on quit (which never worked and got removed at a later point). This is where most of the bugs, merges, and fast-paced changes happen.</li> +<li>June 21: Refined searching, theming, and column sizing and documented all those hotkeys. Numerous tweaks to make the UI cleaner and more user-friendly.</li> +<li>June 22: Final touches—added screenshots, polished the logo, fixed module paths… and then it was a wrap.</li> +</ul><br /> +<span>Most big breakthroughs (and bug introductions) came during that middle day of intense iteration. The latter stages were all about smoothing out the rough edges.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>It's worth noting that I worked on it in the evenings when I had some free time, as I also had to fit in my regular work and family commitments during the day. So, I didn't spend full working days on this project.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='what-went-wrong'>What went wrong</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Going agentic isn't all smooth sailing. Here are the hiccups I ran into, plus a few hard-earned lessons:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>Merge Floods: Every minor feature or fix existed on its branch, so merging was a constant process. It kept progress flowing but also drowned the committed history in noise and the occasional conflict. I found this to be an issue with OpenAI's Codex in particular. Not so much with other agentic coding tools like Claude Code CLI (not covered in this blog post.)</li> +<li>Fixes on Fixes: Features like "fireworks on exit" had chains of "fix exit," "fix cell selection," etc. Sometimes, new additions introduced bugs that needed rapid patching.</li> +</ul><br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='patterns-that-helped'>Patterns that helped</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Despite the chaos, a few strategies kept things moving:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>Scaffolding First: I started with the basic table UI and command wrappers, then layered on features—never the other way around.</li> +<li>Tiny PRs: Small, atomic merges meant feedback came fast (and so did fixes).</li> +<li>Tests Matter: A solid base of unit tests for task manipulations kept things from breaking entirely when experimenting.</li> +<li>Live Documentation: Documentation, such as the README, is updated regularly to reflect all the hotkey and feature changes.</li> +</ul><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='what-i-learned-using-agentic-coding'>What I learned using agentic coding</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Stepping into agentic coding with Codex as my "pair programmer" was a genuine shift. I learned a ton—not just about automating code generation, but also about how you have to tightly steer, guide, and audit every line as things move at breakneck speed. I must admit, I sometimes lost track of what all the generated code was actually doing. But as the features seemed to work after a few iterations, I was satisfied. </span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Discussing requirements with Codex forced me to clarify features and spot logical pitfalls earlier. All those fast iterations meant I was constantly coaxing more helpful, less ambiguous code out of the model—making me rethink how to break features into clear, testable steps. I now see agentic coding not just as a productivity tool but also as a learning accelerator.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='how-much-time-did-i-save'>How much time did I save?</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Here's the million-dollar (or many hours saved) question: Did it buy me speed?</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Let's do some back-of-the-envelope math:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>Say each commit takes Codex 5 minutes to generate, and you need to review/guide 179 commits = about _6 hours of active development_.</li> +<li>If you coded it all yourself, including all the bug fixes, features, design, and documentation, you might spend _10–20 hours_.</li> +<li>That's a couple of days potential savings.</li> +</ul><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='conclusion'>Conclusion</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Building Task Samurai with agentic coding was a wild ride—rapid feature growth, plenty of churns, countless fast fixes, and more merge commits I'd expected. The big lessons? Keep the iterations short (or maybe in my next experiment, much larger, with better and more complete design before generating a single line of code), keep tests and documentation concise, and review and refine for final polish at the end. Even with the bumps along the way, shipping a polished terminal UI in days instead of weeks is a testament to the raw power (and some hazards) of agentic development.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Am I an agentic coding expert now? I don't think so. There are still many things to learn, and the landscape is constantly evolving.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>While working on Task Samurai, there were times I genuinely missed manual coding and the satisfaction that comes from writing every line yourself, debugging issues through sheer logic, and crafting solutions from scratch. However, this is the direction in which the industry seems to be shifting, unfortunately. If applied correctly, AI will boost performance, and if you don't use AI, your next performance review may be awkward.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>If you're considering going agentic, be prepared for a sprint, keep your toolkit sharp, and be ready to learn a lot along the way.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Personally, I am not sure whether I like where the industry is going with agentic coding. I love "traditional" coding, and with agentic coding you operate at a higher level and don't interact directly with code as often, which I would miss. I think that in the future, designing, reviewing, and being able to read and understand code will be more important than writing code by hand.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Do you have any thoughts on that? I hope, I am partially wrong at least.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>E-Mail your comments to <span class='inlinecode'>paul@nospam.buetow.org</span> :-)</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='../'>Back to the main site</a><br /> + </div> + </content> + </entry> + <entry> <title>'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes</title> <link href="gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.gmi" /> <id>gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.gmi</id> @@ -10318,189 +10461,4 @@ no1 in 455 days, 18:52:44 | at Sun Jul 21 07:37:51 2024 </div> </content> </entry> - <entry> - <title>Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again²</title> - <link href="gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.gmi" /> - <id>gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.gmi</id> - <updated>2023-03-25T17:50:32+02:00</updated> - <author> - <name>Paul Buetow aka snonux</name> - <email>paul@dev.buetow.org</email> - </author> - <summary>I proudly announce that I've released Gemtexter version `2.0.0`. What is Gemtexter? It's my minimalist static site generator for Gemini Gemtext, HTML and Markdown written in GNU Bash.</summary> - <content type="xhtml"> - <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1 style='display: inline' id='gemtexter-200---let-s-gemtext-again'>Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again²</h1><br /> -<br /> -<span class='quote'>Published at 2023-03-25T17:50:32+02:00</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>I proudly announce that I've released Gemtexter version <span class='inlinecode'>2.0.0</span>. What is Gemtexter? It's my minimalist static site generator for Gemini Gemtext, HTML and Markdown written in GNU Bash.</span><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='https://codeberg.org/snonux/gemtexter'>https://codeberg.org/snonux/gemtexter</a><br /> -<br /> -<span>This is a new major release, so it contains a breaking change (see "Meta cache made obsolete").</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>Let's list what's new!</span><br /> -<br /> -<pre> --=[ typewriters ]=- 1/98 - - .-------. - _|~~ ~~ |_ .-------. - =(_|_______|_)= _|~~ ~~ |_ - |:::::::::| =(_|_______|_) - |:::::::[]| |:::::::::| - |o=======.| |:::::::[]| - jgs `"""""""""` |o=======.| - mod. by Paul Buetow `"""""""""` -</pre> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br /> -<br /> -<ul> -<li><a href='#gemtexter-200---let-s-gemtext-again'>Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again²</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#minimal-template-engine'>Minimal template engine</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#added-hooks'>Added hooks</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#use-of-safer-bash-options'>Use of safer Bash options</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#meta-cache-made-obsolete'>Meta cache made obsolete</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#xmllint-support'>XMLLint support</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#more'>More</a></li> -</ul><br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='minimal-template-engine'>Minimal template engine</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>Gemtexter now supports templating, enabling dynamically generated content to <span class='inlinecode'>.gmi</span> files before converting anything to any output format like HTML and Markdown.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>A template file name must have the suffix <span class='inlinecode'>gmi.tpl</span>. A template must be put into the same directory as the Gemtext <span class='inlinecode'>.gmi</span> file to be generated. Gemtexter will generate a Gemtext file <span class='inlinecode'>index.gmi</span> from a given template <span class='inlinecode'>index.gmi.tpl</span>. A <span class='inlinecode'><<<</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>>>></span> encloses a multiline template. All lines starting with <span class='inlinecode'><< </span> will be evaluated as a single line of Bash code and the output will be written into the resulting Gemtext file.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>For example, the template <span class='inlinecode'>index.gmi.tpl</span>:</span><br /> -<br /> -<pre> -# Hello world - -<< echo "> This site was generated at $(date --iso-8601=seconds) by \`Gemtexter\`" - -Welcome to this capsule! - -<<< - for i in {1..10}; do - echo Multiline template line $i - done ->>> -</pre> -<br /> -<span>... results into the following <span class='inlinecode'>index.gmi</span> after running <span class='inlinecode'>./gemtexter --generate</span> (or <span class='inlinecode'>./gemtexter --template</span>, which instructs to do only template processing and nothing else):</span><br /> -<br /> -<pre> -# Hello world - -> This site was generated at 2023-03-15T19:07:59+02:00 by `Gemtexter` - -Welcome to this capsule! - -Multiline template line 1 -Multiline template line 2 -Multiline template line 3 -Multiline template line 4 -Multiline template line 5 -Multiline template line 6 -Multiline template line 7 -Multiline template line 8 -Multiline template line 9 -Multiline template line 10 -</pre> -<br /> -<span>Another thing you can do is insert an index with links to similar blog posts. E.g.:</span><br /> -<br /> -<pre> -See more entries about DTail and Golang: - -<< template::inline::rindex dtail golang - -Blablabla... -</pre> -<br /> -<span>... scans all other post entries with <span class='inlinecode'>dtail</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>golang</span> in the file name and generates a link list like this:</span><br /> -<br /> -<pre> -See more entries about DTail and Golang: - -=> ./2022-10-30-installing-dtail-on-openbsd.gmi 2022-10-30 Installing DTail on OpenBSD -=> ./2022-04-22-programming-golang.gmi 2022-04-22 The Golang Programming language -=> ./2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.gmi 2022-03-06 The release of DTail 4.0.0 -=> ./2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.gmi 2021-04-22 DTail - The distributed log tail program (You are currently reading this) - -Blablabla... -</pre> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='added-hooks'>Added hooks</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>You can configure <span class='inlinecode'>PRE_GENERATE_HOOK</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>POST_PUBLISH_HOOK</span> to point to scripts to be executed before running <span class='inlinecode'>--generate</span>, or after running <span class='inlinecode'>--publish</span>. E.g. you could populate some of the content by an external script before letting Gemtexter do its thing or you could automatically deploy the site after running <span class='inlinecode'>--publish</span>.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>The sample config file <span class='inlinecode'>gemtexter.conf</span> includes this as an example now; these scripts will only be executed when they actually exist:</span><br /> -<br /> -<!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.9 -by Lorenzo Bettini -http://www.lorenzobettini.it -http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> -<pre><b><u><font color="#000000">declare</font></u></b> -xr PRE_GENERATE_HOOK=./pre_generate_hook.sh -<b><u><font color="#000000">declare</font></u></b> -xr POST_PUBLISH_HOOK=./post_publish_hook.sh -</pre> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='use-of-safer-bash-options'>Use of safer Bash options</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>Gemtexter now does <span class='inlinecode'>set -euf -o pipefile</span>, which helps to eliminate bugs and to catch scripting errors sooner. Previous versions only <span class='inlinecode'>set -e</span>.</span><br /> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='meta-cache-made-obsolete'>Meta cache made obsolete</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>Here is the breaking change to older versions of Gemtexter. The <span class='inlinecode'>$BASE_CONTENT_DIR/meta</span> directory was made obsolete. <span class='inlinecode'>meta</span> was used to store various information about all the blog post entries to make generating an Atom feed in Bash easier. Especially the publishing dates of each post were stored there. Instead, the publishing date is now encoded in the <span class='inlinecode'>.gmi</span> file. And if it is missing, Gemtexter will set it to the current date and time at first run.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>An example blog post without any publishing date looks like this:</span><br /> -<br /> -<!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.9 -by Lorenzo Bettini -http://www.lorenzobettini.it -http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> -<pre>% cat gemfeed/<font color="#000000">2023</font>-<font color="#000000">02</font>-<font color="#000000">26</font>-title-here.gmi -<i><font color="silver"># Title here</font></i> - -The remaining content of the Gemtext file... -</pre> -<br /> -<span>Gemtexter will add a line starting with <span class='inlinecode'>> Published at ...</span> now. Any subsequent Atom feed generation will then use that date.</span><br /> -<br /> -<!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.9 -by Lorenzo Bettini -http://www.lorenzobettini.it -http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> -<pre>% cat gemfeed/<font color="#000000">2023</font>-<font color="#000000">02</font>-<font color="#000000">26</font>-title-here.gmi -<i><font color="silver"># Title here</font></i> - -> Published at <font color="#000000">2023</font>-<font color="#000000">02</font>-26T21:<font color="#000000">43</font>:<font color="#000000">51</font>+<font color="#000000">01</font>:<font color="#000000">00</font> - -The remaining content of the Gemtext file... -</pre> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='xmllint-support'>XMLLint support</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>Optionally, when the <span class='inlinecode'>xmllint</span> binary is installed, Gemtexter will perform a simple XML lint check against the Atom feed generated. This is a double-check of whether the Atom feed is a valid XML.</span><br /> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='more'>More</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>Additionally, there were a couple of bug fixes, refactorings and overall improvements in the documentation made. </span><br /> -<br /> -<span>E-Mail your comments to <span class='inlinecode'>paul@nospam.buetow.org</span> :-)</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>Other related posts are:</span><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2024-10-02-gemtexter-3.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-4.html'>2024-10-02 Gemtexter 3.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again⁴</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2023-07-21-gemtexter-2.1.0-lets-gemtext-again-3.html'>2023-07-21 Gemtexter 2.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again³</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html'>2023-03-25 Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again² (You are currently reading this)</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.html'>2022-08-27 Gemtexter 1.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html'>2021-06-05 Gemtexter - One Bash script to rule it all</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html'>2021-04-24 Welcome to the Geminispace</a><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='../'>Back to the main site</a><br /> - </div> - </content> - </entry> </feed> diff --git a/gemfeed/index.gmi b/gemfeed/index.gmi index 6d6dea78..7e19e61d 100644 --- a/gemfeed/index.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/index.gmi @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ## To be in the .zone! => ./2025-07-22-task-samurai.gmi 2025-07-22 - Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment +=> ./2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi 2025-06-22 - Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment => ./2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.gmi 2025-06-07 - 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes => ./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.gmi 2025-05-11 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network => ./2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.gmi 2025-05-02 - Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Fish edition @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Hello! -> This site was generated at 2025-06-22T19:53:43+03:00 by `Gemtexter` +> This site was generated at 2025-06-22T20:01:59+03:00 by `Gemtexter` Welcome to the ... @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Everything you read on this site is my personal opinion and experience. You can ### Posts => ./gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.gmi 2025-07-22 - Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment +=> ./gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi 2025-06-22 - Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment => ./gemfeed/2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.gmi 2025-06-07 - 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes => ./gemfeed/2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.gmi 2025-05-11 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network => ./gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.gmi 2025-05-02 - Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Fish edition diff --git a/uptime-stats.gmi b/uptime-stats.gmi index acc0943d..c6a76af3 100644 --- a/uptime-stats.gmi +++ b/uptime-stats.gmi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # My machine uptime stats -> This site was last updated at 2025-06-22T19:53:43+03:00 +> This site was last updated at 2025-06-22T20:01:59+03:00 The following stats were collected via `uptimed` on all of my personal computers over many years and the output was generated by `guprecords`, the global uptime records stats analyser of mine. |