For the past few weeks, I've been working on a notes app to organize my life better. Here's a new concept: "organize" view: - See everything you wrote down since the last time you organized - Delete, archive, or copy to a related note - Edit if you need to Watch the progress until you're done ✅

I built an advent calendar of 25 tips on how to use the Warp terminal. Made with Astro + plain HTML + view transitions. I think the letter flip animation turned out nice ☃️ go.warp.dev/advent-of-warp-2025

This is so freaking cool. I’m hoping for a future where all the Peter F Hamilton books become a reality with the device in your pocket alone

Such an underrated announcement: The Gemma 270 Mil model handles tool calls now. - Runs on mobile hardware, no server needed - Can handle actions like navigating an app (ex. Make a calendar appointment) - Can be trained on consumer hardware Huge! youtu.be/-Tgc_9uYJLI?...

I'm going live in a few minutes to demo what the "Warp ambient agents platform" is! We're talking GitHub actions, a TypeScript SDK to run Warp agents remotely, a cron scheduler, and more. Come check it out! www.youtube.com/live/qTMOJog...

When it comes to error handling, Swift is what JavaScript should've been. Here's why!

This is an excellent talk. HIs tips on listening to users are SUPER relevant to any design work you'll do as a programmer, including API design

If you’re interested in coding and haven’t checked out Ben’s stream yet, you’re missing out! Ben is a fantastic streamer despite the fact that he prefers whiteboards to chalkboards. But hey.. no one is perfect! 😁

POV: your engineering manager can hear your thoughts

I fell off the livestreams because 3-4 times a week was too much. So, I'm bringing them back, but *just* Tuesday 8:30am ET. We'll see how it goes! 🔔 Catch me this week: www.twitch.tv/bholmesdev/s...

React Native is way faster than it used to be. How does it actually work? Here's a 1 minute explainer ⚛️

We mocked up this cute little advent calendar. Want to see it come to life as a microsite? Join me Wed at 12pm ET to build it live on YouTube ☃️ RSVP: luma.com/t0rb20ag

Update your package versions y'all. Because I'm now Dev Rel Lead at Warp!

Learning SwiftUI as a longtime React user. First thing that really stands out: `.task` Basically, you can attach an async function to any piece of UI, and it'll run anytime that UI mounts. Useful to, say, set up a Convex subscription and store data as state. Clean 👍

You may have heard that Anthropic has... a complicated relationship with MCPs 💀 Here's what's wrong with MCP, and some powerful, token-efficient alternatives!

Trying out @expo.dev for the first time since college. Gotta say, hot reloading that beams to my phone is crazy cool. It’s come a long way!

Tell me you listen to too much Casiopea without telling me you listen to too much Casiopea (It’s Japanese jazz funk that inspired Mario kart music and it SLAPS okay)

Flutter is the impossible burger of mobile app frameworks. It can be surprisingly convincing at times… but you know it ain’t the real thing.

Coding track of the week: Islands of Men by Geese. Just got turned onto these guys. Incredible talent open.spotify.com/track/75DUBu...

I'm cancelling this week's Twitch streams for Thanksgiving. But don't worry... the whiteboard guy is returning the Monday after for a new vid 👀

I'm going live at 12pm ET to work on my open source JS libraries using Warp! If you like JavaScript, but you're kinda skeptical if agents are any good, this is for you luma.com/se5nph58

LLMs have finally stopped recommending React. Nature is healing 🧡

Happy Rosalia release day everyone. This album is... I'm stunned open.spotify.com/track/2T8yuU...

How it started (2021) How it’s going (2025)

Adding some depth to this notes app mock. What if the pages were a little bit 3D?

Okay, what's wrong with Apple Notes? Give me your hottest takes

Y'all are getting a video next Monday. Otherwise... I owe my friend $10

Y'all need to use Voiceink for voice dictation. It's fast, 100% local, open source, compilable from the GitHub repo, and no subscription fee. Replaced Wisprflow with it and it's just as fast and accurate. 🔊 Sound on!

Decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator today, and I found a $10 bill just sitting there. This is a sign. Always take the stairs

I'm building a file explorer in React + Rust. And @tauri.app is AMAZING for accessing the file system safely 👀

I've been working on a markdown-based notes app in my garage, and I've slowly realized... I think I want a file explorer 🫠 I wish Finder had preview panes for files to: - Edit markdown in rich text - Plan, crop, and compress screen recordings - Annotate images So that's what I'm gonna build

I was there and can verify

I'm live building apple notes, but markdown and claude code compatible. Come join me! twitch.tv/bholmesdev 🔴

Huge, huge shoutout to @tantacrul.bsky.social for the work he's done for music production OSS. Been following the youtube for a while, and this deep dive on UX challenges building Audacity 4 was incredible. Taking notes, thank you sir 🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYM3...

⚠️ Whiteboard guy now streams weekday mornings ⚠️ Gonna do 90 min blocks Mon-Thurs this week to test the waters. See you on twitch 🫡

Today's coding track: Second Sleep by Magdalena Bay This band somehow went from Britney Spears level pop to Bowie level epics. So here for it open.spotify.com/track/47N21f...

💥 The whiteboard guy is back. And it’s a big one. 💡 Here are two tips you probably haven’t heard before to make React apps feel native. Friendly to web devs, Tauri devs, and Electron devs alike! Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPO...

Thrilled to announce Webflow's $150,000 donation to support Astro's open source development! PLUS... Webflow chooses Astro to power their just-announced AI app gen tool, coming soon.

My quest continues to build "Apple Notes, but markdown and cross-platform." Big changes: Switched from Svelte to React Switched from raw ProseMirror to TipTap Switched from opening files to writing files to a directory automatically, complete with file name generation ✨

💡Tip: if you need to add keyboard shortcut banners to your app, you can find all the shortcut symbols in that Raycast emoji picker

I still vibe with this problem, but I don't like the solution anymore. My goal is to build a notetaking solution that's as easy to use as apple notes, and as powerful for organization as Notion. And I think that means a whole new app. And, yes, AI. Rough sketch of a "smart search" mechanism:

🤯 What, Chrome has an AI summarizer API built in now?? - No API keys, no internet. Runs locally - Downloads the model on-demand - Available as a global in the latest version of Chrome. Works in chrome extensions too I have so many chrome extension ideas now...

Okay, @tldraw.com is the best whiteboarding app 🏆 - Attention to detail off-the-charts. Even the dashes resize to always stay symmetrical - Keyboard shortcuts are snappy. shift+2 to focus a selection, shift+1 to see everything - Available as an SDK to embed anywhere

I've been annoyed with notetaking apps for a while. And after 5-10 false starts... I think I figured out what to build. It's not a markdown editor, and it's not an all-in-one solution. But it's (hopefully) a really cool and powerful idea. Curious what y'all think:

🔥 The MacOS Stickies app is so underrated. - Little floating windows to take notes throughout the day - Can pin/float on top of whatever you're doing - Can color-coat to organize thoughts ...Probably hasn't been changed since the 90s, but you can't knock stable software

🔥 Mingcute has been my go-to icon library for a while. - Open source and open license - "Cute" and bubbly icon style with more options than most - Really nice Figma plugin - Iconify support to use in any web project

Good morning Taravangian. I see we have failed the intelligence test today...

Adapted my app logo to a desktop icon. What do we think?

🙄 Your CSS box-shadows could look better... Check out this Beautiful Shadows plugin I found on Figma. Lets you play with elevation, brightness, and distance for fancy, multi-layered shadows. Copy as CSS to plop in your project or your Tailwind theme!

Okay, I freaking love this book. From the guy who wrote the Martian. Interesting science facts, good story, lot of humor. But I keep saying “amaze amaze amaze” to myself when my code compiles now www.audible.com/pd/B08G9PRS1...