Thinking about the highs and lows of writing code, especially these days: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/18/the-highs-and-the-lows.html #programming

Last night Gemini CLI spent some time "thinking" it was writing code, but produced nothing; which got me thinking about an event over 30 years back: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/17/busy-doing-nothing.html #ai #agent

Finally put the MacBook down and picked up the #steamcontroller to take it for a spin: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/16/finally-used-the-steam-controller.html #steam #SteamDeck #gaming

Having let both Gemini and Copilot have a run at the responsive image feature, I think I've picked a side: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/16/gemini-cli-vs-github-copilot-the-result.html #ai #agent #python #programming

Currently playing with adding support for https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Responsive_images sort of thing to BlogMore, and while it's kinda working, I'm also "eh, should I though?" given my built blog goes from 100MB to 180MB instantly.

Gemini CLI vs GitHub Copilot (while it lasts): fight! https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/16/gemini-cli-vs-github-copilot-redux.html #ai #agent

That's all the images on my blog migrated to WebP: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/15/converted-to-webp.html #blogging

I've released #braindrop v1.1.0, which adds a small UI navigation improvement: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/15/braindrop-v1-1-0.html #terminal #bookmark #raindrop #python #programming

#blogmore v2.23.0 is now available, with some cache control, some extra cache usage, and auto-reload for pages in the browser when in serve mode. https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/14/blogmore-v2-23-0.html #python #programming #ssg #blogging #writing

I'm finding Gemini CLI is kind of messy: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/14/gemini-is-kind-of-messy.html

Working around Gemini CLI getting stuck: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/13/when-gemini-cli-gets-stuck.html #ai #google #gemini

Battling my muscle memory in Magit: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/13/stopping-an-accidental-push.html #emacs #lisp #elisp

#blogmore v2.22.0 is now available; it goes a little faster: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/13/blogmore-v2-22-0.html #blogging #python #programming #ssg

Me watching the #github #copilot bait and switch play out: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/13/the-copilot-bait-and-switch.html #ai #agentic

Thinking some more about unreliable tools: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/12/the-other-unreliable-buddy.html #ai #programming #leadership

So @SuperMarielle is questioning our relationship status after seeing me eat a Kiwi. Apparently I do it wrong. 😑

Lots of checks and stuff to do yet, and also a couple more things I want to tweak, but #blogmore is looking quite a bit faster for not too much work.

My new toy has arrived, a week after ordering it: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/11/steam-controller-is-here.html #steam #steamcontroller #valve #gaming

Thinking about trying to speed up #blogmore a wee bit: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/11/speeding-up-blogmore.html #python #programming #ssg

The new #blogmore linter has helped already: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/11/the-linter-helped-already.html

#blogmore v2.21.0 is now available. This adds a lint command that is used to check your blog content for various issues. https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/10/blogmore-v2-21-0.html #blogging #ssg #python #programming #writing #linting

Gemini, when modifying code, has some odd obsessions: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/10/an-argument-with-gemini.html #ai #google #gemini #programming #python

Tweaked the "backup to GitLab and Codeberg" script so I can be even more lazy: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/10/more-syncing-github-to-gitlab-and-codeberg.html

Aye, this should be helpful.

Agents are an unreliable buddy: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/09/an-unreliable-buddy.html #ai #agents #programming #github #copilot #claude #google #gemini

Currently playing with adding a listing tool to BlogMore and Copilot/Claude is making an absolute mess of it. By the time I finally wrangled it into "thinking" about it the right way, I hit a rate limit and can't play for 3 hours. When this stuff works, it works. But when it doesn't it's […]

#blogmore v2.20.0 is now available. Lots of under-the-hood changes, and some visible improvements and enhancements: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/09/blogmore-v2-20-0.html #blogging #blog #python #programming #ssg

I've released a small update to make-phony.el: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/09/make-phony-el-v1-4-0.html #emacs #lisp #elisp #programming

I've updated blogmore.el to add a command for quickly setting an image as the cover for a post: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/08/blogmore-el-v4-5-0.html #emacs #lisp #elisp #programming #blogging

Setting things up so I can sync some of my #foss code to #gitlab and #codeberg https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/08/syncing-github-to-gitlab-and-codeberg.html #github

Trying to do something with #codeberg and... all I did was open it! https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/07/all-i-did-was-open-it.html

I've released blogmore.el v4.4.0, which lets me be even more lazy: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/07/blogmore-el-v4-4-0.html #lisp #emacs #elisp #blogging

Aaaaaand it's shipped! https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/06/steam-controller-is-shipped.html #steam #steamcontroller

Making a start on migrating the images on my blog over to webp, the slow way: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/06/the-webp-migration-is-under-way.html #blogging #blog

I decided to give #codeberg a go: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/06/trying-out-codeberg.html

It's happening! https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/06/steam-controller-is-packaged.html #steam

Me vs Claude, redux: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/05/me-vs-claude-redux.html #ai #llm #agent #python #programming

And then there were three: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/05/and-then-there-were-three.html #ai #llm #python #programming

Thinking about how I wouldn't have started from here, to get to where I want to go: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/04/i-wouldnt-start-from-here.html #ai #llm #agent #python #programming

My new favourite #steam game...

#blogmore v2.19.0 is now available. This has a couple of fixes and a small cache-busting improvement: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/04/blogmore-v2-19-0.html #python #programming #blog #blogging #ssg

Oh oh. All these years, and all these tools, and finally Zensical is the one to suddenly moan about "comments" in Markdown. 😕

Arguing with a stroppy agent: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/03/a-stroppy-agent.html #python #programming #ai #llm #agent #gemini

So I'm trying out Gemini CLI on a particular problem, as an experiment. It seemed to ignore AGENTS.md. So I point it at AGENTS.md and tell it to read it. One thing in there is this: > Use full, descriptive names for variables, functions, and classes. Do not […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

My own take on a simple function, vs Copilot/Claude: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/02/me-vs-claude.html #ai #llm #python #programming

Looking over what should have been a simple request for some #python code: https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/02/it-was-such-a-simple-request.html #ai #agent #programming #copilot #claude

When you decide to dive into an otherwise AI-coded codebase, and you want to make by-hand changes, at least there are tests. Right? https://blog.davep.org/2026/05/01/at-least-there-are-tests.html #ai #agent #agentic #copilot #claude #python #pytest

Looking at some differences in how Claude and Gemini "tidy" up some #python code: https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/30/a-different-approach.html #ai #agent #copilot #claude #google #gemini

Looking over the duplication of effort in an #ai codebase: https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/30/duplication-of-effort.html #blogmore #agent #copilot #claude #gemini

Thinking about all things GitHub: https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/29/on-github.html #github #foss