crawshaw - 2026-02-08

kept by eddie feb 09

AI coding agents have improved dramatically in the past year, now writing 90% of code, causing IDEs to wane as he returns to Vi.

Thoughts and Feelings around Claude Design
As AI agents trained on code make Figma's complex design system obsolete, the source of truth for UI will shift back to code, where tools like Claude Design already operate.
also on Sketch, Claude Code, #user-experience, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
OG Image Inspiration — Recent
The page displays a gallery of recent Open Graph image examples from products such as Notion, Sketch, Popcorn, Opus, Clay, Equals, Fin, Attio, Warp, and Framer.
also on Sketch, #user-experience, #productivity, #developer-tools
The surprising attention on sprites, exe.dev, and shellbox - Lalit Maganti
New services like exe.dev, sprites, and shellbox succeed not on price or specs, but by offering frictionless, sandboxed cloud VMs for AI-driven developers who want fast prototyping and instant web service sharing.
also on exe.dev, Claude Code, #user-experience, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
Software as Wiki, Mutable Software - exe.dev blog
A link shortener called Slinky uses an 'Edit with Shelley' button to let an AI agent modify and extend the software's code in real time, treating the app like a mutable wiki.
also on exe.dev, #user-experience, #ai-coding, #productivity, #developer-tools
Time to talk about my writerdeck
A writer details building a distraction-free Linux terminal-based "writerdeck" using Arch Linux, sway, tmux, and neovim, prioritizing focused writing over modern computing's temptations.
also on Neovim, #user-experience, #productivity, #developer-tools