Dead Code Shouldn't Exist

kept by eddie oct 28

Knip enabled the removal of 28k lines of dead code from Sentry's codebase, demonstrating the cost and cleanup of unused code.

5 Useful npx Helpers
The article lists five handy npx packages—cspell, markdown-link-check, image-guard, npm-check-updates, and knip—for quick spelling, link checking, image compression, dependency updates, and code/file audits.
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Building an Intern
Building a practical Slack agent required 100k lines of TypeScript and four months of iteration to handle serverless constraints, credential management, and secure tool orchestration.
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Warden
Warden is a CLI tool that uses Markdown-defined skills to create AI agents that automatically review every pull request for security and correctness issues.
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