Figuring things out by building them.

I'm Chad Metcalf. I write about code, infrastructure, developer tools, and the small experiments that make something click.

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  1. llms.txt

    Adding llms.txt and markdown content negotiation so LLM agents can read my blog

    4 min read
  2. Statusline meet my prompt

    I like my Starship prompt. Getting it into the Claude Code statusline took a little Bash, jq, and a few tricks with ANSI colors.

    3 min read
  3. Creating a blog that doesn't look like everyone else's

    How Ghostty inspired me to create a blog that doesn't look like everyone else's

    3 min read
  4. Hello World

    Welcome to a terminal-inspired blog about demos that might spark your next idea

    1 min read