About

I’m Chad Metcalf, CEO of Continue.dev, where we’re building AI tools that amplify developers.

I’ve spent 20’ish years in open source and startups. I’ve been a developer, run infrastructure, loved build and release, and taken a tour in sales. Along the way I’ve worked at seven companies: Arch Rock, Cloudera, WibiData, Puppet, Docker, Gitpod, and Continue.

Why Just a Demo?

I love demos. Seeing something work can spark an idea. A lot of these notes are small things I’ve gotten to work, with code and commands you can copy and use for your own problem. Others are field reports on what I tried and what I learned.

The terminal influence

I spend my days in terminals and editors that I’ve carefully configured to look and work the way I like. Ghostty made me wonder whether I could bring some of that feeling to a blog. Front end was never my thing, so I started building it with AI tools.

The site runs on Hugo and Arancini, a fork of Risotto. The default palette is Baystate, with other Base16 color schemes available from the command menu. Monospaced details and command panels keep the terminal influence. The notes use ordinary links and a reading column.

You can find my code on GitHub or follow the notes through RSS.