Kevin Dangoor
@kevindangoor.com
Software eng in GitHub's OSPO. Founder of CommonJS and TurboGears. Done lotsa other stuff, too!
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When I started at GitHub, I joined as part of the Open Source Programs Office. One of the things I worked on was internal tooling for open source license compliance. More recently, I've been working on tools built into GitHub itself to ensure that open source we bring in is licensed to match our use
We've been using those features for months, and now they're available to anyone with GitHub Advanced Security and an enterprise. Here's how we use these tools: github.blog/enterprise-s...
Building CLIs for agents is a handy checklist for making command-line tools more agent-friendly. Some tips will feel obvious after using agents, but it's still a useful guide. x.com/ericzakariasso...
Firestriker is a civic engagement and legislative intelligence platform focused on free tools that help people get involved. There's also a good post on why it's being built. firestriker.org/ firestriker.org/blog...
qmd (Query Markup Documents) indexes your notes with full-text search, vector search, and LLM re-ranking, all running locally with both CLI and MCP support.
insanely-fast-whisper provides free, on-device transcription that is genuinely fast: 98 seconds for 150 minutes of audio.
brrr is delightfully simple: send a URL a payload and it pushes a notification to your Apple devices. I also liked the security design. https://brrr.now brrr.now/how-it-works/
cmux is a Ghostty-based terminal with a UI geared toward working with multiple coding agents.
Cheng Lou's pretext is an impressive frontend engineering feat. His thread is a great tour of what precise text measurement in the browser makes possible. github.com/chenglou/... x.com/_chenglou/stat...
Blitz is a native macOS app for building, testing, and shipping iOS apps with agents. It even helps with App Store Connect submission. github.com/blitzdotd... Stripe Projects helps you set up and manage a stack of services for an application. https://projects.dev
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obsidian-vault-copilot is an Obsidian plugin that connects with GitHub Copilot CLI and Microsoft WorkIQ for secure, powerful vault workflows.
ASCII Motion lets you create animations and export them in multiple formats, including options for TUIs. ascii-motion.app/ This solar-powered mosquito-trap automator gives them a place to lay eggs, then flushes it before they hatch. Clever project. make-it.ai/marketpla...
fiddlehead is a Mac meeting-note app that produces Obsidian-ready Markdown and runs locally. fiddleheadai.com/ Quiche Browser is a minimalist, highly customizable browser for iPhone (with iPad support coming). quiche.industries/br...
"Building napkin" outlines an agent memory system that uses the Obsidian vault format to track what you learn through conversations with AI assistants.
Jet is a Go library for type-safe SQL expression building (not an ORM). Looks like a nice middle ground between handwritten SQL and heavier abstractions.
Bob looks like an interesting Go database contender, combining a query builder with ORM features. Their factory code generation for testing is especially cool.
Great engineering write-up: how Datadog reduced their Go binary size by 77% by identifying and removing unnecessary dependencies.
sportsball.fyi is perfect when you don't know much about sports but still want to talk about what's happening right now. https://sportsball.fyi
If you'd like to see my complete weeknote, go to www.kevindangoor.com... Ben Gesoff shared a great workflow for reviewing large changes with Jujutsu and keeping track of what you've already reviewed. ben.gesoff.uk/posts/...
Lightpanda is a headless browser built for AI automation workloads.
Chrome DevTools MCP lets you connect an AI agent to your live browser session for debugging and automation workflows.
Agent Safehouse helps you set up macOS sandboxing so coding agents can run in --yolo mode while still controlling which files they can access.
Great read on how //go:fix inline and the source-level inliner are being used to evolve Go code safely over time.
There's also a VS Code extension that brings many Ki editor ideas into VS Code.
Page Agent from Alibaba is a new open source project that puts an agent in your browser with access to your web app, with an optional extension for full browser access.
Rive feels like a modern Flash: build animations and interactive experiences, then deploy them across web, apps, and more from one toolchain. https://rive.app
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OpenPencil is an MIT-licensed open source recreation of Figma, designed to work with Figma files natively and support MCP access.
[StoryLine](github.com/PixeroJan...) is an Obsidian plugin for novel writing with features for tracking characters and plotlines. This is exactly the kind of structure that helps on larger fiction projects.
[Tips on using SQLite concurrently in Go](x.com/mholt6/status/...) is a handy thread if you're trying to avoid lock pain while keeping SQLite in your stack.
[Open Infrared](openinfrared.com) is a nifty gadget concept: scan a QR code and instantly get a phone-based remote control for a device.
The seeed studio reTerminal E1001 looks like a fun platform for dashboards: 7.5" monochrome ePaper, open source, and up to 3 months of battery life.
Also worth reading: this Hacker News thread on an ePaper dashboard build has lots of useful links and implementation notes. news.ycombinator.com...
Charm announced v2 of Bubble Tea, Lip Gloss, and Bubbles for building Go TUIs. Since Charm powers so many projects, these updates should unlock faster and better terminal UI experiences.
[Now I Get It](https://nowigetit.us) turns scientific papers into interactive explainers in plain English. Great idea for making complex research more accessible.
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