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human who codes human who codes skip to content books reading coaching newsletter donate contact all posts a gentle introduction to git worktrees git worktrees let you check out multiple branches into separate directories simultaneously making parallel local development straightforward whether you re working solo or alongside ai coding agents july 14 2026 6 min read git version control ai testing android apps with expo on physical devices learn how to connect your android device via usb to your local expo development server for reliable production like testing of your react native apps june 26 2026 4 min read android expo react native github copilot s pricing gamble github s switch to usage based copilot pricing is a calculated bet that competitors will follow suit before too many users defect june 16 2026 12 min read ai github pricing creating a vs code agent hook to respond to file changes learn how to use a vs code agent hook to detect edits to a specific file and trigger deterministic follow up automation may 26 2026 7 min read ai vs code automation improving developer velocity with github merge queue github merge queue reduces the manual churn of keeping pull requests current by automatically retesting them in order before merge april 6 2026 10 min read github git merge queue proxying fetch requests in server side javascript learn how to proxy fetch requests in node js deno bun and cloudflare workers to better monitor and control your server side traffic march 3 2026 4 min read fetch node js cloudflare the importance of artifacts in ai assisted programming your ai pair programmer has no memory which is why proper documentation matters more than ever in ai assisted development february 3 2026 16 min read ai specifications prds from coder to orchestrator the future of software engineering with ai the software engineering job of the future won t involve writing code it will involve orchestrating ai agents to write code for you january 20 2026 17 min read ai coder orchestrator how github could secure npm why doesn t npm detect compromised packages the way credit card companies detect fraud january 6 2026 14 min read github npm security a persona based approach to ai assisted software development discover how breaking ai assistance into specialized personas can help you tackle complex software development tasks more efficiently and with less frustration june 11 2025 9 min read ai claude gpt older entries additional information my books recent snippets use cloudflared for ssh and close port 20 wiring auxiliary cloudflare workers into an astro 6 application using your own supabase signing keys set up local supabase oauth logins run multiple cloudflare workers locally passing github actions workflow step output to javascript publishing to jsr using release please how to setup a known_hosts file for a jenkins pipeline job mimicking __dirname and __filename in esm modules in node js how to add npm packages for client side use in eleventy archives 22 years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 about the human hi i m nicholas c zakas an independent software developer author and coach living outside of boston massachusetts i ve been a principal engineer at companies like yahoo and box i created the eslint open source project and wrote several books chronic illness forced me to leave the corporate world and now i focus on helping others through my writing coaching and open source work connect with me mastodon twitter github instagram youtube linkedin slideshare amazon privacy policy terms of service blog feed copyright 2020 2026 human who codes llc content licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial noderivs 3 0 unported license some links may be affiliate links we may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these as an amazon associate we earn from qualifying purchases