The Forge Blog
Development logs, project updates, and technical deep dives from the workshop.
Thoughts on building software, running a solo dev shop, and pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted development.
Ditching xclip
How I Future-Proofed My Go Clipboard Tool for SSH and X Forwarding I've been working on a handy Go utility that scans a project directory, builds a file tree, concatenates specified source files, and then copies the whole thing to the system clipboar...
Building a DNS Host
Building My Own API-Based Name Server I recently built my own API-based name server and let me tell you, it was a ride. I thought it would just be a matter of spinning up a server, writing some code, and pointing domains to it. But as always, the int...
Why AI?
Why I Use AI for Development One of the questions I get asked a lot is why do you lean so heavily on AI when building things? The answer is simple: time. Traditionally, building software is this long grind, you spend months stitching pieces togethe...
Anvil
Forge Your Community Hey Forgers! Sarah here, and today I'm incredibly excited to pull back the curtain on something we've been hammering away at: Anvil, our new Discord bot. In the world of online communities, a good Discord bot is like the perfect ...
CopyTree
How I Use CopyTree Every Day to Supercharge My Development As a developer, one of the most powerful tools in my workflow has become CopyTree. I use it almost every day across my software and website projects, and honestly, I don't know how I managed ...