https://blog.beaumo.net/Recent content on // TODO(craig): name this blogHugoen-GBWed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/git-extensions-wine-bridgeWed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/git-extensions-wine-bridgeWine takes 0.29 seconds to start <code>git.exe</code>, and Git Extensions starts git once or more per click. So the fork doesn&rsquo;t start it: every git call goes over a socket to a daemon running your Linux git.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/git-extensions-under-wineTue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/git-extensions-under-wineGit Extensions on Linux: the Windows build under Wine, with about fifty patches and one install script. Why it needs a fork, what you need and what the script sets up.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/progressive-disclosureMon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/progressive-disclosureShow people everything at once and they&rsquo;ll see nothing. Progressive disclosure is easy to understand and hard to do well, because deciding what comes first means watching people use the thing.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/let-it-propagateWed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/let-it-propagateMost catch blocks shouldn&rsquo;t exist. An exception should rise until it reaches a layer with the context to act on it, and the catches that deserve to exist fit five patterns.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/local-docs-submodules-for-aiWed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/local-docs-submodules-for-aiWeb search hands an AI assistant stale forum posts and deprecated APIs. Shallow submodules of the Home Assistant and HACS docs, symlinked under <code>docs/</code> and described in <code>CLAUDE.md</code>, give it the real thing.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/learning-in-reverseWed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/learning-in-reverseAn AI assistant showed me C#&rsquo;s <code>$$</code> raw interpolated strings while I was getting something else done. Learning now happens sideways, and knowing a feature exists doesn&rsquo;t replace judgement about when to use it.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/safer-ai-scriptingSat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/safer-ai-scriptingHave the AI write two files: a short wrapper you read and approve, and a Deno script that runs with only the permissions the wrapper grants. What that protects against, what it doesn&rsquo;t, and why <code>--allow-run</code> breaks it.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/negation-paradoxFri, 09 Jan 2026 01:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/negation-paradoxTelling a model not to do something puts that thing in its context, and attention has no way to subtract it. Describe the output you want, not the one you don&rsquo;t.https://blog.beaumo.net/contact/meFri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/contact/me<p>Want to get in touch? Fill out the form below.</p>https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/instructions-for-ai-coding-assistantsThu, 08 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/instructions-for-ai-coding-assistantsA starting template for the instructions file an AI coding assistant reads before it touches your repository. It gets what you know about boundaries and shared code out of your head and into a file the tool reads.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/solid-principles-as-ai-guardrailsThu, 08 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/solid-principles-as-ai-guardrailsAI coding assistants are too helpful: the code works, but it doesn&rsquo;t belong. SOLID principles, used as constraints on the assistant, give it the pause an experienced developer has before changing things.https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/helloworldThu, 08 Jan 2026 19:20:37 +0000https://blog.beaumo.net/blog/helloworldThe first post, which exists to prove the machinery works: words go in, HTML comes out. It promises nothing else.