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🚰 The One Where Plumbing Got Fixed - Issue #16

Mar 1, 2026

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4 min read

🚰 The One Where Plumbing Got Fixed - Issue #16

Two fixes for friction you stopped complaining about because you assumed it'd never change.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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🚗 Main Branch: The One Where Agents Learned to Drive - Issue #15

Feb 23, 2026

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5 min read

🚗 Main Branch: The One Where Agents Learned to Drive - Issue #15

GitHub Agentic Workflows, Copilot in Zed, and the free-tier tools quietly running half my stack.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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🦞 Main Branch: The One Where the Lobster Gets Loose - Issue #14

Feb 16, 2026

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5 min read

🦞 Main Branch: The One Where the Lobster Gets Loose - Issue #14

196k GitHub stars in 60 days. 5,700 community skills. One bot that publicly shamed a maintainer. Let's talk about OpenClaw.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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🧠 Main Branch: The One Where Issues Made the Playoffs - Issue #13

Feb 9, 2026

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4 min read

🧠 Main Branch: The One Where Issues Made the Playoffs - Issue #13

Pinned comments, semantic search, and a git alias you'll use every day

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

+5

🏎️ Main Branch: The One Where Everything Gets Faster - Issue #11

Jan 26, 2026

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5 min read

🏎️ Main Branch: The One Where Everything Gets Faster - Issue #11

35% of issues now load in under 200ms. Plus: the Files Changed update you've been waiting for.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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👩🏽‍🚀 Main Branch: The One About Intentional Architecture - Issue #10

Jan 19, 2026

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4 min read

👩🏽‍🚀 Main Branch: The One About Intentional Architecture - Issue #10

Cloudflare acquired Astro. Here's why the design philosophy matters more than the ownership.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

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