2026-03-28 Sat

CLI/Craftsmanship
- set up a Nix/home-manager setup for yazi
  - some questions came up
    - yazi/Q/How can I preview PDFs? - it comes with a preview of the first page, still haven't figured out how to go to other pages or make it big. of course, can use Mac/OS/App/Preview, but
    - yazi/Q/How can I view file modification times?
    - yazi/Q/How can I maximize the preview pane so I can use glow in a bigger space?
- warning
  - nvim/Q/What does it mean when a W appears next to the line number in a document?
question gardening
- Filed
  - Logseq/Entity/Question
    - question pages under /Q/ are considered question entities now with, logseq-entity:: on new instances.
- Updated
  - Logseq/Entity — registered question in the entity-type list with fallback pointer to .rulesync/config/logseq-entity.md.
  - Migrated four question entity examples (Compaction text, git submodule vs same repo, Unix zcat, EdTech LearnMark precedents): added logseq-entity:: and see-also:: (strongest tie first; no redundant parent namespace). via:: reserved for provenance only—documented on Logseq/Entity with type/command/config updates.
  - Updated Logseq/Entity / question command: split see-also:: (internal reading, replaces Related) vs via:: (what prompted filing); re-pointed the four example question pages and config/command text.
Filed
- Browsh

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2026-03-25 Wed

CLI/Craftsmanship
- yazi love
  - in particular, loving the Kitty/Graphics/Protocol integration for image files.
    - this morning, used it to get around CursorAI/CLI
- tmux layout flip
  - tmux/Keyshort/Window/Select Next Layout — <prefix> Space — has been really useful for switching an existing split so the bar runs horizontally (left/right panes) vs vertically (top/bottom) without rebuilding the layout. Very useful.
- Beads / bd with tmux for Parallel AI/Agent/Agentic/Engineer/ing
  - Was exploring how to integrate bd into tmux (via agent updating window titles); went looking for a TUI for bd or a framework for integrating bd into tmux
  - surfaced gum and the Charm stack, aka Charmbracelet. heard about this a few times now from CLI Craftspeople
  - sounds like
    - there's not yet any bd ↔ tmux plugin or de-facto "window ↔ bead" framework yet
    - some ideas
      - status-line #() hooks (for example, right part of status bar could be a notification center, but this doesn't really scale well)
      - tmux/rename-window - problem is that if an agent does this in the background, it renames whatever window is focused in the session, not the window that the agent is in
        BEAD_ID / direnv) - in theory, direnv could be scripted to set an environment variable like BEAD_ID and then that could be used to help the agent call tmux/rename-window
      - dashboard
        use unix tool watch + bd list, and gum or fzf for menus
        how to achieve Kanban-ish views of bd tasks?
        mean syncing bd into something like taskwarrior/tui
  - Expanded Charm (ecosystem + composable-stack narrative) and gum (primitives, mental model, limits, fits-with-tmux) from that research.
- Friction
  - Useful friction
    - when Learning
      - Reviewed
        rg/--files-with-matches and used it a couple times
      - Filed
        CLI Coaching
        experimenting in Learning/Idea/26/03/Terminal toolbelt learning/Proto Session/26/03/25 Wed
  - friction that causes Frustration, e.g. "the slings and arrows of misfortune" or "the gods are testing me"
    - Updated CursorAI/CLI/Q/Can cursor-agent CLI accept image input? If so, how? after encountering Friction when trying to get a MacOS/Screenshot into the agent.
    - CursorAI/CLI/Bug/26/03/Session/Killed upon entering k key
- Questions and Problems
  - How to source .zshrc in all tmux panes and do a tmux config sourcing?
    - tmux/How To/Reload/Config did not yet meet my need: which is to refresh all zsh sessions after applying my dotfiles. Filed new tmux/How To/Reload/Config/and zshrc/in all panes in session.
  - How to do visual rectangle selection in tmux?
    - ah, yes: tmux/Q/Is there a way to do rectangular selection when using oh-my-tmux and tmux with vim visual selection mode?
      - it's theoretical possible at this point, but do not have a proof of concept yet. not easy
      - note/my/side maybe this garden needs some kind of a status for how to or question pages. in the past, used logseq/todos for this, but it's a bit less clear than preferred.
  - tmux/Q/In copy mode, can you yank soft-wrapped lines without embedded newlines?
    - Logged after asking whether copy mode can behave like “word-wrapped visual selection” for long paths.
  - Lazygit/Q/How do I get lazygit to show files and folders that begin with a dot or period, aka hidden files and folders?
    - Logged while clarifying Files panel behavior vs dot-prefixed paths and Git settings.
  - yazi/Q/Does yazi have a way to show files or folders that begin with a dot or period, aka hidden files and folders?
    - Logged after checking yazi docs for hidden-file toggle vs Lazygit behavior.
  - Ghostty/Q/How can I click on links in Ghostty and have them load in the default browser?
    - Logged after researching modifier-click (⌘ / Ctrl), OSC 8 links, and tmux shift behavior.
- Innovation
  - filed Logseq/Journal to be a Style/Guide for these journal pages, so that rulesync and Agentic Engineering Tools can follow those nudges. not meant to be laws, more like soft pointers
  - tmux/Idea/Pomodoro with status line and silent flash
    - moving off GUI timer (Howler) toward tmux-visible Pomodoro + silent flash for co-working
  - tmux/Idea/Toggl Track status in status line
  - Toggl/Idea/Migrate off Toggl Track
    - tmux status line for current Track entry vs longer-term tracker replacement search
  - rulesync/Idea/Weekly review across agentic engineering chats
    - rules for a weekly review that pull from chat/session history across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.: spot patterns, surface them, maybe rename threads to memorable titles — storage differs per tool so adapters or narrow v1; keep it local-first and secret-safe
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interrupt = listen
- when person A interrupts person B, person B should treat that as backpressure: a signal that person B is not listening enough.
this morning CursorAI/CLI gave me an AI/LLM/Technique/Plan which included a Mermaid diagram, but my terminal couldn't display it. I wonder if there is a terminal command which could display this?
- for example, gleam?
CursorAI/CLI (cursor-agent) screenshot UX: in Claude/Code I can Ctrl+V and paste an image; in Cursor Agent the reliable approach I’ve found is @ with a fully absolute path, and a path containing ~ breaks the flow — very frustrating. Wish list: a shared “screenshot buffer” across Codex, GitHub/CoPilot/CLI, Cursor CLI, etc. AI/Coding/Idea/26/03/Screenshot buffer for agent CLIs
Beads on Dolt is still eating my lunch: journal corruption, failed pushes, and bad state roughly daily across two machines — see Beads/Bug/Dolt Difficulties/Corruption/26/03/23
starting to enjoy glow — asked Glow/Q/How do I use Glow as a default pager for markdown documents when I'm in a terminal?
Unix/Q/What is zcat for in unix?
Updated
Filed
- Person/Andrej Karpathy/Blog/16/09/A Survival Guide to a PhD
  - context: a colleague recommended this as an example of why having an advisor that tells you about the "inside routes" is likely an efficient way to learn how to do something like becoming successful as an academic.
- AI/Coding/Idea/26/03/Cron lint agent tool allowlists
- Beads/Bug/Dolt Difficulties/Corruption
- Beads/Bug/Dolt Difficulties/Corruption/26/03/23
- e2b
- AWS/Lightsail
- AWS/ECS/Express Mode
- AWS/GitHub/sample-e2b-on-aws
- OpenAI/Blog/26/02/27/Stateful Runtime Environment for Agents in Amazon Bedrock
- Person/Chris Power/GitHub/dotfiles
- Catppuccin
- Logseq/Entity/Color/Theme
- Catppuccin/Latte
- Catppuccin/Frappe
- Catppuccin/Macchiato
- Catppuccin/Mocha
- AI/Coding/Idea/26/03/Screenshot buffer for agent CLIs
  - Paste-vs-@ path friction between Claude/Code and CursorAI/CLI; idea of a cross-CLI capture buffer.
- Glow/Q/How do I use Glow as a default pager for markdown documents when I'm in a terminal?
- Unix/Q/What is zcat for in unix?
- zcat

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- Ghostty — Q: In tmux, could you click a file reference in the terminal and have it open in nvim, the way some terminals support clicking http(s) URLs? Logged answer (Ghostty-specific) on that page
- Beads/Q/What is necessary in order to use Dolt in a private Git repository that should never be pushed to GitHub as a backing for Beads (bd)?
- Mac/OS/Q/How does Touch ID for sudo (PAM) work?
- Terminal/Q/Is there a terminal-native Markdown viewer or a cat-like CLI that renders Markdown in the terminal?
- AI/LLM/Technique/Skill/Progressive Disclosure
Registered Logseq/Entity/Software/Project pages for terminal Markdown tooling: glow, mdcat, Pandoc (alias pandoc); set logseq-entity on CLI/Tool/bat and Glamour; linked answers on Terminal/Q/Is there a terminal-native Markdown viewer or a cat-like CLI that renders Markdown in the terminal?
AI/LLM/Technique/Skill/Progressive Disclosure — wrote Diataxis Explanation (conceptual overview) from Anthropic Agent Skills overview: staged loading (metadata → SKILL.md → bundled files/scripts), context rationale, and misconceptions; footnoted platform doc and engineering post
rulesync/How To/Write Skills With Progressive Disclosure — Diataxis How-To for agents authoring .rulesync/skills using progressive disclosure (YAML discovery, lean SKILL.md, references/ and scripts/), aligned with upstream rulesync skill examples
Added .rulesync/skills/rulesync-create-skill/ (SKILL.md + references/layers.md, references/checklist.md) for authoring progressive-disclosure skills; enabled "skills" in rulesync.jsonc features so rulesync generate can emit skill outputs

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