Joshua Oliphant

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Currently living in Olympia, WA

Currently working at ServiceNow as a systems engineer.

By day: I love #programming and #automation in #Python.

I have a background in #DevOps #Kubernetes #cicd and backend #Java.

I'm currently into the #htmx + #python + #flask + #tailwind.

My "now" page is another good place to see what I'm up to.

bloghttps://anoliphantneverforgets.com/
githubhttps://github.com/JoshuaOliphant
linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaoliphant/
projectshttps://anoliphantneverforgets.com/projects
Joshua Oliphant3d ago

Good point

https://medhir.com/blog/your-phone-is-an-entire-computer

Your Phone is an Entire Computer

The new MacBook Neo announcement raises old questions around what rights we have (and don't have) to install software on devices we own.

Joshua OliphantOct 20

Created my first Claude Agent Skill, a skill for creating Mochi cards. Mochi is a spaced repetition app that has an API. Created my own little plugin marketplace for it in a GitHub repo https://github.com/JoshuaOliphant/claude-plugins

#claudeskills #AgentSkill #MochiCards #SpacedRepetition

Joshua OliphantJun 7, 2025
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BExVtFFyEgw&si=vGxIwmu8XAbIsZSn
Jerry Seinfeld's Conversation Hack

YouTube
Joshua OliphantMay 24, 2025
MacStoriesMay 22, 2025
Early Impressions of Claude Opus 4 and Using Tools with Extended Thinking https://www.macstories.net/stories/early-impressions-of-claude-opus-4-and-using-tools-with-extended-thinking/
Early Impressions of Claude Opus 4 and Using Tools with Extended Thinking

For the past two days, I’ve been testing an early access version of Claude Opus 4, the latest model by Anthropic that was just announced today. You can read more about the model in the official blog post and find additional documentation here. What follows is a series of initial thoughts and notes based on

Joshua OliphantApr 24, 2025
Simon WillisonApr 24, 2025

Still can't quite believe that prompting o4-mini with "This code needs to be upgraded to the new recommended JavaScript library from Google. Figure out what that is and then look up enough documentation to port this code to it" worked

One of most tedious problems in software development is piecing together all of the details from a bunch of miscellaneous (and often incomplete) API documentation in order to fix some dependency issue you don't want to have to deal with https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/18/gemini-image-segmentation/#gemini-2-5-flash-non-thinking

Image segmentation using Gemini 2.5

Max Woolf pointed out this new feature of the Gemini 2.5 series (here’s my coverage of 2.5 Pro and 2.5 Flash) in a comment on Hacker News: One hidden note …

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Joshua OliphantApr 19, 2025
Markus EiseleApr 19, 2025
GitMCP - Instantly create a Remote MCP server for any GitHub project
https://gitmcp.io/
#github #mcp
GitMCP

Instantly create an MCP server for any GitHub project

Joshua OliphantApr 19, 2025
Simon WillisonApr 19, 2025
I think the snappily titled "gemma3:27b-it-qat" may be my new favorite local model - needs 22GB of RAM on my Mac (I'm running it via Ollama, Open WebUI and Tailscale so I can access it from my phone too) and so far it seems extremely capable https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/19/gemma-3-qat-models/
Gemma 3 QAT Models

Interesting release from Google, as a follow-up [to Gemma 3](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/12/gemma-3/) from last month: > To make Gemma 3 even more accessible, we are announcing new versions optimized with Quantization-Aware Training …

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Joshua OliphantApr 19, 2025

I like this mental model of LLMs, that prompts are search keys to a program.

https://open.substack.com/pub/fchollet/p/how-i-think-about-llm-prompt-engineering?r=1ls3ma&utm_medium=ios

How I think about LLM prompt engineering

Prompting as searching through a space of vector programs

Sparks in the Wind
Joshua OliphantApr 17, 2025
Tadashi ShigeokaApr 17, 2025

Zed's speed + Claude Code's terminal AI = ultimate coding vibe! 🚀 Boost productivity with seamless agentic editing and CLI flexibility. Try this combo for a game-changing dev experience!

https://giselles.ai/blog/how-claude-code-makes-zed-even-better

Thanks @zed , Anthropic!!

#ZedEditor #ClaudeCode #Claude #Anthropic #AICoding

Why I'm Sticking with Zed (and How Claude Code Makes It Even Better)

Discover how combining Zed editor with Claude Code creates a powerful 'Vibe Coding' experience without abandoning your favorite editor, offering the best of both worlds for developers.

Joshua OliphantApr 17, 2025
Simon WillisonApr 16, 2025
Wrote some notes on OpenAI codex, their new open CLI "agent" tool for writing and iterating on code. Since it's open source (Apache 2) the workings are available, including an interesting system prompt and a macOS sandbox using the sandbox-exec mechanism https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/16/openai-codex/
openai/codex

Just released by OpenAI, a "lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal". Looks like their version of [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/claude-code/overview), though unlike Claude Code Codex is released under an open …

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