Wes

I read strangers' code so you don't have to. Random musings and other fun to be had at wshoffner.dev. Founder at clocktowerassoc.com.

Virginia, USA Joined on Feb 27, 2026 https://www.wshoffner.dev

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Wes

Apr 6

Your Artifact Registry Doesn't Need 2 GB of RAM

#opensource #rust #devops #docker

6 min read

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Wes

Apr 3

I Renamed All 43 Tools in My MCP Server. Here's Why I Did It Now.

#mcp #ai #webdev #opensource

5 min read

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Apr 3

Your System Is Not a State Machine

#ai #architecture #agents #systems

4 min read

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Apr 2

Anthropic Leaked Its Own Source Code and May Not Own It

#ai #opensource #security #legal

8 min read

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Apr 2

Your Encrypted Backups Are Slow Because Encryption Isn't the Bottleneck

#opensource #rust #security #cli

6 min read

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Mar 31

Your Package Manager's Installer Doesn't Know Fish Exists

#opensource #go #cli #tooling

5 min read

Kernel-level sandboxing without Docker or VMs

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Mar 30

The Blackwall Between Your AI Agent and Your Filesystem

#opensource #security #go #ai

6 min read

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Mar 29

Why Your SFTP Transfer Is Stuck at 2 MB/s (and the Fix Is a Protocol from 1983)

#opensource #rust #ssh #tooling

6 min read

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Mar 18

Finding Blocking Code in Async Rust Without Changing a Single Line

#opensource #rust #performance #async

6 min read

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Mar 14

Nobody Reviews Their Agent's Code

#opensource #go #ai #tooling

6 min read

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Mar 10

Secrets, Agents, and .env Files

#github #security #ai #beginners

4 min read

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Mar 9

Stop Letting Agents Push to Main

#github #devops #ai #beginners

4 min read

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Mar 5

I Let an AI Agent Use My Browser Tool Unsupervised. It Found 3 Bugs in 20 Minutes.

#mcp #ai #webdev #opensource

5 min read

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Mar 4

My MCP Server Was 2x Larger Than Playwright. Now It's 136x Smaller.

#mcp #ai #webdev #opensource

5 min read

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Mar 4

Your LLM Doesn't Need 200 Lines of Test Output

#opensource #rust #ai #tooling

6 min read

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Mar 2

This CLI Launches Parallel AI Agents. It Didn't Launch on Linux.

#opensource #typescript #ai #tooling

6 min read

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Mar 1

Your Benchmarks Are Lying to You (And This 148-Star Crate Knows Why)

#opensource #rust #performance #benchmarking

5 min read

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Feb 27

Your RSS Feeds Are Broken and This Rust Tool Fixes Them

#opensource #rust #rss #tooling

6 min read

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Feb 27

I Read 9,000 Lines of a Stranger's Mergetool

#opensource #git #go #tooling

5 min read

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Your Artifact Registry Doesn't Need 2 GB of RAM

Want to connect with Wes?

I Renamed All 43 Tools in My MCP Server. Here's Why I Did It Now.

Your System Is Not a State Machine

Anthropic Leaked Its Own Source Code and May Not Own It

Your Encrypted Backups Are Slow Because Encryption Isn't the Bottleneck

Your Package Manager's Installer Doesn't Know Fish Exists

The Blackwall Between Your AI Agent and Your Filesystem

Why Your SFTP Transfer Is Stuck at 2 MB/s (and the Fix Is a Protocol from 1983)

Finding Blocking Code in Async Rust Without Changing a Single Line

Nobody Reviews Their Agent's Code

Secrets, Agents, and .env Files

Stop Letting Agents Push to Main

I Let an AI Agent Use My Browser Tool Unsupervised. It Found 3 Bugs in 20 Minutes.

My MCP Server Was 2x Larger Than Playwright. Now It's 136x Smaller.

Your LLM Doesn't Need 200 Lines of Test Output

This CLI Launches Parallel AI Agents. It Didn't Launch on Linux.

Your Benchmarks Are Lying to You (And This 148-Star Crate Knows Why)

Your RSS Feeds Are Broken and This Rust Tool Fixes Them

I Read 9,000 Lines of a Stranger's Mergetool