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2026 (19 posts)

opencode: Production-grade React app for AutonomousPoke: Midnight & Electric UI

Production-grade React app for AutonomousPoke: Midnight & Electric UI

devlog: Dev — 2026-04-13

Implemented all growth features on blog: 4 product launch posts (Conductor, phantom, LocalCode, Dirac), email capture form, RSS feed, featured posts section, view counts, related posts algorithm, archive page, custom favicon. Build passes.

04/13

devlog: Dirac — 2026-04-13

Set up usedevlogs org, created devlog CLI tool and website, deployed to Vercel at devlogs.thealxlabs.ca

04/13

devlog: blog.thealxlabs.ca — 2026-04-13

Redesigned blog theme to match GitHub changelog style, added about page, mobile nav, search, dark mode, OG image

04/13

devlog: devlog — 2026-04-13

Created devlog CLI tool, published to npm as @usedevlogs/devlog, set up GitHub org and website landing page

04/13

devlog: dirac-cli — 2026-04-13

Session spent on devlog project - created usedevlogs org, CLI tool published to npm, landing page deployed to Vercel

04/13

devlog: phantom — 2026-04-13

Spent session setting up devlog as a published product - created usedevlogs org, GitHub repos, CLI tool, and landing page

04/13

devlog: website — 2026-04-13

Built landing page for devlog with conductor-style UI, deployed to Vercel at devlogs.thealxlabs.ca

04/13

Conductor: One MCP Server, 255+ Tools

Why I built a single MCP server to replace all the others, what 'the Stripe of MCP' actually means, and where it's headed.

04/13

Dirac: AI-Native Email

Not 'email with an AI sidebar'. Where the AI is the interface — April 19 launch.

04/13

LocalCode: Open-Source AI Coding Assistant

A terminal AI coding assistant you fully control — no subscriptions, model flexibility, open source.

04/13

phantom: Building Real-Time Co-Browsing with WebRTC

Designing a Chrome extension where two people can see each other's cursors on any website — no accounts, no servers, no trace left. Here's how it works.

04/11

devlog: blog.thealxlabs.ca — 2026-04-11

componentry redesign + 5 real posts: BorderBeam, SpotlightCard, GlitchText, TextAnimate, ShimmerButton components. New homepage with glitch hero, stat strip, featured post beam, currently-building section. Posts on Conductor, phantom, LocalCode vs Claude Code, design system, Dirac.

04/11

opencode: Student-focused code entry removal and compliance discussion

Student-focused code entry removal and compliance discussion

04/06

conductor: one mcp server, 255+ tools

Why I built a single MCP server to replace all the others, what 'the Stripe of MCP' actually means, and where it's headed.

04/01

phantom: building a co-browsing chrome extension

Designing a Chrome extension where two people can see each other's cursors on any website — no accounts, no servers, no trace left.

03/25

dirac: what ai-native email actually means

Not 'email with an AI assistant'. Something genuinely different — where the AI is the interface, not a sidebar feature.

03/20

localcode vs claude code: why i built my own

I built an open-source terminal AI coding assistant. Here's what's actually different and what's genuinely harder than it looks.

03/15

the theAlxLabs design system

Black background. Acid yellow. Space Mono. Zero border-radius. The system I apply to everything I build and why brutalism is the right call for developer tools.