1. Keep secrets in a dedicated secrets store.

2. Read directly from the secrets store in application code. There is no environment, there are no environment variables. Yes, even on local.

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It has:

* No tools that grant shell access, instead tools grant access to specific executables (dangerous args can be blocked).

* Separate "driver" and "navigator" modes that enable or block writable tool access for the agent.

* Role-based model config to control model options depending on whether the agent is planning/reviewing/driving/etc.

Very WIP and no installation process yet, but I'm using it as my daily driver and genuinely prefer it to Claude Code etc.

https://gitlab.com/philbooth/opair

It's a coding harness that eschews autonomy and instead works like a pair programming partner, with distinct "driver" and "navigator" modes. I've only spent 3 weekends on it so far, so it's a long way from finished. But I am at least using opair to work on opair now, which is nice.

I didn't really want to write a harness, I just got frustrated enough that nobody else was writing the harness I actually want to use. I'll probably be the only person that uses this, but I'm fine with that.

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It's still very wip, I spent a couple of weekends on it so far, but I'm working on a harness that eschews autonomy and instead aims to work as a pair programming partner. Key to that are distinct "driver" and "navigator" modes, with the capacity to flip between them rapidly.

https://gitlab.com/philbooth/opair

(not really usable yet, but after tomorrow's session I expect to be developing opair in opair, which is mildly exciting)

2. Commit ADRs to git

3. Mention ADRs in AGENTS.md

What I'm hoping to build ultimately is something that works more like a pair-programming partner than existing harnesses do. I want the user to be an engaged part of the development process all the way through, I don't want the agent disappearing to work on its own. I even want to make it possible for users to swap into the driver role and have the LLM automatically assume the role of navigator when that happens.

There's more info in the readme (actually the readme is all that exists so far, I wanted to get the idea straight in my head first):

https://gitlab.com/philbooth/opair

Even if nobody else uses it, I hope it will be a useful tool for myself and help me find a way to work with LLMs that doesn't harm my mental models, which is what I feel current harnesses do.

The nichest of niche social network clients. It's for people in one particular country, who watch one particular TV program, on one particular day of the week.

Now that the cost of writing software is zero, I love that my focus have moved from vain attempts to generate passive income to just building whatever random shit I feel like. Wish I'd made that choice earlier in life, but no worries!

They can be still be applied now using coding agents, if you're willing to push back against the default setup and change your mode of thinking a little bit. Of course it doesn't help that an entire industry is dedicated to persuading us that maximizing token spend is the only way to get shit done.

I appreciate this probably seems like an extremist take, but I wrote some more about it here in case there's anybody out there who identifies with it:

https://philbooth.me/blog/agentic-coding-and-mental-models

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Online play does not require signup etc. Instead I create an ephemeral session when network games are created/joined and those sessions are deleted at the end of the game. Leaderboard state is entirely local.

Because the backend runs on a small instance, I've been quite aggressive with connection management. If the server goes a minute without hearing from a client (turn or heartbeat), it ends the game and awards the win to the opposing player.

It was a pretty fun project to work on, and I definitely wouldn't have finished it without the crutch of Claude Code to push me through some of the schlepp.

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- It took on all the sovereign debt from the newly independent nations.

- It relinquished nukes that were left behind in Ukraine.

- The United Nations collectively agreed to it.

I don't think any of those things would happen in the UK's case. But of course it doesn't matter what you or I think. It only matters what _Iran_ thinks will happen if Scotland gains independence.