In my last post about automating Github actions workflow generation, I said I’d revived the old tool I wrote a while back, and got it working again (for some value of “working”).

I already figured that there was more to do, and then the post got an unexpected mention in iOS Dev weekly (thanks Dave!).

Once I’d got over my initial shock that anyone was paying attention (!), I decided that I definitely ought to spend a bit more time in the code… so that’s what I’ve been doing today.

I’ve been using Copilot for a couple of years, but mostly limited it to grunt work; auto-completing obvious code, filling out obvious patterns, and drafting comments (some of which I accept).

Recently I’ve been looking for an excuse to try out something more ambitious. More vibe-codey. Whatever the fuck that means.

Then it hit me. I built this website a few years ago with Jekyll and Bootstrap, which frankly are things I know little about. The world has moved on, but the website hasn’t.

This seemed like a perfect test case…

Today I’ve been looking at reviving a tool that I built a while ago, which automatically builds a Github Actions workflow file for a Swift package.

I’ve been working on a simple To-Do list manager, called The Stack.

In a way you could say that simplicity is the point of The Stack, but actually I think the point is “reducing anxiety”.

There are certain personal projects that feel like cliches, due to the tendency for any and every developer to want to embark on them.

A To Do list manager is a classic case.

Nevertheless… I find myself here.