{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Dev Day Notes", "home_page_url": "https://devdaynotes.com/", "feed_url": "https://devdaynotes.com/feed.json", "description": "Code, coffee, and controllers. Field notes from a working dev.", "language": "en-US", "authors": [ { "name": "Marcus Kim", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/about/" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/coffee-blog-that-reads-like-a-lab-notebook/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/coffee-blog-that-reads-like-a-lab-notebook/", "title": "A Coffee Blog That Reads Like a Lab Notebook", "date_published": "2026-04-25T09:00:00-07:00", "tags": [ "finds", "coffee", "reading list" ], "summary": "A coworker dropped a coffee blog in our Slack and I lost an hour to it. It documents brews the way a methodical engineer documents experiments. Three posts to start with." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/cursor-vs-claude-code-honest-take/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/cursor-vs-claude-code-honest-take/", "title": "Cursor vs Claude Code: My Honest Take After Six Months", "date_published": "2026-04-22T08:30:00-07:00", "tags": [ "code", "tools", "ai" ], "summary": "I've used Cursor and Claude Code daily for six months. Here's how they actually compare for real work, and why I ended up using both." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/ethiopian-yirgacheffe-keep-coming-back/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/ethiopian-yirgacheffe-keep-coming-back/", "title": "Ethiopian Yirgacheffe: The Bean I Keep Coming Back To", "date_published": "2026-04-18T08:00:00-07:00", "tags": [ "finds", "coffee" ], "summary": "I've ordered dozens of single-origins over the past two years. Yirgacheffe is the one I keep buying again. Here's what makes it special." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/claude-code-daily-workflow/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/claude-code-daily-workflow/", "title": "How Claude Code Became Part of My Daily Dev Workflow", "date_published": "2026-04-15T09:00:00-07:00", "tags": [ "code", "tools", "ai" ], "summary": "I've been skeptical of AI coding tools. Then a teammate's PRs got measurably bigger without the quality dropping. Six weeks in, here's the honest take." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/balatro-still-rotting-my-brain/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/balatro-still-rotting-my-brain/", "title": "Balatro Is Still Rotting My Brain a Year Later", "date_published": "2026-04-12T20:30:00-07:00", "tags": [ "play", "indie" ], "summary": "I bought Balatro on a whim and put 200 hours into it before I noticed. A year on, it's still my reach-for game. Here's why it works." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/geek-coffee-brand-cyberbrew/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/geek-coffee-brand-cyberbrew/", "title": "I Found a Coffee Brand That Actually Gets Developers", "date_published": "2026-04-08T07:15:00-07:00", "tags": [ "finds", "coffee" ], "summary": "Most \"tech coffee\" brands are gimmicky. This one's different — real single-origin beans with a genuinely nerdy approach to brewing science." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/weekend-gaming-roundup/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/weekend-gaming-roundup/", "title": "Weekend Gaming Roundup: What I've Been Playing", "date_published": "2026-04-05T13:45:00-07:00", "tags": [ "play" ], "summary": "Three games that ate my weekend, plus a review site that actually writes thoughtful criticism instead of hype." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/tmux-config-that-clicked/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/tmux-config-that-clicked/", "title": "The tmux Config That Finally Clicked for Me", "date_published": "2026-04-01T11:00:00-07:00", "tags": [ "code", "tools", "terminal" ], "summary": "After years of half-using tmux, I rewrote my config from scratch. Here's the one that stuck, with the keybindings and plugins I actually use." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/why-i-switched-to-neovim/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/why-i-switched-to-neovim/", "title": "Why I Finally Switched to Neovim (And How It's Going)", "date_published": "2026-03-29T10:45:00-07:00", "tags": [ "code", "editor" ], "summary": "After 6 years of VS Code, I took the plunge. Here's my config, my pain points, and whether the productivity claims are real." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/outer-wilds-system-design/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/outer-wilds-system-design/", "title": "Outer Wilds Is Secretly About System Design", "date_published": "2026-03-25T19:00:00-07:00", "tags": [ "play", "indie" ], "summary": "On the surface it's a space exploration game. Underneath, it's the best game about debugging an unfamiliar system that I've ever played." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/best-coffee-for-coding/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/best-coffee-for-coding/", "title": "The Best Coffee Setups for Long Coding Sessions", "date_published": "2026-03-22T08:15:00-07:00", "tags": [ "finds", "coffee" ], "summary": "Pour-over, AeroPress, and cold brew for marathon debug sessions. Here's what keeps you sharp without the crash." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/docker-dev-containers-saved-onboarding/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/docker-dev-containers-saved-onboarding/", "title": "Docker Dev Containers Saved My Onboarding", "date_published": "2026-03-18T10:30:00-07:00", "tags": [ "code", "docker", "tools" ], "summary": "Onboarding to a new project used to mean a day of fighting environment setup. Dev containers turned it into a single command. Here's why I'm sold." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/game-review-sites-i-trust/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/game-review-sites-i-trust/", "title": "Game Review Sites I Actually Trust in 2026", "date_published": "2026-03-15T17:30:00-07:00", "tags": [ "finds", "gaming" ], "summary": "Most review sites feel paid off. Here are the indie voices that still write honest, detailed game criticism." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/aeropress-vs-v60-side-by-side/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/aeropress-vs-v60-side-by-side/", "title": "AeroPress vs V60: Six Months of Side-by-Side Brewing", "date_published": "2026-03-12T07:30:00-07:00", "tags": [ "finds", "coffee" ], "summary": "I brewed the same beans both ways every morning for six months. Here's what I learned about when each method actually wins." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/remote-dev-setup-2026/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/remote-dev-setup-2026/", "title": "My Remote Dev Setup, 2026 Edition", "date_published": "2026-03-08T19:30:00-08:00", "tags": [ "code", "setup" ], "summary": "Standing desk, 4K ultrawide, mechanical keyboard, and the scripts that tie it all together." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/indie-game-reviews-worth-reading/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/indie-game-reviews-worth-reading/", "title": "Indie Games That Deserve Way More Attention", "date_published": "2026-03-01T19:00:00-08:00", "tags": [ "play" ], "summary": "Five under-the-radar titles from the past few months that I can't stop thinking about." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/silksong-was-it-worth-the-wait/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/silksong-was-it-worth-the-wait/", "title": "Silksong Finally Released. Was the Wait Worth It?", "date_published": "2026-02-28T22:15:00-08:00", "tags": [ "play", "indie" ], "summary": "After six years of waiting, Hollow Knight: Silksong finally shipped. I sank forty hours into it. Here's my honest take, spoiler-free." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/benq-screenbar-changed-my-eyes/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/benq-screenbar-changed-my-eyes/", "title": "The BenQ ScreenBar Actually Changed My Eyes", "date_published": "2026-02-25T14:00:00-08:00", "tags": [ "finds", "hardware" ], "summary": "I bought a desk monitor light on a whim. Six months later my afternoon eye strain is gone and I can't remember what I did before." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/git-aliases-that-save-time/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/git-aliases-that-save-time/", "title": "Git Aliases That Actually Save Me Time Every Day", "date_published": "2026-02-20T14:00:00-08:00", "tags": [ "code", "git" ], "summary": "The ones that survived years of accumulation. No novelty — just the aliases I type multiple times a day." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/steam-next-fest-three-demos/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/steam-next-fest-three-demos/", "title": "Steam Next Fest: Three Demos That Stuck With Me", "date_published": "2026-02-15T18:00:00-08:00", "tags": [ "play", "indie" ], "summary": "I played a dozen demos during Steam Next Fest. Three of them I haven't been able to stop thinking about. Here's why." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/sqlite-side-projects-why/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/code/sqlite-side-projects-why/", "title": "Why I Use SQLite for Almost Every Side Project Now", "date_published": "2026-02-14T13:30:00-08:00", "tags": [ "code", "database", "sqlite" ], "summary": "Postgres was overkill for everything I was doing on the side. SQLite turned out to be plenty for ninety percent of it. Here's what changed my mind." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/factorio-ruined-other-games/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/factorio-ruined-other-games/", "title": "Factorio Ruined Every Other Game for Me", "date_published": "2026-02-08T22:00:00-08:00", "tags": [ "play" ], "summary": "800 hours in and I can't play most other games without getting bored. Factorio rewired what I expect from a game." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/used-aeron-best-money-spent/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/used-aeron-best-money-spent/", "title": "Buying a Used Aeron Was the Best Money I Spent", "date_published": "2026-01-30T16:30:00-08:00", "tags": [ "finds", "hardware" ], "summary": "A new Aeron is $1,800. A refurbished one is $700. After a year on a refurb, I have opinions about the used office chair market." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/mechanical-keyboard-rabbit-hole/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/finds/mechanical-keyboard-rabbit-hole/", "title": "I Fell Into the Mechanical Keyboard Rabbit Hole", "date_published": "2026-01-25T11:00:00-08:00", "tags": [ "finds", "hardware" ], "summary": "It started with a sticky spacebar. Three months later I own four keyboards and opinions about stabilizer lubricant." }, { "id": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/strategy-games-that-think-like-code/", "url": "https://devdaynotes.com/play/strategy-games-that-think-like-code/", "title": "Strategy Games That Think Like Code", "date_published": "2026-01-12T20:30:00-08:00", "tags": [ "play" ], "summary": "The ones where the game is a system you debug. Into the Breach, Slay the Spire, Zachtronics — why devs can't stop playing them." } ] }