Montreal's Metro is the 4th-busiest rapid transit system in North America

But for brutalist vibes, it's unmatched

GitHub - modem-dev/hunk: Review-first terminal diff viewer for agentic coders Review-first terminal diff viewer for agentic coders - modem-dev/hunk

Comes with a skill file for your coding agent (works w/ everything). WIP but I'm finding it handy.

Feedback appreciated

github.com/modem-dev/hunk

I've been building a terminal diff tool for agentic code review:

- agent comments + agent remote control
- syntax highlighting
- auto-responsive layouts (stacked & split)
- file browser
- mouse support
- uses OpenTUI + Diffs from Pierre Computer Co

Coding was never the slow part.

That's why we built Modem, your dev team's auto-triage PM.

It listens to user signals 24/7, finds problems before you do & does the in-between work – filing tickets, pinging teammates, closing the loop.

And it's not vaporware! You can try it out today at modem.dev

Man I just haven't had time / split brain on all these platforms

Modem - Your dev-team's auto-triage Product Manager Turn support, chat, and analytics into developer-ready context so engineers can decide, fix, and ship faster.

👋 We're hiring engineers in Toronto & SF

modem.dev/about

Modem closes $4.4-million USD pre-seed round to help developers ship faster | BetaKit Co-founders from Sentry and Cohere have backed the Toronto startup’s AI product management platform.

😬 Giving it our best shot

betakit.com/modem-closes...

I think a major factor is it's not a one-shot LLM prompt, it's an agent firing up and making repeated tool calls and making reasonable choices.

It has guidance on what's importance (reflected in the top, e.g. "omitted so and so").

I'm sure it misses some things. But that's okay.

Modem's auto-generated release notes are getting really good

How I vibe-eval new model releases:

- Am I spending more time building because it's more fun?
- Can I give higher-level guidance than before and it works out?

Only a few days in, Opus 4.6 clears both. 🤷

🇨🇦 Devtools Toronto #6 – the version where we just hang out – returns Tuesday, Feb 17th at Mascot Brewing

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3 people in focus in the foreground, backs to the camera, facing the presenter

Wide shot of a presenter facing a large audience

Boris Cherny addressing the audience (pre-recorded)

A close-up of a presenter on the stage

Scenes from last night's Claude Code meetup in Toronto

Devtools Toronto #6 · Luma DevTools Toronto is a community of software development tool builders, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts. Devtools Toronto #6 returns to our usual haunt, Mascot…

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🇨🇦 Devtools Toronto #6 – the version where we just hang out – returns Tuesday, Feb 17th at Mascot Brewing

👇 RSVP below

Behind Modem.dev’s Product Velocity - Neon Modem is building an auto-triage, PM agent that centralizes scattered user feedback and automates follow-ups. Powered by Neon branching.

At Modem we've gone all-in on database branching to accelerate our development – sanity testing migrations, making sure preview builds work end-to-end, and more.

👇 The folks at Neon thought we were pushing the envelope enough to merit writing about it. Worth a read!

neon.com/blog/behind-...

Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane? What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?

Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...

It was a good year:

1. Started a company (modem.dev), raised some money, hired a great team
2. Hit 1.9k GitHub stars on Counterscale (w/ @stordahl.dev)
2. Hosted DevtoolsTO 3x
4. Invested in some great 🇨🇦 startups
5. Visited Japan & Austria
6. Took some pics 📸

Silksong was also amazing. But fwiw, I had very little time for games this year and didn't play much else.

Blue Prince was my GOTY and I think nerdy programmer types here would enjoy it.

Also it plays well on Linux via Steam's Proton compatibility layer.

"make a picture of a cool S"

Nano Banana Pro vs ChatGPT vs Midjourney

Doh, of course 🤦

Yeah, that's a good tip. Looks like people are actively scanning specific keywords just to harass them (already got one).

bsky.app/profile/gofo...

I want to dork around with new technology and talk about it the way I always have. That includes AI, LLMs, etc.

But the response to Armin's post here illustrates why that feels kind of hard on Bluesky. So my posting here has dropped a ton.

Mouth Sounds Download here: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds

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The soundtrack for deep, focused work

GitHub - benvinegar/nitrotype-tps: Vibe coded Chrome plugin that converts WPM in Nitrotype to TPS (tokens per second) Vibe coded Chrome plugin that converts WPM in Nitrotype to TPS (tokens per second) - benvinegar/nitrotype-tps

github.com/benvinegar/n...

I made a Chrome plugin that converts your typing speed to tokens/second (TPS) so you can compare your output to LLMs.

150 WPM = roughly 3.3 tokens/sec

(🔊 Sound on)

Any startups/companies looking for a good TypeScript + JS developer?

I have someone in the US, remote, has a strong GitHub portfolio + OSS contributions. Let me know!

Curious if any Counterscale users are against this being enabled by default? tl;dr, we run a daily cron to backup the previous days analytics into an R2 bucket using the Apache Arrow file format