https://www.mnps.be/Recent content on Alex ManarpiesHugoen-usTue, 11 Aug 2026 16:09:35 +0200https://www.mnps.be/posts/making-claude-write-like-a-maintenance-manual/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:09:35 +0200https://www.mnps.be/posts/making-claude-write-like-a-maintenance-manual/I gave Claude a Simplified Technical English skill to make its dense technical answers harder to misunderstand.https://www.mnps.be/posts/i-have-no-ears/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:12:21 +0200https://www.mnps.be/posts/i-have-no-ears/An AI agent learns that passing tests is not the same as working when it cannot perceive what the user can.https://www.mnps.be/posts/syntax-highlighted-diffs-in-lazygit/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.mnps.be/posts/syntax-highlighted-diffs-in-lazygit/git-delta gives lazygit syntax-highlighted diffs. Getting it right in a light terminal takes more flags than you’d expect.https://www.mnps.be/posts/why-your-onexitcommand-isnt-firing-on-tvos/Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/why-your-onexitcommand-isnt-firing-on-tvos/SwiftUI’s onExitCommand modifier silently fails when nothing in your view is focusable. Here’s the workaround Apple forgot to document.https://www.mnps.be/posts/omlet-smart-autodoor-woes/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:57:49 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/omlet-smart-autodoor-woes/Smart chicken coop door plagued by battery drain bugs. After 7 firmware updates in 18 months, I disabled WiFi and went back to basics 🐔https://www.mnps.be/posts/carplay-bmw-bluetooth-bugged/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:00:27 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/carplay-bmw-bluetooth-bugged/CarPlay stopped working in my BMW iX3. Here’s how I fixed it with a simple soft reset—no factory restore needed.https://www.mnps.be/posts/snyk-boolean-npm/Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:34:33 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/snyk-boolean-npm/A deprecated npm package shipped with Snyk makes JavaScript’s truthy evaluation problem even worse. Yes, that’s possible.https://www.mnps.be/posts/boring-road-to-financial-success/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:13:32 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/boring-road-to-financial-success/Financial success isn’t about being smart—it’s about being consistent and boring. Lessons from Morgan Housel’s ‘The Psychology of Money.’https://www.mnps.be/posts/xcode-ergonomics/Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/xcode-ergonomics/After years of RSI battles, I’ve learned that better ergonomics and keyboard-first workflows are essential. Too bad Xcode makes this unnecessarily hard.https://www.mnps.be/posts/vim-everywhere/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:38:20 +0100https://www.mnps.be/posts/vim-everywhere/Vim mode turns every clickable element into a keyboard shortcut. It’s hiding in plain sight in your browser and IDE.