Two Git Aliases That Keep My Branches Clean
How my upmaster and merge-pr Git aliases stash safely, sync the default branch, merge PRs, and prune branches in one move.
tmux 0:zsh* justin.valentini@blog
$ whoami
Justin Valentini
$ cat /etc/motd
Software engineer exploring AI-assisted development. Building tools that make developers' lives easier. Writing about modern web tech, workflows, and lessons learned.
$ ls -la ~/skills
TypeScript Bun OpenCode Opus Codex Droid
~/posts $ ls -lt | head -5
Building a Global Terminal for My Blog
A keyboard-accessible terminal interface for navigating my blog, controlling the music player, and exploring content using Unix commands.
Building Waves: A Genre-Switching Music Player
Exploring the architecture, features, and technology behind a custom-built music player with genre variants, keyboard shortcuts, and real-time lyrics sync.
Slop Slinger: The Diss Track Software Engineering Needed
A fever dream mashup of Weird Al absurdism and Eminem bars about shipping AI-orchestrated features while the rest of engineering argues about naming conventions.
Bakery: Stop Configuring, Start Building
A modular project scaffolder that eliminates hours of setup by generating production-ready projects with TypeScript, Bun, Biome, and modern tooling pre-configured.