Salesforce Commerce Cloud Architect, Technical / Science Fiction Author and emotional support human for my dog. Owner @openblackbelt. 💻🕹️🐶🥋
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DevGotchi 2.10 🎮
Sponsor on GitHub → the extension verifies it inside VS Code (no server, no account) → +500 coffee beans.
Now on Open VSX too, for VSCodium/Cursor/Windsurf.
Free forever, zero telemetry.
github.com/johnfacey/vscode-…
Your coding activity, GitHub-contribution-graph style, right inside VS Code.
DevGotchi 2.4 is live — new Activity Calendar + 6 new skins. 🧵
🧙 6 NEW SKINS
Code Wizard, Debug Ninja, Autobuild Mode, Alien Contractor, Night Shift,
Principal Engineer — all in the Coffee Shop now.
Equip one and it shows up everywhere, including your exported stats card.
Still free. Still no backend, no accounts, no telemetry.
👉 Search "DevGotchi" on the VS Code Marketplace: marketplace.visualstudio.com…
Code is a martial art. 🥋⚡
#VSCode #DevTools #IndieDev #OpenSource
Drow.js just got a serious upgrade 🎭
Batched rendering, keyed list diffing, d-else, deep d-model, and more.
Here's what changed 🧵
And two quality-of-life additions:
🪝 updated() lifecycle hook — fires after every render
🔇 Drow.debug = false — silences all logs in production
TypeScript definitions are also fully updated to cover everything.
Full changelog → github.com/johnfacey/drowjs
Zero dependencies. One file. Pure native web components.
If you haven't tried Drow yet, now's a good time 👇
npmjs.com/package/drow
#JavaScript #WebComponents #OpenSource #frontend
DevGotchi 2.0 just dropped and it hits different 🔥 Your VS Code is now a full cyberpunk RPG. Pixel art scenes. Procedural synth music. Burnout mechanics. Achievements. Code is a martial art. 🥋⚡ 🧵 Here's everything that's new:
DevGotchi is free on the VS Code Marketplace.
👉 Install it, open the panel, and turn on the music.
Then don't stop coding until you hit Level 10.
🧘 Code is a martial art.
#VSCode #DevTools #GameDev #CyberpunkAesthetic
🏅 12 achievements to unlock.
📡 A live activity log of every XP gain, level-up, and random event.
First Commit. Code Monk. Iron Discipline. Back from the Edge.
All colour-coded. All tracked.
Your coding session has never been this documented.