joshbaker.gg — writeups

A two-shell killport

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A tiny killport function for Git Bash and PowerShell, and the one filter that makes it correct.

Building a RAG pipeline for Minecraft coding

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

How I built an MCP server that gives AI coding tools accurate Paper API (& more) knowledge – and where the retrieval pipeline is still failing.

Flinger: how the URL fragment earns its keep

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

How Flinger uses the URL fragment, AES-256-GCM, and an HMAC proof token to build a file sharer where the server structurally cannot read what it stores.

Remote Claude – a Discord relay for Claude Code

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

How a thin Discord bot became a full remote-control layer for Claude Code, and the Windows constraints that shaped every design decision.

A browser retro: Tauri v2, WebView2 and popups

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Notes from shelving a Tauri v2 + WebView2 browser – what worked, where I was wrong about popups, and why the scope doc was the real deliverable.

Yapster: a college project retro

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A full-stack SvelteKit social media site built for college – what shipped, the Cloudflare Images to R2 migration, and the 512KB mystery I never solved.