Thoughts on web development, Rails, and building software products.
How I give Claude Code durable task state across sessions: a two-layer system of version-controlled markdown TODO files, wired into CLAUDE.md so the agent maintains it itself on a production Rails project.
The TODO System I Use to Run Claude Code on a Real Rails Project
Alexander Key
Rails Developer
A step-by-step guide to setting up Neovim for Rails development. Covers LazyVim, lazy.nvim, the oxocarbon colorscheme, Ruby and ERB LSPs via Mason, Treesitter, vim-rails, and formatting with conform.nvim.
Alexander Key
Rails Developer
A step-by-step guide to setting up a fast, good-looking terminal environment. Covers Ghostty, zsh with Antidote, Starship, fzf, yazi, and a stow-based dotfiles workflow — all themed with Catppuccin Mocha.
How to Set Up a Modern Terminal with Ghostty, Zsh, and Starship
Alexander Key
Rails Developer
A step-by-step guide to building a blog with 11ty (Eleventy). Learn how to set up collections, write posts in Markdown, create layouts, generate SEO-friendly URLs, and ship structured data for better search visibility.
Alexander Key
Rails Developer
A step-by-step guide to securing a new Linux server. Learn how to create a deploy user, lock down SSH, configure a firewall, set up fail2ban, and enable automatic security updates.
Alexander Key
Rails Developer
A step-by-step guide to deploying Rails applications using Dokku. Learn how to set up a server, configure databases, deploy your app, and manage multiple Rails apps on a single server.
Alexander Key
Rails Developer
