Luke Manning

10+ years in tech support. Still figuring things out. Building things. Breaking Things. Writing about it.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

A few days ago I finally made my personal website public. I've been building it slowly over a few months, learning as I go.

Would love feedback, positive or negative.

https://t.co/sfbyBWXicQ

#buildinpublic

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

"The Entrepreneurial Conundrum" by @TheLukeManning #DEVCommunity https://t.co/t49dUapOL3

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

"Straico Has Great Models But No Streaming, So I Built a Proxy" by @TheLukeManning #DEVCommunity https://t.co/Q3jD7PTBOk

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

@GrantBradford @theo It's been seen time & time again that this is in fact standard practice.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

What surprised me about building a multi-agent blog review system:
1. Multiple different independent perspectives are useful for catching blind spots
2. Disagreement is valuable. It encourages thought.
3. The system is training me to be better.

https://t.co/ABCwDQMaHp

#agents

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

Great writing. But there's a difference between making peace with your circumstances and choosing them. This essay is for people who've stopped. If you haven't, don't take this as permission. You can and should pursue more.

[Greg Scaduto @GregoryScaduto]

A colleague once swiveled in his chair and said: "I cannot believe this is my life at this point. There was a moment, years ago, where I could have gone a different direction. And I didn't. And I think about it."

I wrote this for everyone who has ever had that thought.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

Installed @tailwindcss typography plugin to fix bullet points. Bullets appeared. My headings, links, and code blocks all broke. Spent ages trying to fix. Then it hit me: I don't need a plugin to add bullets. Removed it. Wrote ten lines of CSS. Done.

https://t.co/2VV4AeXkbo

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

Upgraded @UnraidOfficial on my server. All my @Docker containers immediately marked as "3rd party." Could have fixed each one manually. Did what I normally do and built an overly engineered script instead.

https://t.co/kE7PuZB5nP

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

I built a career timeline for my site. The component took time but writing the actual content took way longer.

Looking back at 10+ years was interesting. Turns out documenting where I'd been taught me something about where I'm going.

https://t.co/iDezsKeBYP

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

My code blocks looked like they were written in Notepad. So I added Shiki for syntax highlighting.
Three issues later: @typescript syntax, config braces I couldn't count, and my own CSS fighting Shiki..
They look like code blocks now.

https://t.co/Af75KJQb0v

#WebDevStruggles

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

The biggest lesson I've learned in recent years: Write down ideas as soon as you have them.

So many times I've had a great idea. Convinced I won't forget it but I absolutely will.

Now I just look at my notes with surprise as I have no memory of writing them!

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

Pouladuff Road @TheMaxolGroup
Station.. Absolute chaos
#cork #petrol #diesel #fuelprotest

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

@vijayganss Well that's a lie. Still diesel going Pouladuff Road.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

@lassevjl @marclou @DataFast_ Wild statement to make with no reason or justification

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

And I thought I was shouting into the void.. If I can reach Noah I can reach anyone 💪🏻 Reinvigorated to reach 440 followers!

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

"Run npm run clean:dev" has become my answer to basically every #velite problem I run into.

Cache issues? Clean.
Weird build errors? Clean.
Something inexplicable happening? Clean.

I should probably just alias it to please.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

I've bought domains for ideas that never went anywhere. I have a folder of "business ideas" dating back years.
Reading @noahkagan's book and realising I'm the person he's describing is... uncomfortable.
Maybe writing about it is just another form of thinking instead of building.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

Days like today can be tough. Hours in front of the PC and feel like I achieved nothing. Posting to reddit. Posting on X. One minor bug fix on my site. Doesn't feel like progress.

#buildinpublic #struggles

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

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[Aimar Haddadi @AdvicebyAimar]

i can spot a grifter from miles away.

so i digged into the code to figure out if this is legit or not.

guess i was right.

ben is a crypto founder who runs some weird bitcoin lending platform, i was pretty sure he knows absolutely nothing about ai and memory so i tracked down the repo myself since i was curious.

his website says he likes to build ai powered products and train local ai models? sure man, 80% of your github repo's are bitcoin related stuff. only one ai related project came up you forked in 2024.

mempalace has 10k github stars, more than 1k forks but only.. 7 commits ?

apparently the best memory layer to date?

no git author history, no account connected to whoever wrote the code of this codebase.

it doesn't add up..

the account who pushed the original repo, named: aya-thekeeper, under aya-thekeeper/mempal got deleted right after the repo got published.

you paid a random guy named lu to build this shit out for you.

( "Written by Lu (DTL) — March 24, 2026.
For: Ben." ) - benchmark md file.

lu wrote the code. lu wrote the benchmarks. lu is nowhere in the readme. or mentioned in the github history?

the git history then got squashed to one commit and published under milla jovovich? seriously? a actress?

you say she is a great friend of yours, she has been building this project with you. she does this at night.

yet she has.. 7 commits and only 2 active days in her entire github history?

you paid an actress and a random guy to promote a product you know absolutely nothing about.

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

@addyosmani @googlechrome I tried this for a while and I just don't get it. You lose significant screen real-estate..

[Luke Manning @TheLukeManning]

@mattpocockuk Well deserved Matt. Always find your commentary and videos insightful. @theo seems to be a big fan as well.