Eric Holmes

I build and break things, mostly in Go and Ruby. Infrastructure Engineering @chime

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

How I gained commit access to the Homebrew project in 30 minutes: https://t.co/Kux7xG4fpj

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

@ankrgyl Datadog. They have an MCP and a relativley new CLI (pup). CLI is objectively better because of composition (you really can’t analyze large data effictively without it).

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

100% this

[Guillermo Rauch @rauchg]

This is a very well implemented CLI. It's so thorough. It dynamically registers commands, it's designed for a browser-wielding agent to automate the setup steps, it can start a MCP daemon…

The author wrote a really cool article:
https://t.co/xqWmekmTA3

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

@Grey0520 @oran_ge I understand it alright. If you think my point about composition is wrong, I’d love to hear why.

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

@theo But we humans have GI and my software is absolute garbage 🤔

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

Oh dear. I upset HN.

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

MCP is dead. Long live the CLI https://t.co/EohzcrQRSH

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

@badlogicgames I thought so. But my day to day still involves people pushing for building MCP replacements for CLI’s that already do the job. So I guess not 🤷

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

@mfranz_on I’m the author. Thanks for sharing!

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

@charliesbot I’m the author. Thanks for sharing!

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

The best thing about this next phase of AI is how it's reviving early Unix/Web values: small, sharp, composable CLI tools and plain text. It’s the environment agents thrive in.

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

Wasn't super happy with the RSS landscape for my @openclaw, so I made a thing. Enjoy https://t.co/dhSwlivlGV

[Louie Bacaj @LBacaj]

Almost any software that does not work well with AI agents, is not going to make it.

I’m using a lot of tools with tons of UI, all of it will either have to be rewritten to be agent friendly, or it’s dead. For a lot of it too, slapping some MCP on it won’t be enough either.

[Miguel Carranza @elwatto]

If there’s one contribution to the field of computer science we owe to @steipete, it’s the return of the CLI and the fall of MCP

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

Hey @DatadogOps. RSS feed for your blog seems to create entries when you tag an article. Been like this for weeks:

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

Surprised this isn't more common. Internal data security is a joke at most tech companies.

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

Really dissatisfied with @apple hardware these days. Second Macbook Air in a year where the screen won't turn on. Maybe this is the year of the Linux desktop (for me).

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

e.g. can't have a workflow that handles github deployments, and another one that creates them (e.g. on push, or on issue label). The deployments created through Actions won't trigger the deployment handler. Shame.

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

I get why GitHub would do this, but this is pretty limiting for GitHub Actions: https://t.co/GFc4v2LmHI

[Eric Holmes @vesirin]

I can now login to GitHub with TouchID on my Macbook when using Chrome. The future is bright. https://t.co/AxmohPsJE7

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

Hey #YangGang! I just stepped off the stage in Detroit, and wow, what a fantastic night. I hope I made you proud, I think the Yang Gang is about to get a lot bigger. If you can, please make a donation tonight, and then head out to celebrate this win! https://t.co/daodQfDFvt