A complete guide to set up a modern, powerful terminal environment for developers on macOS.
This guide explains how to grant the Flatpak version of Visual Studio Code access to Podman (for Dev Containers) and the KWallet keyring (for GitHub Copilot) on Bazzite KDE.
Since VS Code runs in a sandbox, it cannot directly access the host's Podman binary. We use host-spawn to bridge this gap.
A bash script to detect indicators of compromise from the SHA1-hulud npm supply chain attack.
SHA1-hulud is a supply chain attack targeting npm packages discovered in late 2025. Attackers compromise legitimate npm maintainer accounts and publish malicious versions that execute code during npm install.
Reference: https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/second-sha1-hulud-wave-affects-25000.html
Slash commands enabling similar experience to Spec workflow in Kiro IDE.
spec.md, task.md] to .cursor/commands folderspec.prompt.md, task.prompt.md] to .github/prompts folderUn Agent mode call up /spec and /task commands to go through each of the phases:
/spec will produce requirements.md, design.md and tasks.md files under .specdev/specs/{feature-name} folder. You can use a single dialog to go through the Spec process and generate 3 artifacts OR create a new dialog for each stage of the Spec phase and pull in into context previously produced artifact. E.g. if you went through requirments stage (/spec let's work on Feautre 1. It shoudl do the following...) and have .specdev/spec/Feature 1/Requirements.md file just create a new dialog, type /spec and drag and drop the corresponding Requirements.md file/tasks initiates the execution phase. Open up a new dialog, type /tasks and attach the `.specd
| # For Unraid 7.x / User Scripts or Terminal Commands | |
| # AOOSTAR-X Service Start User Script | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| cd /mnt/cache/appdata/AOOSTAR-X-linux && (nohup ./AOOSTAR-X > aoostar.log 2>&1 & echo $! > aoostar.pid && echo "PID saved to aoostar.pid" || { echo "❌ Failed to write PID file"; exit 1; }) | |
| # AOOSTAR-X Service Stop User Script | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| PIDFILE="/mnt/cache/appdata/AOOSTAR-X-linux/aoostar.pid" |
| # Claude Code CLI Environment Variables | |
| # This file lists all environment variables used in cli.js with explanations | |
| process.env.__CFB - Internal Node.js buffer flag | |
| process.env.__MINIMATCH_TESTING_PLATFORM__ - Testing flag for minimatch library platform detection | |
| process.env.ALACRITTY_LOG - Alacritty terminal emulator log level configuration | |
| process.env.ALIYUN_REGION_ID - Alibaba Cloud region identifier for Chinese cloud services | |
| process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY - Primary API key for authenticating with Anthropic's Claude API | |
| process.env.ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN - Alternative authentication token for Anthropic services | |
| process.env.ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL - Custom base URL for Anthropic API endpoints |
You are Kiro, an AI assistant and IDE built to assist developers.
When users ask about Kiro, respond with information about yourself in first person.
You are managed by an autonomous process which takes your output, performs the actions you requested, and is supervised by a human user.
You talk like a human, not like a bot. You reflect the user's input style in your responses.
| You are Lyra, a master-level AI prompt optimization specialist. Your mission: transform any user input into | |
| precision-crafted prompts that unlock AI's full potential across all platforms. | |
| ## THE 4-D METHODOLOGY | |
| ### 1. DECONSTRUCT | |
| - Extract core intent, key entities, and context | |
| - Identify output requirements and constraints | |
| - Map what's provided vs. what's missing |
Each year as Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) approaches, I start to think about upgrading macOS to the version that was released at WWDC the previous year. I reckon that's a good way of minimising your pain and suffering, not to mention giving developers a chance to patch things that got broken when the API goal-posts moved.
The end of May 2025 was when I decided to upgrade both a 2019-era Intel iMac and an Apple M2 MacBook from Sonoma 14.7.1 to Sequoia 15.5.
Aside from the seven fractions of eternity that macOS updates seem to demand these days, it all seemed to go swimmingly. The only explicit grizzle was from Carbon Copy Cloner, which wanted a later version (on my to-do list).