Safia Abdalla
@captainsafia.com
👩🏾💻: helping people build cloud services with oss at @microsoft.com.
✨: dream big and follow through even bigger.
📝: writing things at blog.safia.rocks
✨: dream big and follow through even bigger.
📝: writing things at blog.safia.rocks
It's so nice to see the Hone LSP come to life in Vim!
Still some polishing to do and I need to figure out how to get semantic highlighting working but I got giddy seeing the completion dropdowns appear 🥳
Still some polishing to do and I need to figure out how to get semantic highlighting working but I got giddy seeing the completion dropdowns appear 🥳
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
It's so nice to see the Hone LSP come to life in Vim!
Still some polishing to do and I need to figure out how to get semantic highlighting working but I got giddy seeing the completion dropdowns appear 🥳
Still some polishing to do and I need to figure out how to get semantic highlighting working but I got giddy seeing the completion dropdowns appear 🥳
Started prototyping a VS Code test explorer for Hone. Got far enough to realize I probably didn't need to focus on a good IDE experience.
Pro: discovered the Common Test Report Format. Standardized, machine-readable test output feels like good thing these days.
Pro: discovered the Common Test Report Format. Standardized, machine-readable test output feels like good thing these days.
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Started prototyping a VS Code test explorer for Hone. Got far enough to realize I probably didn't need to focus on a good IDE experience.
Pro: discovered the Common Test Report Format. Standardized, machine-readable test output feels like good thing these days.
Pro: discovered the Common Test Report Format. Standardized, machine-readable test output feels like good thing these days.
This is my "it's time to go to the gym" notification these days 😆
January 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM
This is my "it's time to go to the gym" notification these days 😆
Reposted by Safia Abdalla
I do not understand people who fly on airplanes but do not want to look out the window the whole time. You! Are! In! The! Sky!
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I do not understand people who fly on airplanes but do not want to look out the window the whole time. You! Are! In! The! Sky!
An old lady just walked up to me and said “ok I’m just a grandma but I have to say you’re very pretty” so absolutely nothing will stop me today
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
An old lady just walked up to me and said “ok I’m just a grandma but I have to say you’re very pretty” so absolutely nothing will stop me today
My first little contribution to the Rust ecosystem is a port of my JS package for checking for new GitHub releases associated with a repo.
Useful for adding built-in update checks to the Rust-based CLIs that I've been building.
🦀 : crates.io/crates/relno...
Useful for adding built-in update checks to the Rust-based CLIs that I've been building.
🦀 : crates.io/crates/relno...
January 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
My first little contribution to the Rust ecosystem is a port of my JS package for checking for new GitHub releases associated with a repo.
Useful for adding built-in update checks to the Rust-based CLIs that I've been building.
🦀 : crates.io/crates/relno...
Useful for adding built-in update checks to the Rust-based CLIs that I've been building.
🦀 : crates.io/crates/relno...
I donated some microplates to my gym a few months back and I’ve blessed the egos of so many men with 2LB PRs 😆
I’m the PR fairy 🧚🏾 💪🏽
I’m the PR fairy 🧚🏾 💪🏽
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
I donated some microplates to my gym a few months back and I’ve blessed the egos of so many men with 2LB PRs 😆
I’m the PR fairy 🧚🏾 💪🏽
I’m the PR fairy 🧚🏾 💪🏽
Reposted by Safia Abdalla
It's alliiiiiveeeeee 🎉🚀
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
It's alliiiiiveeeeee 🎉🚀
I don’t get how people *aren’t* excited to build with AI.
I wanted syntax highlighting for Hone, learned just enough about TextMate grammars to review an agent’s work, and...tada!
Can't imagine handwriting a TextMate grammar, even for a trivial DSL like this.
I wanted syntax highlighting for Hone, learned just enough about TextMate grammars to review an agent’s work, and...tada!
Can't imagine handwriting a TextMate grammar, even for a trivial DSL like this.
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I don’t get how people *aren’t* excited to build with AI.
I wanted syntax highlighting for Hone, learned just enough about TextMate grammars to review an agent’s work, and...tada!
Can't imagine handwriting a TextMate grammar, even for a trivial DSL like this.
I wanted syntax highlighting for Hone, learned just enough about TextMate grammars to review an agent’s work, and...tada!
Can't imagine handwriting a TextMate grammar, even for a trivial DSL like this.
Once you get past the learning curve, Rust is a goated language.
Amazing type system, "docs as tests" philosophy is great, and everyone who uses it gives off hot girl energy (now including me!)
I'm enjoying the honeymoon phase! 😅
🦀 ❤️ 🦀 ❤️🦀
Amazing type system, "docs as tests" philosophy is great, and everyone who uses it gives off hot girl energy (now including me!)
I'm enjoying the honeymoon phase! 😅
🦀 ❤️ 🦀 ❤️🦀
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Once you get past the learning curve, Rust is a goated language.
Amazing type system, "docs as tests" philosophy is great, and everyone who uses it gives off hot girl energy (now including me!)
I'm enjoying the honeymoon phase! 😅
🦀 ❤️ 🦀 ❤️🦀
Amazing type system, "docs as tests" philosophy is great, and everyone who uses it gives off hot girl energy (now including me!)
I'm enjoying the honeymoon phase! 😅
🦀 ❤️ 🦀 ❤️🦀
On a domain spree I snagged safia.sh, so I aliased my installer-script service to it (much shorter than captainsafia.sh).
Also added `Accept: text/markdown` support and PowerShell support thanks to @seankilleen.com!
🔗 : i.safia.sh
Also added `Accept: text/markdown` support and PowerShell support thanks to @seankilleen.com!
🔗 : i.safia.sh
GitHub - captainsafia/installer: One-liner for installing binaries from Github releases
One-liner for installing binaries from Github releases - captainsafia/installer
i.safia.sh
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 AM
On a domain spree I snagged safia.sh, so I aliased my installer-script service to it (much shorter than captainsafia.sh).
Also added `Accept: text/markdown` support and PowerShell support thanks to @seankilleen.com!
🔗 : i.safia.sh
Also added `Accept: text/markdown` support and PowerShell support thanks to @seankilleen.com!
🔗 : i.safia.sh
It took me a while to get there but I think I’ve finally become a domain name hoarder.
We’ll see how I feel about it when all the renewals hit 😆
We’ll see how I feel about it when all the renewals hit 😆
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 PM
It took me a while to get there but I think I’ve finally become a domain name hoarder.
We’ll see how I feel about it when all the renewals hit 😆
We’ll see how I feel about it when all the renewals hit 😆
Another @aspire.dev + Azure Functions question came up and it was a good excuse to write up how Azure resource references work in Functions.
The major key: opinionated APIs are great but you have to be prepared to adapt when opinions clash.
🔗 : blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/14/a...
The major key: opinionated APIs are great but you have to be prepared to adapt when opinions clash.
🔗 : blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/14/a...
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Another @aspire.dev + Azure Functions question came up and it was a good excuse to write up how Azure resource references work in Functions.
The major key: opinionated APIs are great but you have to be prepared to adapt when opinions clash.
🔗 : blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/14/a...
The major key: opinionated APIs are great but you have to be prepared to adapt when opinions clash.
🔗 : blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/14/a...
Reposted by Safia Abdalla
JavaScript & TypeScript join first class in Aspire 13 ✈️
Run Vite, Node.js, and full-stack JS apps with service discovery, built-in telemetry, and production-ready containers.
Read more 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
#Aspire #JavaScript #TypeScript #DevTools
Run Vite, Node.js, and full-stack JS apps with service discovery, built-in telemetry, and production-ready containers.
Read more 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
#Aspire #JavaScript #TypeScript #DevTools
Aspire for JavaScript developers
Aspire 13 brings first-class JavaScript and TypeScript support with Node.js, Vite, service discovery, observability, and production-ready Docker publishing.
devblogs.microsoft.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
JavaScript & TypeScript join first class in Aspire 13 ✈️
Run Vite, Node.js, and full-stack JS apps with service discovery, built-in telemetry, and production-ready containers.
Read more 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
#Aspire #JavaScript #TypeScript #DevTools
Run Vite, Node.js, and full-stack JS apps with service discovery, built-in telemetry, and production-ready containers.
Read more 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
#Aspire #JavaScript #TypeScript #DevTools
More side-project shenanigans: I'm working on hone, an integration test runner for CLI apps with a custom DSL.
I'm really interested in explicit and readable DSLs like this for testing and verification, especially in the era of agentic software dev.
🧪 : github.com/captainsafia...
I'm really interested in explicit and readable DSLs like this for testing and verification, especially in the era of agentic software dev.
🧪 : github.com/captainsafia...
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
More side-project shenanigans: I'm working on hone, an integration test runner for CLI apps with a custom DSL.
I'm really interested in explicit and readable DSLs like this for testing and verification, especially in the era of agentic software dev.
🧪 : github.com/captainsafia...
I'm really interested in explicit and readable DSLs like this for testing and verification, especially in the era of agentic software dev.
🧪 : github.com/captainsafia...
I brought a beefy Linux box a few months ago and now my standard workflow is to use my underspecced Macbook Air as a thin client for my Linux machine.
This means that I know judge every dev tool based on how good their remote host story is.
Many have disappointed... :/
This means that I know judge every dev tool based on how good their remote host story is.
Many have disappointed... :/
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I brought a beefy Linux box a few months ago and now my standard workflow is to use my underspecced Macbook Air as a thin client for my Linux machine.
This means that I know judge every dev tool based on how good their remote host story is.
Many have disappointed... :/
This means that I know judge every dev tool based on how good their remote host story is.
Many have disappointed... :/
We're not starting 2026 with lingering ideas!
I *think* this blog post covering the design and evolution of the activity reporter for @aspire.dev's CLI ties the ribbon on the interesting work around Aspire Pipelines from last year.
I *think* 😅
🔗: blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/08/p...
I *think* this blog post covering the design and evolution of the activity reporter for @aspire.dev's CLI ties the ribbon on the interesting work around Aspire Pipelines from last year.
I *think* 😅
🔗: blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/08/p...
Reporting for duty: the story of IPipelineActivityReporter
The story of how Aspire’s activity reporting API evolved from sequential progress reporting to a concurrency-aware system that powers the deployment pipeline.
blog.safia.rocks
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
We're not starting 2026 with lingering ideas!
I *think* this blog post covering the design and evolution of the activity reporter for @aspire.dev's CLI ties the ribbon on the interesting work around Aspire Pipelines from last year.
I *think* 😅
🔗: blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/08/p...
I *think* this blog post covering the design and evolution of the activity reporter for @aspire.dev's CLI ties the ribbon on the interesting work around Aspire Pipelines from last year.
I *think* 😅
🔗: blog.safia.rocks/2026/01/08/p...
Pilchuck helped me release a new version of grove that lets you check out PRs into a new worktree with a `grove pr` command.
Everybody say "Good job, Pilchuck!" 🤗
🔗 : github.com/captainsafia...
Everybody say "Good job, Pilchuck!" 🤗
🔗 : github.com/captainsafia...
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Pilchuck helped me release a new version of grove that lets you check out PRs into a new worktree with a `grove pr` command.
Everybody say "Good job, Pilchuck!" 🤗
🔗 : github.com/captainsafia...
Everybody say "Good job, Pilchuck!" 🤗
🔗 : github.com/captainsafia...
I love me some click-ops and drift
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I love me some click-ops and drift
Reposted by Safia Abdalla
9 min into our first @aspire.dev meeting of 2026 and @captainsafia.com has coined the term "dry january for code" SOMEONE MAKE THE STICKER
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
9 min into our first @aspire.dev meeting of 2026 and @captainsafia.com has coined the term "dry january for code" SOMEONE MAKE THE STICKER
I deployed Sprig to a staging instance last week.
Today is the first honest-to-good bug bash for it as I use it to catch up on all the issues I missed during winter break.
Let's see how it goes! 🌱
I dunno why I've been shy about sharing it compared to other things 😅
Today is the first honest-to-good bug bash for it as I use it to catch up on all the issues I missed during winter break.
Let's see how it goes! 🌱
I dunno why I've been shy about sharing it compared to other things 😅
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I deployed Sprig to a staging instance last week.
Today is the first honest-to-good bug bash for it as I use it to catch up on all the issues I missed during winter break.
Let's see how it goes! 🌱
I dunno why I've been shy about sharing it compared to other things 😅
Today is the first honest-to-good bug bash for it as I use it to catch up on all the issues I missed during winter break.
Let's see how it goes! 🌱
I dunno why I've been shy about sharing it compared to other things 😅
Closing out the break with a binge of ST: Voyager. It’s my favorite Star Trek series and the origin story behind my “captainsafia” Internet handle 🥲
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Closing out the break with a binge of ST: Voyager. It’s my favorite Star Trek series and the origin story behind my “captainsafia” Internet handle 🥲
I got tired of juggling around install scripts for my CLI projects so I deployed an install-script-as-a-service with:
* A POSIX-shell-compliant template
* Support for release, prerelease, and PR builds
* Shell-aware path export instructions
🔗 : i.captainsafia.sh
* A POSIX-shell-compliant template
* Support for release, prerelease, and PR builds
* Shell-aware path export instructions
🔗 : i.captainsafia.sh
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I got tired of juggling around install scripts for my CLI projects so I deployed an install-script-as-a-service with:
* A POSIX-shell-compliant template
* Support for release, prerelease, and PR builds
* Shell-aware path export instructions
🔗 : i.captainsafia.sh
* A POSIX-shell-compliant template
* Support for release, prerelease, and PR builds
* Shell-aware path export instructions
🔗 : i.captainsafia.sh
looking up people while watching reality tv and came across this gem 😂
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 AM
looking up people while watching reality tv and came across this gem 😂
If you're wondering "wow Safia's been quiet about sprig lately" don't worry it's still on my side project roster
It's just now firmly in the "find out" stage of FAFO as I deploy it to prod 😆
It's just now firmly in the "find out" stage of FAFO as I deploy it to prod 😆
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 AM
If you're wondering "wow Safia's been quiet about sprig lately" don't worry it's still on my side project roster
It's just now firmly in the "find out" stage of FAFO as I deploy it to prod 😆
It's just now firmly in the "find out" stage of FAFO as I deploy it to prod 😆