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Shaun Hawk
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Lead Developer of Huckleberry Services at FSM Controls.

Still pumping out PHP while slowing moving to JS/TS, Rust and Go.

https://github.com/shawk08033

#softwaredev #php #js #golang #linux #bms #utilitymanagement
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🎨✨ Help Test a New Inkscape Feature!
You can now recolor selected objects right from the Fill & Stroke dialog — but we need your feedback before release!

👉 Download, test, and tell us what you think: gitlab.com/inkscape/ux/...

Your input will help us catch bugs 🐛 and polish the UI for everyone 🚀
Text: "New feature: Recolor Artwork" and "Testers Needed!" Image is of buildings triangular rooves with each face on a building having a different colour, but matching the rest of the building-shapes. The new recolour dialog is open on the right and half the shaapes are selected. Those selected have some different colours applied.
August 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Tried using Cursor + MCP rules to improve my React editor in Emerald Notes.

It followed my plan ✅
But the UX? Alert boxes for color pickers 😅

Lesson: AI follows rules, but the rules matter as much as the code.

Full write-up (with screenshots):
shaunhawk.com/emerald-note...

#coding #ai
Emerald Notes - PR #6 - Using A Plan + React Rules in Cursor
Recently, I posted about how I started using MCP tools in Cursor to speed up development and automated testing. Since then, I’ve gone a step further and created a repository of example rules I use whe...
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August 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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I use Cursor daily for PHP + React dev. Just pushed some example rules I rely on 👉 github.com/shawk08033/C...

Full blog post with details coming tomorrow 👀

#ai #videcoding #coding #php #react
GitHub - shawk08033/Cursor-Rules: Set of go to cursor rules for multiple languages and tools
Set of go to cursor rules for multiple languages and tools - GitHub - shawk08033/Cursor-Rules: Set of go to cursor rules for multiple languages and tools
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August 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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New blog post:

Have I been using Cursor wrong? 🤔

MCP tools let me wrangle my odd stack (PHP backend, React/Next.js frontend, Terraform infra) all in one workspace.

Playwright, sequential-thinking, DB rules, GitHub MCP — game changer. 🚀

shaunhawk.com/have-i-been-...

#coding #mcp #ai #php #react
Have I been using Cursor wrong?
Up until recently, I hadn’t touched MCP tools in Cursor. I assumed they required custom servers or services — not just simple Node modules. Turns out, I was wrong.The past couple of days have been a ...
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August 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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New lessons learned and dev log is up! ✍️

Implementing React onDrag events and issues with table cell background colors

🔗 shaunhawk.com/emerald-notes-dev-log-pr-4-and-5

#devlog #react #coding
August 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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🚀 New blog post!

Why am I starting yet another open-source note-taking app?

Short answer: to level up my modern frontend skills with React & Next.js.

🔗 shaunhawk.com/emerald-notes

#javascript #opensource #reactjs #devlogs
Emerald Notes
There’s plenty of note-taking software out there — some free, some open source, and some paid. So why am I starting yet another open-source note-taking project? The short answer: learning. As I ment...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Finally setup my website, www.shaunhawk.com

I started this site to share that journey in programming, tech, open source development and the some of the business side.

Here's my first post introducing myself: www.shaunhawk.com/introductions/

Much more to come.

#blog #programming #opensource #PHP
Introductions
Hi, I’m Shaun. I’ve been programming since 7th grade — and, it all started because of my hatred Apple and IOS. That pushed me into Android development, where I first started learning with a tool call...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM